The starboard SARJ ruined such a great image of the ISS...

Awesome image... Can't wait to see the actual still photographs when NASA posts them

Since it's only 3 days till landing, I thought I'd post this link again so a few more greetings could be submitted. Especially for a job well done during EVA-4 on Saturday...

http://spacecenter.org/message.asp

Give the shuttle/station crews props!

EDIT: Space Station Freedom...and reality.

*Sigh* Good luck and anything solar power-related just hasn't been going hand-in-hand with the ISS...

Wouldn't THOSE be "interesting" (RE: scary) moments for the crews onboard...

The tile repair test (TRAD) for EVA-4 has been scrapped...and that spacewalk will now be devoted to SARJ troubleshooting, according to today's Mission Status Briefing.

Meh. Just another lame, dramatic headline to grab attention for this situation. Kinda like how CNN and MSNBC both had headlines to the likes of "Spacewalkers make disturbing find" for their article on the SARJ situation.

It's not like Dan Tani found a human bone jammed inside the rotary joint.

New journal up:

http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/journal_10_24_07.asp

Send a personal message to the space shuttle Discovery astronauts!

http://spacecenter.org/message.asp

All the messages will be placed on a CD that will be presented to the crew at Johnson Space Center after they return home from STS-120.

Cool- Did you create that yourself? Or which website did you get that from?

EDIT: Interesting that Phoenix has been near Earth ever since launch... I think the second TCM later this month should change that

Nice forum logo. And Happy Birthday to Sputnik (and me)!

How could I have been so blind???

So we won't know how the LOI went till 9:00 AM, JST on October 5...which would be 5:00 PM, PDT tomorrow.

http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2007/10/20071004_kaguya_e.html

JAXA is deceiving us, djellison... They refuse to release REAL images taken by Kaguya that shows pristine waterfalls streaming off all sides of Earth's cube-shaped body...

Kaguya should be in lunar orbit about 13 hours after this posting...

I want my jar to be filled with Corona beer. Just because.

Interesting journal. Hopefully, a "Where is Dawn now?" page will be posted on the mission website soon.

That's great news. Well... For those who haven't submitted their names yet.

I'll be 58 when it (hopefully) happens.

I presume they mean October 4, Japan Time (as in the LOI is still on October 3, 2:01 pm Pacific Daylight Time)?

BTW, they updated the "Position of KAGUYA" page:

http://www.selene.jaxa.jp/en/communication/position_e.htm

Nice little image there. JPL needs to have that kind of animation instead of the Solar System Simulator.

Thanks for the info, Emily. I thought someone at Goddard wasn't as into the whole public relations thing as JPL and JAXA are...

Awesome photo, nop... Can't wait to see HDTV images and actual video footage of the Moon when Kaguya begins official science operations. Obviously.

Odd... That LRO page was taken down. Perhaps Goddard Spaceflight Center changed their mind and didn't want the names of non-rocket scientists gracing their spacecraft? Or having TWO spacecraft orbiting the moon with the names of civilians onboard was a bit superfluous?

I don't think the Decepticon will care about that tag as it stomps on Phoenix once it lands on the Martian surface.

Sorry... Just watched "Transformers" in IMAX. Beagle 2 Mars Rover...

2006 JPL Open House photos:

http://www.rich-parno.com/aa_openhouse.html

2007 JPL Open House photos:

http://www.rich-parno.com/aa_openhouse2.html

I know... It's kinda late

Godspeed, Dawn!