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Quotes from Deep Impact "Pre-Impact Update" press conference at JPL
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2005/07/03 12:09 CDT
The panel consists of: Andy Danztler, Solar System Division Director at NASA HQ; Rick Grammier, Deep Impact Project Manager, JPL; Jennifer Rocca, Deep Impact Systems Engineer, JPL; and Mike A'Hearn, Principal Investigator, University of Maryland.
The Deep Impactor is safely on its way!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2005/07/03 08:49 CDT
I woke this morning to find a press release in my Inbox that said: "One hundred and seventy-one days into its 172-day journey to comet Tempel 1, NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft successfully released its impactor at 11:07 p.m. Saturday, Pacific Daylight Time," or 06:07 UTC.
Deep Impact On Course for Comet Crash; Mission Is Already Producing Science Returns
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2005/07/01 04:42 CDT
NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft is set for its date with Comet Tempel 1. "We are going to hit a bullet with another bullet while watching from a third bullet," said Charles Elachi, the head of JPL.
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2005/07/01 04:07 CDT
In the midst of all this hoopla about Deep Impact, I haven't been able to give the proper attention to Cassini, which began its second year of operations at Saturn today.
Deep Impact encounter minus 3 days
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2005/07/01 11:45 CDT
OK, I'm in...I arrived at an unusually empty Jet Propulsion Laboratory this morning in advance of the first Deep Impact encounter press conference.
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2005/07/01 11:45 CDT
I know I've probably disappointed a few people by not having had anything much to say about Cosmos 1 for a while. It's because, well, we haven't had anything much to say.
Changes to the Deep Impact encounter timeline
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2005/06/30 05:13 CDT
A reader has pointed out that JPL has changed their online press kit for Deep Impact, which was my primary source material for the encounter timeline.
Heads up: the Deep Impact encounter is coming up!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2005/06/28 10:56 CDT
Less than a week remains before the Deep Impact mission is set to meet its fate at Tempel 1. A mission like this has been a dream for planetary scientists for a long time.
Cosmos 1: Another rehearsal...
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2005/06/15 06:21 CDT
Rehearsals don't always go so well, which is the whole point of rehearsals. That was true both for us and for the Russians today, in separate simulations of mission operations.
"Our works with the spacecraft are finished successfully.""
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2005/06/10 10:56 CDT
Here at Cosmos 1 Project Operations Pasadena -- or POP -- we are scrambling to get our mission operations plans and procedures ready for our launch, just 11 days from now.
Huygens blog: "A dance party to Titan."
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2005/01/15 09:56 CST
Huygens blog: "It's impossible to resist the speculation."
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2005/01/15 07:31 CST
After a mere twelve hours of work, all six of the science teams on Huygens were able to report results this morning. You could easily tell the difference between the administrators and the scientists on this morning's press panel: the administrators looked bright, fresh, and well-rested, while the scientists looked decidedly weary.
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2005/01/14 04:10 CST
A frequently updated blog with the tumultuous events of Huygens' landing on Titan.
Huygens blog: "This is probably not the best day to speculate."
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2005/01/13 12:00 CST
Anticipation here at the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) is rising to a fever pitch. The full complement of more than a hundred scientists are here from all over Europe and the U.S.; they are running around, greeting each other, getting ready for the long-awaited data.
Huygens blog: It's going to be great!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2005/01/12 09:45 CST
In two days, it'll all be over; for better or worse, Huygens will have hit the ground on Titan, and back on Earth we'll be waiting to see whether the data will be returned. Today, I arrived at ESA's European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany.
Watching Spirit Launch to Mars
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2003/06/10 09:27 CDT
Spirit has successfully launched to Mars, and I was there with members of the science team to witness it.
The First Rover on Mars - The Soviets Did It in 1971
Posted by Charlene Anderson on 1990/08/01 12:00 CDT
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