A mystery in deep space this week on planetary radio. Radio. Hi everyone, welcome to Public Radio's travel show that takes you to the final

frontier.

I'm Matt Kaplan.

Why is a decades old space traveler not where it's supposed to be?

Is it just some unaccounted for a quirk in Pioneer 10's design or does our understanding of the natural laws of the universe need to be

amended? That's the question our guests are trying to answer through their

investigation of the Pioneer Anomaly.

Later today, Bruce Betts will reveal the winners, yes, winners of our name the crew

exploration vehicle contest as he also reveals the night sky.

And here's a word or two about other news from around our

busy solar system. Man oh man what a view from a top husband hill on Mars.

Check it out at planetary.org. It was Mars Rover Spirit of course not opportunity

that snapped the spectacular panorama from Gusev Crater. Please pardon your

befuddled host for mixing them up last week.

Speaking of spectacular images, how about Neptune spinning along with its clouds and moons?

The beautiful movie can be downloaded at planetary.org.

It's more proof that the aging Hubble Space Telescope

can still pump out great science,

even though it's down to being steered by just two gyroscopes at a time.

Lastly, our hearts and thoughts go out to the hundreds of thousands left homeless by Hurricane

Katrina.

NASA is using its satellites and other resources to aid the recovery just getting underway.

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