Category Archives: Space Exploration

Missing Mercury?

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Jane Peddicord

Hey Mercury, it’s been great! With your cliffs, your craters, your bleak black plains. Who could forget those frigid nights and scorching days? And that huge sun hanging about ten feet overhead like a giant yolk ready to burst at … Continue reading →

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More From Mercury

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Jane Peddicord

Hey Space Bloggers! Messenger is going to stay in orbit around Mercury for an entire year. We don’t have that long, but we could hang around a couple more days, just to see what Messenger is up to. So far, … Continue reading →

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Space Game: Where in the Solar System is Destination One? (Day 6) The location is…

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Jane Peddicord

MERCURY! Congratulations to Bird of the Wind, Archimedes, and all you Space Bloggers who have figured out

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We interrupt this Game to bring you some Breaking News… The First Ever Picture from Orbit around Mercury!

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Jane Peddicord

Space Bloggers, we are live from

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Space Game: Where in the Solar System is Destination One? (Day 5)

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Jane Peddicord

Hey Space Bloggers! Guess what. Remember that Nasa person who Skyped us on Day 3? The one who sent that spaceship from Earth out here.

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Space Game: Where in the Solar System is Destination One? (day 3)

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Jane Peddicord

Pssst Space Bloggers! Don’t look now, but we may not be alone out here at Destination One! I just spotted a strange looking vehicle with wings in orbit around–Hold on, I’m getting skyped… You say what?… You’re from where?… No … Continue reading →

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Space Game: Where in the Solar System is Destination One? (day 1)

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Jane Peddicord

Hey Space Boggers! Are you ready to play Space Game? Here’s how it goes. We are taking a tour of the Solar System that is slightly unusual in two ways.

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Space Game

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Jane Peddicord

Hey SpaceBloggers! Do you like to travel? Are you ready for a break from homework and practicing for TAKS tests? Do you need a little space? I have been talking to a lot of kids in Austin, Texas and they … Continue reading →

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Want to Explore?

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Jane Peddicord

Hi Space Bloggers! Bella Bear wrote in recently and said that she would like to explore an unknown planet. If you like that idea, but don’t want to wait until we find one – and figure out how to get … Continue reading →

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Earth-Like Planets?

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Jane Peddicord

Hey Space Bloggers! After my last post, Erin wrote in about NASA’s Kepler Mission, a space telescope that is searching for Earth-like planets in our galaxy. She heard they found one. And guess what? She’s right! Following the Earth around … Continue reading →

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