An Inside Look at the MOLA Calibration Data Pass

Just before the first MOLA data from Mars were due to be downloaded to Earth, the Deep Space Tracking Network station lost lock. This is the view from the MOLA operations room at Goddard while the team waited for the link to be re-established. Front row: Ron Follas, Maria Zuber, Jay Smith, Rob Afzal, Jim Garvin, and Peggy Jester. Back row: Jeff Schott, Greg Elman, and William LaMartin.