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Archived posts are listed in reverse chronological order.
Apr. 5, 2007 | 07:34 PDT | 14:34 UTC
Hayabusa update: Return trip to begin in mid-April
This is an update that was posted on the JAXA website yesterday:Since February, JAXA [has] tried a new attitude control method to operate the ion engine, and engine running trials in phases have been underway since late March.
It is scheduled to... More»
Apr. 4, 2007 | 14:59 PDT | 21:59 UTC
The fractured floor of Mawrth Vallis
Another Wednesday, another release of a few dramatically detailed, gargantuan images of the surface of Mars from Mars Reconaissance Orbiter's HiRISE camera. Both last week's and this week's release contained many images that were captioned only... More»
Apr. 4, 2007 | 14:05 PDT | 21:05 UTC
Space weather affects everyday life on Earth
According to a press release issued this morning by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration -- parent agency of the National Weather Service -- the enormous solar flare that erupted from a sunspot called "region 930" on December 5 and 6... More»
Apr. 3, 2007 | 11:22 PDT | 18:22 UTC
Mars Climate Sounder: Quick Looks at Mars' Weather
I've just posted an update on the status of the Mars Climate Sounder studies of Mars' weather. They are having a bit of trouble with the instrument, with a pesky error showing up in one of the two motors that moves its scan mirror back and forth,... More»
Apr. 2, 2007 | 14:11 PDT | 21:11 UTC
Yuri's Night April 12
This is just a calendar note: every year on April 12, there are parties worldwide to celebrate the anniversary of the first manned flight into space by Yuri Gagarin on that date in 1961. Check out the Yuri's Night website for parties in your area,... More»
Apr. 2, 2007 | 12:38 PDT | 19:38 UTC
Io and Europa glimpsed by a retreating New Horizons
This image is beautiful for many reasons. It was captured by the MVIC imaging spectrometer, part of the Ralph instrument, on New Horizons, as it left the Jupiter system on March 2, 2007.What you are looking at is two moons of Jupiter, Io and... More»
Mar. 30, 2007 | 10:02 PDT | 17:02 UTC
Double sunsets and sunlit nights
A study to be published in the April 1 issue of the Astrophysical Journal suggests that it's not only possible to have planets in double star systems, it's at least as likely as having planets in single-star systems like ours!Click to enlarge... More»
Mar. 29, 2007 | 11:10 PDT | 18:10 UTC
Opportunity looks down the cliff
Opportunity is continuing its circumnavigation of Victoria Crater, examining each picturesque cliff and possible entry ramp. This Navcam panorama was taken on sol 1,129 as Opportunity stood on a promontory between the Cape of Good Hope and Cape St.... More»
Mar. 28, 2007 | 14:40 PDT | 21:40 UTC
Io erupts, in color
The last one of New Horizons imaging instruments has finally checked in with a lovely image from the Jupiter flyby. I've already shown you plenty of images from the high-resolution LORRI camera (see, for example, this one, and these). I talked... More»
Mar. 28, 2007 | 13:32 PDT | 20:32 UTC
Recovering the recovered Pioneer data
I've just posted an update on the status of the Pioneer Anomaly project, written by project director Slava Turyshev, in which he reports on the work they've been doing to recover the Pioneer data from the recently recovered data files. It's a dry... More»
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