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Louis D. Friedman

The Planetary Society presented the Cosmos Award for Outstanding Public Presentation of Science to Stephen Hawking in Cambridge England on February 27.

Emily Lakdawalla

I was much anticipating Cassini's encounter with Helene on Wednesday.

Emily Lakdawalla

Jason Perry just posted this lovely labeled image of Io over at his blog, the Gish Bar Times.

Emily Lakdawalla

I wrote earlier about some results from Spirit reported at this year's Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Houston, Texas; here are the rest of my notes on rover-related talks, from Opportunity's site on the opposite side of Mars.

Louis D. Friedman

The U.S. Administration's request for the 2011 NASA budget calls for a bold recasting of the agency's path for human space exploration.

Emily Lakdawalla

Just a quick note to all that I've collected both children from the family I left them with and we've all now arrived home from the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.

Emily Lakdawalla

This is from the

Lyford Rome

Well, the weather may not have lived up to the title, but spirits were not dampened one bit at the first SpaceUp

Emily Lakdawalla

Yes, I'm totally not kidding, that is the headline in the Sun:

Emily Lakdawalla

There has been big news from Moon and Mars here at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, but I can't find the time to wrap that stuff up into a properly illustrated blog post; while I'm still on site at the conference I'll be tossing the easier-to-digest bits into the blog.

Emily Lakdawalla

Where to begin with the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC)?

Charlene Anderson

Before you answer, check out these images!

Emily Lakdawalla

This is just a brief note to advertise this evening's edition of NOVA on public television here in the U.S. The show is

Emily Lakdawalla

The first talk I attended at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Houston was my one icy satellite talk for the day.

Emily Lakdawalla

Despite the best efforts of many different kinds of gremlins, I have managed to arrive in Houston to attend the 41st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, at least the first 2.5 days of it.

A.J.S. Rayl

As winter put the freeze on in the southern hemisphere of the Red Planet, the Mars Exploration Rovers slowed down a bit, but continued throughout February to demonstrate the mettle that made them famous: Spirit successfully drove backwards, parked in place for the season, then continued working, as Opportunity roved through rock debris on a cruise around the rim of Concepcin Crater.

Marc Rayman

Pushing ever farther into space, deeper into the asteroid belt, Dawn is continuing to progress smoothly on its solar system journey.

Emily Lakdawalla

I've written before about a serious problem looming for planetary exploration: the aging infrastructure of NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN).

Emily Lakdawalla

I am getting an early start on this month's

Emily Lakdawalla

The Cassini mission released a pile of images today from the super-close flyby of Enceladus that happened on November 21.