Ian O’Neill writes about the adventures of Voyager 1 as it travels towards intersteller space: Discovering Voyager 1’s interstellar dragons: Voyager 1 has become our eyes and ears on an interstellar trip to the ultimate frontier. – Al Jazeera English
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NEOs and Asteroid 2012 DA14 on Hotel Mars this week
Dr. Don Yeomans of the NASA JPL Near-Earth Object Program joined David Livingston on the Hotel Mars segment this week of the John Batchelor show to talk about Near Earth Objects and Asteroid 2012 DA14: The John Batchelor Show Hotel Mars, Wednesday, 2-6-13 « Thespaceshow’s Blog.
The ice and snow of Mars
The latest Planetary Society hangout featured
Dr. Paul Hayne from JPL. Dr. Hayne studies snow and ice on Mars, extreme temperatures of the Moon, and is on the Cassini science team. He also founded the group Young Scientists for Planetary Exploration to help organize early-career scientists to be aware of the politics of space.
http://youtu.be/u7Eid5NjktQ
Video: OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission
Here’s a video about the NASA OSIRIS-REx Mission to an asteroid:
In an effort to better understand Near-Earth Objects, NASA is sending the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to asteroid 1999 RQ36, a remnant of the early solar system. OSIRIS-REx will study the asteroid’s composition and the evolution of its orbit, and it will return a pristine sample of the asteroid to Earth for further study. Includes interview with Dr. Joseph Nuth, NASA Deputy Project Scientist, OSIRIS-REx Mission.
Video: Comet ISON imaged by Deep Impact probe
This video looks like something from a 1950’s sci-fi TV show but is actually made from images of the Comet ISON from the Deep Impact probe: NASA’s Deep Impact Spacecraft Eyes Comet ISON – NASA .
This series of images of comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) was taken by the Medium-Resolution Imager of NASA’s Deep Impact spacecraft over a 36-hour period on Jan. 17 and 18, 2013. At the time, the spacecraft was 493 million miles (793 million kilometers) from the comet.