Planetary Society Blog for Wednesday 7 January 2015

Planetary Society Blog

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2007 Shoemaker Grant Still Yielding Asteroid Science

Posted: 06 Jan 2015 03:15 PM PST
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/bruce...ps-giving.html

Telescope purchased in 2007 with the support of a Shoemaker grant is still
in service and has worked on over 100 near-Earth asteroids over its 8 years
of operation.

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Short updates on Akatsuki and Chang'e missions

Posted: 06 Jan 2015 12:50 PM PST
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily...i-chang-e.html

A few recent newspaper articles provide some updates on the status of
Japan's Venus mission, Akatsuki, and the service module of China's Chang'e
5 test vehicle, Xiaofei. In brief: Akatsuki still plans to attempt to enter
orbit in December of this year, while Chang'e 5 T1 is headed to lunar
orbit. Meanwhile, the Chang'e 3 mission has released an interesting image
of M101, the Pinwheel Galaxy.