[meteorite-list] Programs Will Share Excitement of Mars Rovers

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed May 18 19:37:49 2005
Message-ID: <200505182337.j4INbBj11639_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
PASADENA, CALIF. 91109 TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov

Guy Webster (818) 354-6278

News Release: 2005-078 May 18, 2005

Programs Will Share Excitement of Mars Rovers

Two free public programs in Pasadena this week will
offer a mission leader's account of the continuing
Mars adventures of the rovers Spirit and Opportunity.

Dr. Joy Crisp, a geologist with NASA's Jet Propulsion
Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., will present an
illustrated talk about the twin rovers' challenges
and discoveries on Thursday evening, May 19, at JPL
and on Friday evening, May 20, at Pasadena City
College. She has been the project scientist for NASA's
Mars Exploration Rover Project throughout the project's
development and operations.

Spirit and Opportunity have continued exploring farther
and farther from their landing sites in more than a year
of extended missions after successfully completing their
primary three-month missions more than a year ago. These
robotic field geologists gave a dramatic answer of yes to
the question of whether Mars has ever had a wet
environment. Opportunity found evidence of an ancient body
of water and Spirit has found rocks extensively altered by
exposure to water.

Prior to the Mars Exploration Rover mission, Crisp worked
on NASA's Mars Pathfinder mission and on studies of Earth's
volcanoes. A Colorado native, she holds a bachelor's degree
in geology from Carleton College, Northfield, Minn., and a
Ph.D. in geology from Princeton University, Princeton, N.J.

Both lectures will begin at 7 p.m. Seating is first-come,
first-served. The Thursday lecture will be in JPL's von
Karman Auditorium. JPL is at 4800 Oak Grove Dr., off the
Oak Grove Drive exit of the 210 (Foothill) Freeway. The
Friday lecture will be in Pasadena City College's Vosloh
Forum, 1570 E. Colorado Blvd. For more information, call
(818) 354-0112. Thursday's lecture will be webcast live at
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/events/lectures/may05.cfm .

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