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Now it's Cabeus, not Cabeus A, for LCROSS
Now it's Cabeus, not Cabeus A, for LCROSS
Dawn Journal: Good Performance Means a Longer Stay at Vesta!
Dawn is celebrating the second anniversary of leaving its home planet by engaging in the same function it has performed most of its time in space: with the utmost patience, it is using its ion propulsion system to gradually modify its orbit around the Sun.
Dawn, now with 33% more Vesta
Dawn, now with 33% more Vesta
Here comes Mercury
Here comes Mercury
The "Water on the Moon" Hoopla, Part 1: There's water on the Moon!
For a couple of weeks now, I've been hearing rumors about an upcoming announcement concerning Chandrayaan-1 Moon Mineralogy Mapper (
The "Water on the Moon" Hoopla, Part 2: The murkier part of the story
How much water is there on the Moon, and is it in a form that human explorers could use? This part of the story has many more questions and many fewer definite conclusions.
An ALMA antenna journeys to its pad
An ALMA antenna journeys to its pad
The Moon as seen by Cassini VIMS, processed by an amateur
The Moon as seen by Cassini VIMS, processed by an amateur
Planetary Society Statement on Water on the Moon
Planetary Society Statement on Water on the Moon
Beautiful 3D animation of Spirit's environs in Gusev Crater
Doug Ellison has done it again: he's created a spectacular overflight of Gusev crater based upon digital elevation models of the terrain produced by the United States Geological Survey from HiRISE data.
MESSENGER's Final Flyby of Mercury: Old Territory, New Science
MESSENGER is fast approaching the third and final Mercury flyby during its seven-year journey to the innermost planet.
Looking forward to MESSENGER's third flyby of Mercury
Looking forward to MESSENGER's third flyby of Mercury
More Saturn equinox image goodies
More Saturn equinox image goodies
Planetary Radio Q and A: Boom-boom!
Planetary Radio Q and A: Boom-boom!
Phobos Grunt including Phobos LIFE Delayed Until 2011
Today, the Russian space agency, Roscosmos, decided to delay from 2009 to 2011 the launch of the Phobos Grunt mission to study and return samples from the Martian moon Phobos.
Venus looks more boring than you think it does
Venus looks more boring than you think it does
No more rumors: It's now fact that Phobos-Grunt will be delayed to 2011
No more rumors: It's now fact that Phobos-Grunt will be delayed to 2011
Saturn equinox image goodies
Saturn equinox image goodies
A piece of an asteroid returns to the telescope that discovered it
A piece of an asteroid returns to the telescope that discovered it
Two weeks of Tweets
Two weeks of Tweets