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What's Up for August? Meteors!The Perseid meteor shower will dazzle in the early morning hours of Aug. 13. Plus, a popular planet shows up in the night sky. |
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Free Spirit - Measuring ProgressEngineers continue crab-driving a test rover at JPL in an effort to plan how to dislodge Spirit from loose sand on Mars. |
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What's Up for July?Early astronomers like Galileo used telescopes to map the Milky Way galaxy. This month, you can see the Milky Way in the late evening. |
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Free Spirit - Exploring OptionsJPL engineers are trying out maneuvers with a test rover on Earth, to plan an escape on Mars for Spirit. |
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Free Spirit: Into the SandboxRover Project Manager John Callas explains how getting a test rover stuck in a sandbox on Earth may help get Spirit out of a predicament on Mars. |
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Cruising Over CaliforniaLooking for an inexpensive stay-cation? Join JPL scientist Mike Abrams for a space-based flyover tour of California. |
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Cruising Over Los AngelesTake a close-up tour of the L.A. area, courtesy of the space-based ASTER instrument. |
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JPL's 'Free Spirit' UpdateWhile the Spirit rover is embedded on Mars, engineers are working to create a 'Mars-scape' on Earth to test an escape plan. |
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Briny Breath of EnceladusNASA's Cassini has found salt in Saturn's E ring, hinting that the moon Encelaus could have an underground liquid reservoir, perhaps even an ocean. |
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Mars Exploration Rover UpdateBeing a rover on Mars, one can encounter trying times and triumph. Spirit and Opportunity are currently experiencing both. |
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