Just trying to catch up on some things… I’m getting fairly adept at filling out applications for archaeologist positions at various federal agencies at the USAJobs website. I wish I was getting adept (some practice) at saying, “why yes, I’d … Continue reading
This is great news. NASA’s Spirit Rover Completes One Full Martian Year [Space.com] NASA’s Spirit rover currently exploring Mars completed one full swing around the Sun Monday, giving researchers a year-long look at the Martian seasons. “We feel like, weather-wise, … Continue reading
Audrey is off to Arizona State today and tomorrow for a workshop on THEMIS. The Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) is an instrument on board the Mars Odyssey spacecraft. It combines a 5-wavelength visual imaging system with a 9-wavelength infrared … Continue reading
I had posted some information I had forwarded to me from the Mars Exploration Rover Team, but I removed it when I wasn’t really sure about the release status of the mailing. I will say that the panoramas from Spirit’s … Continue reading
We’re in Salt Lake City, UT through the 19th for the 2005 Annual Meeting and Exposition of the Geological Society of America. No presentations or posters from either of us this year. The GSAs are in the same convention hall … Continue reading
Things will likely be quiet around here until Wednesday. We’re going to be in Flagstaff, AZ for the 8th Mars Crater Consortium Meeting. But, you ask, why not head down on Saturday morning and make it a long weekend frolicking … Continue reading
Shutte STS-114 returns safely and now this. Way to go NASA! MRO is on Its Way to the Red Planet [NASA] NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) successfully lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla at 7:43:00 a.m EDT … Continue reading
Here is some more about the NASA PSA I mentioned last week. I stumbled across this info from NASA’s Exploration Systems Mission Directorate at SpaceRef via NASA Watch. “”Karen O. Lau and David E. Sanders created the original “Reach” public … Continue reading
Audrey pointed me to this extremely cool NASA public service announcement (mpeg file) that she noticed at the University of North Dakota’s Department of Space Studies. It gives me goose bumps! later: goose bumps is an understatement. it makes me … Continue reading
A good day indeed! Mars Rover Opportunity finally breaks free. Mission to Mars: June 4, 2005 “Boy, this has been a good day.” (Steve Squyres, principal investigator for the Mars Exploration Rovers) via MSNBC via /.
