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Curiosity: Meet 'Mohawk Guy,' Mars mission's Internet sensation
Los Angeles TimesAs the rover called Curiosity made its hair-raising, breathtaking descent into the Martian atmosphere Sunday night, the viewers watching NASA's live feed at home seemed to have just one question: Who’s that guy with the mohawk? Flight director...Tags: Politics, Elections, Ed Harris, Space Programs, Science and Technology
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Judge tentatively sides with JPL in wrongful-termination suit
L.A. NOWA Los Angeles County judge has tentatively sided with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in a high-profile lawsuit filed by a computer specialist who said he lost his job because he promoted intelligent design at work.... -
Mars rover Curiosity must rely on aging satellite to relay messages
L.A. NOWScientists are attempting to deposit the largest and most advanced machine ever sent to another planet on Mars – but they will only know the spacecraft’s fate in “real time” if they can get an aging satellite with a missing part to... -
Mars rover flight team sticks to traditions
L.A. NOWFor a group of people who claim that their job requires them to be the opposite of superstitious, there were a lot of traditions flying around Sunday among the engineers who were attempting to deposit the Curiosity rover on Mars.... -
Sally Ride dies at 61; first American woman in space
In the early days of the space program, astronauts were ex-Marines, Air Force officers and hot-shot pilots. Sally Ride got there a little differently: She answered a want ad. In the late 1970s, NASA decided that, in addition to pilots, it needed some...
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Mars exploration to go on even if mission fails, space officials say
L.A. NOWTwo top space officials pledged Sunday afternoon to continue the exploration of Mars in years to come – regardless of whether NASA’s Curiosity rover survives its dramatic landing later tonight.... -
Mars rover Curiosity's successful landing 'made history'
L.A. NOWThe successful landing of the Mars rover Curiosity brought cheers far and wide, from Pasadena to the White House and beyond. President Obama described the landing as an “unprecedented feat of technology... Tonight, on the planet Mars, the United... -
NASA eager to take Mars rover Curiosity for a drive
L.A. NOWThe second phase of the Mars rover Curiosity's mission is set to begin in the coming days. The rover is expected to take its first drive, probably at the beginning of next week, NASA scientists and engineers say. Times science...... -
NASA Mars rover Curiosity's landing "rocked... Was that not cool?"
L.A. NOWThe first image from the rover Curiosity on the Mars surface hammered home to some scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Sunday night that mission had been a success. "That picture says it all for me," said Adam Steltzner, one...... -
Mars rover: Curiosity's landing, as told through Twitter
L.A. NOWAfter successfully sticking its highly anticipated landing on Mars Sunday night, Curiosity will begin a two-year, $2.5-billion mission to look for the building blocks of life on the Red Planet.... -
NASA's Curiosity could revolutionize our knowledge of Mars
L.A. NOWOfficials at NASA and Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Monday continued to celebrate the successful landing of the Mars rover Curiosity. But the real goal of the mission — a hunt for the building blocks of life and signs that Earth's...... -
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity makes history (A Google+ hangout)
L.A. NOWThe years of work came down to a few fateful minutes Sunday night, as the Mars rover Curiosity successfully landed on the surface of Mars. The celebrations continued Monday morning. Adam Steltzner, the lead mechanical engineer for entry, spent nearly........
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