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Emily Lakdawalla's blogs from 2010
How to Recognise Titan from Quite a Long Way Away
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/08/09 05:16 CDT
How to Recognise Titan from Quite a Long Way Away
Last chance to sign Ray Bradbury's birthday card, and other business
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/08/09 04:48 CDT
Last chance to sign Ray Bradbury's birthday card, and other business
Bill Nye Cuts the Ribbon at New Headquarters
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/08/06 04:33 CDT
Bill Nye Cuts the Ribbon at New Headquarters
Cassini catches four little moons in motion
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/08/05 05:06 CDT
Cassini catches four little moons in motion
The enigmatic mounds of Acidalia Planitia
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/08/04 04:18 CDT
The enigmatic mounds of Acidalia Planitia
Open House at our new headquarters with the rising Executive Director, Bill Nye
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/08/04 11:18 CDT
Open House at our new headquarters with the rising Executive Director, Bill Nye
Some profiles of women in planetary science
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/08/03 05:18 CDT
Some profiles of women in planetary science
Goodies from the latest Cassini data release
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/08/02 05:50 CDT
Goodies from the latest Cassini data release
JPL begins actively hailing Spirit -- but is trying to manage your expectations (an editorial)
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/07/30 04:29 CDT
JPL begins actively hailing Spirit -- but is trying to manage your expectations (an editorial)
Update on the NASA Authorization Bill
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/07/30 12:50 CDT
Update on the NASA Authorization Bill
What's up in the solar system for August 2010
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/07/29 04:22 CDT
What's up in the solar system for August 2010
New crater found in LROC image from the Moon
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/07/27 06:52 CDT
New crater found in LROC image from the Moon
New Horizons images Jupiter again
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/07/27 06:30 CDT
New Horizons images Jupiter again
Voyager at Saturn, one year later
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/07/27 02:04 CDT
Voyager at Saturn, one year later
A little chuckle for your Monday morning
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/07/26 11:07 CDT
A little chuckle for your Monday morning
A spectacular new global map of Mars, which YOU can make even better
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/07/23 03:41 CDT
A spectacular new global map of Mars, which YOU can make even better
Live camera on Curiosity in JPL clean room all day today
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/07/23 02:02 CDT
Live camera on Curiosity in JPL clean room all day today
Watching the birth and death of moonlets in Saturn's F ring
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/07/22 09:09 CDT
Watching the birth and death of moonlets in Saturn's F ring
Color portrait of asteroid 21 Lutetia
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/07/21 04:28 CDT
Color portrait of asteroid 21 Lutetia
Volcanism across the solar system: Io
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/07/20 05:33 CDT
Volcanism across the solar system: Io
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/07/20 05:31 CDT
Facebook conversion
The 163rd Carnival of Space is here at The Planetary Society Blog
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/07/19 01:38 CDT
The 163rd Carnival of Space is here at The Planetary Society Blog
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/07/16 03:18 CDT
A bull's eye on the Moon
How does Lutetia compare to the other asteroids and comets visited by spacecraft?
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/07/15 04:33 CDT
How does Lutetia compare to the other asteroids and comets visited by spacecraft?
Urgent action required: Please call Senators TODAY
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/07/14 11:56 CDT
Urgent action required: Please call Senators TODAY
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/07/13 06:31 CDT
Carnival of Space #162
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/07/13 01:56 CDT
Cassini eyes Janus
3D Anaglyph: Troughs or vents in Cerberus Fossae?
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/07/12 12:55 CDT
3D Anaglyph: Troughs or vents in Cerberus Fossae?
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/07/11 12:17 CDT
Rosetta's Lutetia pictures
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/07/10 04:32 CDT
Lutetia -- and Saturn!!
