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Emily Lakdawalla's blogs from 2010
Carnival of Space #176 and Lou's View
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/11/03 03:02 CDT
Carnival of Space #176 and Lou's View
Deep Impact movies of outbursts from Hartley 2
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/11/01 10:38 CDT
Deep Impact movies of outbursts from Hartley 2
Rover news; Earth-size exoplanets; Future of Russian space
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/11/01 03:50 CDT
Rover news; Earth-size exoplanets; Future of Russian space
Three days until Deep Impact's encounter with Hartley 2
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/11/01 01:27 CDT
Three days until Deep Impact's encounter with Hartley 2
Arecibo images show Hartley 2 is elongated
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/29 11:33 CDT
Arecibo images show Hartley 2 is elongated
Pretty picture: Three moons of Saturn
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/29 12:08 CDT
Pretty picture: Three moons of Saturn
In which I report on w00tstock and wonder how to get nerds more excited about real space exploration
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/28 12:19 CDT
In which I report on w00tstock and wonder how to get nerds more excited about real space exploration
What's up in the solar system in November 2010
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/27 02:37 CDT
What's up in the solar system in November 2010
Timeline for the Phobos Sample Return Mission (Phobos Grunt)
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/27 12:13 CDT
Timeline for the Phobos Sample Return Mission (Phobos Grunt)
An update to the Cassini Tour Page
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/27 11:24 CDT
An update to the Cassini Tour Page
Holy cow, is it really the 175th Carnival of Space already?
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/26 10:18 CDT
Holy cow, is it really the 175th Carnival of Space already?
A couple of tidbits from today's Deep Impact preview briefing
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/26 03:01 CDT
A couple of tidbits from today's Deep Impact preview briefing
DPS 2010: Pluto and Charon opposition surges, Nix and Hydra masses, Pluto and Eris compositions
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/25 11:18 CDT
DPS 2010: Pluto and Charon opposition surges, Nix and Hydra masses, Pluto and Eris compositions
Curiosity Cam: Watch Men and Women in White build a Mars rover live!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/22 01:33 CDT
Curiosity Cam: Watch Men and Women in White build a Mars rover live!
Tyler Nordgren's awesome "Planetary Park" posters
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/22 12:49 CDT
Tyler Nordgren's awesome "Planetary Park" posters
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/21 06:03 CDT
LCROSS finds lots of water in accessible places at the Moon's south pole -- but we'll have to tread carefully
DPS 2010: Triton's craters, a friendly dispute
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/21 11:33 CDT
DPS 2010: Triton's craters, a friendly dispute
Hey Federal employees! Send your CFC funds to the Planetary Society
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/21 11:30 CDT
Hey Federal employees! Send your CFC funds to the Planetary Society
A Rhea flyby and a cloudy Titan with Tethys in color
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/20 02:02 CDT
A Rhea flyby and a cloudy Titan with Tethys in color
Meeting the President and a Few Other Amazing People
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/19 06:51 CDT
Meeting the President and a Few Other Amazing People
365 Days of Astronomy to Continue in 2011!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/19 12:48 CDT
365 Days of Astronomy to Continue in 2011!
Every-other-line truncation of Cassini images
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/19 12:34 CDT
Every-other-line truncation of Cassini images
Deep Impact Hartley 2 encounter timeline
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/18 06:27 CDT
Deep Impact Hartley 2 encounter timeline
Voyager Mission Status Bulletins: The Voyager 2 Uranus flyby
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/15 03:45 CDT
Voyager Mission Status Bulletins: The Voyager 2 Uranus flyby
Crack the code for a message from Mars, redux
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/14 07:02 CDT
Crack the code for a message from Mars, redux
Congratulations to the IKAROS team for their "8th Web Creation Award"
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/13 05:07 CDT
Congratulations to the IKAROS team for their "8th Web Creation Award"
"A very sad story": No rings for Rhea after all
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/12 04:30 CDT
"A very sad story": No rings for Rhea after all
Space Station transit of Venus
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/11 11:20 CDT
Space Station transit of Venus
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/09 05:46 CDT
Six moons with one shot
DPS 2010: Friday morning at Titan's surface
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/08 06:40 CDT
DPS 2010: Friday morning at Titan's surface
I'm part of the conspiracy, apparently
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/08 04:47 CDT
I'm part of the conspiracy, apparently
New Hubble images and rotation movie of Vesta
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/08 04:19 CDT
New Hubble images and rotation movie of Vesta
Chang'E 2 update: in orbit and returning data
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/08 11:34 CDT
Chang'E 2 update: in orbit and returning data
Little notes from Monday at DPS 2010: Iapetus, Kiviuq, LHB, Steins, Cherry Gary, and more
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/06 11:24 CDT
Little notes from Monday at DPS 2010: Iapetus, Kiviuq, LHB, Steins, Cherry Gary, and more
DPS 2010: Making Saturn's rings and moons all at once
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/06 05:26 CDT
DPS 2010: Making Saturn's rings and moons all at once
I'm So Proud 2: Announcing AmateurSpaceImages.com
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/05 03:48 CDT
I'm So Proud 2: Announcing AmateurSpaceImages.com
