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Emily Lakdawalla • Mar 28, 2013

Planetary Society Weekly Hangout: Reports from the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference

Join me tomorrow (Thursday) at noon PDT / 1900 UTC for the Planetary Society's weekly hangout! No guest this week; instead, I'll talk about some of the things I enjoyed at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. I hope you will all ask lots of questions about the news I've been reporting this week. Feel free to get the ball rolling by asking questions below!

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Curiosity's APXS pressed against John Klein, sol 168
Curiosity's APXS pressed against John Klein, sol 168 On sol 168 (January 25, 2013), Curiosity was beginning the lengthy process of analyzing and then sampling John Klein. Here, the APXS (Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer) is pressed against the rock.Image: NASA / JPL / MSSS / "Airbag"

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