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Jul. 2, 2011 | 06:07 PDT | 13:07 UTC
Latest report from Akatsuki failure review board
JAXA held a press conference on June 30 about the latest report from the review board that is charged with finding out what exactly caused Akatsuki's failure to enter orbit at Venus, and what that implies for the possibility of Akatsuki to try again... More»
Jul. 1, 2011 | 18:22 PDT | Jul. 2 01:22 UTC
From Earth Orbit to Washington, D.C.
Honoring Senator Mikulski's Leadership
by Bill Nye
About a week ago, I attended the meeting of an organization I am excited about: the Alliance for Earth Observation. The conference was remarkable. There were people from the National Oceanic and... More»
Jul. 1, 2011 | 08:22 PDT | 15:22 UTC
In Focus retrospective on the shuttle program
Since jumping from the Boston Globe to the Atlantic with his signature galleries of striking images, Alan Taylor has continued to regularly feature space-themed photos. This week his In Focus feature looks back at the shuttle program with 61 images... More»
Jun. 30, 2011 | 10:16 PDT | 17:16 UTC
Guest Blog: Jason Davis: Your guide to a shuttle launch, part 2: The ascent
Welcome back to my guest blog series, Your guide to a shuttle launch. In Part 1, we covered the countdown, finishing as Atlantis lifted off the pad to begin its action-packed voyage into space, heading for an eventual rendezvous with the... More»
Jun. 29, 2011 | 12:35 PDT | 19:35 UTC
What's up in the solar system in July 2011
Time again for my monthly look at what's going on with the robots exploring the solar system! It'll be a month full of routine activities for our intrepid explorers performing ongoing science at Mercury, Venus, the Moon, Mars, and Saturn. Dawn... More»
Jun. 28, 2011 | 14:12 PDT | 21:12 UTC
Cassini animations: Rhea and Dione and Titan
I've been mucking about in the Cassini data archives (as I often do when procrastinating) and unearthed a neat, if short, mutual event sequence of two crescent moons passing by each other: Rhea, in the foreground, and Dione behind. Crescents Dione... More»
Jun. 27, 2011 | 09:19 PDT | 16:19 UTC
Dawn Journal: Closing in on Vesta
Now that Dawn is getting close to Vesta, Marc Rayman's Dawn Journals will be appearing more frequently. Many thanks to Marc, the mission's Project System Engineer, for his detailed reports! --ESLClick to enlarge >Marc RaymanBy Marc Rayman
Dear... More»
Jun. 24, 2011 | 08:12 PDT | 15:12 UTC
Amateur takes on the Dawn Vesta images
I am pretty sure that the Dawn team put nearly every image they've taken of Vesta so far in the animation they released yesterday, which is awesome. It hasn't taken long for the amateur image processing community to pick that animation apart into... More»
Jun. 23, 2011 | 11:53 PDT | 18:53 UTC
Vesta looks pretty battered
There was a press briefing on Dawn today at NASA Headquarters, and there are new pictures! Here's what Vesta looked like as of three days ago, when Dawn was only 189,000 kilometers away. The images appear blurry because they've been magnified by a... More»
Jun. 22, 2011 | 22:08 PDT | Jun. 23 05:08 UTC
According to Nature News, Curiosity is going to Gale
Nature News is reporting that the Mars Science Laboratory mission has made its recommendation for the landing site for the next great Mars rover, and it's Gale crater. If this rumor turns out to be correct, it should be noted that this is not a... More»
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