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Phobos-Grunt: all but over, a letter from IKI
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/12/09 07:14 CST
A letter sent by Lev Zelenyi, director of the Russian Space Research Institute (IKI) to participants in the Phobos-Soil project about the mission's failure.
Posted by A.J.S. Rayl on 2011/12/07 10:24 CST
Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has discovered gypsum and its "single most powerful piece of evidence for liquid water on Mars."
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/12/05 04:13 CST
A report on a press briefing about Voyager 1 at the Fall 2011 American Geophyisical Union meeting. The spacecraft has entered a new region between our solar system and interstellar space, which scientists are calling the stagnation region.
ESA is ending ground station support for Phobos-Grunt
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/12/02 12:04 CST
After modifying two antennas and attempting to send commands to Phobos-Grunt for weeks without success, ESA has made the decision to stop tracking support.
Dawn Journal: Riding gravitational currents to LAMO
Posted by Marc Rayman on 2011/12/01 04:05 CST
In this update on the Dawn mission, project system engineer Marc Rayman reports that the probe is headed for its low altitude mapping orbit (LAMO), where it will focus on making a census of the atomic constituents and on mapping the gravity field in order to determine Vesta's interior structure.
Mars Exploration Rovers Update:Opportunity Crunches Homestake, Scouts Locales for Winter
Posted by A.J.S. Rayl on 2011/11/30 10:24 CST
Opportunity roved toward the end of its eighth year of exploration on the Red Planet and chalking up yet another "exciting" textbook discovery for the Mars mission.
What's up in the solar system in December 2011
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/11/29 03:57 CST
What's up in the solar system in December 2011
Curiosity is on its way to Mars!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/11/26 09:09 CST
It was a textbook launch for the Atlas V 541 today at 15:02 UTC, and within an hour after liftoff, the Centaur second stage had sent Curiosity on its way for an 8.5-month journey to Mars.
Dawn Journal: HAMO successfully completed, LAMO ahead
Posted by Marc Rayman on 2011/11/03 01:48 CDT
Dawn Journal: HAMO successfully completed, LAMO ahead
Have two spacecraft ever docked to two separate space stations on the same day?
Posted by Jason Davis on 2011/11/02 04:20 CDT
The Chinese spacecraft Shenzhou 8 docks with space station Tiangong 1, on the same day a Progress resupply capsule arrives at the International Space Station.
Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Opportunity Heads for New Discovery as Winter Blows In at Cape York
Posted by A.J.S. Rayl on 2011/10/31 11:24 CDT
Opportunity roved on this month, driving alongside the rim of Endeavour Crater toward the northern end of Cape York in search of more science gold and a place to hunker down for winter.
What's up in the solar system in November 2011
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/10/25 04:26 CDT
What's up in the solar system in November 2011
Phobos-Grunt unpacked! With Yinghuo-1 and LIFE!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/10/18 02:01 CDT | 1 comments
Phobos-Grunt unpacked! With Yinghuo-1 and LIFE!
Heads up! ROSAT is coming down this week
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/10/17 07:44 CDT
Heads up! ROSAT is coming down this week
Phobos-Grunt update; lots of new images and video!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/10/14 05:39 CDT
Phobos-Grunt update; lots of new images and video!
Photos: Preparations for Curiosity's launch proceeding (don't show these to Blofeld!)
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/10/11 11:27 CDT
Photos: Preparations for Curiosity's launch proceeding (don't show these to Blofeld!)
Notes from Day 3 of the EPSC/DPS meeting (all about MESSENGER)
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/10/05 11:04 CDT
Notes from Day 3 of the EPSC/DPS meeting (all about MESSENGER)
Brief notes from Day 2 of the DPS-EPSC meeting
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/10/04 11:18 CDT
Brief notes from Day 2 of the DPS-EPSC meeting
Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Opportunity Digs In at Endeavour Crater, Team Remembers 9/11
Posted by A.J.S. Rayl on 2011/09/30 11:24 CDT
Since leaving the plains of Meridiani, pulling up to Endeavour Crater and checking out its first rock last month, Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has wasted no time in getting the "new mission" underway.
What's up in the solar system in October 2011
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/09/29 12:12 CDT
What's up in the solar system in October 2011
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