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Welcome to the The Planetary Society's Press Room. Here you'll find the latest information about Society events, programs, personalities, and other news about the exploration of the universe.
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Press Releases
Jul 18, 2000
Winning Artist Team Chosen for Solar System Trek in PasadenaThe Planetary Society today announced the winning design for PlanetTrek, a scale model of the Solar System in memory of Carl Sagan that will be built in Pasadena, California.
Jun 28, 2000
Should Students Select A Wet Spot For A Mars Landing Site?Malin Space Science Systems, which discoverered possible recent liquid water on Mars, will work directly with the winning students in The Planetary Society's Red Rover Goes to Mars project.
May 16, 2000
[email protected] Achieves 2 Million Mark by First Birthday[email protected], co-sponsored by The Planetary Society and the University of California, Berkeley, achieves two milestones: its first anniversary and having just passed the 2 million participants mark.
May 11, 2000
Last Chance to Become a Student Scientist with Red Rover Goes to MarsThe Planetary Society's Red Rover Goes to Mars program will soon select Student Scientists to join the space science team of an actual Mars mission.
Apr 24, 2000
The Planetary Society Announces Flight Tests of Winning Student ExperimentsTwo winning experiments from The Planetary Society's Student NanoExperiment Challenge are smaller than a dime, yet can investigate an alien world.
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The country's satellite navigation system faced a long and difficult road, but it's finally operational.
Pretty Pictures of the Cosmos: The Cosmic Ocean
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NEA Scout unfurls solar sail for full-scale test
The next time its solar sail is deployed, NEA Scout will be out near the Moon.
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