Bethany Ehlmann

Caltech

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Professor of Planetary Science at Caltech and research scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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At 10:31 Sunday evening, Pacific Standard Time, the Mars Laboratory called " Curiosity " will land on the Red Planet, after decelerating from 13,000 miles an hour in just seven…

The Mars Mission: Made in LA

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