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Joint replacement operation takes Goldstone 70-meter dish offline until at least November
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced yesterday that the venerable 70-meter dish at the Goldstone Deep Space Network station is being taken offline so that major surgery can be performed.
Phobos has gravity!
Last week Mars Express had its closest-ever flyby of Mars' larger, inner moon Phobos.
Unbelievably spectacular flight through Candor Chasma
This is one of the things that came out during LPSC last week and all I could do at the time was Tweet it—so here it is in blog form: the most unbelievably spectacular 3D animation of a bit of Mars I've seen yet, produced by Adrian Lark.
LPSC: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter results
A week later and I am finally getting to the mountains of notes I took on Moon-related talks I saw at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) held in Houston last week.
WISE's weekly featured image
I'm pleased to point out that the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission (WISE) has started an
2010 Cosmos Award Honoree Stephen Hawking
The Planetary Society presented the Cosmos Award for Outstanding Public Presentation of Science to Stephen Hawking in Cambridge England on February 27.
Cassini's Helene flyby
I was much anticipating Cassini's encounter with Helene on Wednesday.
Pretty picture: Io, labeled
Jason Perry just posted this lovely labeled image of Io over at his blog, the Gish Bar Times.
LPSC, Day 3: Opportunity, and what the heck is Marquette?
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.
Join the Fight for NASA's Future!
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.
Back from LPSC
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.
Greetings From Space Up in Sunny San Diego!
Well, the weather may not have lived up to the title, but spirits were not dampened one bit at the first SpaceUp
Pretty Picture: ISS in the X-band
This is from the
Gorilla seen in Nasa Snap from Mars? Umm....no.
Yes, I'm totally not kidding, that is the headline in the Sun:
LPSC, Day 2: Impacts onto icy moons
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.
LPSC, Day 1: Spirit and Phoenix
Where to begin with the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC)?
Programming Note: The Pluto Files
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
What's your favorite planet?
Before you answer, check out these images!
LPSC: Why Ganymede and Callisto are so different
The first talk I attended at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Houston was my one icy satellite talk for the day.
In Houston
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.