2002 is a special year for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.,
and for space enthusiasts worldwide.

“This year marks the 40th anniversary of planetary exploration,” said Anita Sohus,
JPL’s museum liaison. “The celebration is widespread and space aficionados now have
the opportunity to see exhibits throughout California and the country that feature products
from JPL.”

A full-scale replica of the Saturn-bound Cassini spacecraft is on display at the
California Science Center in Los Angeles. The spacecraft is the centerpiece of the newly
reopened Air and Space Gallery. Rounding out the display are full-scale models of the
Mars Viking lander (1976), Mariner 4 (first U.S. spacecraft to fly by Mars, in 1965) and
Explorer 1, America’s first spacecraft (1958). The permanent exhibit opened March 9.
For more information visit www.casciencectr.org .

The Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland, Calif., features “Spaceflight:
Journey to the Stars” through June 9, 2002. Visitors can see models of the Cassini,
Stardust and Mars Odyssey spacecraft. The display also includes a model of a small
rover, or nanorover, like one that may someday land on an asteroid or other solar system
body. For more information, visit http://www.chabotspace.org/visit/exhibits.asp .

An exhibit at the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, Calif., features an
ultrasonic drill developed by JPL senior research scientist Dr. Yoseph Bar-Cohen and
Cybersonics, Inc. During future space missions, the device could extract samples using
lightweight landers with robotic arms and small rovers that roam the surface of an
asteroid or planet. With the help of docents, visitors can operate the drill at the
“Curiosity Counter.” For more information visit http://www.thetech.org/ .

“Footsteps Through Time,” an exhibit at San Diego’s Museum of Man, displays
videos of JPL technology innovations with applications to health care, the environment,
communications, education, transportation and computer technology. They include
infrared cameras that can be used to detect breast cancer, as well as inflatable membranes
that form large spaceborne telescopes. For more information visit
www.museumofman.org .

Many space-themed exhibits are geared toward children. At Kidspace, an
interactive children’s museum in Pasadena, Calif., children can view a model of a Ranger
spacecraft. The Ranger missions in the 1960s provided high-quality pictures of the moon.
These images were used for scientific study and selection of landing sites for the manned
Apollo missions.

Children and adults visiting Disneyland, in Anaheim, Calif., can experience space
exploration at an exhibit in Tomorrowland, featuring a model of the Sojourner rover that
landed on Mars in 1997, as well as Explorer 1 and Pioneer 4 spacecraft models.

Space enthusiasts in many other parts of the country can see JPL products in
museums and displays.

* In Washington, D.C., the National Air and Space Museum has full-scale models
of JPL spacecraft, including Voyager and Explorer 1. For more info, visit
http://www.nasm.si.edu/galleries/gal111/universe/etu_artifacts.htm .

* At the National Mall in Washington, D.C. visitors can roam a scale model of the
solar system, developed by the Challenger Center, the National Air and Space
Museum and NASA’s Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C.. For more
information visit: http://www.challenger.org/ .

* Also in Washington, D.C., JPL images from Mars Global Surveyor data and
Shuttle Radar Topography data are on display at National Geographic’s
Explorer’s Hall in the building’s large display windows that face the street.

* A full-scale replica of Cassini is on loan to the Chicago Museum of Science and
Industry.

* Both the Kansas Cosmosphere in Hutchinson, and the Virginia Air and Space
Center in Hampton, display full-scale models of the Viking (Mars) lander.

* The American Museum of Natural History in New York City has added models of
the Stardust and Space Interferometry Mission spacecraft to the space gallery.

JPL is managed for NASA by the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.

Note to Editors: Space Day is Thursday, May 2, 2002. More than 75 partner
organizations, including NASA, support Space Day on the first Thursday in May to
promote science, math and technology education.