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Tuesday, March 28, 2017

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DAY IN REVIEW

Mars Rover Leader Peter Theisinger to Receive National Trophy

Peter Theisinger, who led the projects that developed the NASA rovers Spirit, Opportunity and Curiosity and successfully placed them on Mars, will receive the 2017 National Air and Space Museum Trophy for Lifetime Achievement.

Theisinger has worked on spacecraft missions to six planets since joining NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, in 1967. He is now a special assistant to the laboratory's director. Previous leadership roles included managing JPL's Engineering and Science Directorate and JPL's Spacecraft Systems Engineering Section.

Theisinger was named as one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world in 2013, paired with JPL colleague Richard Cook. At different times, Theisinger and Cook each managed the Mars Exploration Rover Project, which built Spirit and Opportunity, and the Mars Science Laboratory Project, which built Curiosity. The former project still operates the golf-cart-size Opportunity, which landed with air-bag-cushioned bounces in 2004. The latter project operates the car-size Curiosity, which landed with a sky-crane maneuver in 2012.

Theisinger will receive the lifetime achievement honor Wednesday evening, March 29, at a ceremony at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum ceremony in Washington.

The museum presents this trophy annually to recognize past and present accomplishments in the management or execution of a scientific or technological project, a distinguished career of service in air and space technology, or a significant contribution in chronicling the history of air and space technology. Previous recipients include astronauts James Lovell, Neil Armstrong and John Glenn; scientists James Van Allen, Harold Masursky and Stamatios Krimigis; and engineer-managers Norm Augustine, John Casani, Burt Rutan and Simon Ramo.

Theisinger was born in Fresno, California, in 1945 and now lives in La Crescenta, California. He graduated from Caltech in Pasadena, California, with a degree in physics. His career at JPL began with the Mariner 5 mission to Venus and has included contributions to the Voyager mission to the outer planets (launched in 1977 and still going) and the Galileo mission to Jupiter (launched in 1989 and concluded in 2003). His Mars experience dates back to the 1971 Mariner 9 orbiter mission to Mars.

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Congress.gov: Senate Floor Today Update

S.Res.95

A resolution designating March 22, 2017, as "National Rehabilitation Counselors Appreciation Day". (03/28/2017 legislative day)

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[eo-announce] Earth Observatory: What's New Week of 28 March 2017

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (28 March 2017)
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New Features:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/

* EO-1: 17 Images from 17 Years
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/Gallery/eo1.php?src=eoa-features
Since 2000, Earth Observing-1 has provided stunning views of our planet in its beauty and fury, while advancing satellite technology and imaging. The satellite is being turned off, but its legacy lives on.

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Latest Images:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/

* Flood Waters Inundate Coastal Peru
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=89931&src=eoa-iotd

* Russian Volcano Rumbles
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=89924&src=eoa-iotd

* Wheatland Reservoir, Wyoming
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=89913&src=eoa-iotd

* Tasman Glacier Retreats
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=89901&src=eoa-iotd

* Turquoise Tendrils
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=89878&src=eoa-iotd

* Ashland in Ashes
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=89886&src=eoa-iotd

* Polar Sea Ice at Record Lows
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=89896&src=eoa-iotd

* The Rise and Fall of SO2 Over Aruba
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=89874&src=eoa-iotd

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Recent Blog Posts:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/

Earth Matters
* Did Air Pollution Make Arctic Sea Ice Cover Grow Between 1950 and 1970?
Between 1950 and 1970, sea ice was growing. A new study explains why.
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/?p=7125&src=eoa-blogs

* Thank You, GRACE
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/?p=7092&src=eoa-blogs

Notes from the Field
* Mangrove Carbon With a Grain of Salt
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=8639&src=eoa-blogs

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