July 16, 2013
 Growing Up at JPL
 Written by Clara Ma
Mars surface image from rover
[[IMAGE||GALLERY:5419||right||250||Clara in 2009, 2013||[NULL]||GALLERY:5419||Clara in 2009, 2013||{}]]Dear Fellow Martians, The other day as I was getting ready to submit the abstract for my final presentation, it struck me how quickly these past few weeks have gone by. My internship will be ending in just 18 days, and I don't think I will be ready to leave. I am currently working on a ...
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July 16, 2013
 Growing Up at JPL
 Written by Clara Ma
Mars surface image from rover
[[IMAGE||GALLERY:5419||right||250||Clara in 2009, 2013||[NULL]||GALLERY:5419||Clara in 2009, 2013||{}]]Dear Fellow Martians, The other day as I was getting ready to submit the abstract for my final presentation, it struck me how quickly these past few weeks have gone by. My internship will be ending in just 18 days, and I don't think I will be ready to leave. I am currently working on a ...
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June 13, 2013
 From Landing to Sophomore Year and Back Again
 Written by Clara Ma
Mars surface image from rover
Dear Fellow Martians, While the Curiosity rover is busy exploring the Martian surface, I am going to school as a sophomore at Shawnee Mission East High School in Prairie Village, Kan. I am very involved in my school’s environmental club, and this year we started a composting program in our cafeteria. I’ve also taken on a role in my local Sierra Club chapter’s energy efficiency campaign. ...
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June 13, 2013
 From Landing to Sophomore Year and Back Again
 Written by Clara Ma
Mars surface image from rover
Dear Fellow Martians, While the Curiosity rover is busy exploring the Martian surface, I am going to school as a sophomore at Shawnee Mission East High School in Prairie Village, Kan. I am very involved in my school’s environmental club, and this year we started a composting program in our cafeteria. I’ve also taken on a role in my local Sierra Club chapter’s energy efficiency campaign. ...
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August 05, 2012
 An Intern’s Perspective
 Written by Joseph Anz
These are very exciting times, especially being an intern with the Mars Public Engagement Team at Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Why you may ask? It's because of one simple word that nourishes our minds, drives us to question our world and others, and allows us to create the impossible: Curiosity. What I find absolutely inspirational about this mission is everything. From naming the rover, to...
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Contributors+

  • Adrian Brown
    Deputy Program Scientist, NASA HQ
  • Alyssa Deardorff
    Systems Engineer, NASA/JPL
  • An Li
    Student Collaborator on PIXL, University of Washington
  • Asier Munguira
    Ph.D. Student, University of the Basque Country
  • Athanasios Klidaras
    Ph.D. Student, Purdue University
  • Avi Okon
    Sampling Operations Deputy Lead, NASA/JPL
  • Bavani Kathir
    Student Collaborator on Mastcam-Z, Western Washington University
  • Ben Morrell
    Ingenuity Operations Engineer, NASA/JPL
  • Bob Balaram
    Chief Engineer for the Mars Helicopter Project, NASA/JPL
  • Brad Garczynski
    Student Collaborator, Purdue University
  • Claire Newman
    Atmospheric Scientist, Aeolis Research
  • David Agle
    Media Representative, NASA/JPL
  • David Pedersen
    Co-Investigator, PIXL Instrument, Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
  • Denise Buckner
    Student Collaborator, University of Florida
  • Eleanor Moreland
    Ph.D. Student, Rice University
  • Eleni Ravanis
    Student Collaborator, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
  • Elisha Jhoti
    Ph.D. Student, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Erin Gibbons
    Student Collaborator, McGill University
  • Forrest Meyen
    MOXIE Science Team Member, Lunar Outpost
  • Fred Calef III
    Mapping Specialist, NASA/JPL
  • Håvard Grip
    Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Chief Pilot, NASA/JPL
  • Iona (Brockie) Tirona
    Sampling Engineer, NASA/JPL
  • Jaakko Karras
    Ingenuity Chief Engineer, NASA/JPL
  • Jennifer Trosper
    Project Manager, NASA/JPL
  • Josh Ravich
    Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Mechanical Engineering Lead, NASA/JPL
  • Joshua Anderson
    Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Operations Lead, NASA/JPL
  • Justin Maki
    Imaging Scientist and Mastcam-Z Deputy Principal Investigator, NASA/JPL
  • Kathryn Stack
    Deputy Project Scientist, NASA/JPL
  • Kenneth Farley
    Project Scientist, Caltech
  • Louise Jandura
    Chief Engineer for Sampling & Caching, NASA/JPL
  • Lydia Kivrak
    Student Collaborator, University of Florida
  • Mariah Baker
    Planetary Scientist, Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum
  • Martin Cacan
    Ingenuity Pilot, NASA/JPL
  • Matt Muszynski
    Vehicle Systems Engineer, NASA/JPL
  • Matthew Brand
    SuperCam/ChemCam Engineer, Los Alamos National Laboratory
  • Michael Hecht
    Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) Principal Investigator, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • MiMi Aung
    Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Project Manager, NASA/JPL
  • Pegah Pashai
    Vehicle Systems Engineer Lead, NASA/JPL
  • Phylindia Gant
    Mars 2020 Student Collaborator, University of Florida
  • Rachel Kronyak
    Systems Engineer, NASA/JPL
  • Rick Welch
    Deputy Project Manager, NASA/JPL
  • Roger Wiens
    Principal Investigator, SuperCam / Co-Investigator, SHERLOC instrument, Purdue University
  • Sarah Milkovich
    Assistant Science Manager, NASA/JPL
  • Sawyer Brooks
    Docking Systems Engineer, NASA/JPL
  • Stephanie Connell
    SuperCam, PhD Student, Purdue University
  • Steven Lee
    Perseverance Deputy Project Manager, NASA/JPL
  • Teddy Tzanetos
    Ingenuity Team Lead, NASA/JPL
  • Thirupathi Srinivasan
    Robotic Systems Engineer, NASA/JPL
  • Travis Brown
    Chief Engineer Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, NASA/JPL
  • Vandi Verma
    Chief Engineer for Robotic Operations, NASA/JPL
  • Vivian Sun
    Science Operations Systems Engineer, Staff Scientist, NASA/JPL