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Emily Lakdawalla's blogs from 2009
Last Chance for Bargains at The Planetary Society Store
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/22 02:44 CDT
Last Chance for Bargains at The Planetary Society Store
Spinning spokes in Saturn's rings
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/21 02:27 CDT
Spinning spokes in Saturn's rings
Window onto an abyss: Cave skylight on the Moon
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/20 02:01 CDT
Window onto an abyss: Cave skylight on the Moon
Saturn shadows shift with the seasons
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/19 03:39 CDT
Saturn shadows shift with the seasons
Fun for Sunday: Titan and Tethys pas de deux
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/18 05:08 CDT
Fun for Sunday: Titan and Tethys pas de deux
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/16 02:43 CDT
Here comes Rosetta!
Opportunity's world of dunes and rock
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/16 01:28 CDT
Opportunity's world of dunes and rock
A brief word on Saturn's radius
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/15 06:44 CDT
A brief word on Saturn's radius
Rhea, Enceladus, Mimas, and Tethys, oh my!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/15 03:23 CDT
Rhea, Enceladus, Mimas, and Tethys, oh my!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/14 05:58 CDT
Netherlands fireball
That psychedelic M-cubed Moon movie explained
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/13 05:50 CDT
That psychedelic M-cubed Moon movie explained
AMASE 2009: Testing future Mars surface instruments in the Arctic
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/13 01:56 CDT
AMASE 2009: Testing future Mars surface instruments in the Arctic
Video from Palomar Observatory on LCROSS impact night
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/10 04:47 CDT
Video from Palomar Observatory on LCROSS impact night
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Diviner detection of LCROSS impact
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/09 05:08 CDT
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Diviner detection of LCROSS impact
Graphics from the LCROSS press briefing
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/09 03:59 CDT
Graphics from the LCROSS press briefing
LCROSS: A "morning after" wrapup
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/09 12:17 CDT
LCROSS: A "morning after" wrapup
LCROSS visible spectrometer data showing impact flash
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/09 10:57 CDT
LCROSS visible spectrometer data showing impact flash
Palomar image of crater Cabeus after LCROSS impact
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/09 10:43 CDT
Palomar image of crater Cabeus after LCROSS impact
MMT image of the plume and its shadow?
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/09 10:02 CDT
MMT image of the plume and its shadow?
LCROSS impact recap, with animations
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/09 08:46 CDT
LCROSS impact recap, with animations
Screen caps of NASA TV LCROSS camera images
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/09 06:54 CDT
Screen caps of NASA TV LCROSS camera images
Gorgeous Kaguya image of Cabeus crater; where to watch impact
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/09 06:16 CDT
Gorgeous Kaguya image of Cabeus crater; where to watch impact
LCROSS Centaur separation and braking burn successful
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/08 10:55 CDT
LCROSS Centaur separation and braking burn successful
LROC nabs image of the Apollo 14 S-IVB impact site
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/08 06:33 CDT
LROC nabs image of the Apollo 14 S-IVB impact site
A couple of helpful visualizations of LCROSS impact
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/08 05:25 CDT
A couple of helpful visualizations of LCROSS impact
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/08 03:19 CDT
LCROSS impact preview
DPS: The amazing wound-up C ring, by Josh Colwell
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/07 03:07 CDT
DPS: The amazing wound-up C ring, by Josh Colwell
App review: Moon Globe and Mars Globe: Five stars!!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/07 02:23 CDT
App review: Moon Globe and Mars Globe: Five stars!!
