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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
Dawn Journal: Fourth year in space, and arrival in HAMO
Posted by Marc Rayman on 2011/09/29 08:12 CDT
Dawn's fourth anniversary of being in space is very different from its previous ones. Indeed, those days all were devoted to reaching the distant destination the ship is now exploring. Celebrating its anniversary of leaving Earth, Dawn is in orbit around a kindred terrestrial-type world, the ancient protoplanet Vesta.
Finally, an official statement on UARS' exact reentry time and location
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/09/27 12:25 CDT
Finally, an official statement on UARS' exact reentry time and location
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/09/26 01:57 CDT
MAVEN's baby picture
Earth science's next big thing
Posted by Jason Davis on 2011/09/22 11:27 CDT
Meet the next big thing in NASA's mission to study planet Earth: NPP, the NPOESS Preparatory Project satellite.
Keeping track of UARS' reentry
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/09/21 01:40 CDT
Keeping track of UARS' reentry
GRAIL A and B are on their way to the Moon!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/09/10 09:55 CDT
GRAIL A and B are on their way to the Moon!
Dawn Journal: Spiraling down from Survey Orbit
Posted by Marc Rayman on 2011/09/02 11:39 CDT
Dawn Journal: Spiraling down from Survey Orbit
Posted by Jason Davis on 2011/09/01 11:58 CDT
The first post-shuttle resupply mission in ISS history got off to a rocky start, as a Russian Progress cargo spacecraft failed to reach orbit, crashing into south central Russia.
Mars Exploration Rover Update: Opportunity Finds Martian Mystery at Endeavour Crater
Posted by A.J.S. Rayl on 2011/09/01 11:24 CDT
More than seven and a half years after landing, Opportunity arrived at its long-anticipated destination, the rim of Endeavour Crater, and in less than three weeks found something strange enough to launch a new Martian mystery.
What's up in the solar system in September 2011
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/08/31 05:28 CDT
What's up in the solar system in September 2011
Mars Exploration Rovers Update:Opportunity Arrives at Endeavour Crater, Mission Begins Anew
Posted by A.J.S. Rayl on 2011/08/31 11:24 CDT
The Mars Exploration Rover (MER) mission roves back into the exploration spotlight this month as Opportunity arrives at the rim of Endeavour Crater, a destination that wasn�t even an impossible dream when the rover landed back in January 2004.
Dawn Journal: In Survey Orbit (belatedly)
Posted by Marc Rayman on 2011/08/29 09:11 CDT
Dawn Journal: In Survey Orbit (belatedly)
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/08/25 05:21 CDT
Nifty GRAIL animation
GRAIL twins together on their rocket
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/08/18 07:35 CDT
GRAIL twins together on their rocket
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/08/10 02:09 CDT
Opportunity's wheels are on a whole new different kind of rock: she has arrived at the rim of Endeavour crater, on Cape York.
Junocam will get us great global shots down onto Jupiter's poles
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/08/05 03:31 CDT | 1 comments
Junocam will get us great global shots down onto Jupiter's poles
Juno is on the way to Jupiter!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/08/05 02:21 CDT
It almost looked like it wasn't going to happen today, but it did! At 16:25 UTC, a huge Atlas V 551 lifted off with the Juno spacecraft and sent it on its way to Jupiter.
Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Opportunity Closes in on Endeavour as Team Bids Farewell to Spirit
Posted by A.J.S. Rayl on 2011/07/31 11:24 CDT
Opportunity seemed to sail with the wind behind her back toward the western rim of Endeavour Crater this month as the Mars Exploration Rover team shifted gears in preparation for a whole new adventure, taking time out only to bid a final farewell both privately and publicly to Spirit.
What's up in the solar system in August 2011
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/07/30 05:05 CDT
What's up in the solar system in August 2011
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