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Archived posts are listed in reverse chronological order.
May. 2, 2007 | 09:45 PDT | 16:45 UTC
MESSENGER aims for Venus
The MESSENGER team announced today that they accomplished the penultimate trajectory correction maneuver necessary to line the spacecraft up for its second gravity-assist flyby of Venus, due to take place about a month from now, on June 6. ... More»
May. 1, 2007 | 14:09 PDT | 21:09 UTC
Early science results from New Horizons at Jupiter
There was a press conference today at NASA Headquarters to put out some of the first science results from the New Horizons flyby of Jupiter -- an event that's still underway, as New Horizons is still taking new data on the long tail of Jupiter's... More»
Apr. 30, 2007 | 15:05 PDT | 22:05 UTC
Hayabusa update: Return to Earth with only one thruster and one reaction wheel
Once again, the website JSpace has helpfully provided an English translation, from the original Japanese, of an update on the status of Hayabusa from science journalist Shin-ya Matsuura. The update was based upon a press conference held on April 24... More»
Apr. 30, 2007 | 10:34 PDT | 17:34 UTC
Earth crosses the Uranian ring plane May 2
The solar system is a playground for geometricians. Slicing up the solar system are myriad planes containing the orbits of every body that circles the Sun. All of these planes intersect at the Sun, but other than that they're not constrained, and... More»
Apr. 30, 2007 | 08:31 PDT | 15:31 UTC
Sorry for the interruption
My apologies for the lack of posting last week. I was really sick, but I'm doing much better now. I should be able to get back in to the swing of things today, as soon as I get caught up on last week's news and email. Stay tuned!... More»
Apr. 24, 2007 | 14:49 PDT | 21:49 UTC
Planetary Society testifies to Congress
Today, Lou Friedman testified to the Appropriations Subcommittee of the U. S. House of Representatives that the Society supports the Administration's Vision for Space Exploration, but asserts that the Vision has now become distorted, with valuable... More»
Apr. 20, 2007 | 12:21 PDT | 19:21 UTC
Earth Day
It's Earth Day on April 22, which made an excellent excuse for me to create a couple of new pages on our website showing you where you can get views of Earth as a planet. It's no coincidence that Earth Day started in 1970, not long after Apollo 8... More»
Apr. 20, 2007 | 09:10 PDT | 16:10 UTC
Cassini observes a new face of Iapetus
Cassini has just begun its 44th orbit of Saturn (called Rev 43), and is starting it off with lots of views of famously two-faced Iapetus. Most of the time, when Cassini gets good views of Saturn's moons, the spacecraft is close to its periapsis... More»
Apr. 18, 2007 | 11:40 PDT | 18:40 UTC
Varying dust fans on Mars' defrosting south polar cap
It's Wednesday and time for more images from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's HiRISE camera. Here is my favorite from this week's release:Click to enlarge >Dark dust fans on the defrosting south polar cap of MarsThis image was captured by Mars... More»
Apr. 17, 2007 | 10:59 PDT | 17:59 UTC
Recognizing the real face of Mars
It's inevitable that whenever a new orbiter arrives at Mars, the public will demand a photo of "the Face." Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has just delivered on this popularly demanded photo, and has shown it (as Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Odyssey... More»
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