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Gale's not the only Martian crater with an "enigmatic mound"
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/08/17 07:33 CDT
Gale's not the only Martian crater with an "enigmatic mound"
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/08/16 09:26 CDT
Vesta's wacky craters
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/08/16 08:42 CDT
In their own words
What's up in human spaceflight: the gas station edition
Posted by Jason Davis on 2011/08/15 11:58 CDT
An update on human spaceflight, including orbital propellant depots, suborbital test flights and an Orion crew capsule test aboard a Delta IV Heavy.
Looking down on a shooting star
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/08/15 06:19 CDT
Looking down on a shooting star
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/08/12 12:52 CDT
Amateur astronomer Patrick Wiggins sent me this neat little animation of comet Garradd moving against background stars through an hour's worth of observing. I'm not any kind of astronomer but if I were I think I would get a kick out of looking at things that appear to move within one night of watching -- asteroids, comets, Jupiter's spots. I'm impatient that way.
The role of press releases in space news coverage
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/08/11 12:05 CDT
The role of press releases in space news coverage
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/08/10 02:09 CDT
Opportunity's wheels are on a whole new different kind of rock: she has arrived at the rim of Endeavour crater, on Cape York.
Guest Post: Pablo Gutierrez-Marques: Vesta, a revelation
Posted by Pablo Gutierrez-Marques on 2011/08/09 12:19 CDT
Guest Post: Pablo Gutierrez-Marques: Vesta, a revelation
NASA thinks Earth is a planet, too
Posted by Jason Davis on 2011/08/08 11:58 CDT
Although much of the publicity NASA receives focuses on planetary exploration, Earth observing satellites like Aqua keep tabs on our home planet's weather and climate.
Spirit Point and Odyssey crater in sight, and new rock under Opportunity's wheels
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/08/07 04:26 CDT
Spirit Point and Odyssey crater in sight, and new rock under Opportunity's wheels
Junocam will get us great global shots down onto Jupiter's poles
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/08/05 03:31 CDT | 1 comments
Junocam will get us great global shots down onto Jupiter's poles
Juno is on the way to Jupiter!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/08/05 02:21 CDT
It almost looked like it wasn't going to happen today, but it did! At 16:25 UTC, a huge Atlas V 551 lifted off with the Juno spacecraft and sent it on its way to Jupiter.
Fun for the whole family: Watch an enormous rocket blast a spacecraft to Jupiter!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/08/04 01:19 CDT
Fun for the whole family: Watch an enormous rocket blast a spacecraft to Jupiter!
Pretty picture: five moons for Cassini
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/08/03 09:57 CDT
Explaining how to combine the red, green and blue images from a recent Cassini image session containing five of Saturn's moons: Janus, Pandora, Enceladus, Mimas and Rhea.
August Means Summer Recess for Congress But Let's Keep Up the Pressure for Space
Posted by Charlene Anderson on 2011/08/02 04:53 CDT
August Means Summer Recess for Congress But Let's Keep Up the Pressure for Space
What I see in the first high-res Dawn images of Vesta
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/08/02 11:22 CDT
What I see in the first high-res Dawn images of Vesta
On speculation in today's Dawn press briefing
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/08/02 07:10 CDT
On speculation in today's Dawn press briefing
Fabulous Dawn Vesta images and rotation movie!!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/08/01 11:58 CDT
Fabulous Dawn Vesta images and rotation movie!!
Jupiter's southern belt is coming back
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/08/01 09:34 CDT
In a story that I've been following for quite a while, Jupiter's southern equatorial belt, having faded to white in 2009, is now well on its way back to its former red glory.
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