Favorable chemistry and episodes with thin films of liquid water during ongoing, long-term climate cycles may sometimes make the area where NASA's Phoenix Mars mission landed last year a favorable env...
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NASA Phoenix Results Point to Martian Climate Cycles
Free Spirit: Rock Under the Belly
Engineers placed a rock underneath the test rover at JPL on July 1, 2009, to more closely simulate Spirit's predicament on Mars.
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Student of the Stars
A love of astronomy helped one college student set a course for a variety of science internships at JPL.
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Mars Science Laboratory
This animation demonstrates how the rover will enter, descend and land on the surface of Mars.
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Robot Madness
Students used Lego robots to compete on a Mars-like obstacle course during an annual robotics competition at JPL.
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What's Up for March?
During 2009, we?re celebrating International Year of Astronomy by taking you on a tour of one of the month?s best celestial objects. And this month, it?s Saturn!
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What's Up for February?
Take a step back in time and see how astronomers like Galileo studied the moon. Longer tease: When you gaze at the moon, you?ll see the same views that enchanted and startled ancient astronomers centuries ago.
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