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Sep. 5, 2008 | 10:21 PDT | 17:21 UTC
Rosetta on target, no further rocket firings needed
The rocket firing that Rosetta performed yesterday has targeted the spacecraft to within two kilometers of the planned position, an accuracy that the navigation team deems is good enough to cancel the final opportunity for a trajectory correction... More»
Sep. 5, 2008 | 10:19 PDT | 17:19 UTC
Carnival of Space #69
Irene Klotz makes this week's Carnival of Space poetical.
And, while I'm posting links, here's some other new stuff on the website.
A. J. S. Rayl checked in last weekend with the latest from the Spirit and Opportunity rovers.
Amir Alexander has... More»
Sep. 4, 2008 | 11:15 PDT | 18:15 UTC
Rosetta's just a day away from Steins and now on target
There are new Rosetta images of Steins, still a faint speck among the background of stars. Here's an animation:Rosetta approaches SteinsThe Rosetta spacecraft fine-tuned its approach to the asteroid Steins using images from its navigation camera... More»
Sep. 3, 2008 | 16:22 PDT | 23:22 UTC
Phoenix update to sol 97: A new sample for wet chemistry and lots of fun with animations
It's time to catch up with the latest on the Phoenix mission at Mars, now more than a week into its extended mission. As I post this, we're a few hours in to sol 99. When I last checked in, Phoenix had spent a couple of weeks grooming trenches and... More»
Sep. 3, 2008 | 13:17 PDT | 20:17 UTC
Ustream chat archived
A recording of today's Ustream chat is now available; you can also read the chat log here.... More»
Sep. 2, 2008 | 10:16 PDT | 17:16 UTC
Rosetta's zeroing in on Steins
As of midnight last night (UTC, so that's about 17 hours ago now) ESA's Rosetta spacecraft has all its science instruments on, getting ready for its first close encounter with an asteroid. The closest approach to 2867 Steins happens at 18:37 UTC on... More»
Sep. 2, 2008 | 09:35 PDT | 16:35 UTC
Ustream Chat Wednesday, September 3 at 1900 UTC: Q and A
I'll be doing my regularly scheduled video chat this Wednesday at noon my time, 1900 UTC. For those of you who haven't followed these chats from the beginning, a little background: I'm using a service called Ustream that allows you to see my... More»
Aug. 29, 2008 | 13:43 PDT | 20:43 UTC
Opportunity's ready for a new adventure!
It's official: Opportunity is out of Victoria. A news release from JPL stated today that Opportunity has, as of late yesterday (sol 1,634), exited Victoria crater. Opportunity has been inside Victoria since sol 1,293 (September 13, 2007), nearly... More»
Aug. 29, 2008 | 13:27 PDT | 20:27 UTC
Catching up with Phoenix, through sol 91
We're now almost done with sol 93 on Phoenix. As I write, it's 21:45 at its landing site. I last checked in with Phoenix on sol 76, after it had spent two weeks doing a carnival of digging. It's been another two weeks, but there is less news for... More»
Aug. 28, 2008 | 11:14 PDT | 18:14 UTC
Dawn Journal: Some explanations of orbital dynamics
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 Dawnivores,
The Dawn spacecraft continues to make good progress on its adventure to... More»
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