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The Martian Craters Asimov and Danielson
Posted by Ken Edgett on 2009/05/27 12:41 CDT | 2 comments
The Martian Craters Asimov and Danielson
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.
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/02/18 09:54 CST
It's a legal holiday here in the U.S. (President's day), and my daughter's babysitter is taking the day off, so I won't be getting much work done today. But I thought I'd check in to share the fact that, as we got out of the car last week, my daughter pointed up in the sky at the crescent moon and said "Dat!" so I gave her the word, "Moon."
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/01/23 01:41 CST | 2 comments
The story of a Sasquatch-shaped rock visible in a recent panorama from Spirit is getting a lot of play in the mainstream media, but fortunately, it's not being taken very seriously. (My favorite take on this picture is the lead from the Times Online story about it: "Is it a rock? A trick of Martian light on the eye? Or Osama Bin Laden waving from his barren hideout 300 million miles from planet Earth?")
Mars Science Laboratory is going to be HUGE
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/06/20 11:11 CDT
Yesterday I deposited the baby with her grandmother and went to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for a press junket to the opening of their new Mars Yard.
5...4...3...2...1...1...Happy New Year!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2005/12/31 01:29 CST
Read that title aloud. Yes, the last minute of 2005 is actually 61 seconds long.
A fun picture for holiday travel
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2005/11/22 02:37 CST
A fun NASA explainer just crossed my email inbox and I thought I'd share it.
Rockin' to Bill Haley and his Comets
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2005/07/05 05:55 CDT
There was a stage set up on the steps of the administration building, and the quad in front of it was filled with JPLers of all ages and descriptions. Rick Grammier and Don Yeomans introduced the band -- five guys, all members of the band since 1953 or earlier, still rockin' and rollin'.
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2005/06/28 02:18 CDT
Apparently there is a bogus email circulating around the Web with the following text: "The Red Planet is about to be spectacular!" But Mars is not about to appear "as large as the full Moon."
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