From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4@msn.com)
Date: Thu May 02 2002 - 18:42:07 PDT
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Subject: Revealing The Red Planet: Free Lectures On An Odyssey To Mars
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JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
PASADENA, CALIF. 91109 TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov
Contact: Colleen Sharkey (818) 354-0372
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 2, 2002
REVEALING THE RED PLANET: FREE LECTURES ON AN ODYSSEY TO MARS
There is good reason Mars is named after the Roman god of war.
It has been a battle getting to and researching the elusive
red planet.
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., continues to
lead NASA's exploration of Mars. In a pair of free lectures
titled "The Odyssey to Mars," JPL's newly appointed Mars
Odyssey project manager, Roger Gibbs, will discuss the
challenges of Mars exploration. The first lecture will be
held May 9 at JPL, and the second on May 10 at Pasadena City
College.
The presentation will focus on the success of Mars Odyssey,
and how learning from past mistakes assured the Odyssey
spacecraft arrived on time and on target into orbit around
Mars last October. Gibbs will also describe how Odyssey is
unveiling the mysteries of the red planet's mineral and
chemical composition and how the mission fits into NASA's
broader Mars Exploration Program.
A Webcast of the lecture will be available at 7 p.m.
Thursday, May 9, at
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/events/lectures/may02.html .
Both lectures are open to the public and will start at 7 p.m.
Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Thursday's
lecture will be in JPL's von Karman Auditorium, located at
4800 Oak Grove Drive in Pasadena, off the Oak Grove Drive
exit of the 210 (Foothill) Freeway. Friday's lecture will
be at the Pasadena City College Forum, located at
1570 E. Colorado Blvd.
For more information, call (818) 354-0112 or go to
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/events/lectures.html .
JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology
in Pasadena.
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