NASA to hold MSL-related press briefing tomorrow…

NASA has announced that it will hold a press briefing tomorrow, re. the status of the Mars Science Laboratory. MSL is scheduled to be launched next year, but that date has been under severe pressure recently because of budget and component supply problems, so speculation is rife that tomorrow will see MSL’s launch either delayed [...]

JPL Visit (Part 4 of 4)

After drooling over Phoenix our visit to JPL was at an end. Time to say a final, grudging goodbye to Scott, who had given up so much of his time to show us around, collect our things and say a final and very, very grateful farewell to Veronica – who had also been so generous [...]