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The Planetary Society Blog
Archive
Archived posts are listed in reverse chronological order.
Sep. 24, 2008 | 15:50 PDT | 22:50 UTC
An update on Ulysses: Recovery from sun sensor anomaly
I posted on Monday about an anomaly on Ulysses possibly endangering the mission. In fact, by then Ulysses had already recovered, although that information wasn't yet available on the status reports page from which I got Nigel Angold's message to... More»
Sep. 24, 2008 | 09:24 PDT | 16:24 UTC
Some basic information on the upcoming Shenzhou 7 launch
Tomorrow China will be launching Shenzhou 7 with three astronauts aboard, one of whom will perform the first Chinese extravehicular activity (EVA, or "space walk"). Here's some basic information on launch plans, but first, the most important piece:... More»
Sep. 23, 2008 | 14:42 PDT | 21:42 UTC
Doug Ellison at Europlanet 2008: To be bold, be small (part 2)
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. 23, 2008 | 14:01 PDT | 21:01 UTC
Doug Ellison at Europlanet 2008: To be bold, be small (part 1)
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. 23, 2008 | 13:55 PDT | 20:55 UTC
Website problems
I am very sorry about the problems many of you have been having accessing our website over the last few days, and I'm also sorry to Doug, who's working his tail off sending reports from the European Planetary Science Congress. They will all get... More»
Sep. 22, 2008 | 12:18 PDT | 19:18 UTC
Ulysses is in peril
The Ulysses mission is nearing its end, as steadily declining available power is threatening the spacecraft's ability to keep its fuel from freezing. A creative plan to bleed fuel to keep it from freezing has prolonged the spacecraft's life. Now,... More»
Sep. 22, 2008 | 12:11 PDT | 19:11 UTC
What's up in the solar system for the week of September 22
Again, I have two weeks' worth of events to catch up on. Things have been fairly quiet but I think it's not too soon to begin preparing for what's going to be a highly eventful week for space exploration, the second week of October. It kicks off... More»
Sep. 22, 2008 | 11:27 PDT | 18:27 UTC
Doug Ellison at Europlanet 2008: Arrival and Mars' north pole
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. 19, 2008 | 15:03 PDT | 22:03 UTC
Opportunity's got a long road ahead
Mars Exploration Rover principal investigator Steve Squyres announced on National Public Radio's Science Friday show the next goal for Opportunity, and it's a long, long, long way away: a huge crater about 12 kilometers southeast of its current... More»
Sep. 18, 2008 | 21:06 PDT | Sep. 19 04:06 UTC
Phoenix Mission Receives OK to Listen for Sounds on Mars
Good news, everyone! The jillions of you who have asked me "are they ever going to record sounds using microphone on Phoenix?" now have at least part of an answer: NASA has given the Phoenix mission the permission to attempt to power on the... More»
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