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Oct. 3, 2011 | 09:55 PDT | 16:55 UTC
Some first impressions of EPSC-DPS meeting
Today they turned on the scientific fire hose at the Division of Planetary Sciences / European Planetary Science Congress meeting happening here in Nantes, France. My brain already feels full and I still have four more days! As I write this there... More»
Sep. 30, 2011 | 21:40 PDT | Oct. 1 04:40 UTC
Off to France! DPS-EPSC 2011 (a big planetary meeting)
I'm leaving shortly for Nantes, France to attend the 2011 joint meeting of the Division of Planetary Sciences (DPS) of the American Astronomical Society and the European Planetary Science Congress (EPSC). You may be saying, wait, why is the... More»
Sep. 30, 2011 | 10:29 PDT | 17:29 UTC
Guest Post: Jason Davis: China's first space station takes flight
The skies near China's Mongolian border were brightly lit Thursday night by the exhaust of a Long March rocket, as China's first space station soared into low-Earth orbit. According to Chinese human spaceflight commander-in-chief Chang Wanquan, the... More»
Sep. 29, 2011 | 10:12 PDT | 17:12 UTC
What's up in the solar system in October 2011
Without a doubt the most exciting events in space in October are Cassini's two, count them, two extremely close flybys of Enceladus, spaced only eighteen days apart, on October 1 and 19 (and followed by a third one on November 6). Just to make... More»
Sep. 29, 2011 | 06:12 PDT | 13:12 UTC
Dawn Journal: Fourth year in space, and arrival in HAMO
Here's the latest checkup with the Dawn mission, contributed by Marc Rayman, the mission's Project System Engineer. Thanks Marc! --ESLClick to enlarge >Marc RaymanBy Marc Rayman
Dear Dawnniversaries,
Dawn's fourth anniversary of being in space is... More»
Sep. 28, 2011 | 10:28 PDT | 17:28 UTC
Pretty pictures: Dancing moons
Since Cassini currently orbits Saturn within the plane of Saturn's rings -- a plane that also contains the orbits of most of its moons -- it has lots of chances to catch two or more moons in the same photo. One such "mutual event" happened on... More»
Sep. 27, 2011 | 22:50 PDT | Sep. 28 05:50 UTC
Sagan and Snooki
This image has been making the rounds of Google+ and Facebook today: *Credit: Unknown I believe that among my readers there is likely a higher-than-average number of people who, in fact, do know who the man on the left is, and who do not know who... More»
Sep. 27, 2011 | 10:25 PDT | 17:25 UTC
Finally, an official statement on UARS' exact reentry time and location
The world watched on Friday as the direlict spacecraft named UARS (Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite) made its final few orbits around Earth. And then we waited for final word of its reentry location. And waited. And waited. I wound up going... More»
Sep. 26, 2011 | 11:57 PDT | 18:57 UTC
MAVEN's baby picture
Many, many years can pass from the time the idea of a space mission was born to the moment it actually launches. Even when a mission is selected for study or funding, its existince is precarious until construction starts on the actual ship that... More»
Sep. 26, 2011 | 11:19 PDT | 18:19 UTC
Guest post: Ted Stryk: A Distant View of Triton
Thanks to Ted for allowing me to repost this recent entry from his blog, explaining the origin of his passion for space images. I would love to hear stories from you readers about how your interest in space exploration was born -- is there a... More»
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