Books
by Emily Lakdawalla
Springer-Praxis, 2018
“If the Curiosity had a glove compartment, you’d find this book inside of it.”
Ashwin Vasavada, Curiosity mission chief scientist
Read an excerpt on how Curiosity’s radioisotope power system works
Read an excerpt on how Curiosity’s drill works
A second book,
Curiosity and Its Science Mission: A Mars Rover Goes to Work,
is forthcoming from Springer-Praxis in 2021.
Articles
(Exclusive of my blog archive at planetary.org)
I am sole author on all articles unless otherwise indicated.
I have written for a variety of publications including Sky & Telescope (both magazine and website), Nature Geoscience, Nature Astronomy, the Houston Chronicle, and BBC Sky at Night Magazine.
“Hayabusa 2 Touches Asteroid, Collects Sample.” News Note for Sky & Telescope, Jun 2019. PDF available upon request.
“Similarities and differences in the landing sites of ESA’s and NASA’s 2020 Mars rovers.” Comment for Nature Astronomy, Mar 2019. PDF available upon request. DOI: 10.1038/s41550-019-0727-x
“Mars: The Inside Story.” Feature article for Sky & Telescope about NASA’s Mars InSight lander, Dec 2018. PDF available upon request.
“NASA Will Attempt Its Eighth Mars Landing on Monday.” News article for smithsonian.com about NASA’s InSight Mars landing, 19 Nov 2018. html – pdf
“Return to the Iron Planet.” Feature for Sky & Telescope about ESA’s BepiColombo mission to Mercury, Nov 2018. PDF available upon request.
“Drilling with Curiosity.” Feature for American Scientist about Curiosity’s drill, excerpted and adapted from The Design and Engineering of Curiosity, May/June 2018. DOI: 10.1511/2018.106.3.148
“Dig into NASA’s Planetary Data System.” Feature article for Sky & Telescope about public space image data and how to process it, May 2018.
PDF available upon request.
Foreword to Science Comics: Rockets, a graphic novel by Anne Drozd and Jerzy Drozd, First Second Books, 2018. ISBN: 978-1-62672-826-4
J. A. Rathbun, S. Diniega, L. C. Quick, D. H. Grinspoon, S. M. Hörst, E. S. Lakdawalla, K. E. Mandt, M. Milazzo, J. Piatek, L. M. Prockter, E. G. Rivera-Valentin, A. S. Rivkin, C. Thomas, M. S. Tiscareno, E. P. Turtle, J. A. Vertesi, N. Zellner, “The Planetary Science Workforce: Who Is Missing?” Poster presented at the 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (#2668), 2018. abstract – poster
“Portraits of Jupiter.” Feature for BBC Sky at Night Magazine about Juno’s images and the amateurs processing them, Sep? 2017. PDF available upon request.
“Curiosity’s Discoveries on Mars.” Feature for Sky & Telescope about 5 years of science results from NASA’s Curiosity rover mission, Apr 2017. PDF available upon request.
J. A.. Rathbun, B. A. Cohen, E. P. Turtle, J. A.. Vertesi, A. S. Rivkin, S. M. Hörst, M. S. Tiscareno, F. Marchis, M. Milazzo, S. Diniega, E. S. Lakdawalla, N. Zellner. “The Planetary Science Workforce: Goals Through 2050.” Poster presented at the Planetary Science Vision 2050 Workshop 2017 (LPI Contribution No. 1989), 2017. abstract – poster
“Pluto Is Not the End.” Opinion piece for Sky & Telescope about New Horizons being the beginning of a new phase of exploration, not the end of the reconnaissance of the solar system, 2015. Reposted online 14 Jul 2016.
“Here’s What We’ll Do in Space by 2116.” Feature article for nautilus.com, 2 Feb 2016. html – pdf
“Pluto at Last.” Feature for Sky & Telescope looking forward to New Horizons’ flyby of the Pluto system, Jul 2015. pdf
“Dawn Arrives at Ceres.” Feature for Sky & Telescope looking forward to Dawn’s science mission to Ceres, Apr 2015. pdf
“The History of Water on Mars.” Feature for Sky & Telescope summarizing 50 years of development in Mars science, 2014. pdf
“China lands on the Moon.” “In the Press” article for Nature Geoscience about Chang’e-3’s landing, Feb 2014. PDF available upon request. DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2083
“Secrets of the Kuiper Belt.” Feature for Sky & Telescope on what we’ve learned about the Kuiper belt from its recently-discovered denizens, 2014.
“The day the Earth Smiled.” “In the Press” article for Nature Geoscience about Cassini’s iconic photo of Saturn in eclipse, Jan 2014. PDF available upon request. DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2048
“To the Moon with LADEE.” “In the Press” article for Nature Geoscience about the NASA mission, Dec 2013. PDF available upon request. DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2024
“Tilting at Europa.” “In the Press” article for Nature Geoscience about a new theoretical model to explain crack orientations at Europa, Nov 2013. PDF available upon request. DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1998
“Deep blue planet.” “In the Press” article for Nature Geoscience about exoplanet HD 189733b, Oct 2013. PDF available upon request. DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1965
“A river ran through it.” “In the Press” article for Nature Geoscience about Curiosity’s discovery of conglomerate rocks, Sep 2013. PDF available upon request. DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1935
“Pummeling the Planets.” Feature for Sky & Telescope about the theory of the Late Heavy Bombardment, 2011. pdf
“Face to Face with a Giant.” Feature for Sky & Telescope previewing the Curiosity mission to Mars, Dec 2011. pdf
“Spacecraft Imaging for Amateurs.” Feature for Sky & Telescope about space image data and how to approach it, Jan 2010. pdf
“Ice Worlds of the Ringed Planet.” Feature for Sky & Telescope about Saturn’s icy moons, Jun 2009. pdf
Stewart, Emily M., and James W. Head. “Ancient Martian volcanoes in the Aeolis region: New evidence from MOLA data.” Journal of Geophysical Research 106:E8, pp. 17,505-17,513, 2001. pdf