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Dec. 15, 2010 | 14:51 PST | 22:51 UTC
Door 15 in the 2010 advent calendar
Time to open the fifteenth door in the advent calendar. Until the New Year, I'll be opening a door onto a different landscape from somewhere in the solar system. Where in the solar system is this cratered world?Click to enlarge >Door 15This image... More»
Dec. 15, 2010 | 13:40 PST | 21:40 UTC
Opportunity drives within 20 meters of Santa Maria, spots alligator's tail
Today Opportunity has driven to within 20 meters of Santa Maria crater, and the blocks around it are really, really cool-looking. This one is a dead ringer for the severed tail of an alligator (a comparison that UnmannedSpaceflight.com member... More»
Dec. 15, 2010 | 11:48 PST | 19:48 UTC
Phobos Photobomb
Don't blink when you play the video below -- it's only 15 seconds long, but it's so cool. It's an animation composed of Viking 1 Orbiter images. It shows a dust storm over the spot on Mars where its lander was sitting. And, as you watch, you can... More»
Dec. 14, 2010 | 16:01 PST | Dec. 15 00:01 UTC
Door 14 in the 2010 advent calendar
Time to open the fourteenth door in the advent calendar. Until the New Year, I'll be opening a door onto a different landscape from somewhere in the solar system. Where in the solar system are these red freckles?Click to enlarge >Door 14This image... More»
Dec. 14, 2010 | 12:18 PST | 20:18 UTC
Opportunity: "So close we can taste it" to Santa Maria
Opportunity is on a kilometers-long eastward road trip across Meridiani Planum toward the rim of a large ancient crater named Endeavour; it'll be many months yet before she gets there. But she is just about to arrive at a major landmark by the side... More»
Dec. 14, 2010 | 09:22 PST | 17:22 UTC
IKAROS flew past Venus on December 8
Just after Akatsuki missed entering orbit, another spacecraft, IKAROS, quietly passed by Venus. The IKAROS blog update rate has dropped as the spacecraft has traveled farther from Earth, but they're still doing pretty regular posts on the position... More»
Dec. 13, 2010 | 15:11 PST | 23:11 UTC
Talk at AGU today: "Snapshots from Space"
I had planned to be in San Francisco today to present at the 2010 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, in an Education and Public Affairs session titled "Public Participation in Geoscience Research: Engaging Citizen Scientists." My talk... More»
Dec. 13, 2010 | 14:33 PST | 22:33 UTC
Door 13 in the 2010 advent calendar
Time to open the thirteenth door in the advent calendar. Until the New Year, I'll be opening a door onto a different landscape from somewhere in the solar system. Where in the solar system are these parallel gouges?Door 13Credit: ESA 2010 MPS for... More»
Dec. 13, 2010 | 11:10 PST | 19:10 UTC
Emily Martin: Boulders and Ponds on 433 Eros
Emily Martin is a former student of my former grad school officemate who is now a PhD student in the Terrestrial and Planetary Structural Geology and Geomechanics program at the University of Idaho. She is researching the fracture development on... More»
Dec. 12, 2010 | 16:39 PST | Dec. 13 00:39 UTC
Door 12 in the 2010 advent calendar
Time to open the twelfth door in the advent calendar. Until the New Year, I'll be opening a door onto a different landscape from somewhere in the solar system. Where in the solar system is this trapezoidal mountain? Click to enlarge >Door 12Credit:... More»
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