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Scale comparisons of the solar system's major moons
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2013/07/10 06:05 CDT | 12 comments
A few presentation slides with pretty pictures, sized to scale, of the large moons of the solar system.
Posted by Bill Nye on 2013/07/10 12:18 CDT | 21 comments
Today, The Planetary Society submitted our white paper to the National Research Council's call for "input" on human spaceflight. It's derived from work we did back in 2008 brought up to date.
The Summer Solstice 2013 issue of The Planetary Report is out!
Posted by Donna Stevens on 2013/07/09 06:30 CDT | 4 comments
I’m happy to tell you that the Summer Solstice 2013 issue of The Planetary Report is hot off the presses and Is in the mail.
Mars 2020 Science Announcement Live-blog
NASA's next Mars rover now has a mission
Posted by Casey Dreier on 2013/07/09 01:57 CDT | 6 comments
Follow along as NASA reacts to the recommendations of the science definition team for the next Mars rover.
Posted by Casey Dreier on 2013/07/09 12:44 CDT
Follow along as scientists work through the possibilities and problems of NASA's asteroid retrieval mission.
Uranus or Bust (and on a budget)
Posted by Van Kane on 2013/07/09 12:38 CDT | 2 comments
New plans may make a mission to Uranus affordable within NASA's new, constrained budget.
In-flight entertainment: cameras aboard the Space Launch System
Posted by Jason Davis on 2013/07/09 06:04 CDT | 1 comments
When the Space Launch System lifts off on its inaugural flight in 2017, eight engineering cameras will collect crucial in-flight data while providing breathtaking views for the public.
Found a Killer Asteroid? Who Ya Gonna Call?
Tim Spahr of the Minor Planet Center on Planetary Radio
Posted by Mat Kaplan on 2013/07/08 04:19 CDT
Astronomer Timothy Spahr directs the Minor Planet Center, the global clearinghouse for asteroids, comets and other relatively small objects in the solar system, including moons. He also coordinates the Society's Shoemaker NEO grant program.
Field Report From Mars: Sol 3355 - July 2, 2013
Posted by Larry Crumpler on 2013/07/08 06:04 CDT
By Sol 3325 Opportunity has driven up onto the next "island" of rock, "Sutherland Point" and "Nobbys Head." On this sol Opportunity is only about 700 m from the goal, the mountains to the south.
Posted by Bill Dunford on 2013/07/07 10:24 CDT | 9 comments
The south polar cap of Mars is riddled with strange landscapes.
Hubble captures time-lapse of comet ISON
Posted by Jason Davis on 2013/07/05 04:28 CDT | 2 comments
The Hubble Space Telescope captured a series of images showing Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) plunging toward the sun.
Mars Exploration Rovers Mission Update: Opportunity Continues Sprint to Solander Point
Sols 3325 - 3354
Posted by A.J.S. Rayl on 2013/07/04 04:04 CDT | 1 comments
The Mars Exploration Rover (MER) mission celebrated its 10th anniversary of leaving Earth in June, as Opportunity continued the sprint to its next winter haven at Endeavour Crater.
PlanetVac Moving Forward
Meet the Team and Learn What They are Doing
Posted by Bruce Betts on 2013/07/03 01:23 CDT | 4 comments
Meet the PlanetVac team and learn their general plan and what they are doing now. PlanetVac is a newly started Planetary Society and Honeybee Robotics project to test a pneumatic system to sample planetary surfaces.
Posted by Jason Davis on 2013/07/03 07:03 CDT
When Space Shuttle Discovery launched on its 1988 return-to-flight mission, it was a big moment for NASA and America.
Russian rocket crashes in spectacular explosion
Posted by Jason Davis on 2013/07/02 07:11 CDT | 2 comments
A Russian Proton-M rocket veered off course and crashed in a nearby field shortly after liftoff from Baikonur, Kazahkstan.
Dawn Journal: Breaking Velocity Records
Posted by Marc Rayman on 2013/07/02 10:26 CDT | 7 comments
The indefatigable Dawn spacecraft is continuing its extraordinary interplanetary flight on behalf of inquisitive creatures on distant Earth. Progressing ever farther from Vesta, the rocky and rugged world it so recently explored, the ship is making good progress toward its second port of call, dwarf planet Ceres.
Planetary Radio: Don't Step in That Puddle!
The Strong Evidence for Water on the Moon
Posted by Mat Kaplan on 2013/07/01 06:18 CDT
The Planetary Science Institute's Amanda Hendrix is the guest for our July 1 episode. She finds water in the least likely places, including Luna.
PlanetVac Project Underway
Planetary Society Sponsored Surface Sampling Project
Posted by Bruce Betts on 2013/07/01 02:56 CDT | 1 comments
The Planetary Society's PlanetVac project with Honeybee Robotics is now fully underway. Here we provide a just released statement by Honeybee, and an introduction to this lab test of a new planetary surface sampling system.
Deflecting the flames of a monster rocket
Posted by Jason Davis on 2013/07/01 12:24 CDT | 3 comments
Work continues to prepare Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39B for the Space Launch System, as a flame trench deflector originally built for the Space Shuttle is removed.
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