| 27-Dec-2001 |
Project Scientist for the Mars Exploration Rover Mission |
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Dr. Joy Crisp of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory devotes her time working to unearth answers about Mars' geology. Tucked away in her prefab trailer office in the middle of the JPL campus, she enables the efforts of the team of scientists whose instruments will be onboard two rovers destined to land on Mars in 2004.
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Team Member
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Dr. Joy Crisp |
geologist |
2003 Mars Exploration Rover Mission |
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| 21-Dec-2001 |
Researchers Toy with New Rover Designs |
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The next generation of Mars rovers may
not be what you'd expect. Someday, a
giant "beach ball" rover may roll along the
surface of the planet and make a flurry of
new discoveries.
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| Dec-2001 |
Where to Land on Mars? |
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Of all the places to land on Mars, where in the world should twin rovers go? This question has been on the front burner of discussion with Mars scientists who have the arduous task of selecting a site where it is safe to land.
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| Dec-2001 |
If Santa Were a Martian |
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If Santa Claus were a martian, he'd be in for one bumpy ride.
That's the assessment of navigators and engineers controlling the flight of NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft as it presently flies four times daily above the north polar region of Mars.
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| 19-Nov-2001 |
Machinists to the Stars |
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It's the middle of the night at JPL, and the usual dozens of deer are on their nightly foraging rounds across the campus. Mars is up. So is the Moon. And so are nine machinists in the lab's high-precision fabrication shop, working the second shift that ends between midnight and 3 a.m.
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Gary Keel |
night shift supervisor fabrication shop |
2003 Mars Exploration Rover |
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Mike Mangano |
mechanical systems project element manager |
2003 Mars Exploration Rover |
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| 01-Nov-2001 |
Porkchop Plot |
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Ancient cultures looked to the patterns of tea leaves or animal entrails to divine the course of the future. At JPL, the course of a future Mars mission can be found in a porkchop.
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Dan Johnston |
mission design manager |
2005 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter |
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| 31-Aug-2001 |
Challenges of Getting to Mars |
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Join Charles Whetsel, chief engineer of the Mars Exploration Program, and Matt Landano, 2001 Mars Odyssey project manager, as they describe the hard yet rewarding road to Mars.
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Charles Whetsel |
chief engineer |
Mars Program |
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Matt Landano |
project manager |
2001 Mars Odyssey |
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| 10-Aug-2001 |
Blowing in the Wind: Inflatable Rovers |
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Researchers exploring different methods to deliver scientific instruments to various Martian locales are studying the potential for a giant, lightweight, two-story tall beach ball.
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Jack Jones |
test manager |
inflatable robotics |
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Tim Connors |
technician |
inflatable robotics |
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Sam Kim |
senior engineer |
inflatable robotics |
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Jay Wu |
design engineer |
inflatable robotics |
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| 18-Jun-2001 |
Tracking Dust Devils on Mars |
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft recently caught sight of a dust devil dancing across the Martian surface. While it isn't the first of the tornado-like weather systems to be imaged, it is yet another reminder that Mars is an ever-changing planet.
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Ken Edgett |
scientist |
Mars Global Surveyor
MOC Camera |
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| 30-Mar-2001 |
Preparing for 2001 Mars Odyssey Launch |
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As a teenager, George Pace loved airplanes. But after the Soviets launched Sputnik when he was a freshman in college, Pace's interest went from airplanes to aerospace. After earning his undergraduate and master of science in engineering degrees from the University of Michigan, Pace joined JPL to work on spacecraft.
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George Pace |
project manager |
2001 Mars Odyssey |
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| 01-Jan-2001 |
Teacher Field Trip to "Mars on Earth" |
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When a school bus pulled up to the edge of the giant Ubehebe crater in California's Death Valley, a group of teachers climbed out and peered inside the blown-out hole.
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Sheri Klug |
educator |
Mars K-12 Education |
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