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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
Some first results from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (or, I love LOLA)
Some first results from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (or, I love LOLA)
Just for fun: the spacecraft bulletin board at JPL
Just for fun: the spacecraft bulletin board at JPL
Mars Science Laboratory Instruments: Mastcam
A few weeks ago I gave a lunch talk at Cornell summarizing the MSL mission and particularly the instruments that it will carry and was shocked by the number of people who showed up!
LCROSS: Hitting those tantalizing purple pixels
LCROSS: Hitting those tantalizing purple pixels
How does Hubble compare?
How does Hubble compare?
Opportunity's highway, and a tour of Block Island
Just a cool image to start the morning: after a 70-meter drive yesterday, Opportunity's following not one but two sets of its own tracks.
Planetary Radio Q and A: Moonquakes
Planetary Radio Q and A: Moonquakes
Norman Augustine Speaks to U.S. Congress Today
Norman Augustine Speaks to U.S. Congress Today
Los Alamos
Greetings from Los Alamos New Mexico!
Interpreting a crater on the Moon
The images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera or LROC are absolutely stunning.
A rare view of Iapetus
A rare view of Iapetus
LCROSS Mission Selects Crater Cabeus A As Target for October 9 Impact
LCROSS Mission Selects Crater Cabeus A As Target for October 9 Impact
Two new blogs to follow: 3D planets and image treasures
Two new blogs to follow: 3D planets and image treasures