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Emily Lakdawalla's blogs from 2008
A launch slip for Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (not their fault)
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/07/29 01:39 CDT
A launch slip for Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (not their fault)
What's up in the solar system for the week of July 28
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/07/28 01:01 CDT
What's up in the solar system for the week of July 28
Phoenix sol 60: not enough sample to TEGA
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/07/26 05:37 CDT
Phoenix sol 60: not enough sample to TEGA
Phoenix Sol 60 rasping and dumping successful -- but we don't yet know if it got inside TEGA
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/07/26 04:29 CDT
Phoenix Sol 60 rasping and dumping successful -- but we don't yet know if it got inside TEGA
Earth to Phoenix: You are "go" to grab an ice sample for TEGA
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/07/25 11:14 CDT
Earth to Phoenix: You are "go" to grab an ice sample for TEGA
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/07/25 01:09 CDT
Make your mark on the map
Phoenix sol 58 update: rasping and scraping in Wonderland
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/07/24 04:00 CDT
Phoenix sol 58 update: rasping and scraping in Wonderland
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/07/24 01:28 CDT
Midnight Sun on Mars
How are we coming on Phoenix mission success?
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/07/23 06:01 CDT
How are we coming on Phoenix mission success?
More information on the Mars Express Phobos flyby today (no pictures yet)
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/07/23 03:55 CDT
More information on the Mars Express Phobos flyby today (no pictures yet)
What's up in the solar system for the week of July 21
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/07/22 05:21 CDT
What's up in the solar system for the week of July 21
Stay tuned for new views of Phobos from Mars Express
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/07/22 01:03 CDT
Stay tuned for new views of Phobos from Mars Express
Everyone celebrate! TEGA Oven 0 doors opened perfectly on sol 53
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/07/19 08:39 CDT
Everyone celebrate! TEGA Oven 0 doors opened perfectly on sol 53
Jupiter's Little Red Spot makes a second safe trip past the Great one
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/07/18 08:47 CDT
Jupiter's Little Red Spot makes a second safe trip past the Great one
Show this movie to your "non-spacy" friends
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/07/17 08:50 CDT
Show this movie to your "non-spacy" friends
A quick update on Phoenix, sol 50: Got ice? Yes!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/07/16 09:19 CDT
A quick update on Phoenix, sol 50: Got ice? Yes!
A great view of the Phoenix lander
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/07/16 12:45 CDT
A great view of the Phoenix lander
Last chances to send your name to the Moon on Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/07/16 10:45 CDT
Last chances to send your name to the Moon on Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/07/15 04:29 CDT
No Ustream webcast Wednesday
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/07/15 12:38 CDT
Buzzed by a binary
Welcome to the Solar System, Makemake
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/07/15 09:45 CDT
Welcome to the Solar System, Makemake
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/07/14 01:54 CDT
Earth, nearly 40 years ago
What's up in the solar system for the week of July 14
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/07/14 10:59 CDT
What's up in the solar system for the week of July 14
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/07/11 12:47 CDT
"Ulysses is not dead yet."
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/07/11 12:11 CDT
Hey, Lou! You get a medal!
