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Apollo 12 and Surveyor 3!
Apollo 12 and Surveyor 3!
Station fire update: Mount Wilson safe, ready for "another hundred years" of science
Station fire update: Mount Wilson safe, ready for "another hundred years" of science
Dust storm update: Skies clearing for Spirit
For a while, Mars was beating Spirit while she was down, throwing a dust storm at the rover where it's bogged up to its hubcaps in fluffy soil When lots of dust is lofted into the sky, the hazard is that when it comes down, it may come down on the rover and its solar panels. But it appears things on Spirit are still pretty clean.
Planetary Radio Q and A: How do you make a mark on a planet made of gas?
Planetary Radio Q and A: How do you make a mark on a planet made of gas?
Cassini goodies: Telesto, Janus, Prometheus, Pandora, F ring
Cassini goodies: Telesto, Janus, Prometheus, Pandora, F ring
Station Fire update: Mount Wilson Observatory still there, but still under threat
Station Fire update: Mount Wilson Observatory still there, but still under threat
Carnival of Space #118
Carnival of Space #118
What's up in the solar system in September 2009: MESSENGER's 3rd Mercury flyby coming up!
What's up in the solar system in September 2009: MESSENGER's 3rd Mercury flyby coming up!
Exploring Mars on Earth: The Arctic Mars Analog Svalbard Expedition
High in the Arctic, just below Earth's north polar ice cap, biologists, geologists, and engineers come together in Svalbard every August to practice and prepare for an expedition to Mars.
The Station Fire is near JPL and even closer to Mt. Wilson
The Station Fire is near JPL and even closer to Mt. Wilson
Chandrayaan-1 lost
Chandrayaan-1 lost
"WISE Guys"
"WISE Guys"
Updates from the Arctic Mars Analogue Svalbard Expedition (AMASE)
Updates from the Arctic Mars Analogue Svalbard Expedition (AMASE)
Planetary Radio Q and A: Why isn't New Horizons stopping at Pluto?
Planetary Radio Q and A: Why isn't New Horizons stopping at Pluto?
Carnival of Space #117
Carnival of Space #117
A sunset into the dust
While Spirit has been stuck at Troy, it's been taking numerous opportunities to capture photos with dramatic twilight lighting. On sol 2,002 (three sols ago, or August 21), it gazed toward the setting Sun, snapping the shutter roughly once a minute.
Stephen Colbert: "It has been a true honor to make merciless fun of you this year."
Stephen Colbert: "It has been a true honor to make merciless fun of you this year."
"Mama, there's something out the window!"
"Mama, there's something out the window!"
Finally, I write about Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera photos
Finally, I write about Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera photos