JPL

JPL stands for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a major research and development center funded by NASA and managed by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). It is located in Pasadena, California, and specializes in the construction and operation of planetary robotic spacecraft and conducting Earth-orbit and astronomy missions. JPL has been instrumental in many significant space exploration missions, including the Mars Rover missions, the Voyager missions to the outer solar system, and the development of the Juno spacecraft orbiting Jupiter.