First Light Newsletter - February 2007

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Title: First Light Newsletter - September. 2006

 

February 2007

 

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

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
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 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
Meet Molecule Man! 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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