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Archived posts are listed in reverse chronological order.
Aug. 3, 2007 | 07:55 PDT | 14:55 UTC
Go, go Phoenix! 18 hours until launch...
Well, here we go; the once-every-two-year event of a spacecraft deprarture from Earth toward Mars is less than a day away, weather permitting. The original launch date (today) would have given my daughter the biggest candle ever to light her first... More»
Aug. 2, 2007 | 10:36 PDT | 17:36 UTC
Carnival of Space #14, and a rover update
Take a moment to see what's going on in the space "blogosphere" (I hate that word) at the fourteenth Carnival of Space, which is being hosted this week at Universe Today.
And then take a few more moments to read A. J. S. Rayl's fact-filled monthly... More»
Aug. 1, 2007 | 10:00 PDT | 17:00 UTC
Phoenix' second stage has been fueled
According to freelance launch photographer Ben Cooper, the second stage of the Delta II rocket that will carry Phoenix into space has been fueled. This was the operation that should have taken place yesterday but could not be done due to foul... More»
Aug. 1, 2007 | 06:46 PDT | 13:46 UTC
"Concern Increasing" for Opportunity
Yesterday evening the Mars Exploration Rover mission posted an update that states "increasing concern" for the continued health of Opportunity. Although the skies are not quite as dark as they have been, dust is now beginning to settle on the solar... More»
Jul. 31, 2007 | 08:22 PDT | 15:22 UTC
Phoenix launch postponed one day
According to spaceflightnow.com, the launch of Phoenix has been postponed by one day, to August 4, 2007, because bad weather anticipated for today will prevent fueling of the rocket's second stage. That's too bad.
Here's the launch window schedule... More»
Jul. 30, 2007 | 10:26 PDT | 17:26 UTC
High tau for Spirit and Opportunity
Over the weekend I fiddled with the "tau" images that Mars Exploration Rover Pancam lead Jim Bell gave me, and I produced a couple of different ways to visualize the darkness of the rovers' skies. Typically, the rovers turn to find the Sun, cover... More»
Jul. 30, 2007 | 10:26 PDT | 17:26 UTC
Where are you reading from?
I've just added a neat little feature to the blog homepage, a "Clustrmap" that identifies where my readers are connecting from. I've been having a lot of fun checking it every day to see where in the world all of you are. (It does this by looking... More»
Jul. 29, 2007 | 09:15 PDT | 16:15 UTC
New launch date for Kaguya: September 13
According to this website hosted by Goddard Space Flight Center, Kaguya has been given a new launch date of September 13. Its launch was delayed by the discovery that condensers in its two mini-satellites had been installed upside down.
The second... More»
Jul. 27, 2007 | 16:37 PDT | 23:37 UTC
Dust storm update: rovers still OK
The dust storm continues at Mars, but both rovers continue to be power-positive. In fact, Opportunity is positive enough on power to have resumed taking measurements of "tau," the atmospheric opacity. The rovers measure the amount of light that... More»
Jul. 27, 2007 | 10:47 PDT | 17:47 UTC
Stars Above, Earth Below: Appreciating Dark Skies
Tyler Nordgren just sent me a new "Stars Above, Earth Below" journal entry, as he prepares to depart for Rocky Mountain National Park. (Man, am I jealous of him for getting to do this project!) Here's a snippet from his update:It occurred to me... More»
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