[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day

2016-02-05 Thread Paul Swartz via Meteorite-list
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: ET Winner Contributed by: Twink Monrad http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpodmain.asp?DD=02/06/2016 __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at

[meteorite-list] Dawn Journal - January 31, 2016

2016-02-05 Thread Ron Baalke via Meteorite-list
http://dawnblog.jpl.nasa.gov/2016/01/31/dawn-journal-january-31/ Dawn Journal by Dr. Marc Rayman January 31, 2016 Dear Spellbindawngs, A veteran interplanetary traveler is writing the closing chapter in its long and storied expedition. In its final orbit, where it will remain even beyond

[meteorite-list] Pluto's Mysterious, Floating Hills

2016-02-05 Thread Ron Baalke via Meteorite-list
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/Multimedia/Science-Photos/image.php?page=1_id=2_id=408 Pluto's Mysterious, Floating Hills Release Date: February 4, 2016 The nitrogen ice glaciers on Pluto appear to carry an intriguing cargo: numerous, isolated hills that may be fragments of water ice from Pluto's

[meteorite-list] Inside Rosetta's Comet

2016-02-05 Thread Ron Baalke via Meteorite-list
http://sci.esa.int/rosetta/57307-inside-rosetta-s-comet/ Inside Rosetta's comet European Space Agency 04 February 2016 There are no large caverns inside Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. ESA's Rosetta mission has made measurements that clearly demonstrate this, solving a long-standing

[meteorite-list] NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Primary Mirror Fully Assembled

2016-02-05 Thread Ron Baalke via Meteorite-list
February 04, 2016 RELEASE 16-013 NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Primary Mirror Fully Assembled The 18th and final primary mirror segment is installed on what will be the biggest and most powerful space telescope ever launched. The final mirror installation Wednesday at NASA's Goddard

[meteorite-list] Mars Odyssey THEMIS Images: January 25 - February 5, 2016

2016-02-05 Thread Ron Baalke via Meteorite-list
MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES January 25 - February 5, 2016 o Crater - False Color (25 January 2016) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20160125a o Gale Crater - False Color (26 January 2016) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20160126a o Crater - False Color (27 January 2016)

[meteorite-list] Mars Rover Opportunity Update: January 26 - February 2, 2016

2016-02-05 Thread Ron Baalke via Meteorite-list
http://mars.nasa.gov/mer/mission/status.html#opportunity OPPORTUNITY UPDATE: Climbing Steeper Slopes to Reach Science Targets - sols 4269-4275, January 26, 2016-February 02, 2016: Opportunity is exploring 'Marathon Valley' on the rim of Endeavour crater. The rover is climbing up steep