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Emily Lakdawalla's blogs from 2009
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 31: Uranus
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/31 11:06 CST
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 31: Uranus
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/31 10:57 CST
Worsening outlook for Spirit
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/31 09:15 CST
2009: The Year in Pictures
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 30: Tempel 1
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/30 08:26 CST
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 30: Tempel 1
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 29: Rhea
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/29 11:00 CST
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 29: Rhea
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 28: Ariel
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/28 12:28 CST
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 28: Ariel
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 27: Prometheus (hot off the presses!)
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/27 03:24 CST
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 27: Prometheus (hot off the presses!)
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 26: Titan
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/26 11:28 CST
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 26: Titan
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 25: Double planet
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/24 11:32 CST
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 25: Double planet
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/24 10:42 CST
Happy Christmas on Mars!
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 24: Ganymede
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/24 08:51 CST
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 24: Ganymede
A Space Carnival and a radio show
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/24 08:50 CST
A Space Carnival and a radio show
Awesome Cassini mutual event movies
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/23 01:04 CST
Awesome Cassini mutual event movies
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 23: Deimos
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/23 12:29 CST
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 23: Deimos
Celebrate exploration with Stephen Hawking and Buzz Aldrin!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/23 12:21 CST
Celebrate exploration with Stephen Hawking and Buzz Aldrin!
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 22: Venus
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/22 12:13 CST
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 22: Venus
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 21: Miranda
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/21 04:09 CST
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 21: Miranda
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 20: Iapetus
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/20 02:48 CST
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 20: Iapetus
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 19: Eros
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/19 05:43 CST
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 19: Eros
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 18: Neptune
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/18 02:19 CST
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 18: Neptune
Cassini VIMS sees the long-awaited glint off a Titan lake
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/17 04:28 CST
Cassini VIMS sees the long-awaited glint off a Titan lake
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 17: Proteus
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/17 12:57 CST
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 17: Proteus
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/17 09:55 CST
Watch that front wheel spin!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/17 07:49 CST
Hayabusa on the home stretch
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 16: Mimas
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/16 03:28 CST
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 16: Mimas
Two cool discoveries today: icy-hot exoplanet and smallest ever Kuiper Belt object
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/16 01:01 CST
Two cool discoveries today: icy-hot exoplanet and smallest ever Kuiper Belt object
Downloading the "How to work with Mars Express VMC images" class
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/16 10:21 CST
Downloading the "How to work with Mars Express VMC images" class
Class announcement: How to play with Mars Express VMC images
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/15 03:05 CST
Class announcement: How to play with Mars Express VMC images
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 15: Mars
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/15 12:40 CST
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 15: Mars
No, they can't push with the arm to free Spirit
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/15 11:25 CST
No, they can't push with the arm to free Spirit
A teeny weeny bit of movement in Spirit's right front wheel
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/14 01:12 CST
A teeny weeny bit of movement in Spirit's right front wheel
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 14: The Moon
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/14 11:09 CST
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 14: The Moon
Congratulations to the WISE team on a successful launch!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/14 10:22 CST
Congratulations to the WISE team on a successful launch!
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 13: Dactyl
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/13 04:35 CST
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 13: Dactyl
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 12: Saturn
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/12 03:17 CST
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 12: Saturn
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 11: Io
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/11 02:54 CST
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 11: Io
Awesome Mars Express view of Phobos and Deimos together
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/11 11:24 CST
Awesome Mars Express view of Phobos and Deimos together
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 10: Triton
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/10 11:42 CST
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 10: Triton
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 9: Atlas
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/09 01:55 CST
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 9: Atlas
Send Your Name to Venus, now with a certificate!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/09 01:46 CST
Send Your Name to Venus, now with a certificate!
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 8: Itokawa
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/08 12:50 CST
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 8: Itokawa
Carnival of Space and Planetary Radio
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/08 12:30 CST
Carnival of Space and Planetary Radio
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 7: Jupiter
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/07 03:11 CST
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 7: Jupiter
Four hundred and fourteen years since Galileo
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/07 10:43 CST
Four hundred and fourteen years since Galileo
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 6: Umbriel
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/06 08:00 CST
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 6: Umbriel
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 5: Epimetheus
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/05 09:17 CST
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 5: Epimetheus
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 4: Mercury
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/04 02:41 CST
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 4: Mercury
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 3: Europa
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/03 04:20 CST
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 3: Europa
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/03 01:23 CST
If Earth had rings
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 2: Mathilde
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/02 04:42 CST
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 2: Mathilde
The November/December issue of The Planetary Report is out
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/02 01:34 CST
The November/December issue of The Planetary Report is out
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 1: Dione
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/12/01 04:08 CST
Planetary Society Advent Calendar for December 1: Dione
What's up in the solar system in December 2009
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/11/30 02:32 CST
Spectacular animation of Halley's comet
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/11/26 09:11 CST
Near Earth Objects and Planetary Defense
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/11/26 08:52 CST
Saturn's aurora, even better than before
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/11/24 03:35 CST
Two more awesome pictures from the Enceladus flyby
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/11/22 05:54 CST
Prepare for your jaw to hit the floor when you see these pictures of Enceladus
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/11/21 10:26 CST
Space Imaging II: Getting Started with MER and Cassini Raw Images now available for download
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/11/19 02:49 CST
Hayabusa's still coming home: JAXA engineers come up with yet another creative solution
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/11/19 11:16 CST
Opportunity's poking at Marquette Island; Cassini's catching dancing moons
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/11/18 04:58 CST
Atlantis Rockets to Orbit on crucial ISS resupply flight
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/11/18 04:47 CST
Atlantis Rockets to Orbit on crucial ISS resupply flight
Results of the first "Free Spirit" extrication drive, sol 2088: not much, as expected
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/11/17 03:20 CST
Results of the first "Free Spirit" extrication drive, sol 2088: not much, as expected
How to download the first imaging class: "Images Are Data"
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/11/16 02:48 CST
How to download the first imaging class: "Images Are Data"
Leonid Meteor Shower Peaks on the 17th
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/11/16 02:16 CST
Leonid Meteor Shower Peaks on the 17th
Rosetta Earth swingby successful
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/11/13 09:44 CST
Rosetta Earth swingby successful
LCROSS team: "Yes, we found water!"