Progress on the Phoenix Mission Success Panorama
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/07/11 08:42 CDT
Progress on the Phoenix Mission Success Panorama
More things to see in the amazing HiRISE image of Phoenix' descent
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/07/10 02:09 CDT
More things to see in the amazing HiRISE image of Phoenix' descent
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/07/10 12:25 CDT
Carnival of Space #62
Water on the Moon, a big impact on Mars
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/07/09 07:59 CDT
Water on the Moon, a big impact on Mars
Today's Ustream webcast archived
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/07/09 04:19 CDT
Today's Ustream webcast archived
Phoenix sol 43 update: Lots of imaging, hacking at Snow White, first touch for TECP, and more
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/07/09 09:46 CDT
Phoenix sol 43 update: Lots of imaging, hacking at Snow White, first touch for TECP, and more
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/07/09 08:39 CDT
Opportunity route map update
A summer of fun for space students
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/07/08 08:48 CDT
A summer of fun for space students
What's up in the solar system for the week of July 7
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/07/08 01:23 CDT
What's up in the solar system for the week of July 7
Beautiful mosaic of the Voyager mountains
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/07/06 04:15 CDT
Beautiful mosaic of the Voyager mountains
MESSENGER Scientists 'Astonished' to Find Water in Mercury's Thin Atmosphere
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/07/03 06:42 CDT
MESSENGER Scientists 'Astonished' to Find Water in Mercury's Thin Atmosphere
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/07/03 06:40 CDT
Carnival of Space #61
GLAST is returning data to Earth
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/07/03 09:48 CDT
GLAST is returning data to Earth
Phoenix sol 36 update: Scraping in Wonderland, next steps for TEGA
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/07/02 06:23 CDT
Phoenix sol 36 update: Scraping in Wonderland, next steps for TEGA
What's up in the solar system for the week of June 30
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/07/01 02:34 CDT
What's up in the solar system for the week of June 30
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/06/27 04:31 CDT
Strange things under Phoenix
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/06/27 12:17 CDT
Carnival of Space number 60
Phoenix sol 30 update: Alkaline soil, not very salty, "nothing extreme" about it!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/06/26 05:11 CDT
Phoenix sol 30 update: Alkaline soil, not very salty, "nothing extreme" about it!
Cassini camera data has been released through September 30, 2007
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/06/26 02:09 CDT
Cassini camera data has been released through September 30, 2007
A milestone for the Phoenix mission success panorama
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/06/24 06:39 CDT
A milestone for the Phoenix mission success panorama
Phoenix sol 29 update: Anomalies here and there, but minimum mission success is on the horizon
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/06/24 12:59 CDT
Phoenix sol 29 update: Anomalies here and there, but minimum mission success is on the horizon
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/06/24 11:06 CDT
What's new with Cosmos 2?
What's up in the solar system for the week of June 23
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/06/23 05:38 CDT
What's up in the solar system for the week of June 23
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/06/20 04:42 CDT
Carnival of Space #59
Phoenix sol 24: A disappearance from Dodo?
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/06/19 05:36 CDT
Phoenix sol 24: A disappearance from Dodo?
Women's names in the solar system
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/06/19 01:42 CDT
Women's names in the solar system
An anomaly on Phoenix Sol 22, but the spacecraft is in no danger
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/06/18 05:25 CDT
An anomaly on Phoenix Sol 22, but the spacecraft is in no danger
Some Phoenix questions and answers
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/06/18 11:50 CDT
Some Phoenix questions and answers
Getting back up to speed on Phoenix: up to sol 22, first dig at Wonderland
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/06/17 07:06 CDT
Getting back up to speed on Phoenix: up to sol 22, first dig at Wonderland
What's up in the solar system for the week of June 16
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/06/16 04:45 CDT
What's up in the solar system for the week of June 16
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/06/13 05:46 CDT
Phoenix Sol 17 & 18 Update
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/06/13 01:49 CDT
Sands on Earth, Sands on Mars
Sol 16 Update: The TEGA oven is full!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/06/12 10:07 CDT
Sol 16 Update: The TEGA oven is full!
