Emily Lakdawalla's blogs from 2007
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/28 05:45 CDT
Who's got the biggest panels?
Dawn launch: Solar arrays deployed
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/27 06:15 CDT
Dawn launch: Solar arrays deployed
One more cool Dawn launch photo
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/27 02:41 CDT
One more cool Dawn launch photo
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/27 08:59 CDT
Successful launch for Dawn!
Dawn launch: T minus 1 day: Up close at the Delta II launch pad
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/27 12:05 CDT
Dawn launch: T minus 1 day: Up close at the Delta II launch pad
Dawn launch: Go Dawn, go Delta!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/26 11:41 CDT
Dawn launch: Go Dawn, go Delta!
Dawn launch: One-on-one with Marc Rayman at Kennedy Space Center
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/26 03:37 CDT
Dawn launch: One-on-one with Marc Rayman at Kennedy Space Center
New Horizons now aimed directly at Pluto
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/25 08:08 CDT
New Horizons now aimed directly at Pluto
Observing Dawn from Hawaii and Alaska
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/25 12:40 CDT
Observing Dawn from Hawaii and Alaska
Update on Cassini's safing situation
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/24 06:43 CDT
Update on Cassini's safing situation
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/24 02:39 CDT
New stuff on the website
Dawn launch: Delayed to September 27
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/24 11:47 CDT
Dawn launch: Delayed to September 27
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/22 05:49 CDT
Dawn launch: Go for fueling!
New names for some irregular Saturnian moons
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/20 11:28 CDT
New names for some irregular Saturnian moons
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/20 01:31 CDT
Iapetus' "Voyager Mountains"
Fire fountain amid heavenly fires
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/20 10:56 CDT
Fire fountain amid heavenly fires
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/18 10:58 CDT
Silly but fun Apollo 11 video
Budget Axe Falls on Mars Science Laboratory
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/18 07:52 CDT
Budget Axe Falls on Mars Science Laboratory
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/17 04:50 CDT
Seeing in the Dark
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/17 11:20 CDT
Kaguya self-portraits
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/14 04:28 CDT
Kaguya launch wrapup
Kaguya continues to operate well
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/14 09:00 CDT
Kaguya continues to operate well
Everything continues to look good for Kaguya!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/13 09:13 CDT
Everything continues to look good for Kaguya!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/13 08:31 CDT
KAGUYA HAS LAUNCHED!
Kaguya launch update: Watching the launch
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/13 08:26 CDT
Kaguya launch update: Watching the launch
Kaguya launch update: just about to go!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/13 08:21 CDT
Kaguya launch update: just about to go!
Opportunity takes first gingerly steps into Victoria Crater
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/13 05:11 CDT
Opportunity takes first gingerly steps into Victoria Crater
Kaguya launch update: Fuel loading complete
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/13 03:33 CDT
Kaguya launch update: Fuel loading complete
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/13 03:23 CDT
Enormous Iapetus mosaic
Kaguya launches in less than 8 hours!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/13 12:27 CDT
Kaguya launches in less than 8 hours!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/13 12:18 CDT
Carnival of Space #20
Video greeting from Sir Arthur C. Clarke
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/12 09:56 CDT
Video greeting from Sir Arthur C. Clarke
More Blogs: Kaguya's launch, and Stars Above
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/12 11:19 CDT
More Blogs: Kaguya's launch, and Stars Above
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/12 12:34 CDT
Flying over the ridge
Iapetus closest approach images are online!!!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/12 12:13 CDT
Iapetus closest approach images are online!!!
Cassini went into safe mode, but everything is OK
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/11 05:32 CDT
Cassini went into safe mode, but everything is OK
Kaguya launch postponed one day due to weather
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/11 10:08 CDT
Kaguya launch postponed one day due to weather
Iapetus, saturated with craters
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/11 12:31 CDT
Iapetus, saturated with craters
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/10 06:22 CDT
The view from Iapetus
Cassini: highest-resolution-ever images of Iapetus
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/10 01:39 CDT
Cassini: highest-resolution-ever images of Iapetus
Cassini's doing Iapetus encounter science now
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/09 05:18 CDT
Cassini's doing Iapetus encounter science now
Phoenix returns its first photo
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/07 10:21 CDT
Phoenix returns its first photo
Skies slowly lightening for Spirit and Opportunity
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/07 05:27 CDT
Skies slowly lightening for Spirit and Opportunity
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/07 12:17 CDT
Carnival of Space #19
Cassini Zeroes in on Saturn's Yin-Yang Moon Iapetus
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/06 05:47 CDT
Cassini Zeroes in on Saturn's Yin-Yang Moon Iapetus
Another approaching view of Iapetus
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/06 12:08 CDT
Another approaching view of Iapetus
Cassini's approaching view of Iapetus
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/05 05:57 CDT
Cassini's approaching view of Iapetus
Putting the Rhea puzzle together
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/09/04 06:34 CDT
Putting the Rhea puzzle together
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/08/31 12:46 CDT
Cassini's next stop: Iapetus
The cave entrance on Arsia Mons really is a pit
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/08/30 12:38 CDT
The cave entrance on Arsia Mons really is a pit
Dust storm update: A rover's-eye-view
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/08/29 05:06 CDT
Dust storm update: A rover's-eye-view
Poised on the threshold of Victoria Crater
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/08/29 01:26 CDT
Poised on the threshold of Victoria Crater
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/08/28 11:24 CDT
Titan: brown and blue
Two sky events Aug 27/28: One reason NOT to look up, and one reason to get up early
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/08/26 11:25 CDT
Two sky events Aug 27/28: One reason NOT to look up, and one reason to get up early
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/08/23 11:41 CDT
Carnival of Space #17
Hayabusa update: Now three of four engines are working!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/08/22 11:50 CDT
Hayabusa update: Now three of four engines are working!