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/11/13 03:55 CST
LCROSS team: "Yes, we found water!"
STS 129 Astronauts arrive at Cape Canaveral
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/11/13 01:29 CST
STS 129 Astronauts arrive at Cape Canaveral
Two new names in the solar system: Herse and Weywot
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/11/12 04:45 CST
Two new names in the solar system: Herse and Weywot
First space imaging class tomorrow, 10:30 a.m. Pacific / 18:30 UT
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/11/12 02:26 CST
First space imaging class tomorrow, 10:30 a.m. Pacific / 18:30 UT
Highlights from today's Spirit press briefing
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/11/12 01:49 CST
Highlights from today's Spirit press briefing
Hayabusa stumbles on the path back to Earth
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/11/11 11:19 CST
Hayabusa stumbles on the path back to Earth
Tracking the stars -- and Earth
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/11/11 11:09 CST
Tracking the stars -- and Earth
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/11/10 02:21 CST
Four moons and a ring
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/11/10 11:38 CST
Rosetta is homing in on Earth
Planetary Radio Q and A: Are meteorites on Mars actually interesting?
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/11/09 03:53 CST
Planetary Radio Q and A: Are meteorites on Mars actually interesting?
A million dollars says The Planetary Society can make a solar sail fly
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/11/09 03:27 CST
A million dollars says The Planetary Society can make a solar sail fly
She moves! "First drive sequence in 145 sols" for Spirit
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/11/08 04:39 CST
She moves! "First drive sequence in 145 sols" for Spirit
Space Image Processing Classes are Go!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/11/06 04:14 CST
Space Image Processing Classes are Go!
Reviews of several space-themed books for young children
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/11/05 09:32 CST
Reviews of several space-themed books for young children
Planetary Radio Q and A: Saturn's Hexagon
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/11/04 04:14 CST
Planetary Radio Q and A: Saturn's Hexagon
Planetary Radio Q and A: Not-so-gassy giants
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/11/04 04:02 CST
Planetary Radio Q and A: Not-so-gassy giants
Data from Kaguya's prime mission to the Moon has been released
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/11/03 03:46 CST
Data from Kaguya's prime mission to the Moon has been released
Another marvelous image from Cassini's Nov 2 Enceladus flyby
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/11/03 12:21 CST
Another marvelous image from Cassini's Nov 2 Enceladus flyby
Cassini's Enceladus encounter, with bonus Tethys
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/11/02 11:10 CST
Cassini's Enceladus encounter, with bonus Tethys
Fun Friday photo: Titan and Rhea
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/30 01:19 CDT
Fun Friday photo: Titan and Rhea
What's up in the solar system in November 2009
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/29 06:59 CDT
What's up in the solar system in November 2009
Gorgeous high-res image of the Apollo 17 landing site
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/28 03:51 CDT
Gorgeous high-res image of the Apollo 17 landing site
HiRISE sees Phoenix in the Martian spring
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/28 03:30 CDT
HiRISE sees Phoenix in the Martian spring
Arizona Daily Star reports MRO managers working to avoid "unlikely but potentially fatal scenario"
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/28 01:53 CDT
Arizona Daily Star reports MRO managers working to avoid "unlikely but potentially fatal scenario"
Request for input: Any interest in tutorials on space imaging?
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/27 04:42 CDT
Request for input: Any interest in tutorials on space imaging?
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/27 01:42 CDT
What "phase angle" means
Carnival of Space #126, plus more from Jupiter's moon Io
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/26 01:51 CDT
Carnival of Space #126, plus more from Jupiter's moon Io
Send your name to Venus with Venus Climate Orbiter (PLANET-C), now known as Akatsuki
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/23 12:31 CDT
Send your name to Venus with Venus Climate Orbiter (PLANET-C), now known as Akatsuki
Louis Friedman: Augustine Committee Final Report
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/22 06:44 CDT
Louis Friedman: Augustine Committee Final Report
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