Professor, Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Exploration
Check out Abby Allwood and me talking about Spirit, Opportunity, and Curiosity in a great story about current and future Mars exploration on "60 Minutes Australia" at http://www.9jumpin.com.au/show/60minutes/stories/2015/march/mission-to-mars/
The recent tragedy in the stratosphere above the Mojave Spaceport in California, and the previous week's dramatic unmanned rocket explosion at NASA's Wallops Island launch facility in Virginia, are stark, related reminders that getting to space is hard. Read Jim's Huffington Post Science Blog Post to learn more.
Jim waxes optimistic & philosophical at CNN.com about the recent potential Earth 2.0 discovered by the Kepler space telescope mission: http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/18/opinion/bell-planet-discovery
Jim's recent Wall Street Journal Live interview with host Simon Constable has been featured on the ASU Center for Science and the Imagination's web site.
Check out Jim Bell's YouTube channel for some videos of past talks and media appearances!
This is quite literally a watershed moment in the history of solar system exploration..
Check out my latest CNN.com Op/Ed piece, "Have a Drink on Mars", at http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/14/opinion/bell-mars-water/
Jim's newest photo-rich contribution to space-related literature, "The Space Book", published by Sterling, is set to release in May 2013. Check out Jim's Space Book Page to find some advance reviews and other information, and to pre-order your copy!
Curiosity is getting close, and Mars is getting big in the windshield! Check out my latest blog on NASA's newest rover: http://huff.to/OEfdgS
Jim and a host of other planetary scientists, JPL engineers, space industry experts, and celebrities will be celebrating the Mars Science Laboratory "Curiosity" rover's landing on Mars on the weekend of August 4-5 in the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, CA. Tickets for the event, which is being organized by The Planetary Society, are available through the Society's web site by following this link. The landing itself will occur at approximately 10:30 p.m. Pacific time on Sunday night, August 5 (1:30 a.m. Eastern time, Monday morning, August 6). Planetfest will be the center of the solar system that weekend--come on out and celebrate!