JPL Mars Team Wins Space Laureate

Credit: Chris Zimmer
It isn't easy getting a rover the size of a small automobile down on the surface of another planet, even if you have been there before. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory had already sent three rovers to Mars when it began planning the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission, with its one-ton nuclear...

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