More Activity in NASA's Science Mission Directorate
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/08/21 01:47 CDT
More Activity in NASA's Science Mission Directorate
Europlanet : Up high and down low using H2O
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/08/21 11:38 CDT
Europlanet : Up high and down low using H2O
Doug Goes to Potsdam: The European Planetary Science Congress #2
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/08/19 04:33 CDT
Doug Goes to Potsdam: The European Planetary Science Congress #2
Ices, Oceans, and Fire: Tuesday afternoon: Landscapes
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/08/17 05:50 CDT
Ices, Oceans, and Fire: Tuesday afternoon: Landscapes
Ices, Oceans, and Fire: Tuesday morning: Goo-ology
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/08/16 06:51 CDT
Ices, Oceans, and Fire: Tuesday morning: Goo-ology
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/08/16 03:13 CDT
Earthquakes, earthquakes
Ices, Oceans, and Fire: Tuesday morning: Spectroscopy
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/08/16 01:30 CDT
Ices, Oceans, and Fire: Tuesday morning: Spectroscopy
Ices, Oceans, and Fire: Conference overload
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/08/16 11:40 CDT
Ices, Oceans, and Fire: Conference overload
Ices, Oceans, and Fire: Monday afternoon: Posters
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/08/15 11:20 CDT
Ices, Oceans, and Fire: Monday afternoon: Posters
Uranus ring plane crossing tomorrow!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/08/15 10:58 CDT
Uranus ring plane crossing tomorrow!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/08/15 10:22 CDT
Kaguya repairs complete
Ices, Oceans, and Fire: Monday afternoon: New Horizons at Jupiter
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/08/14 11:34 CDT
Ices, Oceans, and Fire: Monday afternoon: New Horizons at Jupiter
Stars Above, Earth Below: Go to the Mountains
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/08/14 10:30 CDT
Stars Above, Earth Below: Go to the Mountains
Ices, Oceans, and Fire: Monday afternoon: Terrestrial analogs-ish
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/08/13 09:56 CDT
Ices, Oceans, and Fire: Monday afternoon: Terrestrial analogs-ish
Ices, Oceans, and Fire: Monday morning: The history and interiors of icy moons
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/08/13 05:31 CDT
Ices, Oceans, and Fire: Monday morning: The history and interiors of icy moons
Reporting from the Workshop on Ices, Oceans, and Fire
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/08/13 10:38 CDT
Reporting from the Workshop on Ices, Oceans, and Fire
Check out the Perseids this weekend!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/08/10 06:42 CDT
Check out the Perseids this weekend!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/08/10 06:11 CDT
Some cool Cassini images
Phoenix and New Horizons updates
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/08/10 06:01 CDT
Phoenix and New Horizons updates
New style in the Science Mission Directorate at NASA
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/08/09 11:28 CDT
New style in the Science Mission Directorate at NASA
A little good news on the rovers
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/08/08 10:56 CDT
A little good news on the rovers
Phoenix is now on its way to Mars!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/08/04 05:44 CDT
Phoenix is now on its way to Mars!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/08/04 05:41 CDT
Second stage burn complete
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/08/04 04:32 CDT
Second stage ignition!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/08/04 04:23 CDT
T minus 4 and counting!
Phoenix: Launch minus 12 minutes and weather is "go"
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/08/04 04:14 CDT
Phoenix: Launch minus 12 minutes and weather is "go"
Getting ready for Phoenix launch: Step 1: Sleep
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/08/03 11:20 CDT
Getting ready for Phoenix launch: Step 1: Sleep
Hubble views of Mars' dust storm
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/08/03 05:54 CDT
Hubble views of Mars' dust storm
Go, go Phoenix! 18 hours until launch...
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/08/03 09:55 CDT
Go, go Phoenix! 18 hours until launch...
Carnival of Space #14, and a rover update
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/08/02 12:36 CDT
Carnival of Space #14, and a rover update
Phoenix' second stage has been fueled
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/08/01 12:00 CDT
Phoenix' second stage has been fueled
"Concern Increasing" for Opportunity
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/08/01 08:46 CDT
"Concern Increasing" for Opportunity
Phoenix launch postponed one day
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/07/31 10:22 CDT
Phoenix launch postponed one day
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/07/30 12:26 CDT
Where are you reading from?
High tau for Spirit and Opportunity
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/07/30 12:26 CDT
High tau for Spirit and Opportunity
New launch date for Kaguya: September 13
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/07/29 11:15 CDT
New launch date for Kaguya: September 13
Dust storm update: rovers still OK
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/07/27 06:37 CDT
Dust storm update: rovers still OK
Stars Above, Earth Below: Appreciating Dark Skies
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/07/27 12:47 CDT
Stars Above, Earth Below: Appreciating Dark Skies
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2007/07/27 11:51 CDT
A horrible day in space











