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What's up in the solar system in April 2011

Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/03/31 03:59 CDT

What's up in the solar system in April 2011

Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Spirit's Silence Haunts, Opportunity Roves on to Endeavour

Posted by A.J.S. Rayl on 2011/03/31 12:00 CDT

The Mars Exploration Rover mission experienced a month of highs tempered by one haunting low as it neared completion of its 87th month of a three-month tour this month. While Opportunity wrapped up its work at the youngest, freshest crater the rovers have explored to date, Spirit remained silent as the point of maximum sunshine for the Martian year came and went, further dimming once high hopes that the rover would phone home and rove on as summer settled on the southern hemisphere of Mars.

Images and data now pouring in from MESSENGER at Mercury

Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/03/30 04:31 CDT

Images and data now pouring in from MESSENGER at Mercury

MESSENGER delivers its first image from Mercury

Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/03/29 04:03 CDT

MESSENGER delivers its first image from Mercury

LPSC 2011: Lunar Layers

Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/03/29 11:49 CDT

LPSC 2011: Lunar Layers

Saturn's storm: A quick turnaround from Hubble

Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/03/28 04:13 CDT

Saturn's storm: A quick turnaround from Hubble