MARCI and CTX: Lesser-known (but important!) siblings on MRO
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/06/11 10:19 CDT
MARCI and CTX: Lesser-known (but important!) siblings on MRO
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/06/11 09:19 CDT
Phoenix sol 15 update
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/06/10 01:00 CDT
Phoenix Sol 14 summary: Attempt to shake sample into TEGA fails, sample for optical microscope gathered
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/06/09 11:06 CDT
Phoenix raw images
Phoenix and the Quest for the Improbable
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/06/09 04:02 CDT
Phoenix and the Quest for the Improbable
Phoenix sol 12 summary: A tough time with TEGA
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/06/07 05:21 CDT
Phoenix sol 12 summary: A tough time with TEGA
I'm going on vacation -- so I got two Jims to substitute!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/06/06 04:24 CDT
I'm going on vacation -- so I got two Jims to substitute!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/06/06 04:08 CDT
Carnival of Space #57
Phoenix sol 11: A dig at Baby Bear; poised to dump first TEGA sample
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/06/06 03:56 CDT
Phoenix sol 11: A dig at Baby Bear; poised to dump first TEGA sample
Report on Phoenix Sol 10: a "runout" day, leaving time to gawk at sol 9 microscopic images
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/06/05 06:52 CDT
Report on Phoenix Sol 10: a "runout" day, leaving time to gawk at sol 9 microscopic images
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/06/04 05:50 CDT
What's up in the solar system
Report on Phoenix Sol 9 activities: Ready to get samples; but Odyssey is in safe mode
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/06/04 05:27 CDT
Report on Phoenix Sol 9 activities: Ready to get samples; but Odyssey is in safe mode
Report on Phoenix Sol 8 activities: An extra day to learn how to use the arm
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/06/03 06:49 CDT
Report on Phoenix Sol 8 activities: An extra day to learn how to use the arm
Press conferences from American Astronomical Society meeting
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/06/03 12:55 CDT
Press conferences from American Astronomical Society meeting
Update on the search for Mars Polar Lander
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/06/02 06:30 CDT
Update on the search for Mars Polar Lander
Report on Phoenix Sol 7 activities: Dig and Dump
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/06/02 05:48 CDT
Report on Phoenix Sol 7 activities: Dig and Dump
My presentations to the American Astronomical Society sessions on New Media
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/06/02 04:00 CDT
My presentations to the American Astronomical Society sessions on New Media
Watch American Astronomical Society events on Ustream
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/06/02 01:21 CDT
Watch American Astronomical Society events on Ustream
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/06/02 12:09 CDT
Phoenix digs into the dirt
Phoenix sol 5 and 6 activities (sol 7 roundup)
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/06/01 04:06 CDT
Phoenix sol 5 and 6 activities (sol 7 roundup)
Remote presentation at a workshop in St. Louis
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/06/01 02:29 CDT
Remote presentation at a workshop in St. Louis
Space Shuttle Discovery just lifted off successfully
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/05/31 04:15 CDT
Space Shuttle Discovery just lifted off successfully
Phoenix sol 6: Holy cow, it's ice!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/05/31 01:51 CDT
Phoenix sol 6: Holy cow, it's ice!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/05/31 12:08 CDT
Could this be ice?
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/05/30 04:15 CDT
Phoenix sol 5 roundup
A few more photos from Phoenix today
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/05/29 04:00 CDT
A few more photos from Phoenix today
Phoenix sol 4 press briefing: unstowed arm, full panorama, and weather
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/05/29 03:38 CDT
Phoenix sol 4 press briefing: unstowed arm, full panorama, and weather
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/05/29 11:46 CDT
Carnival of Space #56
A full panorama and an unstowed arm
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/05/29 01:01 CDT
A full panorama and an unstowed arm
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/05/28 05:25 CDT
Messages from Earth
Highlights from the Phoenix Sol 3 press conference
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/05/28 02:30 CDT
Highlights from the Phoenix Sol 3 press conference
HiRISE images of the Phoenix landing site
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/05/27 06:03 CDT
HiRISE images of the Phoenix landing site
A little update on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's radio
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/05/27 05:05 CDT
A little update on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's radio
Phoenix Sol 2 press conference, in a nutshell
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/05/27 03:51 CDT
Phoenix Sol 2 press conference, in a nutshell
The HiRISE parachute image just got even better
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/05/27 01:42 CDT
The HiRISE parachute image just got even better
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/05/26 11:33 CDT
Visions of Mars, on Mars
OMG!! Parachute!!!! Photo!!!!!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2008/05/26 01:12 CDT
OMG!! Parachute!!!! Photo!!!!!
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