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Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Spirit Heads to Home Plate as Opportunity Finally Roves On
As the Mars Exploration Rover mission presses onward into its third Earth year -- and second Mars year -- the twin robot field geologists are moving to new destinations.
Where is New Horizons now?
It's in space, of course, and has a very, very long way to go to Pluto (nearly 50 billion kilometers). But it's finally more than 1 Astronomical Unit from the Sun.
New Horizons update
I received a lot of email over the weekend about New Horizons. Many of them were expressing concern about how little news there has been since launch. Have no fear.
OK, back to New Horizons!
So the Stardust press conference is still going on on NASA TV, but I am now turning to the Internet to monitor the status of New Horizons' third attempted launch day.
New Horizons post-launch press conference
I am updating this as I take notes from the press conference.
After the launch
We just got back from the real post-launch party, following two non-post-launch parties on the last two evenings. This was more like it.
How New Horizons' launch date affects its arrival date
I was looking at that table of launch times for New Horizons and realized that the table included another valuable column of data that I hadn't noticed before: it tells you what year New Horizons will arrive, for each of the possible launch dates.
New Horizons launch scrubbed for today.
Well, it was a nail-biting morning and too bad that New Horizons didn't go but these things happen pretty frequently.
Philosophical after the first day's launch attempt
Oh well, the Sun sets on an earthbound New Horizons at least one more time. The first day's launch attempt was a strange experience in retrospect.
Less than 24 hours to New Horizons' Launch
New Horizons just experienced what we hope will be its last ever sunset on Earth. There will be three more sunsets to come.
Looking Forward to New Horizons' Launch (15 January 2006)
Another quick post from the Cape. Yesterday was our final pre-launch meeting of the Science Team.
Looking Forward to New Horizons' Launch (13 January 2006)
We're at the Cape! More properly, we're at Cocoa Beach just down the coast, having flown in from Denver today.
New Horizons progress report
There's a new
Looking Forward to New Horizons' Launch (12 January 2006)
This is probably my last missive before Jane and I leave for the Cape on Friday in preparation for the launch.
What will happen just after New Horizons' launch
Over the weekend, New Horizons principal investigator Alan Stern posted a new
Great news for New Horizons
I'll just make this an