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Oct. 27, 2008 | 14:59 PDT | 21:59 UTC
One Hubble camera ready for business
Just a quick update on Hubble here: As you may recall, a glitch within a computer system on September 27 caused it to quit most science operations, and an earlier attempt to revive it didn't work as expected. But the news is getting better: a few... More»
Oct. 24, 2008 | 07:21 PDT | 14:21 UTC
Why is only half of Mars magnetized?
I'm working my way through a horrendously high pile of magazines that I haven't had time to read, and came across an article in the September 26 issue of Science that is really cool: it neatly explains why only the southern half of Mars is strongly... More»
Oct. 23, 2008 | 11:49 PDT | 18:49 UTC
Chandrayaan-1 raises its orbit
Chandrayaan-1's journey to the Moon is going smoothly. A press release issued today by the Indian Space Research Organisation stated that Chandrayaan-1 has completed the first of many maneuvers that will transfer it to lunar orbit over the coming... More»
Oct. 22, 2008 | 15:18 PDT | 22:18 UTC
Mimas, Prometheus, and rings in motion
Here's an entry from the "just plain cool" department: an animation of 20 recent Cassini images, watching Mimas occult Prometheus as the shadowed face of the rings moves across the background. Cassini takes these "mutual event" movies mostly to... More»
Oct. 21, 2008 | 18:17 PDT | Oct. 22 01:17 UTC
Chandrayaan-1 launch was nominal
A very helpful person who's sitting in India and clearly has a better feed from the webcast than I do has reported that all went well with Chandrayaan-1's launch, and that it'll be "5.5 days" to reach the Moon. (I had previously heard eight.) I... More»
Oct. 21, 2008 | 17:53 PDT | Oct. 22 00:53 UTC
LIFTOFF of Chandrayaan-1! India is on its way to the Moon!
It's rising amid a huge flare of smoke...
It seems to have disappeared immediately into cloud....wait, it shot back out...
Everyone in mission control looks so calm!
"Nominal"...
Plus one minute...
Something about tracking...sounded OK...
Was... More»
Oct. 21, 2008 | 17:39 PDT | Oct. 22 00:39 UTC
Chandrayaan-1 live broadcast is underway
Here's the link to the live broadcast.
I've heard such reassuring and familiar things as "range ready!" The sound doesn't always seem to work though. The chairman of ISRO is talking now, but I'm not hearing anything. Still, video alone is good... More»
Oct. 20, 2008 | 14:03 PDT | 21:03 UTC
Watch the Chandrayaan-1 launch live on the Internet!
India's space agency, ISRO, has announced that they will be hosting a live webcast of the launch of Chandrayaan-1 lunar orbiter, beginning on October 22 at 05:50 Indian Standard Time, which is 00:20 UTC, or October 21 at 17:20 my time. (Yes, India... More»
Oct. 20, 2008 | 13:38 PDT | 20:38 UTC
Carnival of Space #75
The Big Tent Edition of the Carnival of Space is live over at Lounge of the Lab Lemming, so go visit the sideshows.
And while I'm posting links, here's some new stuff on this website:
Amir Alexander wrote last week about the signing of the NASA... More»
Oct. 17, 2008 | 15:24 PDT | 22:24 UTC
Hubble update: Not returning to normal today after all
I missed today's press briefing on Hubble, but there's enough detail in the report posted to the NASA website for a status update:Hubble resumed the science timeline at Noon ET on Thursday, October 16. The first activities out of that on-board... More»
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