Planetary Society Blog

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Orion Completes Critical In-Flight Abort Test

Posted: 02 Jul 2019 09:42 AM PDT
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason...letes-aa2.html

The test showed Orion can blast itself away from the Space Launch System if
the big rocket fails while attempting to fly to orbit.

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InSight Update: A Couple More Tiny Quakes and Heat Probe Progress

Posted: 02 Jul 2019 08:29 AM PDT
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily...robe-lift.html

InSight has detected a couple more small Marsquakes, and the team has
lifted the housing of the heat probe off the ground, exposing the top of
the mole in a surprisingly wide hole.

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First Contact! LightSail 2 Phones Home to Mission Control

Posted: 02 Jul 2019 03:02 AM PDT
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason...ghtsail-2.html

The mission team received LightSail 2's first signals on 2 July at 01:34
PDT (08:34 UTC), as the spacecraft passed over Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in
California.