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Oct. 1, 2009 | 21:58 PDT | Oct. 2 04:58 UTC
It would appear that Opportunity has stumbled upon another meteorite
A nice place to stop for the weekend:Click to enlarge >Shelter IslandCombined Pancam and Navcam view of the meteorite Shelter Island on sol 2,022. Credit: NASA / JPL / Cornell / mosaic by Astro0 I wonder if this came from the same original body as... More»
Oct. 1, 2009 | 07:04 PDT | 14:04 UTC
What's up in the solar system in October 2009
Phew! With the MESSENGER flyby over, I can focus now on what's ahead for October. The biggest thing to look forward to, without a doubt, is the planned smash of LCROSS into the Moon, a week from Friday, in the wee hours of the morning (my time) on... More»
Sep. 30, 2009 | 14:40 PDT | 21:40 UTC
Another lunar lander photographed: Surveyor 1!
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter camera team has managed to capture a view of Surveyor 1, the first American spacecraft to soft-land on another world. Cool!Click to enlarge >Surveyor 1 found!Surveyor 1 was the first US spacecraft to land on another... More»
Sep. 30, 2009 | 11:05 PDT | 18:05 UTC
Third Time's No Charm: MESSENGER's Third Gravity Assist Successful, But "Safe Mode" Interrupts Science
I just posted a news story on the MESSENGER flyby based upon a press release just issued by the mission. More later!Click to enlarge >Area of Mercury newly seen during MESSENGER's 3rd flybyThe red line outlines the five percent of Mercury's surface... More»
Sep. 30, 2009 | 07:14 PDT | 14:14 UTC
MESSENGER went into safe mode before closest approach
I learned via Twitter this morning (from one of six master teachers who have been Tweeting to kids throughout the encounter) that MESSENGER went into safe mode just before closest approach -- I'm assuming at the time that that unexplained signal... More»
Sep. 29, 2009 | 20:49 PDT | Sep. 30 03:49 UTC
Opportunity on the move
While I've been focused on lunar water and MESSENGER and LCROSS the rest of our unmanned robotic missions have carried on business as usual, and right now business as usual for the Opportunity rover is driving, driving, driving. It departed the... More»
Sep. 29, 2009 | 16:18 PDT | 23:18 UTC
A little drama during the MESSENGER Mercury flyby
Just minutes after closest approach, MESSENGER's radio signal was lost unexpectedly, several minutes before the expected blackout due to it passing behind Mercury. Then, of course, came the expected 52-minute blackout period, so for about an hour... More»
Sep. 29, 2009 | 14:58 PDT | 21:58 UTC
MESSENGER just passed closest approach!
I've been Tweeting away today as MESSENGER zoomed in for its flyby; it just now passed closest approach, zooming past at an altitude of 228 kilometers and a relative speed of more than 19,000 kilometers per hour, firing the laser on its laser... More»
Sep. 29, 2009 | 04:13 PDT | 11:13 UTC
MESSENGER's latest Mercury image
A new image of MESSENGER's forward view from 44 hours out. As I write, we're under 11 hours from closest approach. Click to enlarge >44 hours from Mercury Flyby 3MESSENGER took this photo of Mercury on September 28, 2009 on its way in to its third... More»
Sep. 28, 2009 | 13:19 PDT | 20:19 UTC
Now it's Cabeus, not Cabeus A, for LCROSS
The blog entries will be flying fast and furious this week as MESSENGER flies by Mercury tomorrow and LCROSS bears down on its spectacular (we hope) crash into the Moon in only 10 days. NASA just posted an update to the choice of target for LCROSS'... More»
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