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Archived posts are listed in reverse chronological order.
Nov. 15, 2007 | 10:05 PST | 18:05 UTC
No descent images or sounds from Phoenix
A couple of days ago Malin Space Science Systems (MSSS) issued a news notice that explains some of the horse-trading that went on behind the scenes to rescue MARDI, the descent imaging camera that they are building for the Mars Science Laboratory... More»
Nov. 14, 2007 | 12:47 PST | 20:47 UTC
Dawn Journal: Halfway through checkout
Here's another Dawn Journal entry, contributed by Marc Rayman. Marc is the Project System Engineer for the Dawn mission. Thanks Marc!
by Dr. Marc D. Rayman
Dear Dawnocentrics,
Now more than halfway through its 80-day initial checkout phase, the... More»
Nov. 14, 2007 | 09:33 PST | 17:33 UTC
Rosetta's Earth flyby successful; and they got pictures too!
At 20:57 UTC yesterday, Rosetta passed within 6,000 kilometers of Earth, picking up a gravity assist for a change in speed and direction, routing it onward to -- Earth. It'll be coming back for its last visit in two years; in the meantime, though,... More»
Nov. 13, 2007 | 11:08 PST | 19:08 UTC
Rosetta is closing in on Earth
We're less than an hour away from Rosetta's Earth flyby; closest approach will happen south of South America at 20:57 UTC. The Rosetta flyby blog has some neat photos of screens of data being transmitted real-time from the spacecraft. Images don't... More»
Nov. 13, 2007 | 09:43 PST | 17:43 UTC
Earthrise and Earthset from Kaguya
Kaguya has delivered on its promise to send high-definition movies from the Moon, and it was worth the wait. This morning JAXA and the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) released several still images and a movie showing an Earthrise and an... More»
Nov. 12, 2007 | 15:13 PST | 23:13 UTC
Happy second birthday to Venus Express
Last week, Venus Express passed the two-year mark in space. That spacecraft only took five months to get to Venus orbit, which is just about as fast as you can make it to another planet, which means they've been taking data for more than a year and... More»
Nov. 9, 2007 | 15:48 PST | 23:48 UTC
Planetary Society statement on MARDI and ChemCam restoration
We just posted a more official response to last night's welcome news of the restoration of two erstwhile descoped science instruments to the next Mars rover mission, MSL, to be launched in 2009. Here it is:Yesterday, NASA Associate Administrator... More»
Nov. 9, 2007 | 15:38 PST | 23:38 UTC
That's no near-Earth object, it's a spaceship!
Whenever I am out at night with my husband and I point to the sky and say, "that's Venus" or "look, that's Saturn, see how yellow it is," he likes to burst my bubble by saying "no, it's just a plane." Every great once in a while, I'm sad to say,... More»
Nov. 8, 2007 | 20:01 PST | Nov. 9 04:01 UTC
News Flash: ChemCam and MARDI have been saved!
There has been a lot of consternation in the Mars community recently because of a rather severe set of descopes to the science instrument packages being developed for the next Mars rover, MSL, to be launched in 2009. Last month, NASA announced that... More»
Nov. 8, 2007 | 14:51 PST | 22:51 UTC
Bruce Betts reports from the Phobos and Deimos conference
Planetary Society Director of Projects Bruce Betts and Executive Director Lou Friedman were both in attendance at this week's International Conference on the Exploration of Phobos and Deimos, and Bruce just sent me this report. --ESLby Bruce... More»
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