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What's up in the solar system in September 2009: MESSENGER's 3rd Mercury flyby coming up!
What's up in the solar system in September 2009: MESSENGER's 3rd Mercury flyby coming up!
Exploring Mars on Earth: The Arctic Mars Analog Svalbard Expedition
High in the Arctic, just below Earth's north polar ice cap, biologists, geologists, and engineers come together in Svalbard every August to practice and prepare for an expedition to Mars.
Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Spirit Celebrates 3 Martian Years, Opportunity Finds Blockbuster in Block Island
The Mars Exploration Rovers hunkered down in place in August and delivered more mission
Carnival of Space #118
Carnival of Space #118
Chandrayaan-1 lost
Chandrayaan-1 lost
The Station Fire is near JPL and even closer to Mt. Wilson
The Station Fire is near JPL and even closer to Mt. Wilson
"WISE Guys"
"WISE Guys"
Astropulse: A Fresh Look at the Skies in Search of E.T.
If you were a member of an alien civilization trying to communicate across the immeasurable distances of space, how would you go about it?
Updates from the Arctic Mars Analogue Svalbard Expedition (AMASE)
Updates from the Arctic Mars Analogue Svalbard Expedition (AMASE)
Planetary Radio Q and A: Why isn't New Horizons stopping at Pluto?
Planetary Radio Q and A: Why isn't New Horizons stopping at Pluto?
Carnival of Space #117
Carnival of Space #117
A sunset into the dust
While Spirit has been stuck at Troy, it's been taking numerous opportunities to capture photos with dramatic twilight lighting. On sol 2,002 (three sols ago, or August 21), it gazed toward the setting Sun, snapping the shutter roughly once a minute.
Stephen Colbert: "It has been a true honor to make merciless fun of you this year."
Stephen Colbert: "It has been a true honor to make merciless fun of you this year."
"Mama, there's something out the window!"
"Mama, there's something out the window!"
Finally, I write about Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera photos
Finally, I write about Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera photos
The July-August 2009 issue of The Planetary Report is out, with Buzz Aldrin
The July-August 2009 issue of The Planetary Report is out, with Buzz Aldrin
Dawn on the northern face of Saturn's rings
Dawn on the northern face of Saturn's rings
What's up in the solar system in August 2009
What's up in the solar system in August 2009
Carnival of Space #116
Carnival of Space #116