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Posted by A.J.S. Rayl on 2010/06/30 12:00 CDT
With winter still freezing the southern hemisphere of Mars, June might have been an uneventful month for your average working robot, but not the Mars Exploration Rovers (MERs). In fact, from the sounds of silence to a major discovery to an injury scare, the rovers' latest trials, tribulations and achievements, have turned the last four weeks into something of an emotional roller-coaster for some members of the MER team.
Posted by Marc Rayman on 2010/06/30 08:24 CDT
Dawn Journal: Dawn 9.0
Saturn's hexagon is not unique
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/29 11:49 CDT
Saturn's hexagon is not unique
LightSail-1 Passes Critical Design Review
Posted by Louis D. Friedman on 2010/06/28 05:01 CDT
LightSail-1 Passes Critical Design Review
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/28 11:23 CDT
Elephant Skin on the Moon
LightSail-1 Passes Critical Design Review
Posted by Louis D. Friedman on 2010/06/25 12:00 CDT | 1 comments
One month, one journal, so many missed space stories!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/24 10:53 CDT
One month, one journal, so many missed space stories!
Likely candidate for an un-collapsed lava tube
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/21 03:11 CDT
Likely candidate for an un-collapsed lava tube
Two moons making waves in the rings
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/18 11:22 CDT
Two moons making waves in the rings
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/17 01:31 CDT
Lutetia in Rosetta's sights
Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Spirit Team Announces Major Water Discovery
Posted by A.J.S. Rayl on 2010/06/17 12:00 CDT
Mars Exploration Rover Spirit continued to hibernate this month, parked in place near an old volcanic formation called Home Plate. At the same time though she managed to rove back into the planetary exploration spotlight when a group of the mission scientists announced they had found -- in data from an outcrop the rover visited more than four years ago -- evidence for a past watery environment more suitable for life than any other either Spirit or Opportunity have found, a place where near-pure water existed. 1
Jupiter's faded belt: It's happened before, and it'll happen again
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/16 05:07 CDT
When I wrote a post about Jupiter's missing South Equatorial Belt in May, I had three main questions: how long did it take for the belt to go away, has this happened before, and how can a planet as big as Jupiter change its appearance so quickly?
IKAROS' deployable camera captures perfect sail photos and animation!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/15 08:50 CDT
IKAROS' deployable camera captures perfect sail photos and animation!
Is this SMART-1's impact site?
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/15 12:44 CDT
Is this SMART-1's impact site?
Amigurumi: How I channeled my adrenaline while watching Hayabusa's return
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/14 06:16 CDT
Amigurumi: How I channeled my adrenaline while watching Hayabusa's return
Hayabusa update: First step for sample capsule return to Japan
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/14 04:39 CDT
Hayabusa update: First step for sample capsule return to Japan
Hayabusa update: Capsule retrieved, heat shield found
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/14 09:20 CDT
Hayabusa update: Capsule retrieved, heat shield found
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