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This week's selection for the Extreme Explorers' Hall of Fame is from researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., who have created a micro robot reminiscent of the childhood character Charlotte from "Charlotte's Web"
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Sunday, September 07, 2003
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Thirty years ago today, the astronauts of Apollo 17 began the final human visit to the Moon. Relive the drama and majesty of the voyage by viewing the Apollo 17 Anniversary Commemorative Visualization. And learn how scientists and space agencies around the world are gearing up for an eventual return to the Moon.
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Thursday, August 14, 2003
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This week's selection for the Extreme Explorers Hall of Fame is a trio of European probes slated to land on a comet (Rosetta), a Saturnian moon (Huygens), and the Red Planet (Mars Express). Standing up to three times the temperature of the Sun's surface may be the least of their design specifications to match.
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Monday, August 11, 2003
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This week's Extreme Explorer Hall of Fame celebrates the 45th anniversary-- from October 4, 1957 to today--of Sputnik.
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Saturday, August 09, 2003
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Landing on an asteroid, while a thrilling ride for a science team, can be compared to liting a fly onto a splayed bullet. The success of the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft in pulling off such a remarkable feat is this week's selection for the Extreme Explorer's Hall of Fame.
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Monday, July 28, 2003
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The Europa Focus Group, a collaboration of scientists who study Jupiter's ice-covered moon, met recently on Alaska's North Slope. By studying the unique terrain at the edge of the Arctic Ocean, they foreshadow future expeditions to search for life on Europa.
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Saturday, July 26, 2003
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People come to astrobiology because it addresses deep and profound questions about who are we, where are we from, and where are we going. Understand a current perspective, from a remarkable interview with Ann Druyan, the widow of renowned scientist Carl Sagan, and astrophysicist Steven Soter who collaborated with Sagan over many years to create the famed television series Cosmos and numerous other projects.
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Thursday, June 26, 2003
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A team of University of Florida scientists has genetically modified a tiny plant to send reports back from Mars in a most unworldly way: by emitting an eerie, fluorescent glow.
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Thursday, June 12, 2003
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