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  1. Check out the Astronomy picture of the Day: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/a... There is some unusual dark material on Mercury's surface
  2. Have you seen this video on Mercury? Learn more about the tiny planet here: http://bit.ly/wgOtf
  3. Check out the cool scarp picture from my second flyby: http://bit.ly/msn9w
  4. RT@NASA Everything on track for the GOES-O launch today; wdw is 6:14-7:14 p.m. EDT. NASA TV launch coverage starts at 4 pm www.nasa.gov/ntv
  5. I'd like to welcome my new Co-Investigators: Brian Anderson, Louise Prockter, and Thomas Zurbuchen!!!
  6. WAY TO GO LRO!!! Welcome to space!
  7. Some of my mission scientists work on LRO too. I wonder if they will find water ice on the Moon. I'm hoping to find some on Mercury.
  8. I hope the Shuttle launches soon. I'm sure it will ba a great sight to see. :-)
  9. Can't wait for LRO to join me in space. It is such an exciting time for its team.
  10. On 7 June, I was roughly 0.310 AU from the Sun. Talk about it being hot. I'm glad my instruments are able to stay cool, thx to my sunshade.
  11. Check out the podcast on MESSENGER: http://www.scienceupdate.co...
  12. Ever wonder what happened to Mercury's atmosphere? Here is one of the theories: http://bit.ly/AXCyD
  13. The Mercury Atmospheric and Surface Composition Spectrometer (MASCS) successfully completed a star calibration of Betelgeuse.
  14. Did you know that there is approx. 120 days until I make my third and final flyby of the planet Mercury? I'm SO excited. :o)
  15. Hey if you are in the Baltimore area this wknd, plz stop by the Baltimore Convention Ctr for MD's place in Space http://tinyurl.com/kqxvx7
  16. One of the highlighted articles deals with the Rembrandt Impact Basin. Here's a closer look: http://tinyurl.com/pex6cb
  17. Did you see the May 1st issue of Science? http://www.sciencemag.org/c... It highlights my second flyby.
  18. Have you seen the cool NASA images of the day? http://www.nasa.gov/multime... Many of them are of my friend Hubble.
  19. Here's a new blog from one of my E/PO teams: http://blogontheuniverse.org/
  20. Check this out: Weird New NASA Rovers Really Get Around http://ff.im/32kfv What do you think of that?