| BROADCAST DATE | SUBJECT | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|---|
| January 6 | Kepler's First Findings | Discovery of five exoplanets by the Kepler space telescope. |
| January 6 | Roving Mars Episode 116 | The Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has clocked up six years on the red planet, but it is doubtful that it will escape the sand trap it is stuck in. |
| January 13 | Roving Mars Episode 117 | The Mars Odyssey spacecraft, in orbit aound Mars. to listen out for possible signals from the Phoenix lander as spring approaches the Martian north pole. |
| January 13 | Ariane's 30th Birthday | A look back at the 30 years of launches of the Ariane family of rockets. (Courtesy ESA) |
| January 13 | STS 130 Episode 1 | Space Shuttle Endeavour has been rolled out to the launch pad for its STS 130 mission to the International Space Station. |
| January 20 | STS 130 Episode 2 | Space Shuttle Endeavour is being made ready for its STS 130 mission to the International Space Station. |
| January 20 | Swift Mission Update | The early scientific findings of the Swift satellite as it examines gamma ray bursts. (Courtesy NASA) |
| January 20 | Cassini and Iapetus | A look back at events in the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as the Cassini spacecraft flew past Saturn's moon Iapetus. (Courtesy JPL) |
| January 27 | Roving Mars Episode 118 | Spirit has been declared a stationary science platform after attempts to extricate it from the sand trap at a low plateau called Home Plate. Meanwhile Opportunity's odometer reading is approaching 20 km as it drives across Meridani towards Endeavour crater. |
| February 3 | Solar Dynamics Observatory | An overview of the satellite and its mission. |
| February 3 | STS 130 Episode 3 | Preparations to launch the Space Shuttle Endeavour continue. |
| February 10 | STS 130 Episode 4 | The launch and initial orbital operations of Space Shuttle Endeavour. |
| February 17 | Solar Dynamics Observatory | The launch of SDO, and the solar studies objectives of this scientific satellite. Included a description by SDO Project Scientist Dean Pesnell of the Extreme Ultraviolet Variability Experiment. Also how enginneers at the Goddard Spaceflight Center built the satellite. |
| February 17 | STS 130 Episode 5 | Events aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station. Included a telephone call by President Obama from the White House. |
| February 24 | 2010 So Far | A roundup of space activities in the United States since New Year. |
| February 24 | STS 130 Episode 6 | Events aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station. Included the formal dedication of the cupola to deceased astronaut Charles Veach. |
| March 3 | Robert McCall | Space artist Robert McCall dead at age 90. |
| March 3 | GOES P | Preparations to launch GOES P meteorological satellite, and a description of its mission. |
| March 3 | STS 130 Episode 7 | A recap on the STS 130 mission of spacce shuttle Endeavour to the International Space Station to install the Tranquility module and the Cupola. (Courtesy KSC and ESA) |
| March 3 | ESA in 2009 and 2010 | A retrospective on the activities of the European Space Agency in 2009 and a preview of its activities in 2010. (Courtesy ESA) |
| March 3 | Roving Mars Episode 119 | Spirit now in power saving mode, Opportunity investigating ejecta from a young crater. A look back at the past six years of roving Mars. Also a preview of tomorrow's close flyby of Phobos by Mars Express. |
| March 10 | Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 60 | Members of the public in San Francisco comment on the Moon, Mars and Beyond initiative. (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). |
| March 10 | Roving Mars Episode 120 | A description of how engineers have converted accelerometer data from the two Mars Exploration Rovers into sound files. Also, another look back at the past six years on Mars. (Part courtesy JPL) |
| March 10 | STS 131 Episode 1 | Preparations to launch STS 131 on a mission to the International Space Station. |
| March 10 | GOES P | Final preparations to launch GOES P meteorological satellite, and a description of its successful launch. |
| March 17 | Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 61 | More members of the public in San Francisco comment on the Moon, Mars and Beyond initiative. (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). |
| March 17 | STS 131 Episode 2 | Preparations continue to launch STS 131 on a mission to the International Space Station. Details of helium system test preparations. |
| March 24 | Soyuz TMA-16 Landing | Expedition 22 returns from the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft. |
| March 24 | Earth Explorer Satellites | A description of how European satellitesd are helping monitor our home planet's environment to help inform decision making as we face the challenges of global change. Cryosat 2 due for launch. (Courtesy ESA) |
| March 24 | Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 62 | International cooperation is discussed by Daniel Sacotte, Director of the European Space Agency. (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). |
| May 5 | STS 132 Episode 1 | Preparations to launch STS 132 on a mission to the International Space Station, as seen by Andrew Rennie. |
