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Wheel tracks
The Mars Exploration Rovers have left wheel tracks all over their landing sites, but for some reason this pair of wheel tracks, left in the sand ripple on the rim of Victoria crater and now viewed from below, tickled my fancy. Thanks to James Canvin for the lovely panorama.
MESSENGER is on target for its January Mercury flyby
MESSENGER is on target for its January Mercury flyby
An embarrassment of riches from Cassini
An embarrassment of riches from Cassini
Morning drizzle on Titan
Morning drizzle on Titan
Chang'e 1 launching October 22-25
Chang'e 1 launching October 22-25
Anticipating the launch of Chang'e 1
Anticipating the launch of Chang'e 1
Milestones this week for Cassini and Spirit
Milestones this week for Cassini and Spirit
Kaguya: both mini-satellites deployed and renamed
Kaguya: both mini-satellites deployed and renamed
News flash: Lakes at Titan's south pole, too, on top of the land of lakes in the north
Lakes have been spotted near the south pole of Titan before, in this image by the ISS team, which was considered compelling but not conclusive at the time.
DPS: NASA Night: Sweetness and light
DPS: NASA Night: Sweetness and light
DPS: What's next with NEO searches
DPS: What's next with NEO searches
DPS: The Yarkovsky, O'Keefe, Radzievskii, and Paddack (YORP) effect
DPS: The Yarkovsky, O'Keefe, Radzievskii, and Paddack (YORP) effect
DPS: New stuff from New Horizons at Jupiter
DPS: New stuff from New Horizons at Jupiter
Kaguya: First of two mini-satellites successfully deployed
Kaguya: First of two mini-satellites successfully deployed
Dawn Journal: Firing Up the Ion Propulsion System
Joining an elite club among spacecraft, Dawn successfully fired up its xenon ion propulsion system on October 6.
DPS: Sending humans to an asteroid?
DPS: Sending humans to an asteroid?
39th annual meeting of the Division of Planetary Sciences is next week
39th annual meeting of the Division of Planetary Sciences is next week
Kaguya is now in lunar orbit
Kaguya is now in lunar orbit
Your voices counted: budget amendment passed today
Your voices counted: budget amendment passed today
The Space Age turns 50
Around the world, there is conversation today about the fiftieth anniversary of the launch of Спутник, that is, Sputnik, Earth's first unnatural satellite.