Astrocast.TV Episode 11 - February 2009

February 1, 2009 - Episode 11 - Check out Lori's Blog for more links and coverage of IYA09.

- Greg Redfern reports on a pair of rovers that were supposed to last 90 days on Mars and are now entering their FIFTH year of operations on the Red Planet. Greg will also discuss Indias Chandrayaan-1 which has been having some overheating problems but has been returning data using just one of the 11 instruments at a time to avoid additional problems.



- Dr. Lori Feaga reports on NASAs Spitzer Space Telescope reveal six dead white dwarf stars with shredded material orbiting around them. Also looking for other solar systems and Earth analogs is NASAs Kepler Mission set to launch from Cape Canaveral Florida on March 6, 2009.

- Katie Moore tells us all about Our Winter Hexagon.

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Science & Technology

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• Astronomy
• Space
• NASA
• News
• JAXA