Rosetta Lutetia flyby successful; approach images posted; high-res images yet to come
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/07/10 01:47 CDT
Rosetta Lutetia flyby successful; approach images posted; high-res images yet to come
Where to watch the Rosetta flyby of Lutetia
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/07/10 09:05 CDT
Where to watch the Rosetta flyby of Lutetia
Rosetta's Lutetia navigation campaign complete
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/07/09 01:53 CDT
Rosetta's Lutetia navigation campaign complete
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/07/08 10:23 CDT
Where my stories come from
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/07/07 03:16 CDT
A brush painting for Hayabusa
Three days to Lutetia for Rosetta!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/07/07 08:34 CDT
Three days to Lutetia for Rosetta!
Sharpest-ever images of Daphnis
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/07/06 02:58 CDT
Sharpest-ever images of Daphnis
A look inside the Hayabusa sample capsule
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/07/06 08:42 CDT
A look inside the Hayabusa sample capsule
Back to Apollo? Or Time for a Restart?
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/07/02 01:23 CDT
Back to Apollo? Or Time for a Restart?
What's up in the solar system in July 2010
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/07/01 01:31 CDT
What's up in the solar system in July 2010
The solar system, in jewelry form
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/07/01 12:00 CDT
The solar system, in jewelry form
Saturn's hexagon is not unique
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/29 11:49 CDT
Saturn's hexagon is not unique
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/28 11:23 CDT
Elephant Skin on the Moon
One month, one journal, so many missed space stories!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/24 10:53 CDT
One month, one journal, so many missed space stories!
Likely candidate for an un-collapsed lava tube
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/21 03:11 CDT
Likely candidate for an un-collapsed lava tube
Two moons making waves in the rings
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/18 11:22 CDT
Two moons making waves in the rings
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/17 01:31 CDT
Lutetia in Rosetta's sights
Jupiter's faded belt: It's happened before, and it'll happen again
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/16 05:07 CDT
When I wrote a post about Jupiter's missing South Equatorial Belt in May, I had three main questions: how long did it take for the belt to go away, has this happened before, and how can a planet as big as Jupiter change its appearance so quickly?
IKAROS' deployable camera captures perfect sail photos and animation!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/15 08:50 CDT
IKAROS' deployable camera captures perfect sail photos and animation!
Is this SMART-1's impact site?
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/15 12:44 CDT
Is this SMART-1's impact site?
Amigurumi: How I channeled my adrenaline while watching Hayabusa's return
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/14 06:16 CDT
Amigurumi: How I channeled my adrenaline while watching Hayabusa's return
Hayabusa update: First step for sample capsule return to Japan
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/14 04:39 CDT
Hayabusa update: First step for sample capsule return to Japan
Hayabusa update: Capsule retrieved, heat shield found
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/14 09:20 CDT
Hayabusa update: Capsule retrieved, heat shield found
Hayabusa sample capsule photographed on the ground in Australia
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/13 09:23 CDT
Hayabusa sample capsule photographed on the ground in Australia
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/13 04:47 CDT
Hayabusa's return: a review
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/13 09:18 CDT
Welcome home, Hayabusa!
Preparing for Hayabusa's return
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/11 06:10 CDT
Preparing for Hayabusa's return
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/11 01:07 CDT
Titan's rivers are square
IKAROS: Successful sail deployment and solar power generation! Hooray!!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/10 10:46 CDT
IKAROS: Successful sail deployment and solar power generation! Hooray!!
Big hunks of carbonate rock on Mars at last
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/10 04:33 CDT
Big hunks of carbonate rock on Mars at last
U.S. Citizens: Please write your elected representatives about restarting plutonium-238 production!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/09 04:34 CDT
U.S. Citizens: Please write your elected representatives about restarting plutonium-238 production!
Hayabusa's final approach on target; Japan's ready to receive samples
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/09 12:34 CDT
Hayabusa's final approach on target; Japan's ready to receive samples
Progress -- with pictures! -- on IKAROS' sail deployment
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/09 09:19 CDT
Progress -- with pictures! -- on IKAROS' sail deployment
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/08 09:17 CDT
A brief history of Hayabusa
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/08 02:26 CDT
Hayabusa: "I did my best!"
