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Posted by Bruce Betts on 2013/02/21 06:11 CST | 1 comments
NASA planetary scientist David S. McKay has passed away. He had an enormous impact on planetary studies over the course of his career. He also was a co-investigator on The Planetary Society LIFE experiments.
Posted by Bruce Betts on 2012/01/13 10:35 CST
We explore space for the noblest goals of science and exploration, and we often persevere in spite of challenges. But space exploration is fraught with bad things happening, or, to use the technical term, ouchies. The Planetary Society's Phobos LIFE biomodule will re-enter the Earth's atmosphere in the next few days with the rest of the Phobos-Grunt mission.
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.
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!
Shuttle LIFE Organisms Return from Space
Posted by Bruce Betts on 2011/06/09 05:40 CDT
Shuttle LIFE Organisms Return from Space
We did it -- Shuttle LIFE launches!
Posted by Bill Nye on 2011/05/16 09:39 CDT
Today at 8:56 a.m. EDT, Space Shuttle Endeavour launched on its final mission, and we are part of this historic moment!
Shuttle LIFE is go for launch with Endeavour!
Posted by Bruce Betts on 2011/04/29 04:02 CDT
The Planetary Society's Shuttle LIFE experiment is now go for launch on Endeavour's STS-134 mission. I came down to Florida for the loading of our tiny sample tubes into the CREST-1 (Commercial Reusable Experiments for Science & Technology) payload block.
Phobos LIFE gets a ride on Endeavour as Shuttle LIFE!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/03/25 03:52 CDT
The Planetary Society is contributing this thing called the Living Interplanetary Flight Experiment (LIFE) to Russia's Phobos sample return mission -- it's basically a sealed puck with dormant microbes inside that'll fly to Mars and back in the return capsule, and biologists will take a look to see what damage the little bugs suffered during their space journey.
365 Days of Astronomy Podcast: Unmanned Space Exploration in 2011
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/01/12 10:32 CST
Today the 365 Days of Astronomy podcast aired my contribution, Unmanned Space Exploration in 2011, about what to look forward to in solar system exploration this year.
Phobos Grunt including Phobos LIFE Delayed Until 2011
Posted by Bruce Betts on 2009/09/21 12:00 CDT
LIFE Experiment Module Passes Vibration and Impact Tests
Posted by Mark Gelfand on 2008/10/15 12:00 CDT
With Only Months to Delivery, Work Intensifies on LIFE Experiment
Posted by Amir Alexander on 2008/09/15 12:00 CDT
Phobos LIFE Experiment Designs Finalized, Hardware in Production, Important Partnerships Established
Posted by Amir Alexander on 2008/07/31 12:00 CDT
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