I'm so proud 1: UnmannedSpaceflight.com now partnered with the Planetary Society
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/05 03:46 CDT
I'm so proud 1: UnmannedSpaceflight.com now partnered with the Planetary Society
Great news for asteroid surveys from WISE and Arecibo
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/04 10:35 CDT
Great news for asteroid surveys from WISE and Arecibo
Fourth MSL Landing Site Workshop: Day 3: Final discussion
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/02 10:39 CDT
Fourth MSL Landing Site Workshop: Day 3: Final discussion
Pretty picture: High-res color view of Prometheus and the F ring
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/01 11:23 CDT
Pretty picture: High-res color view of Prometheus and the F ring
Division of Planetary Sciences meeting next week; Career Panel Sunday
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/01 04:58 CDT
Division of Planetary Sciences meeting next week; Career Panel Sunday
Fourth MSL Landing Site Workshop: Day 3: Engineering constraints
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/01 02:36 CDT
Fourth MSL Landing Site Workshop: Day 3: Engineering constraints
Lou Friedman congratulates China
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/01 12:19 CDT
Lou Friedman congratulates China
Chang'E 2 launches to the Moon
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/10/01 11:31 CDT
Chang'E 2 launches to the Moon
Mars Climate Sounder Watches Mars Weather to Prepare for Curiosity Landing
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/09/30 12:46 CDT
Mars Climate Sounder Watches Mars Weather to Prepare for Curiosity Landing
Chang'E 2 launches in less than 24 hours, weather permitting
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/09/30 12:04 CDT
Chang'E 2 launches in less than 24 hours, weather permitting
Fourth MSL Landing Site Workshop: Day 2: Reports from Ryan Anderson
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/09/30 11:37 CDT
Fourth MSL Landing Site Workshop: Day 2: Reports from Ryan Anderson
Carnival of Space #171 and Planetary Radio on Science on the ISS
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/09/30 11:33 CDT
Carnival of Space #171 and Planetary Radio on Science on the ISS
What's up in the solar system in October 2010
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/09/29 01:34 CDT
What's up in the solar system in October 2010
Fourth MSL Landing Site Workshop: Day 1 notes: Introduction, biosignatures, and mineralogy
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/09/28 05:57 CDT
Fourth MSL Landing Site Workshop: Day 1 notes: Introduction, biosignatures, and mineralogy
China to launch Chang'E 2 on Friday, October 1
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/09/28 12:14 CDT
China to launch Chang'E 2 on Friday, October 1
Fourth MSL Landing Site Workshop: A review
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/09/27 05:59 CDT
Fourth MSL Landing Site Workshop: A review
Voyager Mission Status Bulletins: Jupiter and Saturn
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/09/24 01:27 CDT
Voyager Mission Status Bulletins: Jupiter and Saturn
Review: Recess Monkey: The Final Funktier
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/09/24 12:13 CDT
Review: Recess Monkey: The Final Funktier
Venus: Not so neat and tidy as we thought
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/09/23 12:12 CDT
Venus: Not so neat and tidy as we thought
Opportunity rolls up to Oileán Ruaidh
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/09/22 05:17 CDT
Opportunity rolls up to Oileán Ruaidh
Deep Impact approaching Hartley 2
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/09/22 04:23 CDT
Deep Impact approaching Hartley 2
Pretty picture: Europa and Jupiter
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/09/21 05:29 CDT
Pretty picture: Europa and Jupiter
It's International Observe the Moon Night
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/09/18 05:06 CDT
It's International Observe the Moon Night
An unusual Hubble photo of Mars
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/09/17 05:20 CDT
An unusual Hubble photo of Mars
Beyond Earth T-shirt features 23 space missions
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/09/17 11:19 CDT | 2 comments
Beyond Earth T-shirt features 23 space missions
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter press briefing: silicic volcanoes on the Moon
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/09/16 01:56 CDT
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter press briefing: silicic volcanoes on the Moon
Opportunity's rocky road ahead, good news for an aging rover
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/09/15 04:38 CDT
Opportunity's rocky road ahead, good news for an aging rover
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/09/14 01:39 CDT
The Voyager Mission Updates
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/09/14 01:29 CDT
Carnival of Space #169
Book review: Older than the Stars
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/09/14 11:15 CDT
Book review: Older than the Stars
Browse the Cassini RPWS data set
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/09/13 03:14 CDT
Browse the Cassini RPWS data set
365 Days of Astronomy Podcast: The Flight of Hayabusa
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/09/12 10:50 CDT
365 Days of Astronomy Podcast: The Flight of Hayabusa
Pretty picture: crescent Dione
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/09/10 04:02 CDT
Pretty picture: crescent Dione
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/09/09 11:40 CDT
NASA: NOT Grounded
China's Yinghuo-1 Mars Orbiter
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/09/09 05:12 CDT
China's Yinghuo-1 Mars Orbiter
Early warning for close approaches of two house-sized asteroids
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/09/08 01:31 CDT
Early warning for close approaches of two house-sized asteroids
Deep Impact snaps first image of flyby target comet Hartley 2
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/09/08 12:51 CDT
Deep Impact snaps first image of flyby target comet Hartley 2
Two natural bridges on the Moon (now with 3D!)
