Planetary Society Blog for Friday 24 October 2014

Planetary Society Blog

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GSA 2014: The puzzle of Gale crater's basaltic sedimentary rocks

Posted: 23 Oct 2014 05:31 PM PDT
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily...e-of-gale.html

At the Geological Society of America conference this week, Curiosity
scientists dug into the geology of Gale crater and shared puzzling results
about the nature of the rocks that the rover has found there.

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UPDATED: China successfully launched test mission for Chang'e 5 program
today

Posted: 23 Oct 2014 07:54 AM PDT
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily...t-mission.html

China launched to the Moon today! The spacecraft will have a brief, 8-day
mission, out to the Moon and back. It is an engineering test for the
technology that the future Chang'e 5 sample return mission will need to
return its precious samples to Earth.