| May 12 | STS 132 Episode 2 | STS 132 launch description. |
| May 12 | STS 131 Episode 3 | Andrew Rennie's commentary from the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility of the landing of the space shuttle Discovery at the conclusion of STS 131. Listen or download audio inserts, not full feature as broadcast (20 min 04 s - 18.8 MB) |
| May 19 | STS 132 Episode 3 | STS 132 mission update. |
| May 19 | STS 131 Episode 4 | Andrew Rennie's commentary fom the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility of the post landing activities supporting the space shuttle Discovery at the conclusion of STS 131. |
| May 26 | Akatsuki and Ikaros | The mission objectives, launch and intitial flight operations of Japan's Venus Climate Orbiter Akatsuki and the Small Solar Power Sail Demonstrator Ikaros on missions to Venus. |
| May 26 | Roving Mars Episode 121 | The final loss of hope that contact might be re-established with the Phoenix lander after the northern polar winter on Mars, whilst the Mars Exploration Rovers Opportunity and Spirit pass longevity records for craft on the surface of Mars. |
| May 26 | Voyager At Edge of Solar System | A discovery by the Voyager spacecraft. (Courtesy MSFC) |
| June 2 | STS 132 Episode 4 | Audio description by Andrew Rennie of the rollover of space shuttle Atlantis from the Orbiter Processing Facility to the Vehicle Assembly Building as part of preparations for the STS 132 mission. Listen or download - affected by wind noise (3 min 09 s - 3.0 MB) |
| June 9 | Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 63 | International cooperation is discussed by Kyoshi Hiushi, Executive Director of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency and Philippe Berterottière, Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Arianespace. (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). |
| June 9 | Active Galaxies | How the Chandra Xray Observatory satellite is complementing studies by radio telescopes of radio emitting galaxies with observations in the xray range. (Courtesy CXO) |
| June 16 | Hayabusa's Return | The reentry of the Hayabusa spacecraft, its landing in the Woomera Prohibited Area of South Australia and the recovery of the capsule, which hopefully contains samples from the asteroid Itokawa. (See also interviews) |
| June 16 | Soyuz TMA-19 Launch | The launch of Soyuz TMA-19 on e crew rotation flight to the International Space Station. The biography of Soyuz Flight Engineer Shannon Walker. |
| June 23 | A Singing Star | Extraction of harmonic vibrations in the coronal loops of the Sun by Proffessor Robertus von Fáy-Siebenbürgen of Sheffield University. |
| June 23 | Roving Mars Episode 122 | Six and a half years after landing on Mars, Opportunity has passed the 21 km mark in its rambles across Meridani Planum while Spirit remains dormant as the winter solstice passes. |
| June 23 | Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 64 | Lunar science is advocated by Tony Tether, Director of the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency; John Delano, Distingushed Teaching Professor at State University, New York; and by Ariels Anbar, Biogeochemist at University of Rochester. (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). |
| June 30 | Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 65 | Lunar science is again the topic. The nine Commissioners quizz: Tony Tether, Director of the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency; John Delano, Distingushed Teaching Professor at State University, New York; and Ariels Anbar, Biogeochemist at University of Rochester. (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). |
| July 7 | U.S. National Space Policy | A synopsis of the "National Space Policy of the United States" document released 2010 June 28. |
| July 7 | Deep Impact - Fifth Anniversary Part 1 | A retrospective on the aims and achievements of the Deep Impact Mission which sent an impactor into Comet Temple 1 whilst a flyby spacecraft took observations. Included extracts from Jet Propulsion Labratory's live commentary. Interviews by JPL's Kay Yee included: Rick Vermeer, Project Manager, JPL; Don Yeomans, Head, Science Team, JPL; Chris Jones, Director of Planetary Projects, JPL; and Al Dyson, Associate Administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA HQ. |
| July 14 | Rosetta At Leutitia | A comprehensive report on the flyby of Asteroid Lutetia by the Rosetta Spacecraft. Listen or download (51 min 44 s - 48.5 MB) |
| July 14 | Deep Impact - Fifth Anniversary Part 2 | A retrospective on the aims and achievements of the Deep Impact Mission which sent an impactor into Comet Temple 1 whilst a flyby spacecraft took observations. Included extracts from Jet Propulsion Labratory's live commentary. Interviews by JPL's Kay Yee included: Charles Elachi, Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Don Yeomans, Head, Science Team, JPL. Listen or download (51 min 44 s - 48.5 MB) |
| July 21 | Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 66 | The role of space advocacy groups. Speakers were George Whitesides, Executive Director, U.S. National Space Society; Nicholas Eftimiades, Federation of Galaxy Explorers; Rick Hauck, former astronaut, Association of Space Explorers; and Louis Friedman, Executive Director, Planetary Society. (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). Listen or download (34 min 43 s - 32.5 MB) |
