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Off to France! DPS-EPSC 2011 (a big planetary meeting)
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/09/30 11:40 CDT
Off to France! DPS-EPSC 2011 (a big planetary meeting)
Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Opportunity Digs In at Endeavour Crater, Team Remembers 9/11
Posted by A.J.S. Rayl on 2011/09/30 11:24 CDT
Since leaving the plains of Meridiani, pulling up to Endeavour Crater and checking out its first rock last month, Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has wasted no time in getting the "new mission" underway.
China's first space station takes flight
Posted by Jason Davis on 2011/09/30 10:58 CDT
A Long March rocket carried China's first space station, Tiangong-1, into orbit September 29.
What's up in the solar system in October 2011
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/09/29 12:12 CDT
What's up in the solar system in October 2011
Dawn Journal: Fourth year in space, and arrival in HAMO
Posted by Marc Rayman on 2011/09/29 08:12 CDT
Dawn's fourth anniversary of being in space is very different from its previous ones. Indeed, those days all were devoted to reaching the distant destination the ship is now exploring. Celebrating its anniversary of leaving Earth, Dawn is in orbit around a kindred terrestrial-type world, the ancient protoplanet Vesta.
Pretty pictures: Dancing moons
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/09/28 12:28 CDT
Pretty pictures: Dancing moons
Finally, an official statement on UARS' exact reentry time and location
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/09/27 12:25 CDT
Finally, an official statement on UARS' exact reentry time and location
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/09/26 01:57 CDT
MAVEN's baby picture
Posted by Ted Stryk on 2011/09/26 01:19 CDT
Ted Stryk reminisces on how he was turned on to astronomy.
Readers: Help me identify "greatest hit" blog entries?
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/09/26 12:03 CDT
Readers: Help me identify "greatest hit" blog entries?
The latest HiRISE view of Opportunity, on Endeavour's rim
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/09/24 10:19 CDT
The latest HiRISE view of Opportunity, on Endeavour's rim
Tethys and Dione don't seem to be active after all
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/09/23 01:09 CDT
Tethys and Dione don't seem to be active after all
Earth science's next big thing
Posted by Jason Davis on 2011/09/22 11:27 CDT
Meet the next big thing in NASA's mission to study planet Earth: NPP, the NPOESS Preparatory Project satellite.
Professor Michael Drake, Ph.D. (1946-2011)
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/09/21 06:25 CDT
Professor Michael Drake, Ph.D. (1946-2011)
Keeping track of UARS' reentry
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/09/21 01:40 CDT
Keeping track of UARS' reentry
Reading Itokawa's life history from microscopic samples
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/09/20 01:58 CDT
Reading Itokawa's life history from microscopic samples
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/09/19 12:46 CDT
Video: Soaring over Earth
Lou Friedman: Students design human asteroid mission in Caltech Space Challenge
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/09/19 11:55 CDT
Lou Friedman: Students design human asteroid mission in Caltech Space Challenge
A Skirmish Won, the Battle Will Continue
Posted by Charlene Anderson on 2011/09/17 09:23 CDT
A Skirmish Won, the Battle Will Continue











