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Subject Resources: Mars: JPL Stories

JPL Stories on Mars and Mars Missions

(2002) JPL and the Exploration of Mars - Dr. Bruce Murray
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Bruce Murray
(2002) The True Story behind the Mars Pathfinder Success - Rob Manning, Brian Muirhead, Richard Cook
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Pathfinder
(2003) Playing the Greatest Video Game in the Solar System: Stories from a Mars Pathfinder Rover Driver - Brian Cooper
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Mars Pathfinder
(2004) Double, Double, Toil and Trouble: Getting Spirit and Opportunity to the Pad - Matt Wallace
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Spirit, Opportunity
(2004) Landing (and Roving) on the Red Planet - Matt Golombek
(2004) Mariner Mars '64: First Spacecraft Images from Another Planet--the Adventure Begins - Mike Sander
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Mariner
(2004) MER: Disaster Averted?" - Rob Manning
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MER
(2005) Mars, One Rock at a Time - Albert Haldemann
(2006) MER: A Retrospective from the Top - Pete Theisinger
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MER
(2006) Viking: A Really Big Mars Mission - Terry Martin
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Viking
(2007) A Long Road to Mars - Andy Mishkin
(2007) Getting by with a Little Help from Our Friends - Michael Hecht
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MECA, Phoenix Lander
(2008) MER: The First 5 Years - Scott Maxwell
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Spirit, Opportunity
(2010) Starbucks, A Cucumber Truck and Desert Splat: What You Don’t Know About Mars Pathfinder - Randy Taylor
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Pathfinder
(2011) Off to Mars Again: Ready or Not! - Rob Manning
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MSL, Mars Science Laboratory, Curiosity
(2012) MSL: Getting Back on the Horse - Rob Manning
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Curiosity, Mars Science Laboratory
(2013) Arms and Wheels on Mars - Matt Robinson
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MSL, Curiosity, Mars Science Laboratory
(2013) The Day We Lost the Mars Observer - Charles Whetsel, Julie Webster
(2014) Recovering Curiosity from the Jaws of Death - Magdy Bareh, Rajeev Joshi
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MSL, Curiosity, Mars Science Laboratory
(2015) How to Select a Landing Site on Mars - Matt Golombek