Phoenix Lands on Mars today
Mars Phoenix: Entry (NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona) Phoenix mission lands today — in less than 6 hours. The mission homepage has a countdown clock. Arizona Republic has the background story....
View ArticleMars Landing: Jargonwatch
The landing of Mars Phoenix is littered with TLAs (three letter acronyms) and specific jargon that means stuff other than what you might think. Here, in no particular order, is jargon to watch for,...
View ArticlePhoenix Landed. Perfect. Amazing.
No, I didn’t have WiFi at the Planetary Society’s Planetfest today. So if you came to this site, I hope the places I directed you to were good. Earlier in the day, JPL Director Charles Elachi told us...
View ArticleMars Phoenix: Those amazing space men and their flying machines
MRO, or Mars Reconnaisaince Orbiter, with the high resolution camera, got a shot of Phoenix during the descent. Look at this image, look at it!!! Smaller bright point, below, is Phoenix spacecraft,...
View ArticlePhoenix on Mars: Where to go for coverage
I’m not following the Phoenix Mars mission with the same kind of persistence as I did Spirit and Opportunity, the two rovers — there’s a family health matter that takes precedence. The Phoenix Mission...
View ArticleBye bye, Phoenix
A mission that lasted 5 months (meant for 3): Phoenix Lander no longer communicating with us here on earth. Watch video recap.. This was the mission that twittered. Oh, and Phoenix guest-blogged at...
View ArticleMars won’t wait. Oh yes it will…. it’ll wait 2 years
I just heard that JPL and NASA announced that the launch date for Mars Science Lab (MSL) slipped from fall, 2009 to 2011. I’ll look for all the links and post them later. I’m buried deep in work today....
View ArticleMars landing tonight
At a party last night for members of JPL’s radar department (my boyfriend Doc M works there), we compared notes, gossiped, discussed nerves and contingency plans (heard a bit of scuttlebutt about what...
View ArticleCuriosity Landing Event
Two hours to cruise stage separation, and Doc M and I are here at the Curiosity Landing Event at Pasadena City College in Pasadena. Lotta Mars Science Laboratory shirts (yes, we are wearing them), and...
View ArticleGood Mars Curiosity websites I’m encountering
I’ll keep adding to this list as I come across good sites and good web reads. The MSL Chronicles Pretty excellent. The creative and business lessons of the Mars rovers The Martian Chronicles Blog of...
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