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Archived posts are listed in reverse chronological order.
Nov. 1, 2010 | 11:27 PDT | 18:27 UTC
Three days until Deep Impact's encounter with Hartley 2
The week is finally here: Deep Impact flies past Hartley 2, the smallest comet yet to be visited by a spacecraft, on Thursday, November 4 at 13:50 UTC. Most of my writing and Tweeting this week will probably be about this event! To remind you of... More»
Nov. 1, 2010 | 10:13 PDT | 17:13 UTC
Final Discovery launch planned for Wednesday
by Ken Kremer
Leaks discovered in the helium and nitrogen lines in the pressurization portion of Space Shuttle Discovery's right-hand Orbital Maneuvering System (OMS) pod have forced a delay in the planned launch to Wednesday, November 3. The... More»
Oct. 29, 2010 | 09:33 PDT | 16:33 UTC
Arecibo images show Hartley 2 is elongated
Comet Hartley 2, the target for Deep Impact's close flyby (now just six days away!) made its closest approach to Earth on October 20, at a distance of 17.7 million kilometers. Astronomers at the great Arecibo radio telescope are taking advantage of... More»
Oct. 28, 2010 | 22:08 PDT | Oct. 29 05:08 UTC
Pretty picture: Three moons of Saturn
The Cassini Raw Images Website always offers rewards to the browser. This evening I found the raw images necessary to create this color composite, showing the hazy orange moon Titan, the mid-sized icy moon Dione, and the tiny rock Prometheus all at... More»
Oct. 28, 2010 | 10:19 PDT | 17:19 UTC
In which I report on w00tstock and wonder how to get nerds more excited about real space exploration
(I promise that this post will get around to the subject of space exploration in a couple of paragraphs.) Last night I attended an event in Los Angeles called "w00tstock." Those of you who use Twitter have probably heard of this phenomenon, but... More»
Oct. 27, 2010 | 12:37 PDT | 19:37 UTC
What's up in the solar system in November 2010
I'm getting to this update early this month, as I anticipate a busy few days. The major event of the month will be, of course, Deep Impact's flyby of small comet Hartley 2, which happens at 13:50 UTC on November 4. But there's some other things to... More»
Oct. 27, 2010 | 10:13 PDT | 17:13 UTC
Timeline for the Phobos Sample Return Mission (Phobos Grunt)
by Louis D. Friedman
In mid-October, I attended the First Moscow Solar System Symposium. Its focus was mostly on Phobos science and plans for next year's launch of the Phobos Sample Return Mission (also known as Phobos-Grunt), on which The... More»
Oct. 27, 2010 | 09:24 PDT | 16:24 UTC
An update to the Cassini Tour Page
Where's the Cassini Saturn orbiter going to be in the next week -- or hundred weeks? It's all already planned out. Cassini will remain in Saturn orbit for the rest of its mission; but did you know that mission planners have already determined the... More»
Oct. 26, 2010 | 20:18 PDT | Oct. 27 03:18 UTC
Holy cow, is it really the 175th Carnival of Space already?
175th Carnival of Space!? That means the Carnival of Space has been going on for nearly 4 years. Or just about 2 Mars years. Pretty amazing. Anyway, the current Carnival of Space is online at Out of the Cradle.
Every week, a different webmaster... More»
Oct. 26, 2010 | 13:01 PDT | 20:01 UTC
A couple of tidbits from today's Deep Impact preview briefing
Today was the press briefing that previewed the upcoming Deep Impact flyby of Hartley 2. This briefing wasn't particularly well attended by press, because it's the sort of briefing where almost all of the information they would be relaying was... More»
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