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Sep. 17, 2010 | 11:32 PDT | 18:32 UTC
Discovery Rolls to Vehicle Assembly Building for Final Flight
by Ken Kremer
Launch preparations for the final flight of Space Shuttle Discovery kicked into high gear when NASA's oldest orbiter was rolled a few hundred meters from Orbiter Processing Facility 3 (OPF-3) to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at... More»
Sep. 17, 2010 | 09:19 PDT | 16:19 UTC
Beyond Earth T-shirt features 23 space missions
Let other geeks have their T-shirts with fictional space explorers -- now you can emblazon your chest with 23 space missions that have really explored space! Designed by Thomas Romer at Chop Shop, this incredibly awesome shirt features silhouettes... More»
Sep. 16, 2010 | 11:56 PDT | 18:56 UTC
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter press briefing: silicic volcanoes on the Moon
I'm listening to a press briefing from several members of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter science team, regarding three papers published today in Science:"Global Distribution of Large Lunar Craters: Implications for Resurfacing and Impactor... More»
Sep. 16, 2010 | 11:07 PDT | 18:07 UTC
Update from the Ozma@50 Workshop
by Jon Lomberg
Smoking was cool, an American U2 was shot down over Russia, and the car radio blared "Itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny, yellow polka dot bikini." It sounds like an episode of Mad Men, but it was the cultural background when Frank Drake used... More»
Sep. 15, 2010 | 14:38 PDT | 21:38 UTC
Opportunity's rocky road ahead, good news for an aging rover
What a difference a couple of months of driving make. Here's the sort of view of the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's road ahead that I'm accustomed to, taken two months ago. Dune after dune after dune stretching to the horizon, with only a... More»
Sep. 15, 2010 | 10:41 PDT | 17:41 UTC
Mars As Art
Attention Mars data trawlers! NASA Headquarters is looking for community input on an exhibition and book of "Mars As Art." It's a followup to a similar project they put together in 2006.After the great reception given the Mars as Art activity... More»
Sep. 14, 2010 | 11:39 PDT | 18:39 UTC
The Voyager Mission Updates
I've got a treasure for you readers. We take for granted now the ability to get detailed mission updates in a timely fashion via the Web. Many space missions have websites with regular -- weekly or monthly or so -- science and engineering updates... More»
Sep. 14, 2010 | 11:29 PDT | 18:29 UTC
Carnival of Space #169
The 169th Carnival of Space is live over at Next Big Future. Check it out! While I'm linking, also make sure you listen to this week's Planetary Radio, featuring Lika Guhathakurta on the Solar Probe Plus mission.
Every week, a different webmaster... More»
Sep. 14, 2010 | 10:22 PDT | 17:22 UTC
More from the Ozma@50 Workshop
by Jon Lomberg
Today's sessions at the Ozma@50 conference stretched the mind as these multidisciplinary gatherings usually do. Chris Impey from the University of Arizona set the stage by summarizing the state of the known Universe in terms of life.... More»
Sep. 14, 2010 | 09:15 PDT | 16:15 UTC
Book review: Older than the Stars
Older than the stars is a book about Big Bang cosmology, solar system formation, and human evolution for young children. It's hard to imagine that such a thing could succeed, but it does. The main text is a repetitive, singsongy, catchy rhyme in... More»
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