| July 21 | Fermi Mission | An update on the progress of the Fermi satellite. (Courtesy NASA) |
| July 28 | Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 67 | The nine Commissioners question the leaders of four space advocacy groups on how they could support the Moon, mars and beyond initiative. Speakers were George Whitesides, Executive Director, U.S. National Space Society; Nicholas Eftimiades, Federation of Galaxy Explorers; Rick Hauck, former astronaut, Association of Space Explorers; and Louis Friedman, Executive Director, Planetary Society. (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). |
| July 28 | Roving Mars Episode 123 | The status of Spirit and Opportunity. Progress in the assembly of the Curiosity rover. Also a discription of Phobos. |
| July 29 | ISS Update | Recent events aboard the International Space Station. |
| August 4 | Gamma Ray Astronomy | A short history of gamma ray astronomy. (Courtesy ESA) |
| August 4 | Roving Mars Episode 124 | Spirit is hibernating in Mars' Gusev Crater. |
| August 4 | Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 68 | Astrophysics and the search for Earth-like planets. Witnesses were Catherine Pilachowski, President, Ameican Astronomical Society; William Smith, President, Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy; and David Spergel, Professor Astrophysics, Princeton University. (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). Listen or download (29 min 45 s - 27.1 MB) |
| August 11 | The IMAX Space Movies | To mark the opening in Melbourne of the new IMAX movie Hubble 3D, a description of the previous IMAX movies that were filmed in space, and how these movies were made. Listen or download (45 min 21 s - 41.4 MB) |
| August 11 | ISS Update | Recent spacewalks to repair the International Space Station. |
| August 11 | Giant Iceberg | The discovery by the Envisat satellite's radar that a large iceberg has broken adrift from Greenland's Petermann Glacier. |
| August 11 | IBEX's Home Discovery | The IBEX satellite, designed to investigate the outer boundaries of the solar system, makes a discovery about the Earth's magnetosphere. |
| August 18 | Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 69 | Astrophysics and the search for Earth-like planets was the topic. Witnesses Catherine Pilachowski, President, Ameican Astronomical Society; William Smith, President, Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy; and David Spergel, Professor Astrophysics, Princeton University were quizzed by the nine commisioners. (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). Listen or download (21 min 41 s - 19.8 MB) |
| August 25 | Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 70 | The conditions needed for space prosperity and resource development are set out by John Higginbotham, Chairman, SpaceVest. (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). Listen or download (19 min 28 s - 17.7 MB) |
| August 25 | Roving Mars Episode 125 | The arm has been attached to the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity. |
| September 1 | Shrinking Moon | Analysis of images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft imdicates that the Moon has shrunk. |
| September 1 | Kepler Finds Two Planet System | News that the Kepler satellite has found two planets orbiting the star Kepler 9. |
| September 1 | Roving Mars Episode 126 | Opportunity pauses at 22.6 km to examine a rock outcrop. Curiosity's Sample Analysis Mars instrument. The instruments to fly to mars aboard the Exomars Trace Gas Orbiter. Also Viking's 35th anniversary of launch towards Mars. |
| September 1 | Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 71 | The conditions needed for space prosperity and resource development are set out by Joel Greenberg of Princeton Synergetics. (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). Listen or download (13 min 22 s - 12.2 MB) |
| September 1 | Avatar and NASA | James Cameron's advertisements for NASA. |
| September 8 | Solar Probe Plus | A description of the selected proposals for the Solar Probe Plus mission which is planned for launch in 2018 and will pass approximately six million kilometres from the Sun. |
| September 8 | Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 72 | The conditions needed for space prosperity and resource development are set out by Myles Walton of Morgon Stanley. (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). Listen or download (10 min 21 s - 9.4 MB) |
| September 22 | Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 73 | The nine Commissioners explore the conditions needed for space prosperity and resource development with Myles Walton of Morgon Stanley, Joel Greenberg of Princeton Synergetics, and John Higginbotham of SpaceVest. (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). Listen or download (17 min 36 s - 16.0 MB) |
| September 29 | Landing of Soyuz TMA-18 | Description of the undocking of the Expedition 24 crew from the International Space Station and their landing in Kazakhstan. |
| September 29 | Roving Mars Episode 127 | Results from the Phoenix lander about water and volcanism on Mars. The puzzle about the source of methane observed in the martian atmosphere. An update on progress in building the Curiosity rover than will be launched towards mars in 2011. Listen or download (19 min 08 s - 18.0 MB) |
