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Aug. 9, 2011 | 10:19 PDT | 17:19 UTC
Guest Post: Pablo Gutierrez-Marques: Vesta, a revelation
I love it when space explorers volunteer to write to me about life inside space missions! Especially when they are as passionate as Pablo Gutierrez-Marques. Pablo is Dawn's Framing Camera Operations Manager, and was part of the European contingent... More»
Aug. 8, 2011 | 06:13 PDT | 13:13 UTC
Guest Post: Jason Davis: NASA thinks Earth is a planet, too
How would you describe what NASA has done in more than 50 years of its existence?
If you had to sum it up briefly, you might start with the Apollo program and Neil Armstrong's first steps on the Moon. Maybe you'd describe the breathtaking... More»
Aug. 7, 2011 | 14:26 PDT | 21:26 UTC
Spirit Point and Odyssey crater in sight, and new rock under Opportunity's wheels
Opportunity is at her goal. In this 3D anaglyph, taken on sol 2678 (yesterday, August 6, 2011), Opportunity's wheels are resting on strange lumpy bedrock. The view to the left is the blocky ejecta of Odyssey crater, the name the team has given to... More»
Aug. 5, 2011 | 13:31 PDT | 20:31 UTC
Junocam will get us great global shots down onto Jupiter's poles
Juno is a mission that will peer deeply into Jupiter's interior, and didn't really need to take a visible-light camera along in order to accomplish its scientific goals. But I think nobody could bear sending a spacecraft to Jupiter without getting... More»
Aug. 5, 2011 | 12:21 PDT | 19:21 UTC
Juno is on the way to Jupiter!
It almost looked like it wasn't going to happen today, but it did! At 16:25 UTC, a huge Atlas V 551 lifted off with the Juno spacecraft and sent it on its way to Jupiter. The launch was 51 minutes later than initially planned due to a "helium... More»
Aug. 4, 2011 | 11:19 PDT | 18:19 UTC
Fun for the whole family: Watch an enormous rocket blast a spacecraft to Jupiter!
EDIT: Launch now scheduled for 12:25 EDT
Do you have kids at home for the summer? Treat them to a spectacular fireworks show by tuning in tomorrow morning to watch Juno blast off to Jupiter! Here's some tips on how and where to watch, where to... More»
Aug. 3, 2011 | 06:55 PDT | 13:55 UTC
Pretty picture: five moons for Cassini
Cassini caught a particularly nice grouping of moons two days ago through the red, green, and blue filters needed to make a natural color view. A couple of other sites have posted this image already but I couldn't resist making my own color... More»
Aug. 2, 2011 | 14:53 PDT | 21:53 UTC
August Means Summer Recess for Congress But Let's Keep Up the Pressure for Space
By Charlene Anderson
The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives will empty on August 5 and won't return to session until after the Labor Day holiday on September 5. Members of congress and their staffs will leave for vacations and return to... More»
Aug. 2, 2011 | 09:22 PDT | 16:22 UTC
What I see in the first high-res Dawn images of Vesta
I had to wait until the kids were in bed and the husband fed last night before I finally had time to sit down and really look at the Dawn images of Vesta. And I still hardly knew where to begin. This brand new world is just so different than... More»
Aug. 2, 2011 | 05:10 PDT | 12:10 UTC
On speculation in today's Dawn press briefing
One thing that took me by surprise about today's Dawn press briefing was how the scientists were responding to scientific questions. When a spacecraft has visited a new body for the first time, the usual answer to any scientific question is "it's... More»
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