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Jul. 22, 2008 | 15:21 PDT | 22:21 UTC
What's up in the solar system for the week of July 21
I'm finally back home from a long trip visiting family, so it's time for me to get back in the swing of things by checking up on the current activities of the twenty spacecraft exploring the solar system.
I'm going to change things up this week and... More»
Jul. 22, 2008 | 11:03 PDT | 18:03 UTC
Stay tuned for new views of Phobos from Mars Express
Mars Express has been at Mars since January 2004, and its mission has already been extended a couple of times. Under an agreement with NASA, Mars Express was required to maintain a specific orbital configuration during the descent of Phoenix to... More»
Jul. 19, 2008 | 06:39 PDT | 13:39 UTC
Everyone celebrate! TEGA Oven 0 doors opened perfectly on sol 53
Hip hip hooray! At last one set of doors on the TEGA instrument has opened correctly. This image just came down from sol 53, documenting the successful attempt to open the doors over TEGA oven 0:Click to enlarge >TEGA on sol 53, with Oven 0 doors... More»
Jul. 18, 2008 | 06:47 PDT | 13:47 UTC
Jupiter's Little Red Spot makes a second safe trip past the Great one
The Hubble team released a montage of three images of Jupiter today, showing the dance of three red spots in the southern hemisphere of Jupiter. A three-image montage begs to be animated, so here it is: Click to enlarge >Three red spots on... More»
Jul. 17, 2008 | 18:50 PDT | Jul. 18 01:50 UTC
Show this movie to your "non-spacy" friends
The Deep Impact extended mission, EPOXI, just released an amazing movie (Quicktime format, 1 MB) of the Moon transiting Earth, taken from 50 million kilometers away (or very roughly 150 times the distance from Earth to the Moon). You see Earth... More»
Jul. 17, 2008 | 18:41 PDT | Jul. 18 01:41 UTC
Danes on Mars
I was delighted to receive an email nearly two months ago (yes, I'm that behind in responding to email) from Morten Bo Madsen, who I knew from the Mars Exploration Rover mission as "that Danish magnet guy," the fellow responsible for the magnet... More»
Jul. 16, 2008 | 19:19 PDT | Jul. 17 02:19 UTC
A quick update on Phoenix, sol 50: Got ice? Yes!
Phoenix has successfully used its rasp tool to enable the acquisition of a sample of ice-rich soil from the surface of Mars. That's the highlight of this week's Phoenix update. I got in touch with Ray Arvidson (usually referred to as the "digging... More»
Jul. 16, 2008 | 10:45 PDT | 17:45 UTC
A great view of the Phoenix lander
Last week the HiRISE team released a new view of the Phoenix lander on Mars, one taken from a particularly good geometry. There really aren't words to describe what a revolution HiRISE images mean for mapping landing sites. I'll let the photos... More»
Jul. 16, 2008 | 08:45 PDT | 15:45 UTC
Last chances to send your name to the Moon on Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
The deadline to sign up to send your name to the Moon was extended, to July 25 -- but summer's going fast, and that day is coming soon. Hurry up! We have a little "tell a friend" feature on our website that you can use to remind your friends and... More»
Jul. 15, 2008 | 14:29 PDT | 21:29 UTC
No Ustream webcast Wednesday
I'm traveling, and visiting with family, and not quite as in touch with news as I'd like to be, so I think I am going to skip doing a Ustream webcast this week. We'll pick it back up next week. Sorry to disappoint!... More»
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