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LPSC: Thursday: Rovers, Titan, Mars, Venus Express, Neptune
I spent a large portion of the day at the Lunar and Planetary Institute's library and presented my own poster during the poster sessions, so my coverage of Thursday's sessions is limited.
Ted Stryk: Revealing the night sides of Uranus' moons
Ted Stryk: Revealing the night sides of Uranus' moons
LPSC: Finally, some notes on the MESSENGER presentations
LPSC: Finally, some notes on the MESSENGER presentations
Enceladus flyby pics
Enceladus flyby pics
LPSC, Wednesday: More from the Moon -- SMART-1 and radar
LPSC, Wednesday: More from the Moon -- SMART-1 and radar
LPSC, Tuesday: lunar talks, poster session, and Io
LPSC, Tuesday: lunar talks, poster session, and Io
LPSC: Spiders and Swiss cheese on Mars, and a lunar lander network
LPSC: Spiders and Swiss cheese on Mars, and a lunar lander network
LPSC: Kaguya sessions
LPSC: Kaguya sessions
LPSC: A short visit already over
LPSC: A short visit already over
Reporting in from LPSC
Reporting in from LPSC
Enceladus encounter blogs
Enceladus encounter blogs
Mars Climate Sounder Collects 20 Millionth Sounding
Last week Mars Climate Sounder collected its 20 millionth sounding at Mars. Mars Climate Sounder is scanning without problems, collecting science observations of the atmosphere of Mars. Mars Climate Sounder has now been observing Mars for over 17 months (three quarters of a Mars year and also approximately three quarters of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter primary science mission).
Rhea rings: the evidence
Rhea rings: the evidence
Rhea has rings!
Rhea has rings!
Popping down to LPSC
Popping down to LPSC
Carnival of Space #44
Carnival of Space #44
Phobos arts and crafts
Phobos arts and crafts
White Rock through the ages: 2001 Mars Odyssey (2001-present)
In the fourth installment in my look at one spot on Mars as seen through the eyes of different spacecraft, we finally get to a mission that is still operational: 2001 Mars Odyssey.
Before, during, and after avalanches on Mars
Before, during, and after avalanches on Mars
Dawn Journal: Backup Camera Checks Out
Treating intercalary days just as it does most other days in its interplanetary cruise, today Dawn continues patiently and ever-so-gently reshaping its orbit around the Sun with the delicate yet persistent push from its ion propulsion system.