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Archived posts are listed in reverse chronological order.
Feb. 3, 2012 | 12:09 PST | 20:09 UTC
The Arecibo Trip
By Bill Nye
Audacious— that's how I describe the Arecibo radio telescope. For me, it was just hard to believe what I was seeing. I have just returned from my first Planetary Society-sponsored trip to Puerto Rico and this historic, remarkable, big... More»
Feb. 3, 2012 | 09:02 PST | 17:02 UTC
Guest Post: Patrick Donohue: Six days in the crater (day one)
Patrick Donohue is a fourth-year Ph.D. student working with Clive Neal at the University of Notre Dame, whose primary research focus is on the origin and evolution of high-titanium lunar basalts. He writes a geology blog and is active on Twitter... More»
Feb. 2, 2012 | 15:06 PST | 23:06 UTC
SpaceUp unconference in San Diego on Saturday
This weekend is SpaceUp unconference in San Diego, and I'll be attending on Saturday. I've never been to an unconference before, so I'm very curious to see how it all works! You can still register if you want to attend, but if you can't, some part... More»
Feb. 2, 2012 | 14:33 PST | 22:33 UTC
Yay for Juno! First major course correction complete
JPL issued a news note today with that most dreaded of press release titles: "Mission Status Report," which I dread because it's usually a euphemism for "something bad has happened to one of our spacecraft." But this time it contains nothing but... More»
Feb. 2, 2012 | 14:20 PST | 22:20 UTC
Watch the video from this week's Google+ Space Hangout
Fraser Cain has organized a weekly Space Hangout that happens at 1800 UTC on Thursdays, and kindly invited me to participate. This week's lineup included him and me as well as Pamela Gay, Nicole Gugliucci, Alan Boyle, and Ian O'Neill. In this... More»
Feb. 1, 2012 | 14:49 PST | 22:49 UTC
GRAIL MoonKAM's first (released) video of the Moon
I could watch this video a hundred times. It's basically a cell phone video shot by a spacecraft in orbit around the Moon. It's the first release from MoonKAM, tiny cameras included on both GRAIL spacecraft whose only purpose is public outreach. ... More»
Feb. 1, 2012 | 12:17 PST | 20:17 UTC
Post for Sandra Boynton: an apology for, and explanation of, my crescent-Moon pedantry
For my regular readers: this post does get around to space eventually. Bear with me.
A recent tweet by @AlYankovic tipped me to the fact that the children's book author, songwriter, and illustrator Sandra Boynton recently established a presence on... More»
Jan. 31, 2012 | 19:35 PST | Feb. 1 03:35 UTC
Bruce Betts' Free Online Intro To Astronomy Course
By Mat Kaplan
We're just a week away from the first lecture in this class that will introduce you to the wonders of astronomy. The Planetary Society's Director of Projects, Dr. Bruce Betts, is ready to return to the virtual classroom at California... More»
Jan. 31, 2012 | 16:32 PST | Feb. 1 00:32 UTC
Official Phobos-Grunt Failure Report Released
By Louis D. Friedman
Roscosmos, the Russian Space Agency, has released its official report concerning the failure of the Phobos-Grunt spacecraft, which fell back to Earth from orbit on January 15 after failing to ignite the engines that were to... More»
Jan. 31, 2012 | 12:12 PST | 20:12 UTC
What's up in the solar system in February 2012
I think the word for the month of February is: "routine." The 21 missions that I'm tracking (amounting to 24 spacecraft) are nearly all in routine science operations or cruise behavior, gathering data from across the solar system or journeying to... More»
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