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Follow the thrilling adventures of planetary missions, past and present, and see the stunningly beautiful photos that they return from space!
Emily Lakdawalla • December 31, 2005
Read that title aloud. Yes, the last minute of 2005 is actually 61 seconds long.
Emily Lakdawalla • December 24, 2005
There was a big news splash about two articles that appeared in Nature about Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's landing site. The articles suggest two theories for the formation of the layered sulfur-rich deposits at Meridiani Planum that do not involve standing liquid water.
Emily Lakdawalla • December 22, 2005
According to the latest Venus Express Status Reporton ESA's website, the Near Earth Commissioning Phase of the mission has been completed successfully, and the spacecraft is going to be napping for a few weeks as it continues to cruise toward Venus.
Emily Lakdawalla • December 16, 2005
Time Magazine is running an Image of the Year contest, and at the moment, a Cassini image is in 2nd place!
Emily Lakdawalla • December 12, 2005
The Applied Physics Laboratory announced today that MESSENGER's first "Deep Space Manuever" was successful, putting the Mercury orbiter on track for an October 24, 2006 flyby of Venus.
Emily Lakdawalla • December 09, 2005
It's been a while since I posted some Cassini pictures here just because they were pretty.
Emily Lakdawalla • December 02, 2005
I am working my way steadily through the seven Huygens papers that were released by Nature magazine Wednesday on their "Advance online publication" website.
Emily Lakdawalla • November 30, 2005
Emily tackles this morning's ESA press conference about Huygens.
Emily Lakdawalla • November 29, 2005
Hayabusa has been riding an incredible wave of luck lately, resulting in the dramatic success of the sample grab last week. But it looks as though Hayabusa's luck may be running out.
Emily Lakdawalla • November 23, 2005
Remember how Hayabusa was virtually still for 30 minutes? JAXA is now saying that Hayabusa actually touched down -- and more than that, they may even have a sample.
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