16:56 or so: Yep. That was a tense seven minutes. But it is over and they are getting signals. I watched the live feed from the JPL control room. Wow. Who knew this could be so exciting from so far away?! Anybody else watch it?
-cvj
P.S. Yes, with my choice of title, I’m clearly practicing for the commentary on the Olympic gymnastics… Click to continue reading this post
Remember the launch of the Phoenix spacecraft last summer? I mentioned it in earlier posts (including talking about the mural for it – see here and here) and Phil did a lovely post on the launch here. Have a look at the mission website. Here is a space.com article that gives an update on the mission so far.
Well, today’s the day it approaches and (it is hoped) lands on Mars!! So, the landing. The landing, the landing the landing. It’s all about the landing. The craft has to slow down from 12500 miles per hour to make a soft landing on the surface. In a matter of […] Click to continue reading this post
Have you seen them? March Fourth? They’re quite excellent, rather hard to describe. Clickable photos below open up the somewhat abstract teaser above. They played for an hour at […] Click to continue reading this post
Wetly cloaked mountains, a green hill, a shimmering field of dry grass. Point Mugu State park, early May.
A week ago we had temperatures up to and beyond 100 degrees (F) for a day or two. […] Click to continue reading this post