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/09/07 01:28 CDT
Two natural bridges on the Moon (now with 3D!)
Neptune from two slightly different perspectives
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/09/06 10:39 CDT
Neptune from two slightly different perspectives
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/09/02 11:09 CDT
Fly over Saturn's icy moons
Special report by Bill Nye from the VEXAG Meeting
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/09/02 04:01 CDT
Special report by Bill Nye from the VEXAG Meeting
Possibly the best view of the Great Red Spot ever
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/09/01 06:40 CDT
Possibly the best view of the Great Red Spot ever
Getting to the real science image data: It's not that hard!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/09/01 04:14 CDT
Getting to the real science image data: It's not that hard!
What's up in the solar system in September 2010
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/08/30 05:24 CDT
What's up in the solar system in September 2010
Successor to Mars Climate Orbiter will fly aboard ExoMars
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/08/30 03:20 CDT
Successor to Mars Climate Orbiter will fly aboard ExoMars
New Flickr collection of historical NASA photos
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/08/30 11:23 CDT
New Flickr collection of historical NASA photos
Bringing MOLA altimetry tracks into Google Mars
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/08/27 05:02 CDT
Bringing MOLA altimetry tracks into Google Mars
Jupiter's swirling storms from Voyager 1
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/08/26 05:28 CDT
Jupiter's swirling storms from Voyager 1
Review: Phil Plait's Bad Universe, new series on Discovery
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/08/26 12:56 CDT
Review: Phil Plait's Bad Universe, new series on Discovery
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/08/25 12:36 CDT
A first look at distant hills
The August 20, 2010 Jupiter fireball -- and the March 5, 1979 one
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/08/24 11:36 CDT
Following up on the story I first posted on August 22, the Jupiter impact fireball first noticed by Japanese amateur astronomer Masayuki Tachikawa has been independently confirmed by two other Japanese astronomers.
A space calendar in "the cloud"
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/08/23 05:47 CDT | 3 comments
A space calendar in "the cloud"
Yet another Jupiter impact!? August 20, seen from Japan
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/08/22 05:03 CDT
Yet another Jupiter impact!? August 20, seen from Japan
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/08/20 05:38 CDT
Three things to watch
Review: "The Complete Sky & Telescope: Seven Decade Collection"
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/08/19 05:25 CDT
Review: "The Complete Sky & Telescope: Seven Decade Collection"
The edge of "round": Three half-megameter moons
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/08/18 05:28 CDT
The edge of "round": Three half-megameter moons
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/08/17 12:04 CDT
MESSENGER: A snapshot of home
Weekend treats from Cassini: Enceladus plumes plus bonus Tethys and Dione
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/08/14 06:52 CDT
Weekend treats from Cassini: Enceladus plumes plus bonus Tethys and Dione
2008 LC15, the first Trojan asteroid discovered in Neptune's L5 point
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/08/13 10:52 CDT
2008 LC15, the first Trojan asteroid discovered in Neptune's L5 point
Special note to scientists: Reach out through the DPS
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/08/12 11:10 CDT
Special note to scientists: Reach out through the DPS
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/08/12 11:10 CDT
The Stardust Sample Catalog
Animation: Mars Express rising above the north pole
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/08/11 09:08 CDT
Animation: Mars Express rising above the north pole
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