| September 29 | Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 74 | The topic today is "International Partnerships." Describing their experiences in cooperation with the United States are Marc Garneau (former astronaut and now Director of the Canadian Space Agency) and Volker Liebig (Programme Director of DLR, the German Space Agency). (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). |
| October 6 | STS 133 Episode 1 - Preparations | Description of the roll out to Launch Pad 39A of the space shuttle for the STS 133 mission. Also Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA Associate Administrator for Space Operations on the 2010 launch manifest and timing of an additional shuttle mission shuld one be approved. |
| October 6 | Findings of the THEMIS Satellites | The findings of the five THEMIS magnetospheric satellites, and the placement of two of them, now renamed ARTEMIS P1 and P2, at the L1 and L2 Lagrangian points in the Earth=Moon system. |
| October 6 | Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 75 | Again the topic is "International Partnerships." Marc Garneau (former astronaut and now Director of the Canadian Space Agency) and Volker Liebig (Programme Director of DLR, the German Space Agency) respond the questions from the nine Commissioners. (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). Listen or download (21 min 48 s - 19.9 MB) |
| October 13 | Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 76 | How the media can help communicate the big picture on space exploration and utilisation is the topic at this New York hearing of the Moon, Mars and Beyond Commission. Witnesses are Rich Gelford (Chairman, IMAX, Canada), David Levy (Astronomer) and Craig Covalt (reporter, Aviation Week and Space Technology magazine). (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). Listen or download (38 min 22 s - 35.0 MB) |
| October 20 | Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 77 | How the media can help communicate the big picture on space exploration and utilisation is being discussed at this New York hearing of the Moon, Mars and Beyond Commission. Witnesses Rich Gelford (Chairman, IMAX, Canada), David Levy (Astronomer) and Craig Covalt (Reporter, Aviation Week and Space Technology magazine) are quizzed by the nine Commisioners. (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). Listen or download (24 min 19 s - 22.2 MB) |
| October 20 | Proba 2 | How the European Space Agency's Proba 2 satellite is studying the Sun. (Courtesy ESA) |
| October 27 | Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 78 | NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe describes his agency's work and and gives his comments on President Bush's Moon, Mars and beyond directive. (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). Listen or download (40 min 45 s - 37.2 MB) |
| October 27 | Roving Mars Episode 128 | Shaun Haggert, Mobility Engineer, describes how the wheels were put on the Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity. Also an update on the progress of Opportunity. |
| October 27 | Deep Impact's EPOXI Mission | Description of the Deep Impact spacecraft's approach to Comet Hartley 2. |
| November 3 | Cyanide in Hartley 2 | The discovery of cyanide in gases subliming from Comet hartley 2 has been detected by the approaching Deep Impact spacecraft. Also a description of the EPOXI mission. Included comments by Mike A'Hearn, Principal Investigator, and Don Yeomans, Science Team Member. (Audio inserts courtesy MSFC and GSFC) |
| November 3 | STS 133 Episode 2 - Preparations | The final mission of space shuttle Discovery is being prepared for launch. Aboard is a humanoid robot, Robonaut R2. |
| November 3 | Ariane 5 V197 | The night launch of the Ariane rocket. |
| November 3 | Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 79 | The opinions of members of the public are offered to the Commissioners. (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). Listen or download (17 min 40 s - 16.1 MB) |
| November 10 | Deep Impact at Hartley 2 | Entire programme devoted to describing the flyby of Comet Hartley 2 by the Deep Impact spacecraft as part of the EPOXI mission. Interview segments listed on interviews page. Included commentary from mission control. |
| November 17 | Results of Deep Impact at Hartley 2 | Description of the preliminary results of the flyby of the Deep Impact spacecraft's flyby of Comet Hartley 2. Included insert comments by Tim Larson, Project Manager, Steve Chesley, Navigation Team member, and Mike A'hearn, Principal Investigator. Interview segments listed on interviews page. |
| November 17 | Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 80 | Press conference held in New York by the nine Commissioners of the Moon, Mars and Beyond Commission on the final day of its hearings. (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). Listen or download (31 min 0 s - 28.3 MB) |
| November 24 | FASTSAT | Description of the Fast Affordable Science and Technology SATellite which was launched on Saturday from Kodiak, Alaska. |
