Twelve years ago, NASA landed its six-wheeled science lab using a daring new technology that…
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The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a federally funded research and development center and NASA field center located in Pasadena, California. Established in the 1930s, initially under the sponsorship of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), JPL is now managed by Caltech under a contractual agreement with NASA. Renowned for its pioneering work in robotic space exploration, JPL is responsible for the development and operation of numerous spacecraft and Mars rovers, including the Voyager probes, the Mars Curiosity rover, and the Perseverance rover. The laboratory’s missions have explored all of the planets in our solar system, as well as asteroids, comets, and the outer reaches of the cosmos. JPL also conducts Earth-orbiting missions, studies Earth’s climate, develops technologies for spacecraft, and collaborates internationally on various space missions.
NASA’s Perseverance rover has discovered an intriguing rock on Mars, named Cheyava Falls, showcasing potential…
NEOWISE, NASA’s mission dedicated to tracking near-Earth objects, has been decommissioned after over ten years…
The 23-year-old orbiter is taking images that offer horizon-wide views of the Red Planet similar…
Using the James Webb Space Telescope’s MIRI, astronomers discovered that WL 20S, previously thought to…
What are some skywatching highlights in August 2024? Mars and Jupiter have a super close…
Artificial intelligence is helping scientists to identify minerals within rocks studied by the Perseverance rover.…
Lyrics for Missy Elliot’s song “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” were transmitted from the DSN’s…
Among several recent findings, the rover has found rocks made of pure sulfur — a…
NASA’s near-Earth-object-hunting mission NEOWISE is nearing its conclusion. But its work will carry on with…
Combining images from orbit with images from the surface, a JPL-developed tool allows researchers to…
Infrared imagery from the Juno spacecraft heats up the discussion on the inner workings of…
NASA’s Europa Clipper mission is focused on solving transistor radiation issues as it prepares for…
The Deep Space Network’s Goldstone planetary radar had a busy few days observing asteroids 2024…
Roads and sidewalks in some areas get so hot that skin contact could result in…
After six months of effort, an instrument that helps NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover look for…
After successfully drilling at “Mammoth Lakes 2,” the Curiosity mission team strategized power use for…
Perseverance rover recently arrived at Bright Angel, a notable site on Mars distinguished by its…