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PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
PASADENA, CALIF. 91109. TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov. 18, 1988
The public is invited to visit the Jet Propulsion
Laboratory during an open house Saturday, Dec. 3, 1988, from
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the
date JPL became part of the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA).
JPL is a non-profit, operating laboratory of the
California Institute of Technology, and conducts scientific
exploration missions of the solar system with robotic
spacecraft for NASA. JPL was transferred from U.S. Army to
NASA jurisdiction on Dec. 3, 1958.
JPL is located at 4800 Oak Grove Dr. in Pasadena,
near the Oak Grove Drive exit of the 210 (Foothill)
Freeway. The open house is free-of-charge. Special parking
and transportation is available for disabled visitors. There
are no restrictions on the use of photographic or video
equipment.
Full-size spacecraft will be on display, including
the Galileo orbiter scheduled for launch to Jupiter on the,
space shuttle next year. Galileo, now in final assembly, may
be viewed in JPL's clean-room.
Exhibits will focus on the scientific highlights of
JPL's 30-year exploration of Earth and the other planets.
JPL lecturers will present the findings of JPL spacecraft
that have visited Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and
Uranus. Visitors may also tour the control room of the Deep
Space Network, which is in daily contact with the Voyager 2
spacecraft headed for a flyby of Neptune next August. The
Deep Space Network is also assisting the Soviet Union in
tracking Soviet Phobos spacecraft on its way to Mars.
Demonstrations will include a working robotic rover
designed to explore Mars, and a "Mars Kite" also being
developed to study the red planet.
A new 30-minute, multivideo, Dolby sound
production, "Welcome to Outer Space," will be shown every 45
minutes. A variety of T-shirts, buttons, slides and other
items will be for sale in the shop operated by JPL's Employee
Recreation Center. The Laboratory cafeteria will provide
food and beverage service throughout the day.
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