Weekly Space Hangout – Sep. 13, 2012
The Weekly Space Hangout is back from Summer hiatus, with a mountain of space news. This week we tackle:
- Dawn Completes Science Mapping at Vesta
- Amateurs Spot an Explosion on Jupiter
- Curiosity Takes a Few Self Portraits
- Endeavour Prepares to Move to Los Angeles
Host: Fraser Cain
Panel: Jason Major, Dr. Nicole Gugliucci, Dr. Pamela Gay
We record the Weekly Space Hangout every Thursday at 10 am Pacific / 1 pm Eastern. Watch us live on Google+, ask your questions to the gathered space journalists.
Here’s a link to next week’s episode so you can put it in your calendar.
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