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Spirit's got a clear path to Von Braun

Dawn Journal: Safe Without Safe Mode

Perhaps what is most noteworthy and satisfying since the last log is not what Dawn did, but rather what it did not do.

Sorry for the quiet last week -- time to catch up

Space Carnival & new Chandrayaan-1 Earth photo

Solar Sail Update: New Opportunities

At the beginning of this decade, we designed a mission to accomplish this goal. We launched Cosmos 1 in June 2005, but the Volna rocket that was to place the spacecraft in orbit failed, and we were never able to test our solar sail in flight. These days, The Planetary Society is working with colleagues at NASA and at the Russian Space Research Institute to put together a new solar sail mission.

Planetary Society Members "Dream Big Dreams"

Mars Action Weather Report: A dust event is brewing in the south

Mars Climate Sounder Gives First Warning of a Major "Dust Event"

Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Spirit Breaks Rove Record, Opportunity Sees Endeavour's Distant Rim

The Mars Exploration Rovers logged a memorable March, with Spirit finally making some serious tracks and setting a new driving record for a five-wheeled rover, and Opportunity getting a first glimpse on the distant horizon of its next big attraction, Endeavour Crater as it crossed a geologic boundary into a new field of