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Archived posts are listed in reverse chronological order.
Aug. 6, 2008 | 14:42 PDT | 21:42 UTC
Rosetta and Glaciers
Just pointing you to two new items on the website: I just posted a preview of the impending Rosetta flyby of the asteroid Steins, about 30 days away, including an encounter timeline. And there's a new installment -- the penultimate one, I'm sorry... More»
Aug. 6, 2008 | 09:51 PDT | 16:51 UTC
Ustream chat archived
A recording of today's Ustream chat is now available; you can also download the presentation (powerpoint format, about 2.7 MB) and the chat log. Unfortunately, I got tripped up on the MECA and TEGA acronyms in a couple of places on the presentation... More»
Aug. 5, 2008 | 14:13 PDT | 21:13 UTC
Dawn Journal: We crave power!!
Here's our monthly checkup with the Dawn mission, contributed by Marc Rayman, the mission's Project System Engineer. Thanks Marc!
Speaking of Dawn, don't forget to check out Friday's "webinar" featuring Lucy McFadden (an investigator on both the... More»
Aug. 5, 2008 | 13:36 PDT | 20:36 UTC
What's up in the solar system for the week of August 4
Phoenix: A. J. S. Rayl has an in-depth story up on Thursday's press conference and is preparing an update based on this morning's phone briefing. I'll try to put up a post later today or tomorrow with some other high points from the briefing. But... More»
Aug. 4, 2008 | 14:13 PDT | 21:13 UTC
The Phoenix flap
I love the Internet. Sitting here at home, I am hooked in to a worldwide network consisting of scientists and engineers working on active missions; of news and data, both raw and processed, coming out of those missions; of reporters, doing research... More»
Aug. 4, 2008 | 13:30 PDT | 20:30 UTC
Ustream Chat Wednesday, August 6 at 1900 UTC: Phoenix hoopla
I plan to do a Ustream chat on Wednesday at 19:00 UTC. There's going to be a lot to talk about on Phoenix; I will do a short presentation on what Phoenix' instruments are capable of detecting, then will discuss this weekend's speculation fest about... More»
Aug. 3, 2008 | 15:10 PDT | 22:10 UTC
Apparently there's something more exciting yet to be announced by Phoenix
EDIT AGAIN: The Science rumor wasn't correct either. Go here for more info.
EDIT: Here's a reason for the hush-hush about this news -- according to Leonard David, they're trying to keep whatever it is quiet so that it can go through peer-review... More»
Aug. 3, 2008 | 08:47 PDT | 15:47 UTC
Carnival of Space # 65, and more
It's been a couple of weeks since I've been on the ball with an on-time contribution to the Carnival of Space, but I finally remembered this week. Go check it out at 21st Century Waves.
And I haven't done a roundup of the new stuff on our website... More»
Aug. 1, 2008 | 11:17 PDT | 18:17 UTC
The August 1 solar eclipse from space
I probably should have posted something about today's solar eclipse before now, but I had assumed that, if you lived anywhere near the path of the eclipse, you would likely have heard about it, unless you live under a rock, in which case you're... More»
Aug. 1, 2008 | 10:46 PDT | 17:46 UTC
Opportunity casts a long shadow
This is just a beautiful image. The rovers can't step back and take photos of themselves, but once in a while they do the next best thing, capturing themselves in silhouette in a long morning or evening shadow. This one gets both the rover and... More»
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