Reviews of two modular toys: Modular Robotics Cubelets and Sifteo Cubes

Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/11/30 06:08 CST | 1 comments

Reviews of two modular toys: Modular Robotics Cubelets and Sifteo Cubes

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Reviews of space-themed books & products for young children

Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/11/30 01:13 CST

Reviews of space-themed books & products for young children

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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.

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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

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Bye-bye, Curiosity

Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/11/29 09:35 CST

Bye-bye, Curiosity

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The 70-meter dishes of the Deep Space Network

Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/11/28 05:06 CST

I was inspired by my recent trip to Goldstone to put together this poster showing all three of the great 70-meter dishes of the Deep Space Network. There's one at each of the three complexes, at Goldstone, at Robledo (near Madrid, Spain), and at Tidbinbilla (near Canberra, Australia).

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