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Jun. 23, 2008 | 11:15 PDT | 18:15 UTC
Ustream chat Wednesday June 25 at 12:00 PDT / 19:00 UTC
Join me live for a video chat this Wednesday, June 25, at 12:00 my time / 19:00 UT at my Ustream homepage. I'll probably focus on the current status of Phoenix for half an hour, then open it up to any topic that you find to be of interest after... More»
Jun. 20, 2008 | 14:43 PDT | 21:43 UTC
Yep, it's ice!
The Phoenix mission confirmed it this morning: the disappearing act pulled by those chunks of bright material in the Dodo trench pretty much nails the identification of the bright material as ice, which is great news for the mission. Ice is what... More»
Jun. 20, 2008 | 14:42 PDT | 21:42 UTC
Carnival of Space #59
Go to scienceblogs.com to check out this week's Carnival of Space. Hey! I got firsties this week!
And while you're wandering around the Web, you can take in a few new offerings from our website:Mat Kaplan interviews Ralph Lorenz on his latest... More»
Jun. 19, 2008 | 15:36 PDT | 22:36 UTC
Phoenix sol 24: A disappearance from Dodo?
As promised yesterday, Phoenix' sol 24 seems to have been a very busy one for imaging. I've been checking the raw images site regularly throughout the day (using the handy-dandy download tool Mike Howard built into his Midnight Mars Browser... More»
Jun. 19, 2008 | 11:42 PDT | 18:42 UTC
Women's names in the solar system
A while back I wrote about the way that women's names have been assigned to maps throughout the solar system. Because features on Venus may only be named for women, factual and fictional, there are precious few women's names to be found on features... More»
Jun. 18, 2008 | 15:25 PDT | 22:25 UTC
An anomaly on Phoenix Sol 22, but the spacecraft is in no danger
Today I received a press release from the University of Arizona about Phoenix' sol 22 activities. It talked about the new trench called "Snow White" in the Wonderland area (which I wrote about yesterday), and mentioned that TEGA was continuing... More»
Jun. 18, 2008 | 09:50 PDT | 16:50 UTC
Some Phoenix questions and answers
I did a short interview about Phoenix for a new Web outlet called "TalkingHeadTV" yesterday, and there are three clips up on YouTube here, here, and here. Check them out!
I'll probably get back to weekly Ustream webcasts next week -- stay tuned... More»
Jun. 17, 2008 | 17:06 PDT | Jun. 18 00:06 UTC
Getting back up to speed on Phoenix: up to sol 22, first dig at Wonderland
I've spent a chunk of today working on figuring out what Phoenix has been up to during my absence. Mark Lemmon's pages have been really helpful, especially now that he has added pithy little sol-by-sol summaries to his directory page. Here's the... More»
Jun. 16, 2008 | 14:45 PDT | 21:45 UTC
What's up in the solar system for the week of June 16
I'm back from vacation and slowly getting back up to speed, so it's a good time to check in on what's going on with our trusty robots around the solar system. Before I do that I want to give a big thanks to Jim and James for their contributions. ... More»
Jun. 13, 2008 | 15:46 PDT | 22:46 UTC
Phoenix Sol 17 & 18 Update
Emily is on vacation until June 16. In the meantime, James Canvin is providing updates on the status of Phoenix. James used to work as an extragalactic astronomer, but recently switched fields to terrestrial weather. In his spare time he works in... More»
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