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What's Going on With Planetary Science Research?
Posted by Casey Dreier on 2013/12/04 01:44 CST | 5 comments
Budget cuts mixed with a new way to fund science could disproportionately impact the next generation of planetary scientists.
Planetary Dirt Sampling Success
Posted by Bruce Betts on 2013/12/04 01:17 CST | 1 comments
We present an update and a video about the successful design, construction, and testing in a vacuum chamber by Honeybee Robotics of a prototype PlanetVac system, a new planetary surface sampling technique, sponsored by The Planetary Society. PlanetVac is a reliable system that effectively vacuums up planetary surface materials.
Pretty picture: newly processed high-res view of a fractured icy moon, Dione
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2013/12/04 11:38 CST | 4 comments
Here's a lovely new view of Dione, one of the lovely mid-sized icy moons of Saturn, assembled by Daniel Macháček.
Don't Miss Voyager Head Scientist Ed Stone on the Colbert Report
Posted by Casey Dreier on 2013/12/04 10:57 CST
Voyager Chief Scientist Ed Stone was the featured guest on the Colbert Report to celebrate the spacecraft's entry into interstellar space.
SpaceX’s Upgraded Falcon Delivers Satellite to Geostationary Orbit
Posted by Jason Davis on 2013/12/03 10:45 CST | 4 comments
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket delivered a communications satellite to geostationary orbit, marking an important milestone for the private spaceflight company.
Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Opportunity Ascends Murray Ridge into Clay Mineral Grounds
Posted by A.J.S. Rayl on 2013/12/03 03:13 CST | 1 comments
Although winter took hold at Endeavour Crater in November, Opportunity pressed on, climbing up Murray Ridge and driving into a clay mineral hunting ground as the Mars Exploration Rovers mission cruised another month closer to celebrating its 10th Earth year of surface operations with myriad events throughout January 2014.
Cosmos with Cosmos Episode 7: The Backbone of Night
Posted by Casey Dreier on 2013/12/03 02:55 CST | 3 comments
We return to the big idea of the series – that the universe can be known and we better ourselves in our efforts to understand it – in the best episode of Cosmos so far.
Multiple views of comet ISON from solar-observing spacecraft
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2013/12/02 07:50 CST | 6 comments
When comet ISON passed through perihelion last week, solar observing spacecraft had a ringside view. Here are several animations of ISON's perilous passage from the SOHO and two STEREO spacecraft.
Somewhere Over the Bay of Rainbows
Posted by Bill Dunford on 2013/12/02 12:35 CST | 4 comments
Pay a visit to the Chang'e 3 lunar landing site.
Chang'e 3 departs for the Moon, with amazing images and video
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2013/12/02 12:18 CST | 3 comments
On December 1 at 17:30 UTC, Chang'e 3 launched atop a Long March 3B rocket on a direct lunar transfer trajectory. It is scheduled to enter orbit December 6 and land December 14. The rocket was equipped with cameras that recorded thrilling video of the launch and final departure of the probe.
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