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Take a walk on the wild side and indulge in a short escape from the urban life; the Museum of Science's Mugar Omni Theater is showing "Alaska: Spirit of the Wild." The IMAX film is narrated by Charlton Heston and stars polar bears, caribou and other interesting wildlife...
...early as last year, a partnership between the politically polar pair would have been out of the question...
...dense as the atmosphere of Earth," says Kluger. "It's an ambitious undertaking, but NASA has succeeded in meeting challenges like this in the past." Until the plane mission lifts off, NASA is putting its eggs in two more conventional modes of exploring the planet: Within the year, a polar orbiter will be surveying Mars and a lander will arrive to study what lies beneath its surface. Martians, beware: The Earthlings are coming, the Earthlings are coming...
...local atmosphere. Its orbit will position it perfectly to act as a relay satellite for any later ship that may land on the surface. That's a good thing, since three weeks or so after the orbiter leaves Earth, NASA will launch another spacecraft, the more ambitious Mars Polar Lander...
...have nothing like those crazy cats in Kirkland," says Kimble Poon '99 of Mather House. "Maybe we'll organize a polar bear expedition to jump in the Charles. With all of this work, someone just might be crazy enough...