Category Archives: Space

Carnivalia — 12/7 – 12/13

Posted on 14 December, 2011 by Sam Wise

A svelte but satisfying batch of science-related blog carnivals for your reading today…

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Carnivalia 11/30 – 12/06

Posted on 7 December, 2011 by Sam Wise

The past week’s crop of science-related blog carnivals for your reading fun…

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Casual Friday — Curiosity on its way

Posted on 2 December, 2011 by Sam Wise

I normally try to avoid repeating myself on posts here — but this week’s video is just too good to put off until later…

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Carnivalia — 11/23 – 11/29

Posted on 30 November, 2011 by Sam Wise

The past week’s crop of (mostly) science-related blog carnivals awaits your reading attentions…

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Casual Friday — getting ready for Curiosity

Posted on 25 November, 2011 by Sam Wise

If all goes well, the Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity will launch from Florida tomorrow morning (10:25 a.m. Eastern Time, 1525 GMT). JPL put together this video of highlights in the rover’s planned mission…

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Carnivalia 11/16 – 11/22

Posted on 23 November, 2011 by Sam Wise

The past week’s crop of (mostly) science-related blog carnivals for your Thanksgiving weekend (in the U.S.) reading…

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Carnivalia — 11/09 – 11/15

Posted on 16 November, 2011 by Sam Wise

The past week’s crop of science-related blog carnivals for you…

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Casual Friday — Fobos-Grunt, how it was supposed to happen

Posted on 11 November, 2011 by Sam Wise

Well, if you are at all tuned into space news, you’ve heard that the Russian space agency’s latest attempt to send a spacecraft to Mars is pretty much dead. Here’s a video (11+ minutes long) of how things were supposed to play out…

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