Apply for a Shoemaker NEO Grant! Deadline extended to June 24
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/08 02:00 CDT
Apply for a Shoemaker NEO Grant! Deadline extended to June 24
IKAROS team proceeds with final stage of sail deployment!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/08 11:32 CDT
IKAROS team proceeds with final stage of sail deployment!
Bill Nye Signs on as Planetary Society's New Executive Director
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/07 05:32 CDT
Bill Nye Signs on as Planetary Society's New Executive Director
Six days left for Hayabusa: A recap of the mission
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/07 05:27 CDT
Six days left for Hayabusa: A recap of the mission
IKAROS update: rotation rate inexplicably increasing
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/07 11:53 CDT
IKAROS update: rotation rate inexplicably increasing
IKAROS sail deployment delayed until at least Tuesday
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/06 05:08 CDT
IKAROS sail deployment delayed until at least Tuesday
Lou Friedman in Japan: Taking things slowly with IKAROS sail deployment
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/05 12:30 CDT
Lou Friedman in Japan: Taking things slowly with IKAROS sail deployment
Planetary Society Hails Falcon 9 Test as Great Achievement
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/04 02:37 CDT
Planetary Society Hails Falcon 9 Test as Great Achievement
Falcon 9's first launch successful!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/04 01:56 CDT
Falcon 9's first launch successful!
The June 3 Jupiter Impact: 22 hours later
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/04 01:14 CDT
The June 3 Jupiter Impact: 22 hours later
Lou Friedman in Japan: IKAROS sail deployment proceeding
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/04 11:42 CDT
Lou Friedman in Japan: IKAROS sail deployment proceeding
Confirmation of the Jupiter impact from Christopher Go
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/03 07:51 CDT
Confirmation of the Jupiter impact from Christopher Go
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/03 05:51 CDT
A NEW! Impact on Jupiter
Falcon 9 ready for first flight
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/03 05:33 CDT
Falcon 9 ready for first flight
Lou Friedman is "our man in Japan" to watch IKAROS sail deployment
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/03 04:58 CDT
Lou Friedman is "our man in Japan" to watch IKAROS sail deployment
Phoenix is dead...long live Phoenix!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/02 03:11 CDT
Phoenix is dead...long live Phoenix!
An Astronaut's-Eye View of Mars
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/02 10:22 CDT
An Astronaut's-Eye View of Mars
What's up in the solar system in June 2010
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/06/01 03:16 CDT
What's up in the solar system in June 2010
Photo proof of good progress on IKAROS sail deployment
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/05/31 04:00 CDT
Photo proof of good progress on IKAROS sail deployment
Progress on WISE's asteroid survey
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/05/28 08:05 CDT
Progress on WISE's asteroid survey
Is this the eastward turn we've all been waiting for?
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/05/27 07:24 CDT
Is this the eastward turn we've all been waiting for?
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/05/26 12:51 CDT
Using Earth to Study the Moon
Initial checkout of IKAROS complete
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/05/25 02:32 CDT
Initial checkout of IKAROS complete
The goal of Opportunity's trek
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/05/24 02:00 CDT
The goal of Opportunity's trek
Akatsuki captures goodbye shots of Earth
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/05/22 09:50 CDT
Akatsuki captures goodbye shots of Earth
All's well on IKAROS and Shin-en
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/05/21 09:42 CDT
All's well on IKAROS and Shin-en
Official launch and landing dates announced for Curiosity
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/05/21 05:34 CDT
Official launch and landing dates announced for Curiosity
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/05/21 05:12 CDT
Voyager 2's flipped bit fixed
Akatsuki, IKAROS, UNITEC-1, and your names are on their way to Venus
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/05/20 05:44 CDT
Akatsuki, IKAROS, UNITEC-1, and your names are on their way to Venus
Akatsuki and IKAROS to launch today
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/05/20 04:08 CDT
Akatsuki and IKAROS to launch today
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