JPL News - Day in Review

DAY IN REVIEW Dust Storms Linked to Gas Escape from Mars Atmosphere Some Mars experts are eager and optimistic for a dust storm this year to grow so grand it darkens skies around the entire Red Planet. › Read the full story Explorer 1: The Beginning of American Space Science Sixty years ago next week, America launched its first satellite, the JPL-built Explorer 1, marking the beginning of the scientific exploration of space. › Read the full story Dust on Snow Controls Springtime River Rise in West The amount of dust on the snowpack, not the warmth of the spring air, controls the pace of spring snowmelt flowing into the Colorado River. › Read the full story

 

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