A podcast, a space carnival, and a New Horizons Planetary Radio Q and A
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/07 01:54 CDT
A podcast, a space carnival, and a New Horizons Planetary Radio Q and A
Changes in Titan's southern lakes
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/06 05:19 CDT
Changes in Titan's southern lakes
The September-October 2009 issue of The Planetary Report is out
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/06 02:48 CDT
The September-October 2009 issue of The Planetary Report is out
Prizes for Steve Squyres, Toby Owen, Kelly Beatty, and Sarah Stewart-Mukhopadhyay
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/06 12:50 CDT
Prizes for Steve Squyres, Toby Owen, Kelly Beatty, and Sarah Stewart-Mukhopadhyay
2008 TC3: One year later (a 365 Days of Astronomy podcast)
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/05 05:53 CDT
2008 TC3: One year later (a 365 Days of Astronomy podcast)
Another possible piece of evidence for a Rhea ring
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/05 02:30 CDT
Another possible piece of evidence for a Rhea ring
Massive MESSENGER Mercury Mosaic
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/05 02:13 CDT
Massive MESSENGER Mercury Mosaic
MESSENGER gets two planets for the price of one
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/02 12:49 CDT
MESSENGER gets two planets for the price of one
It would appear that Opportunity has stumbled upon another meteorite
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/02 12:58 CDT
It would appear that Opportunity has stumbled upon another meteorite
What's up in the solar system in October 2009
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/10/01 10:04 CDT
What's up in the solar system in October 2009
Another lunar lander photographed: Surveyor 1!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/30 05:40 CDT
Another lunar lander photographed: Surveyor 1!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/30 02:05 CDT
Third Time's No Charm: MESSENGER's Third Gravity Assist Successful, But "Safe Mode" Interrupts Science
MESSENGER went into safe mode before closest approach
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/30 10:14 CDT
MESSENGER went into safe mode before closest approach
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/29 11:49 CDT
Opportunity on the move
A little drama during the MESSENGER Mercury flyby
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/29 07:18 CDT
A little drama during the MESSENGER Mercury flyby
MESSENGER just passed closest approach!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/29 05:58 CDT
MESSENGER just passed closest approach!
MESSENGER's latest Mercury image
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/29 07:13 CDT
MESSENGER's latest Mercury image
Now it's Cabeus, not Cabeus A, for LCROSS
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/28 04:19 CDT
Now it's Cabeus, not Cabeus A, for LCROSS
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/28 03:27 CDT
Dawn, now with 33% more Vesta
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/28 03:27 CDT
Carnival of Space #122
Planetary Radio Q and A: Who sees better, Hubble or ground-based scopes with adaptive optics?
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/28 12:07 CDT
Planetary Radio Q and A: Who sees better, Hubble or ground-based scopes with adaptive optics?
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/28 09:52 CDT
Fifty-five hours from Mercury
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/26 05:07 CDT
My Tweets this week
The "Water on the Moon" Hoopla, Part 2: The murkier part of the story
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/25 05:02 CDT
The "Water on the Moon" Hoopla, Part 2: The murkier part of the story
The "Water on the Moon" Hoopla, Part 1: There's water on the Moon!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/25 02:32 CDT
The "Water on the Moon" Hoopla, Part 1: There's water on the Moon!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/25 12:30 CDT
Here comes Mercury
Planetary Society Statement on Water on the Moon
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/24 02:31 CDT
Planetary Society Statement on Water on the Moon
The Moon as seen by Cassini VIMS, processed by an amateur
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/24 01:17 CDT
The Moon as seen by Cassini VIMS, processed by an amateur
An ALMA antenna journeys to its pad
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/24 12:40 CDT
An ALMA antenna journeys to its pad
Beautiful 3D animation of Spirit's environs in Gusev Crater
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/23 08:14 CDT
Beautiful 3D animation of Spirit's environs in Gusev Crater
Looking forward to MESSENGER's third flyby of Mercury
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/23 05:30 CDT
Looking forward to MESSENGER's third flyby of Mercury
Planetary Radio Q and A: Boom-boom!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/22 05:11 CDT
Planetary Radio Q and A: Boom-boom!
