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GRAIL update: Next launch attempt planned for Saturday
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/09/08 10:57 CDT
GRAIL update: Next launch attempt planned for Saturday
GRAIL launch scrubbed; try again tomorrow
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/09/08 08:13 CDT
GRAIL launch scrubbed; try again tomorrow
How to watch the GRAIL launch on Thursday
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/09/06 01:23 CDT
How to watch the GRAIL launch on Thursday
Fun for the whole family: Watch an enormous rocket blast a spacecraft to Jupiter!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/08/04 01:19 CDT
Fun for the whole family: Watch an enormous rocket blast a spacecraft to Jupiter!
We did it -- Shuttle LIFE launches!
Posted by Bill Nye on 2011/05/16 09:39 CDT
Today at 8:56 a.m. EDT, Space Shuttle Endeavour launched on its final mission, and we are part of this historic moment!
Posted by Bill Nye on 2011/04/22 02:30 CDT | 1 comments
The Earth is important, and sometimes we need a reminder as to just how fragile it is.
Please join us to send off Lou Friedman in style!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/04/15 04:25 CDT
We're going to celebrate Lou Friedman's 30 years of service to the Planetary Society by mercilessly making fun of him at a gala "Roast and Toast" event in downtown Los Angeles on April 30. (We will probably say some very nice things about him too.)
The Future of Women in Chemistry and Science
Posted by Charlene Anderson on 2011/02/28 04:10 CST
Are you concerned about the future of women in science? Well, you should be, since the women working in science today and tomorrow will help shape the world you live in.
Stardust Contest: "Are We There Yet?"
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/02/01 09:44 CST
There's a new Planetary Society contest: "Are We There Yet? -- Measuring Stardust's Cosmic Journey." How far do you think Stardust will have traveled to get to Tempel 1? Guess here and get a chance to win a cool T-shirt!
Discovery Launch Scrubbed, Again
Posted by Mat Kaplan on 2010/11/05 02:54 CDT
The launch has been scrubbed once again due to a critical hydrogen leak detected once fueling had been underway for a while.
Posted by Mat Kaplan on 2010/11/04 10:47 CDT
Discovery has suffered an electrical problem related to one of the main engines. Thanks to delays related to that, and to weather concerns, the launch was scrubbed until Friday at 3:04pm.
Visitor from JAXA Stops at Planetary Society
Posted by Forest Purnell on 2010/01/29 10:07 CST
The Planetary Society regularly hosts interns and visiting scientists and engineers from world space agencies. Recently, we've had the pleasure of working with JAXA's Toshiaki Takemae.
Posted by Louis D. Friedman on 2010/01/28 10:12 CST
The world's space community -- and the public -- is awaiting the Obama Administration's new plan for human and robotic space flight. We expect the plan will be unveiled as part of the formal submission to Congress of the Administration's proposed budget for the Federal Government.
Climb Aboard Apollo 11 Time Machine
Posted by Susan Lendroth on 2009/07/16 01:01 CDT
Grab your bell bottoms and Tang, and travel back to 1969 when Apollo 11's journey to the Moon captivated the world, and Neil Armstrong's and Buzz Aldrin's boot prints in the lunar dust transformed us into a multi-world species.
Celebrate Apollo 11's 40th Anniversary with the Crew
Posted by Susan Lendroth on 2009/05/22 01:08 CDT
This summer, the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. will commemorate that extraordinary moment in history with a very special Apollo 11 celebration, featuring the mission's original crew members along with former Johnson Space Center Director Chris Kraft.
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