Cornell's role in Spirit mission celebrated on Earth
Photographs from JPL by Robert Barker/University Photography
	Television science educator Bill Nye '77, at JPL Jan. 3, displays a model of the sundial he helped create that is a feature on the Mars rovers.
	Discovery Channel Canada producers Ben Schaub, left, and Ivan Semeniuk view the latest images from Mars through 3D glasses in the press room at JPL, Jan. 5.
	Steven Squyres talks with members of the media after the successful landing of the rover Spirit, Jan. 3.
	Cornell alumnus Dan Maas '01, who created the widely shown graphic simulations of the rover mission for NASA, talks with friends from JPL after the successful landing of Spirit, Jan. 3.
	At 423 Space Sciences Jan. 3, cheers and applause erupt as Cornell astronomers, watching a NASA TV feed, hear that the rover has landed. Photo by Bill Steele/Cornell News Service