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JPL Open House Earth Sciences Exhibits

JPL Open House Earth Sciences Exhibits
Published: May 20, 2017

Crowds flock to the Earth Sciences exhibits during the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) "Open House" event, giving volunteers (red shirts) a chance to share information about their various missions.

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SWOT is being jointly developed by NASA and Centre National D’Études Spatiales (CNES).
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Emblem for the SWOT mission.
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Emblem for the SWOT mission.
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This collaborative mission poster, designed by CNES (French Space Agency), shows the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite soaring over an abstract of a water molecule.
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SWOT Matching Card Game
SWOT Matching Card Game
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The logo for the Surface Water Ocean Topography (SWOT) Mission.
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A photograph of the Varzea Forest area of Brazil (3 of 4).
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Artist's impression of the future SWOT satellite making sea surface height observations, even through clouds.
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This SWOT "Bannerbug" exhibit was created for display during hardware tests conducted during an eleven-day period in October 2008.
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An alternate logo for the Surface Water Ocean Topography (SWOT) Mission.
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