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Athena Student Interns Program
Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Attention High School Teachers!

Apply for a once-in-a-lifetime chance to work on a Mars mission!

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Application: Online 
(http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mer/classroom/asipApplication01.html)
or PDF* copy (for PDF help, see below)
(http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mer/classroom/asipAll.pdf)

Due Date: March 31, 2003

Requirements: Signed signature page and completed application 

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NASA is sending two rovers to Mars this spring and you and your 
students can be part of the exciting mission from launch through 
landed operations! The Athena Student Interns Program (ASIP) is 
designed to give a creative, dedicated group of high school students 
from across the nation the chance to join the scientists of the Mars 
Exploration Rover Mission in exploring the Red Planet.

Teachers who become part of the Athena Student Interns Program will be 
asked to choose two students to be mentored by a member of the Athena 
Science Team. (Athena is the name given to the suite of instruments on 
the Mars Rovers.) Each teacher and their students will work with a 
mentor to experience first-hand the preparations for landed operations 
on Mars.

The year-long Athena Student Interns Program culminates with a 
week-long stay at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, 
California where scientists will use the rovers to explore the surface 
of Mars. Teachers and interns will be immersed in activities 
surrounding the actual mission and will actively participate in 
analyzing data gathered by the rovers.

Examples of opportunities available to Athena Student Interns include 
assisting the Principal Investigator of the Science Team with issues 
pertaining to rover operations; working with digital models of the 
martian terrain and atmosphere; using Earth science to understand Mars 
data; helping to deduce the properties of martian sediments; and 
working with spectral data to search for clues of past water activity 
on Mars. 

Athena Student Interns and their teachers will also have opportunities 
to convey their experiences to other students, teachers and members of 
the public by participating in many outreach activities and events.

The Mars Exploration Rover Mission offers the promise of exciting 
discoveries on Mars. The Athena Student Interns Program offers the 
promise of life changing events for you and your students. Playing an 
active role in the process of planetary exploration and discovery can 
ignite a passion for science, math, engineering and technology that is 
required of our next generation of scientists and engineers and will 
stay with your students for a lifetime.

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http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mer/classroom/asip.html

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