More Saturn equinox image goodies
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/22 12:04 CDT
More Saturn equinox image goodies
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/21 06:11 CDT
Saturn equinox image goodies
No more rumors: It's now fact that Phobos-Grunt will be delayed to 2011
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/21 01:00 CDT
No more rumors: It's now fact that Phobos-Grunt will be delayed to 2011
Venus looks more boring than you think it does
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/21 12:54 CDT
Venus looks more boring than you think it does
A piece of an asteroid returns to the telescope that discovered it
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/20 11:50 CDT
A piece of an asteroid returns to the telescope that discovered it
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/18 04:58 CDT
Two weeks of Tweets
Some more Friday fun: How many planets?
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/18 03:46 CDT
Some more Friday fun: How many planets?
Just for fun: the spacecraft bulletin board at JPL
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/17 05:53 CDT
Just for fun: the spacecraft bulletin board at JPL
Some first results from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (or, I love LOLA)
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/17 02:09 CDT
Some first results from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (or, I love LOLA)
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/16 06:13 CDT
How does Hubble compare?
LCROSS: Hitting those tantalizing purple pixels
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/16 12:32 CDT
LCROSS: Hitting those tantalizing purple pixels
Planetary Radio Q and A: Moonquakes
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/15 05:15 CDT
Planetary Radio Q and A: Moonquakes
Opportunity's highway, and a tour of Block Island
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/15 12:35 CDT
Opportunity's highway, and a tour of Block Island
Interpreting a crater on the Moon
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/14 01:11 CDT
Interpreting a crater on the Moon
LCROSS Mission Selects Crater Cabeus A As Target for October 9 Impact
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/11 03:26 CDT
LCROSS Mission Selects Crater Cabeus A As Target for October 9 Impact
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/11 12:57 CDT
A rare view of Iapetus
Two new blogs to follow: 3D planets and image treasures
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/10 04:12 CDT
Two new blogs to follow: 3D planets and image treasures
New Hubble images: News story with lots of pics now posted
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/09 08:07 CDT
New Hubble images: News story with lots of pics now posted
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/09 11:49 CDT
New Hubble images!
Planetary Radio Q and A: How do you know which way a star rotates?
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/08 02:54 CDT
Planetary Radio Q and A: How do you know which way a star rotates?
Carnival of Space #119 is here at The Planetary Society Blog
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/07 12:40 CDT
Carnival of Space #119 is here at The Planetary Society Blog
Continuing the Search for Mars Polar Lander
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/04 02:35 CDT
Continuing the Search for Mars Polar Lander
Happy Saturn ring plane crossing day!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/04 11:40 CDT
Happy Saturn ring plane crossing day!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/03 02:47 CDT
Apollo 12 and Surveyor 3!
New HiRISE image of Spirit at Home Plate
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/03 01:43 CDT
New HiRISE image of Spirit at Home Plate
Dust storm update: Skies clearing for Spirit
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/02 12:25 CDT
Dust storm update: Skies clearing for Spirit
Station fire update: Mount Wilson safe, ready for "another hundred years" of science
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/02 11:55 CDT
Station fire update: Mount Wilson safe, ready for "another hundred years" of science
Cassini goodies: Telesto, Janus, Prometheus, Pandora, F ring
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/01 12:40 CDT
Cassini goodies: Telesto, Janus, Prometheus, Pandora, F ring
Planetary Radio Q and A: How do you make a mark on a planet made of gas?
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/09/01 11:00 CDT
Planetary Radio Q and A: How do you make a mark on a planet made of gas?
What's up in the solar system in September 2009: MESSENGER's 3rd Mercury flyby coming up!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/08/31 04:53 CDT
What's up in the solar system in September 2009: MESSENGER's 3rd Mercury flyby coming up!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/08/31 12:59 CDT
Carnival of Space #118
Station Fire update: Mount Wilson Observatory still there, but still under threat
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/08/31 11:59 CDT
Station Fire update: Mount Wilson Observatory still there, but still under threat
The Station Fire is near JPL and even closer to Mt. Wilson
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/08/29 08:34 CDT
The Station Fire is near JPL and even closer to Mt. Wilson
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/08/29 10:29 CDT
Chandrayaan-1 lost
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/08/28 05:01 CDT
My Tweets this week
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