Archives for January 2009
Five Years
Published on 3 Jan 2009 at 9:22 pm.
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Filed under Mars.
Five years ago, today, the Mars Exploration Rover named Spirit bounced to a landing on the surface of Mars. I remember downloading the first images. This was particularly dramatic because only a bit over a week earlier, the British spacecraft Beagle 2 was lost during an attempted landing on Mars. The Beagle 2 was using […]
CoS 85
Published on 2 Jan 2009 at 9:27 am.
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Filed under blogging.
The 85th edition of the Carnival of Space is now live over at Cheap Astronomy. Go ahead and check it out. It has 18 of the best recent blog postings from around the blogosphere collected in one spot.
-Astroprof
2009 had to wait
Published on 1 Jan 2009 at 1:31 pm.
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Filed under calendars, time.
It is now the year 2009, as reckoned by the calendar used throughout most of the world. Last night, at midnight, many people were ringing in the new year according to whatever customs they dealt. Byrd and I rang in the year together with just the two of ourselves (and a cat). […]
