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Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Spirit Remains Silent, Opportunity Pushes on to Endeavour
Posted by A.J.S. Rayl on 2010/10/31 12:00 CDT
For the Mars Exploration Rovers, October was a lot like September, which was a lot like August: Spirit continued hibernating at Gusev Crater or so it appears since the rover didn't phone home; and Opportunity picked up the pace to Endeavour Crater again, setting new driving records and marking more milestones along the way.
Arecibo images show Hartley 2 is elongated
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/29 11:33 CDT
Comet Hartley 2, the target for Deep Impact's close flyby (now just six days away!) made its closest approach to Earth on October 20, at a distance of 17.7 million kilometers.
Pretty picture: Three moons of Saturn
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/29 12:08 CDT
Pretty picture: Three moons of Saturn
In which I report on w00tstock and wonder how to get nerds more excited about real space exploration
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/28 12:19 CDT
In which I report on w00tstock and wonder how to get nerds more excited about real space exploration
What's up in the solar system in November 2010
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/27 02:37 CDT
What's up in the solar system in November 2010
Timeline for the Phobos Sample Return Mission (Phobos Grunt)
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/27 12:13 CDT
Timeline for the Phobos Sample Return Mission (Phobos Grunt)
An update to the Cassini Tour Page
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/27 11:24 CDT
An update to the Cassini Tour Page
Holy cow, is it really the 175th Carnival of Space already?
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/26 10:18 CDT
Holy cow, is it really the 175th Carnival of Space already?
A couple of tidbits from today's Deep Impact preview briefing
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/26 03:01 CDT
A couple of tidbits from today's Deep Impact preview briefing
DPS 2010: Pluto and Charon opposition surges, Nix and Hydra masses, Pluto and Eris compositions
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/25 11:18 CDT
An awful lot of the talks in the Pluto session on Tuesday morning, October 5, at the Division of Planetary Sciences meeting spent more time focusing on how bad weather conditions were during the astronomers' attempts to view Pluto as it occulted background stars than they did on any measurements or science that came out from the data.
A Marathon Day Two at the USA Science & Engineering Festival
Posted by Susan Lendroth on 2010/10/24 10:41 CDT
Day Two of the USA Science & Engineering Festival, and it started with a game of "dodge the marathoners."
Lightsail-1 Lands on National Mall
Posted by Susan Lendroth on 2010/10/23 10:03 CDT
Lightsail-1 Lands on National Mall
Getting ready for the USA Science & Engineering Festival
Posted by Susan Lendroth on 2010/10/22 06:51 CDT
The Planetary Society booth is ready to go for the USA Science & Engineering Festival being held this weekend on the National Mall in Washington DC.
Curiosity Cam: Watch Men and Women in White build a Mars rover live!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/22 01:33 CDT
Curiosity Cam: Watch Men and Women in White build a Mars rover live!
Tyler Nordgren's awesome "Planetary Park" posters
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/22 12:49 CDT
Tyler Nordgren's awesome "Planetary Park" posters
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/21 06:03 CDT
LCROSS finds lots of water in accessible places at the Moon's south pole -- but we'll have to tread carefully
DPS 2010: Triton's craters, a friendly dispute
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/21 11:33 CDT
DPS 2010: Triton's craters, a friendly dispute
Hey Federal employees! Send your CFC funds to the Planetary Society
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/21 11:30 CDT
Hey Federal employees! Send your CFC funds to the Planetary Society
A Rhea flyby and a cloudy Titan with Tethys in color
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/20 02:02 CDT
A Rhea flyby and a cloudy Titan with Tethys in color
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