| November 24 | Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 81 | Three of the nine Commissioners of the Moon, Mars and Beyond Commission each take a theme and sum up the evidence that has been presented during its hearings around the United States. (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). Listen or download (29 min 48 s - 27.2 MB) |
| December 01 | Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 82 | Another three of the nine Commissioners of the Moon, Mars and Beyond Commission each take a theme and sum up the evidence that has been presented during its hearings around the United States. (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). Listen or download (29 min 10 s - 26.6 MB) |
| December 01 | EXPOXI Results from Comet Hartley 2 | The preliminary findings of the Deep Impact spacecraft's flyby of Comet Hartley 2. |
| December 01 | STS 133 Episode 3 - Delay | Description of the problems that have delayed the launch of STS 133, and of the work being done to oversome them. |
| December 01 | Expedition 25 Landing | The landing of Soyuz TMA-19 after a 163 day mission to the International Space Station. |
| December 01 | Dragon Licensed to Launch and Recover | Preparations to launch and revover the Dragon spacecraft after being issued a license by the FAA. |
| December 08 | New Life Form | The discovery of an arsenic tolerant bacterium, GFAJ-1. |
| December 08 | The X-37B Spaceplane Mission - Part 1 | Commentary by Andrew Rennie of the 2010 April launch of the X-37B space plane by an Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Gary Payton, Under Secretary of the U.S. Air Force for Space Programs, describes the X-37B spaceplane and its mission. Report of the successful landing at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. |
| December 08 | Hylas 1 | Description of the launch and mission of the Hylas 1 spacecraft. (Courtesy ESA) |
| December 08 | STS 133 Episode 4 - Postponed | Why the launch of STS 133 has been postponed to 2011 February. |
| December 08 | Hayabusa Results | The finding of asteroidal surface samples in the return capsule of the Hayabusa spacecraft. |
| December 08 | Akatsuki Misses Appointment With Venus | The failure today of the Venus Climate Orbiter, Akatsuki, the enter orbit around Venus. Description of the mission objectives and an assessment of the chances of another attempt in six years time. |
| December 15 | Dragon Launch and Recovery | The successful launch by SpaceX of the Dragon capsule by a Falcoln 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and its recoery two orbits later in the Pacific Ocean. |
| December 15 | Akatsuki Investigation | The investigation into the reasons why the Venus Climate Orbiter, Akatsuki, failed to enter orbit around Venus. |
| December 15 | Expedition 26 Update | The preparations for tonight's launch of the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft from Baikonour Cosmodrome, carrying three astronauts to the Internation Space Station. |
| December 15 | Moon, Mars and Beyond - Programme 83 | The last three of the nine Commissioners of the Moon, Mars and Beyond Commission each take a theme and sum up the evidence that has been presented during its hearings around the United States. This was the last programme in this series which began on 2004 September 22. All programmes were researched, written, edited, produced and presented by Andrew Rennie. The audio and transcripts of the entire Commission hearings were made available by the Commission and digitally transfered to Australia by the Space Show's very own Alan Walker. (Audio inserts courtesy Moon-Mars Commission). |
| December 22 | X-37B Spaceplane Mission - Part 2 | Gary Payton, Under Secretary of the U.S. Air Force for Space Programs, responds to reporter's questions about the X-37B spaceplane and its mission. (Courtesy USAF) Listen or download (40 min 34 s - 37.0 MB) |
| December 22 | Roving Mars Episode 129 | Opportunity has reached Santa Maria crater after driving 26.43 km across Meridani Planum. Will likely stay there until after the conjunction of Mars and the Sun (when Mars passes behind the Sun, making communication between the Earth and the rover difficult.) Also John Wirth, Electricity Team Lead, describes the electrical connections on the Curiosity rover being constructed for launch in 2011. |
| December 22 | Voyager 1 In Heliosheath | The Voyager 1 spacecraft enters region where the solar wind velocity is zero, an indication that it is nearing interstellar space, some 14.2 billion kilometres from the Sun. |
| December 29 | X-37B Spaceplane Mission - Part 3 | Gary Payton, Under Secretary of the U.S. Air Force for Space Programs, makes additiional comments about the X-37B spaceplane and its mission. (Courtesy USAF) Listen or download (5 min 49 s - 5.3 MB) |
| December 29 | GSAT-5P | Failure to launch the GSAT-5P telecommunications satellite aboard a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) from India's Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. |
| December 29 | ESA's 2010 | A look the achivements of the European Space Agency in 2010. (Courtesy ESA) |
| December 29 | Dark Matter | How the Hubble Space Telescope has been used to map dark matter in the Abell 1689 galaxy cluster. |
| December 29 | Roving Mars Episode 130 | Activities of Opportunity in surveying Santa Maria crater. Also plans for the Maven spacecraft to orbit Mars. |
