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First Light, e-newsletter of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
February 2007

 
artist concept of virtual tour  

Pack Your Backpack

Calling all explorers! Tour JPL with our new Virtual Field Trip site. Stops include Mission Control and the Rover Lab. Your guided tour starts when you select a ”face” that will be yours throughout the visit. Cool space images and souvenirs are all included in your visit.
+http://virtualfieldtrip.jpl.nasa.gov

Comet team
Video Sneak Preview
Watch a sneak preview of JPL’s latest web video, CSI: Comet/Asteroid Scene Investigation. JPL scientists use advanced technologies to detect and track asteroids and comets that have the potential to one day come close to Earth. See how these watchdogs keep their eyes on the skies.
+ Play video

 

Three Years on Mars
NASA’s Mars Exploration artist concept of rover on mars
Rovers landed on opposite sides of Mars in January 2004. Originally designed for a three-month mission,
the hardy rovers are now into their fourth year on the red planet.
+ Video: Spirit’s Story
+ Video: Opportunity’s Story
+ Podcast: Rovers Turn Three
+ Slide show: Mars 360
+ Image contest winner
 
   

titan
Titan Tour
Saturn’s moon Titan is one of the strangest and most Earthlike places in our solar system. A new interactive feature shows how NASA’s Cassini spacecraft is helping reveal Titan’s
mysteries.
+ Virtual tour
     
 
artist concept of Molecule Max and a female
 Meet Molecule Max!
Join JPL’s new animated
science ambassador on a whimsical
and informative tutorial on Earth’s
water cycle and how NASA studies it.
+ Play video

 
Visit JPL’s home page at www.jpl.nasa.gov for more news and information.

 

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