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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.
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