... Sep. 22, 2007: http://planetary.org/blog/ article/00001154 Dawn launch: Delayed to September 27 Sep. 24, 2007: http://www. planetary.org/blog/article/00001155 Dawn launch: One-on-one with Marc Rayman at Kennedy Space Center Sep. 26, 2007: http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00001160 This image was captured moments after Dawn lifts off from my vantage point about 2.5 miles south of the Delta launch pad in Cape Canaveral. Credit: Ken Kremer Dawn launch: Go Dawn, go Delta! ...

... Its the first time in the history of biology that ther es been anything found that can use one of the differ ent elements in the basic structure," says Paul Davies, dir ector of BEYOND: Center for Funda mental Concepts in Arsenic Discovery continued on page 13 Arsenic Discovery May Affect Search for Life Elsewhere By Dan Harrison In a major discovery that could broaden the search for life beyond Earth, NASA last month announced discover y of an Earth microbe that thrives on arsenic. ...

August 2009 ASTRONOTES Incorporating FRIENDS' NEWSLETTER New meteorites go on display The sky this month New website goes on line Could a Star Wars planet really exist? ... Moon Phases, Aug 2009 Thursday 6 Aug Thursday 13 Aug Thursday 20 Aug Tracy McConnell Thursday 27Aug FULL MOON Last Quarter NEW MOON First Quarter Image Credit: via www.ianridpath.com/startales 4 Astronotes August 2009 Belfast looks to the stars! ... Collins hovered above the surface while Aldrin and Armstrong made history. ...

Rep ort by the ESA­ESO Working Group on Extra-Solar Planets 4 March 2005 Summary Various techniques are being used to search for extra-solar planetary signatures, including accurate measurement of radial velocity and positional (astrometric) displacements, gravitational microlensing, and photometric transits. Planned space experiments promise a considerable increase in the detections and statistical knowledge arising especially from transit and astrometric measurements over the years 2005­15, with some