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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.
Solar eclipses from space: Hinode and SDO
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/01/06 11:33 CST
Two spacecraft that keep their ever-watchful eyes on the Sun -- NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and JAXA's Hinode -- were doing their thing, when something large wandered past: the Moon.
My arduous journey to the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera images
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/04/02 02:41 CDT
My arduous journey to the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera images
Pretty picture: An unexplained chain of elliptical craters on the Moon
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/04/02 02:41 CDT
Pretty picture: An unexplained chain of elliptical craters on the Moon
Lunokhod found on the Moon -- and on Earth, too
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/03/17 12:26 CDT
Yesterday I posted a bit of a Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter camera image showing the tracks of the Russian Lunokhod 2 rover. Today, I can post for you an image showing the rover's final resting place
Climb Aboard Apollo 11 Time Machine
Posted by Susan Lendroth on 2009/07/16 01:01 CDT
Grab your bell bottoms and Tang, and travel back to 1969 when Apollo 11's journey to the Moon captivated the world, and Neil Armstrong's and Buzz Aldrin's boot prints in the lunar dust transformed us into a multi-world species.
Posted by Timothy Reed on 2009/06/18 12:05 CDT
The editors of the site, Nature, have begun their ApolloPlus40 blog.
Celebrate Apollo 11's 40th Anniversary with the Crew
Posted by Susan Lendroth on 2009/05/22 01:08 CDT
This summer, the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. will commemorate that extraordinary moment in history with a very special Apollo 11 celebration, featuring the mission's original crew members along with former Johnson Space Center Director Chris Kraft.
Exciting Times Ahead: 2010 Will Sizzle, and 2011 Will Really Cook!
Posted by Alan Stern on 2009/05/18 03:56 CDT
Today, I'm kicking the week off with a look at the unusually intense confluence of far flung planetary exploration that's just around the corner, starting the middle of next year.
Posted by Jim Bell on 2009/05/04 12:46 CDT
Jim Bell describes his proposal to join the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Cameras science team.
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/02/18 09:54 CST
It's a legal holiday here in the U.S. (President's day), and my daughter's babysitter is taking the day off, so I won't be getting much work done today. But I thought I'd check in to share the fact that, as we got out of the car last week, my daughter pointed up in the sky at the crescent moon and said "Dat!" so I gave her the word, "Moon."
Posted by Cherilynn Morrow on 2007/09/14 11:27 CDT
Cherilynn Morrow shares her experiences at the launch of Kaguya.











