With a targeted launch date of July 30, 2020, the next robotic scientist NASA is…
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The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a world-renowned research and development center managed by NASA and operated by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Based in Pasadena, California, JPL designs, builds, and operates robotic spacecraft that explore the solar system and beyond. It has led many of NASA’s most groundbreaking missions, including the Mars rovers (Spirit, Opportunity, Curiosity, and Perseverance), Voyager, Cassini, and the Europa Clipper. JPL’s scientists and engineers also conduct cutting-edge research in astrophysics, planetary science, and Earth observation, developing technologies for deep-space navigation, robotics, and autonomous systems. As a hub of innovation, JPL continues to push the boundaries of exploration and expand humanity’s reach across the cosmos.
Wild weather sweeping in from the Pacific and the Gulf of Mexico is bringing flooding…
Infrared images from Juno provide the first glimpse of Ganymede’s icy north pole. On its…
Carried by a balloon the size of a football stadium, ASTHROS will use a cutting-edge…
The agency’s Mars 2020 mission has one more big prelaunch review — the Launch Readiness…
The telltale sign that the black hole was feeding vanished, perhaps when a star interrupted…
The first helicopter attempting to fly on another planet is a marvel of engineering. Get…
The Sentinel-6/Jason-CS satellite mission will add to a long-term sea level dataset that’s become the…
The winners for the JPL-led “Honey, I Shrunk the NASA Payload” challenge have been announced,…
Used for communicating with distant spacecraft, a massive radio antenna is being retrofitted to prepare…
Team with NASA to send off the Perseverance rover to Mars — from the convenience…
NASA’s next rover to the Red Planet is slated to launch no earlier than July…
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft, set to launch in August 2022, will travel to its target in…
The mission to explore a metal-rich asteroid is pivoting from planning the details to building…
From its vantage point aboard the Aqua satellite, the instrument maps how much moisture the…
Data from NASA’s NEOWISE mission, managed by the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, fuels the search…
Under consideration to become the next Discovery Program mission, VERITAS would reveal the inner workings…
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has been attached to the top of the rocket that will…