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Launched 11 April 1970, Splashdown 17 April 1970
Apollo 13 was the 3rd attempt to land humans on the Moon and the 1st to fail. Fifty-six hours into the mission, an explosion forced the crew to abort their Moon landing and take shelter in the Lunar Module. The crew ultimately returned to Earth safely.
Emily Lakdawalla • December 24, 2009
To those of you who celebrate the holiday, merry Christmas! I hope Santa was good to you.
Charlene Anderson • December 10, 2009
Climate change and Copenhagen are dominating the world news this week, as politicians, diplomats, scientists, and protesters gathered in the Danish city for the 2009 meeting for the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Emily Lakdawalla • December 10, 2009
I had a fun conversation with Paul Harris just now on his show at KTRS about the crazy spiral that showed up in Norwegian skies yesterday.
Emily Lakdawalla • December 03, 2009
I am the very last space blogger in the universe to post about this video, but that doesn't make it any less cool.
Bruce Betts • November 16, 2009
The Leonid meteor shower peaks on Tuesday, November 17. The Leonids are a highly variable shower, and as such are a bit of a gamble on what you'll see. Could be great, could be so-so.
Emily Lakdawalla • November 13, 2009
Rosetta appears to have operated flawlessly as it streaked past Earth for its flyby early this morning. Here are a few more gems from the flyby.
Emily Lakdawalla • November 12, 2009
Just hours away from its Earth flyby, Rosetta is busily snapping images and gathering other science data.
Emily Lakdawalla • November 11, 2009
This was a neat photo from ESA today.
Emily Lakdawalla • October 14, 2009
I was debating whether to write anything about a reported fireball that streaked across the sky in the Netherlands at roughly 19:00 local time (17:00 UTC) yesterday, October 13, but seeing this image ended my internal debate.
Emily Lakdawalla • October 13, 2009
I have just posted four more blog entries from Juan Diego Rodgriguez-Blanco detailing the work conducted during this year's Artic Mars Analogue Svalbard Expedition (AMASE).
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