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==Open house==
[[File:2007 jpl open house.jpg|left|thumb|upright|A display at the May 19, 2007 Open House]]
The lab had an open house once a year on a Saturday and Sunday in May or June, when the public was invited to tour the facilities and see live demonstrations of JPL science and technology. More limited private tours are also available throughout the year if scheduled well in advance. Thousands of schoolchildren from Southern California and elsewhere visit the lab every year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/events/open-house.cfm |title=JPL Open House |website=Jet Propulsion Laboratory |access-date=January 2, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090118022750/https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/events/open-house.cfm |archive-date=January 18, 2009}}</ref> Due to federal spending cuts mandated by [[budget sequestration]], the open house has been previously cancelled.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2013/04/22/open-house-at-jpl-closed-to-public-over-sequestration/ |title=Open House At JPL Closed To Public Over Sequestration " CBS Los Angeles |publisher=Losangeles.cbslocal.com |date=2013-04-22 |access-date=2014-04-30 |archive-date=2014-05-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140501103348/http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2013/04/22/open-house-at-jpl-closed-to-public-over-sequestration/ |url-status=live }}</ref> JPL open house for 2014 was October 11 and 12 and 2015 was October 10 and 11. Starting from 2016, JPL replaced the annual Open House with "Ticket to Explore JPL", which features the same exhibits but requires tickets and advance reservation.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/events/2016/4/25/ticket-to-explore-jpl/ |title=Ticket to Explore JPL Public Events |website=Jet Propulsion Laboratory |access-date=2016-06-24 |archive-date=2016-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629174259/http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/events/2016/4/25/ticket-to-explore-jpl |url-status=live }}</ref> Roboticist and Mars rover driver [[Vandi Verma]] frequently acts as [[science communicator]] at open house type events to encourage children (and particularly girls) into [[Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics|STEM]] careers.<ref name="mltv2019">{{cite web |title=Vandi Tompkins talk to the Mars Lab |url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=U5bQNoeITO0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/U5bQNoeITO0 |archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live |website=Mars Lab TV (on YouTube) | date=August 7, 2014 |time=19'45 |access-date=8 February 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Siders |first1=Jennifer Torres |title=Women from JPL, which is managed for NASA by Caltech, address high school students. Prospective Applicants Explore Opportunities for Women at Caltech |url=http://www.caltech.edu/news/prospective-applicants-explore-opportunities-women-caltech-79367 |website=Caltech |date=15 August 2017 |access-date=8 February 2019 |archive-date=9 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180114/http://www.caltech.edu/news/prospective-applicants-explore-opportunities-women-caltech-79367 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="twig2019">{{cite web |title=Life on Mars |url=https://twigeducation.com/blog/life-on-mars/ |website=Twig Education |access-date=8 February 2019 |date=2017-06-06 |archive-date=2018-05-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180519203015/http://www.twigeducation.com/blog/life-on-mars/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>