Planetary Society Blog for Saturday 19 July 2014

Planetary Society Blog

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New Horizons to take new photos of Pluto and Charon, beginning optical
navigation campaign

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 03:06 PM PDT
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily...-campaign.html

Technically, Pluto science observations don't begin for New Horizons until
2015, but the spacecraft will take a series of photos of Pluto and Charon
from July 20 to 27 as it begins the first of four optical navigation
campaigns.

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Capitol Hill Responds to the Lure of Europa

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 11:54 AM PDT
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/casey...of-europa.html

A standing-room only crowd learned the lure of Europa, the moon of Jupiter
with more liquid water than the Earth, at a special Planetary Society event
on capitol hill.

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A right old comet kerfuffle

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 10:02 AM PDT
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest...kerfuffle.html

A European space enthusiast, children's author, and volunteer astronomy
outreach worker asks for more images from Rosetta.