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Jun. 4, 2011 | 05:30 PDT | 12:30 UTC
Enjoy next week's guest bloggers; I'm going on vacation
I am going "off the grid" for a week to attend the wedding of my only sibling to a talented and gorgeous young woman who I'm looking forward to having as a sister. It'll be a fun-filled weeklong family reunion and I just don't trust myself to... More»
Jun. 3, 2011 | 12:01 PDT | 19:01 UTC
A plea for more pictures from Dawn
If you had asked me last year what I was most looking forward to in space in 2011, my answer would have been unhesitating: Dawn's approach to Vesta. Never in my adult life have I been able to follow a space mission as it discovered a large new... More»
Jun. 2, 2011 | 11:46 PDT | 18:46 UTC
Color versions of the recent Titan & moon beauty shots
Last week I got very excited about a set of pictures that had appeared on Cassini's raw images website, but was sad that I couldn't make color versions myself. I was so excited that I failed to identify the little icy moon in the picture correctly... More»
Jun. 1, 2011 | 14:04 PDT | 21:04 UTC
Welcome Home Shuttle LIFE and Space Shuttle Endeavour
by Susan Lendroth
The Planetary Society welcomes home space shuttle Endeavour and the microscopic passengers it carried in Shuttle LIFE an experiment designed to test aspects of the transpermia hypothesis -- the ability of microbial life to survive... More»
Jun. 1, 2011 | 11:32 PDT | 18:32 UTC
Two new views of Curiosity
This week two cool new views of the next Mars rover appeared in the Jet Propulsion Lab's image database, the Planetary Photojournal. One was real, and one simulated; I've been waiting to see both for many months.
First, the real view. This is... More»
May. 31, 2011 | 06:06 PDT | 13:06 UTC
What's up in the solar system in June 2011
Time again for my monthly look at what's going on with the robots exploring the solar system! It'll be a busy month for Cassini, with lots of cool icy moon observations: it'll spend several days looking at Iapetus, and will pass very close to... More»
May. 30, 2011 | 10:52 PDT | 17:52 UTC
Dawn Journal: Vesta to choose Dawn's arrival time
Here's our monthly 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 Dependawnble Readers,
Dawn remains healthy and on course as it... More»
May. 27, 2011 | 07:01 PDT | 14:01 UTC
Guest blog: Ryan Anderson: Zapping Rocks for Science
Ryan Anderson is a PhD candidate at Cornell University. He has a background in physics and astronomy, but these days his research involves shooting rocks with lasers and looking at landing sites for the Mars Science Laboratory rover. He also is a... More»
May. 25, 2011 | 15:47 PDT | 22:47 UTC
NASA Selects Next New Frontiers Mission
by Bruce Betts
NASA has selected the OSIRIS-REx mission as the next New Frontiers mission. OSIRIS-REx (Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-Security-Regolith Explorer) will be the first U.S. asteroid sample return. It is led by... More»
May. 25, 2011 | 11:25 PDT | 18:25 UTC
A picture of Spirit that's too poetical for words
Yesterday, I remarked that despite the declaration of her death we'll be seeing Spirit frequently over the next few years, as long as Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is still monitoring her landing site with its HiRISE camera. I said that Spirit is a... More»
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