I don't get to write much here that mentions the movie1, but today I have an excuse.

Wall-E Robot Discovers Biggest Ever Meteorite on MarsA space robot that inspired Disney's Wall-E has discovered a boulder on Mars thought to be biggest meteorite ever found on the planet ( Read more... )

Under the current circumstances, this article was rather poignant.

It is the Phoenix lander, last week, saying "goodbye".

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I mentioned "southwest" in reference to Mars. Planets have north and south poles too ( Read more... )

This on is against ( a rather dramatic backdrop. )

But it's a great photo from space -- ( below this cut. )

Ahhhh... Ah ( Read more... )

In about two hours -- at 4:38 Pacific time -- the Phoenix lander is expected to touch down.

This is the EDL phase -- Entry/Descent/Landing -- that produces the "seven minutes of terror" among the Phoenix team members.

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Here's a map of Mars, courtesy of Google.

This way, when we pinpoint where WD2007 is likely to hit (and if!) you'll be able to map the location with regard to surface features.

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The asteroid WD2007 might hit Mars in five weeks, on January 30 2008 ( Read more... )