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Phoenix Mars Lander: 7 minutes of Terror Phoenix Mars Lander: 7 minutes of Terror
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Entry Descent and Landing
The Phoenix Entry Descent and Landing will be a real nail-biter for engineers on May 25, 2008. In order to survive, the Phoenix spacecraft must perform a series of challenging maneuvers correctly, before it lands on Mars.

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Phoenix Mars Landing: Nerves and Joy Phoenix Mars Landing: Nerves and Joy
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Animation and mission control video from Mars Phoenix landing day May 25, 2008.

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Video: Phoenix Landing - Nerves and Joy Video: Phoenix Landing - Nerves and Joy
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JPL Mission Control during Phoenix landing on Mars, inter-cut with landing animation.

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Guided Tour of Mars Landing Guided Tour of Mars Landing
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Rob Manning, chief engineer for JPL's Mars Program, walks us through a simulation of the Mars Phoenix

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JPL Video: CSI - Comet/Asteroid Scene Investigation JPL Video: CSI - Comet/Asteroid Scene Investigation
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JPL scientists use advanced technologies to track asteroids and comets that have the potential to one day come close to Earth. This story details what seemed to be a close call with an asteroid named Apophis in 2004.

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What\ What's Up for August
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The Perseid meteor shower will dazzle in the early morning hours of Aug. 13. Plus, a popular planet shows up in the night sky.

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Athlete of the Future Athlete of the Future
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JPL engineers built a futuristic robot that may one day go to the moon.

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Asteroid 2007 TU24 Close Approach Asteroid 2007 TU24 Close Approach
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Scientists at NASA's Near-Earth Object Program Office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., have been monitoring asteroid 2007 TU24, which will pass about 344,000 miles of Earth tomorrow (Jan. 29) at 12:33 a.m. Pacific time (3:33 a.m. Eastern time).

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Mars Landing Challenge -- Big Science Ahead Mars Landing Challenge -- Big Science Ahead
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Scientists plan intriguing research, once Phoenix lands safely on Mars.

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Cassini: Four Years of Discovery Cassini: Four Years of Discovery
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New revelations of Saturn, its moons and rings, courtesy of NASA's Cassini mission to Saturn.

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Phoenix Mars Lander: Cruising to Mars Phoenix Mars Lander: Cruising to Mars
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The word "cruise" implies that this is an easy phase of the mission, however nothing could be further from the truth.

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Video: News From Saturn Video: News From Saturn
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Cassini completes the final Titan flybys of its original Saturn tour and prepares for a two-year extension.

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JPL Video: International Polar Year JPL Video: International Polar Year
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Glaciers, ice sheets and oceans at Earth's poles are the subject of the International Polar Year. NASA also begins work to explore other poles in our solar system.

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JPL Video: Mars - A Feast for the Eyes JPL Video: Mars - A Feast for the Eyes
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Video duration: 136 seconds

A look at Mars up close through the lens of a high resolution camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The views of gullies, craters and ice layers are truly remarkable.
For more information go to :
www.jpl.nasa.gov.

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Video: Sun Sets on Solar Mission Video: Sun Sets on Solar Mission
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The sun will soon set on the Ulysses solar mission, which forever changed the way scientists view the sun and its affect on space.

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