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Tag: JPL

Geek Speaks… Fiction! With Veronica Scott

August 11, 2015Corrina Lawson1

From her fascination of the sinking of the Titanic to her work with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, best-selling author Veronica Scott has had numerous influences in her science-fiction romances.

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The Pi Day of the Century

March 12, 2015Erik Wecks

Can you use Pi to solve these problems from NASA’s JPL before Pi day this Saturday?

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Solar Conjunction Puts NASA’s Curiosity Rover, Orbiter In Communication Blackout

April 5, 2013December 14, 2017Patricia Vollmer

Between April 4th and May 1st, the Mars Curiosity and Opportunity will be in minimal communication with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory as it experiences a Mars solar conjunction. Click through to read more about what a solar conjunction is, and what impacts it will have on JPL’s communications with the fleet of Mars exploration vehicles.

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Your Child Can Be a Martian at JPL’s Mars Exploration Website

August 9, 2012December 14, 2017Erik Wecks

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Mars Exploration Program site offers Curiosity updates, media, and activities through which children and adults can explore Mars.

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Mars Curiosity Lands Tonight!

August 5, 2012Helene McLaughlin

Mars Curiosity is scheduled to land tonight at 10:31 p.m. PDT, Aug. 5 (1:31 a.m. EDT Aug. 6).

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7 Minutes of Terror: Landing NASA’s Curiosity Rover on Mars

June 26, 2012Tim Bailey

The stunning video details the unique, never-before-tested landing system being used to slow the Mars Curiosity rover and land it safely on the surface of Mars.

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Finally! Your Very Own Chance To Visit Mars

July 16, 2009December 14, 2017Dave Banks

Summer blahs got you down? Can’t decide where to go on vacation? Why not visit Mars? No, this isn’t an ad from Rekall, but rather a free offer from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Just visit the JPL site, fill out …

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NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory Gets A “Curious” Name

May 28, 2009Admin

While not following in the footsteps of their “open voting” cousins on the International Space Station team, the geeks at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory held a naming contest of their own. The Mars Science Laboratory crew asked kids across the …

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