The Intersection of Art and Science class this spring visited NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and got to see the “sandbox,” which is where NASA engineers test escape strategies for the immobilized Spirit rover. They landed the robot on Mars and have been exploring the planet for five years until it got stuck in a sand trap. NASA created a mock up of the sand trap in hope to figure out a way to free Spirit. Unfortunately they were not successful, but Spirit continued to conduct scientific research until 2010.


NASA is also going to use a video done by Graphic Design student, Michelle Billings, that she made last semester for the Art and Science class. The draft is up at: http://smap.jpl.nasa.gov. The video is posted in the multi-media gallery under the video tab on the front page.















To read more about the students experience at JPL go to the Intersection of Art and Science Spring 2012 blog: http://chapmanartandscience.blogspot.com/