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Archived posts are listed in reverse chronological order.
Sep. 26, 2007 | 22:05 PDT | Sep. 27 05:05 UTC
Dawn launch: T minus 1 day: Up close at the Delta II launch pad
Planetary Society volunteer Ken Kremer is reporting for us from the Kennedy Space Center, where he is anticipating the launch of Dawn on September 26. Kremer is a research scientist who spends his spare time giving public outreach presentations on... More»
Sep. 26, 2007 | 21:41 PDT | Sep. 27 04:41 UTC
Dawn launch: Go Dawn, go Delta!
Planetary Society volunteer Ken Kremer is reporting for us from the Kennedy Space Center, where he is anticipating the launch of Dawn on September 26. Kremer is a research scientist who spends his spare time giving public outreach presentations on... More»
Sep. 26, 2007 | 13:37 PDT | 20:37 UTC
Dawn launch: One-on-one with Marc Rayman at Kennedy Space Center
Planetary Society volunteer Ken Kremer is reporting for us from the Kennedy Space Center, where he is anticipating the launch of Dawn on September 26. Kremer is a research scientist who spends his spare time giving public outreach presentations on... More»
Sep. 25, 2007 | 18:08 PDT | Sep. 26 01:08 UTC
New Horizons now aimed directly at Pluto
This afternoon Alan Stern posted to unmannedspaceflight.com that New Horizons has successfully completed the trajectory correction maneuver that lines the spacecraft up for its July 14, 2015 encounter with Pluto. This is the first firing of the... More»
Sep. 25, 2007 | 10:40 PDT | 17:40 UTC
Observing Dawn from Hawaii and Alaska
A brief launch update: They're still "go" for the morning of September 27, with, currently, a 40% chance of weather being bad enough to scrub until the next day.
People in Hawaii and Alaska get to observe dawn every day of course (though many... More»
Sep. 24, 2007 | 16:43 PDT | 23:43 UTC
Update on Cassini's safing situation
Last week's Cassini Significant Events Report had some interesting details on the causes, results, and resolution of the spacecraft's going in to safe mode just minutes after it started playing back the data from the Iapetus flyby.
On September 12,... More»
Sep. 24, 2007 | 12:39 PDT | 19:39 UTC
New stuff on the website
A roundup of a bunch of new stuff to check out on The Planetary Society's website:I just posted a new "Stars Above" blog entry by Tyler Nordgren, where he visits Acadia National Park in Maine to think about the tides. Gee, what a coincidence that... More»
Sep. 24, 2007 | 09:47 PDT | 16:47 UTC
Dawn launch: Delayed to September 27
Planetary Society volunteer Ken Kremer is reporting for us from the Kennedy Space Center, where he is anticipating the launch of Dawn on September 26. Kremer is a research scientist who spends his spare time giving public outreach presentations on... More»
Sep. 22, 2007 | 15:49 PDT | 22:49 UTC
Dawn launch: Go for fueling!
Planetary Society volunteer Ken Kremer is reporting for us from the Kennedy Space Center, where he is anticipating the launch of Dawn on September 26. Kremer is a research scientist who spends his spare time giving public outreach presentations on... More»
Sep. 21, 2007 | 13:46 PDT | 20:46 UTC
Dawn Journal: Awaiting Launch II
Here's what will hopefully be the last pre-launch Dawn Journal entry, contributed by Marc Rayman. Marc is the Project System Engineer for the Dawn mission. Thanks Marc!
Even if Marc does not send further updates, however, Planetary Society... More»
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