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Pathfinder Mission Status and Science
A live update on the progress of the Mars mission from JPL headquaters in Pasedena, California.

One hour before our broadcast begins, if all goes as planned, the Mars Pathfinder spacecraft will have landed on Mars. The international space community has its attention focused on the headquarters of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasedena, California, where scientists are waiting the first reports from the probe -- the first to land on Mars since the Viking landers of 1976.

In this hour, we'll get an overview of the mission, a briefing from some NASA scientists studying the atmosphere, weather, soil and rocks of Mars, and an introduction to the Mars Sojurner, the free-ranging rover that will explore the surface of the Red Planet.

Listen to this program in RealAudio!

Guests:
Jim Bell
Senior Research Associate
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

Henry Moore
Rover Scientist/Pathfinder Mission
Scientist Emeritus, United States Geological Survey
Menlo Park, CA

Tim Schofield
Team Leader, Atmospheric Structure-Meteorology Instument Team
Pathfinder Mission
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasedena, CA

Donna Shirley
Manager, Mars Exploration Program
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasedena, CA


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