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Archived posts are listed in reverse chronological order.
Oct. 2, 2008 | 10:41 PDT | 17:41 UTC
Long drives at last for Opportunity (or, getting your kicks on sol 1,666)
It's been way, way, way too long since the view from either rover's cameras has changed very much. So I hope you'll join me in a shout of "woo hoo!" or perhaps "yippee!" as I show you the latest view from Opportunity, from sol 1,666, as... More»
Oct. 1, 2008 | 13:54 PDT | 20:54 UTC
Science Timeline for Monday's MESSENGER flyby of Mercury
UPDATE: There's now a dynamic countdown timeline for this encounter on Daniel Muller's website.There was a press briefing this morning on the upcoming flyby of Mercury by MESSENGER. Closest approach happens Monday, October 6, at 08:40 UTC. It's... More»
Sep. 30, 2008 | 10:49 PDT | 17:49 UTC
Doug Ellison at Europlanet 2008: Europlanet Wrap-up
All last week, Doug Ellison filed reports from the third European Planetary Science Congress, also known as Europlanet, taking place in Münster, Germany. Doug is the dictator-for-life of the online forum unmannedspaceflight.com.
This is... More»
Sep. 30, 2008 | 10:46 PDT | 17:46 UTC
Doug Ellison at Europlanet 2008: Kaguya update
All last week, Doug Ellison filed reports from the third European Planetary Science Congress, also known as Europlanet, taking place in Münster, Germany. Doug is the dictator-for-life of the online forum unmannedspaceflight.com. Thanks, Doug!... More»
Sep. 30, 2008 | 10:13 PDT | 17:13 UTC
Dawn Journal: One year since launch
Here's our monthly checkup with the Dawn mission, contributed by Marc Rayman, the mission's Project System Engineer. Thanks Marc! --ESL
by Dr. Marc D. Rayman
Dear Dawnniversaries,
On the first anniversary of its departure from Earth, Dawn... More»
Sep. 29, 2008 | 14:23 PDT | 21:23 UTC
Phoenix Update, Sol 123: Press briefing with carbonates, clays, and snow!
EDIT: I just got a couple of the graphs that they showed during today's briefing, which didn't make it on to the JPL or Arizona websites for some reason. They're included below.
There was a long-awaited press briefing from the Phoenix team this... More»
Sep. 26, 2008 | 14:31 PDT | 21:31 UTC
Carnival of Space #72
Carnival of Space #72 is live at Twisted Physics. Check it out!
Doug has more reports to send from the last day of Europlanet, but now has to travel home, so there'll be a bit of a delay before the last entries are posted.... More»
Sep. 25, 2008 | 16:39 PDT | 23:39 UTC
Doug Ellison at Europlanet 2008: Monitoring Venus with the VMC
Whilst out at the red planet, the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) has recently turned the Mars Express Visual Monitoring Camera back on, at Venus, another VMC -- this time the acronym stands for Venus Monitoring Camera -- has been keeping... More»
Sep. 25, 2008 | 09:07 PDT | 16:07 UTC
Doug Ellison at Europlanet 2008: Small update for a small asteroid
All this week, Doug Ellison will be filing reports from the third European Planetary Science Congress, also known as Europlanet, taking place in Münster, Germany. Doug is the dictator-for-life of the online forum unmannedspaceflight.com. ... More»
Sep. 24, 2008 | 17:13 PDT | Sep. 25 00:13 UTC
Doug Ellison at Europlanet 2008: To reach out, let people in
All this week, Doug Ellison will be filing reports from the third European Planetary Science Congress, also known as Europlanet, taking place in Münster, Germany. Doug is the dictator-for-life of the online forum unmannedspaceflight.com. ... More»
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