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Chang'e 1 is now in orbit!
Chang'e 1 is now in orbit!
Science plans for Rosetta's Earth flyby
Science plans for Rosetta's Earth flyby
Cool Cassini animations
Cool Cassini animations
ESA mission updates: Rosetta and Venus Express
ESA mission updates: Rosetta and Venus Express
Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Spirit Homes in on Winter Site as Opportunity Examines Victoria's Ring
The Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) logged another major milestone in October as they completed a second Martian year of field geology and now may rove on through 2009.
Planetary Society's Optical SETI Telescope Offers Online View of Night sky
The Planetary Society's Optical SETI Telescope was built solely to search for possible light signals from alien civilizations. Located at Oak Ridge Observatory in Harvard, Massachusetts, it is the first dedicated Optical SETI telescope in the world. Its 72-inch primary mirror also makes it larger than any optical telescope in the U.S. east of the Mississippi river.
Comet 17P/Holmes is getting bigger every day
Comet 17P/Holmes is getting bigger every day
MSL: Landing site downselections
After three days of presentations, voting, and extended discussions, the
Dawn Journal: Testing, Testing, Testing
Dawn's checkout phase continues to go very well. The spacecraft is healthy as it and Earth travel their separate ways, separating at almost 1 light second per day.
MSL sites, comet outbursts, and other stuff
The latest on MSL landing sites, a look at comet outbursts, and links to other stuff.
MSL landing site selection meeting: Day 2 site-by-site presentations
Unlike the Mars Exploration Rover mission, which featured two golf-cart-sized landers, this time we have only one giant, Volkswagen beetle-size. So at the end of this process we have to pick our favorite place on Mars, not our favorite two places.
Flash back to DPS: Extrasolar planets, NEOs, asteroids, Titan, Pluto, and KBOs
Flash back to DPS: Extrasolar planets, NEOs, asteroids, Titan, Pluto, and KBOs
CRISM maps of possible Mars landing sites
CRISM maps of possible Mars landing sites
Successful launch for Chang'e 1!
Successful launch for Chang'e 1!
Reporting from the second Mars Science Laboratory landing site selection meeting
Reporting from the second Mars Science Laboratory landing site selection meeting
Update on Chang'e 1 launch
Update on Chang'e 1 launch
Kaguya now in science orbit
Kaguya now in science orbit
Iapetus!
Iapetus!
2007 Cosmos Award Honoree Paula Apsel
The 2007 Cosmos Award for Outstanding Public Presentation of Science was presented to Paula Apsel, the Senior Executive Producer of the Emmy Award-winning series NOVA and NOVA scienceNOW, and Director of the WGBH Science Unit at WGBH Boston.
Dawn is out there
Dawn is out there