by Emily Lakdawalla
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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 14, 2011
An animation of comet Lovejoy entering the field of view of one of SOHO's Sun-monitoring cameras.
Emily Lakdawalla • December 13, 2011
Emily wakes up her 5-year-old daughter to experience her first lunar eclipse.
Emily Lakdawalla • December 12, 2011
Images from the Cassini spacecraft's flyby of Dione.
Emily Lakdawalla • December 09, 2011
A letter sent by Lev Zelenyi, director of the Russian Space Research Institute (IKI) to participants in the Phobos-Soil project about the mission's failure.
Emily Lakdawalla • December 09, 2011
In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Mariner 9's November 13, 1971 arrival at Mars, Daniel Macháček has produced a morphed animation of the images that Mars' first orbiter took while approaching the planet.
Emily Lakdawalla • December 08, 2011
A report on the press briefing and talks from the Fall 2011 American Geophyisical Union meeting about the data on Vesta collected so far by Dawn.
Emily Lakdawalla • December 06, 2011 • 1
Emily reports from the Fall 2011 American Geophyisical Union meeting about advancements in space weather prediction.
Emily Lakdawalla • December 05, 2011
A report on a press briefing about Voyager 1 at the Fall 2011 American Geophyisical Union meeting. The spacecraft has entered a new region between our solar system and interstellar space, which scientists are calling the stagnation region.
Emily Lakdawalla • December 02, 2011
OK, this is my last pile of book reviews for this year: a collection of good books for kids older than mine.
Emily Lakdawalla • December 02, 2011
After modifying two antennas and attempting to send commands to Phobos-Grunt for weeks without success, ESA has made the decision to stop tracking support.
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