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Archived posts are listed in reverse chronological order.
Jun. 6, 2008 | 13:56 PDT | 20:56 UTC
Phoenix sol 11: A dig at Baby Bear; poised to dump first TEGA sample
Phoenix made the all-important first grab for a sample of soil yesterday, sol 11, at a site named "Baby Bear." This dig wasn't really any different from the first dig it made at Dodo -- the trench seems to be about the same size -- but this time,... More»
Jun. 5, 2008 | 16:52 PDT | 23:52 UTC
Report on Phoenix Sol 10: a "runout" day, leaving time to gawk at sol 9 microscopic images
So the science team had a full sol's worth of plans prepared for Phoenix's 10th full Martian day of operations, but unfortunately the commands didn't get delivered to Phoenix in time to run on sol 10 because Odyssey went into safe mode. So Phoenix... More»
Jun. 4, 2008 | 15:50 PDT | 22:50 UTC
What's up in the solar system
Because of Phoenix I've been unable to get to my weekly roundup of solar system activities. Here's an abbreviated version, just to check in on the activities of the last two or three weeks.
Cassini is very, very close to the end of its primary... More»
Jun. 4, 2008 | 15:27 PDT | 22:27 UTC
Report on Phoenix Sol 9 activities: Ready to get samples; but Odyssey is in safe mode
BREAKING NEWS: Mars Odyssey has gone into safe mode, which does happen from time to time so is not, in itself, alarming; however, because of the ongoing problems with Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's radio, Phoenix has been reliant only on Odyssey for... More»
Jun. 3, 2008 | 17:02 PDT | Jun. 4 00:02 UTC
Ustream chat Wed Jan 4 at 19:00 UT following Phoenix briefing on NASA TV MEDIA CHANNEL
Is there a recorded version of this one? Sadly, no: I forgot to hit the "record" button before I started broadcasting, so this one is lost and gone forever. I apologize to anyone who wanted to watch this one after it happened. I'll try better to... More»
Jun. 3, 2008 | 16:49 PDT | 23:49 UTC
Report on Phoenix Sol 8 activities: An extra day to learn how to use the arm
I've generally been posting twice a day on Phoenix: one post about the morning press briefing, which is based on the night's work done by the science team and which includes information about the commands that have been sent up to Phoenix for its... More»
Jun. 2, 2008 | 22:55 PDT | Jun. 3 05:55 UTC
Press conferences from American Astronomical Society meeting
Phil Plait over at Bad Astronomy says he'll be streaming the press conferences from the American Astronomical Society meeting tomorrow (Tuesday). The first one is at 09:40 CDT (14:40 UTC). If you can tune in, it'd be an interesting exercise to... More»
Jun. 2, 2008 | 16:30 PDT | 23:30 UTC
Update on the search for Mars Polar Lander
I have received a bunch of emails over the last two weeks from people wanting to participate in the search for Mars Polar Lander in HiRISE images, which I am only now responding to. I'm sorry for the delay in my response! Phoenix has kept me just... More»
Jun. 2, 2008 | 15:48 PDT | 22:48 UTC
Report on Phoenix Sol 7 activities: Dig and Dump
I've gotten myself a little twisted around with the naming of these updates, so I'm instituting a new scheme: the title of the entry will refer to the latest sol for which I have data to talk about. It's currently sol 8 at Phoenix' landing site, in... More»
Jun. 2, 2008 | 14:00 PDT | 21:00 UTC
My presentations to the American Astronomical Society sessions on New Media
ANNOUNCEMENT: I will be doing a Ustream chat at 12:00 noon PDT / 19:00 UTC on Wednesday, immediately following the Phoenix press briefing. I'll plan to spend about half an hour on Phoenix and then, if people want to, throw it open to wider topics... More»
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