Planetary Society Blog for Wednesday 3 December 2014

Planetary Society Blog

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Orion L-2 Report: The Old Gives Way to the New

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 02:06 PM PST
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason...l2-report.html

With less than two days before Orion's maiden voyage, NASA and United
Launch Alliance are cautiously optimistic the flight will launch Thursday
as scheduled.

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Reviews of space-themed books for kids (2014)

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 01:43 PM PST
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily...ace-books.html

It's that time of year again! I have a pile of great space-themed books for
kids of all ages to recommend, both fiction and nonfiction.

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Hayabusa 2 is about to launch! [UPDATED]

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 08:54 AM PST
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily...-2-launch.html

Hayabusa 2's H-IIA rocket has just reached its launchpad! Japan's next
asteroid sample return mission was supposed to launch this weekend, but
weather has not been good at the Tanegashima launch site and it has been
delayed four days already. If the weather holds, it will launch December 3
at 04:22 UT (13:22 JST, or December 2 at 20:22, PT). UPDATED to add links
to live webcasts.