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Jason Davis is a digital editor for The Planetary Society. He writes about the world's space exploration missions and the Society's science and technology projects.
Jason Davis • August 13, 2019
At 02:21 IST (20:51 UTC), the spacecraft fired its main engine, changing its orbit to intersect with the Moon.
Jason Davis • August 12, 2019
JAXA's sample collection spacecraft touched down just 60 centimeters away from its aimpoint.
Jason Davis • August 06, 2019 • 4
The high point of the spacecraft's orbit around the Earth on Monday was 729 kilometers, an increase of 3.2 kilometers since sail deployment.
Jason Davis • July 31, 2019 • 17
In the past 4 days, the spacecraft has raised its orbital high point, or apogee, by about 2 kilometers.
Jason Davis • July 24, 2019 • 7
Images from The Planetary Society's spacecraft confirm the solar sails deployed on 23 July 2019 at 11:47 PDT (18:47 UTC).
Jason Davis • July 19, 2019 • 9
Visit planetary.org/live for video and audio from mission control, located at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in California.
Jason Davis • July 19, 2019
The target ground station pass for deployment starts 23 July 2019 at roughly 11:22 PDT (18:22 UTC).
Jason Davis • July 17, 2019 • 3
Spare bandwidth during ground station passes has allowed flight controllers to downlink 2 new high-resolution images.
Jason Davis • July 11, 2019 • 4
PlanetVac, a technology that simplifies the process of collecting samples from other worlds, may fly to the Moon.
Jason Davis • July 09, 2019 • 3
Sail deployment is now scheduled for no earlier than 21 July 2019.
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