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Jun. 2, 2008 | 11:21 PDT | 18:21 UTC
Watch American Astronomical Society events on Ustream
Several other space bloggers including Star Stryder Pamela Gay, Bad Astronomer Phil Plait, and Universe Today's Fraser Cain are in St. Louis, covering the American Astronomical Society meeting. They've been streaming press conferences on Ustream,... More»
Jun. 1, 2008 | 22:09 PDT | Jun. 2 05:09 UTC
Phoenix digs into the dirt
Tonight's downlink from Phoenix proves that the lander has dug up a scoop of dirt from the surface of Mars for the first time. Here's a crossed-eye stereo view, similar to the one I posted earlier today of Yeti -- you can see many of the same... More»
Jun. 1, 2008 | 21:48 PDT | Jun. 2 04:48 UTC
Hayabusa update
JAXA has posted a note on their website on the status of Hayabusa, which apparently reached aphelion in late May. Hayabusa is Japan's amazing ion-powered mission to asteroid Itokawa, which touched down on Itokawa to grab a sample in mid-November... More»
Jun. 1, 2008 | 14:06 PDT | 21:06 UTC
Phoenix sol 5 and 6 activities (sol 7 roundup)
I never got time to write up yesterday's notes, so this post will cover both yesterday's and today's briefings. It's sol 7 today. I'm reporting on today's briefing, which talked about sol 6, and yesterday's briefing, which talked about sol 5. Sol... More»
Jun. 1, 2008 | 12:29 PDT | 19:29 UTC
Remote presentation at a workshop in St. Louis
Well, that was interesting, and it worked surprisingly well. I just gave a presentation about using raw images from planetary missions to a workshop on New Media and the International Year of Astronomy at the Astronomical Society of the Pacific... More»
May. 31, 2008 | 14:15 PDT | 21:15 UTC
Space Shuttle Discovery just lifted off successfully
It was a perfect launch for Discovery this afternoon. It's carrying the second half of the Japanese Kibo module to the International Space Station, so my congratulations go out to the Japanese for finally, at long last, seeing their laboratory fly.... More»
May. 31, 2008 | 11:51 PDT | 18:51 UTC
Phoenix sol 6: Holy cow, it's ice!
There was a phone briefing this morning, and the science team seems to be pretty sure they are looking at ice in the image I posted last night, but they are doing the necessary tests to make sure. I can't post much about the conference until later,... More»
May. 30, 2008 | 22:08 PDT | May. 31 05:08 UTC
Could this be ice?
A late night download from Phoenix' sol 5 activities yielded this image, which was taken by the Robotic Arm Camera, looking right underneath the lander at the far leg. The far leg does look stable, but hmmm....what's that bright, smooth material... More»
May. 30, 2008 | 14:15 PDT | 21:15 UTC
Phoenix sol 5 roundup
Today was the last of the daily press briefings following Sunday's landing of the Phoenix mission; they said they won't have another one until "at least Tuesday." Which is good for me, because I really need a break; and on Monday and Tuesday I'm... More»
May. 29, 2008 | 14:00 PDT | 21:00 UTC
A few more photos from Phoenix today
Jason Perry's sharp eyes have caught Phoenix' blackened heat shield and bounce mark in the panoramic view released by the Phoenix team today. Compare this view to the ones taken from above by HiRISE. They confirm that the large "splat" seen from... More»
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