Planetary Society Blog for Saturday 13 September 2014

Planetary Society Blog

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Curiosity update, sols 727-747: Beginning the "Mission to Mount Sharp"

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 05:08 PM PDT
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily...s-727-747.html

A lot has happened behind the scenes on the Curiosity mission in the last
few weeks. The mission received a pretty negative review from a panel
convened to assess the relative quality of seven different proposed
extended planetary science missions. Then, just a week later, the mission
announced big news: they have arrived at Mount Sharp.

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An Updated List of NASA's Commercial Crew Partner Milestones

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 02:42 PM PDT
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason...tone-list.html

Ahead of NASA's CCiCap partner selection, here is an up-to-date list of
each company's milestones.

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OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Passes First Major Qualification Test

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 08:18 AM PDT
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest...ft-passes.html

The development of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft continues to make great
progress having recently completed static load testing.