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JPL is a federally funded research and development center managed for NASA by Caltech. Space mission and science news, images and videos from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the leading center for robotic exploration of the solar system.
Ignite your passion for exploration with a STEM internship at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. JPL internship programs are designed for college and university students from diverse backgrounds and offer a chance to take part in groundbreaking research and missions that are expanding our understanding of Earth, the solar system, and beyond.
The Perseverance Mars rover is part of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the Red Planet. A key objective for Perseverance’s mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life. Perseverance is investigating Jezero Crater – a region of Mars where the ancient ...
SEAQUE Arrives at Space Station Aboard NASA’s SpaceX CRS-31. The quantum experiment developed by JPL will test technologies that could eventually enable quantum computers to communicate with each other no matter where they are located. Nov. 5, 2024. News | Earth.
Workforce statement and memo to employees. JPL statement issued on Nov. 12, 2024: While we have taken various measures to meet our current FY’25 budget allocation, we have reached the difficult decision to reduce the JPL workforce through layoffs. This reduction affects approximately 325 of our colleagues, an impact of about 5% of our workforce.
Lunar Flashlight. Roughly the size of a briefcase, Lunar Flashlight is a very small satellite being developed and managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory that will use near-infrared lasers and an onboard spectrometer to map ice in permanently shadowed regions near the Moon's south pole. Launch date: Dec. 11, 2022.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the leading center for robotic exploration of the solar system.
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory holds a unique place in the universe. We are a leader in robotic space exploration, sending rovers to Mars, probes into the farthest reaches of the solar system, and satellites to advance understanding of our home planet. JPL's workforce includes a dedicated and diverse population of scientists, engineers ...
History. JPL's beginnings. The origins of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory date back to the 1930s, when Caltech professor Theodore von Kármán oversaw pioneering work in rocket propulsion. After unsuccessful and sometimes hazardous experiments, several graduate students led by Frank Malina, along with rocket enthusiasts from the Pasadena area ...
On August 5, 2011, NASA’s Juno spacecraft embarked on a 5-year journey to Jupiter, our solar system's largest planet. Juno arrived at Jupiter on July 4, 2016, after a five-year, 1,740-million-mile journey, and settled into a 53-day polar orbit stretching from just above Jupiter’s cloud tops to the outer reaches of the Jovian magnetosphere.