Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, (JPL) began at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena in the 1930s. After NASA was formed in 1958, JPL merged with it and became the agency's primary spacecraft center. Today, JPL is managed by Caltech, but receives its funding from NASA and has expanded its scope to include atmospheric studies, ocean studies and remediation of water and global warming on Earth. JPL works in collaboration with world-wide space agencies and observatories to gather data on planets, galaxies, and Earth observations. JPL is instrumental in designing rovers, telescopes and improving space crafts and employs thousands of scientists and engineers at its facilities
Address
California Institute of Technology
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, California 91109-8099
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News Office
jane [dot] platt [at] jpl [dot] nasa [dot] gov
Phone
818-354-0880
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"Jet Propulsion Laboratory" in the news:
Mars rover Spirit has unexplained computer reboots
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 14, 2009 |
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(AP) -- NASA's aging Mars rover Spirit has rebooted its computer at least twice for unknown reasons.
More Soil Delivered to Phoenix Lander Lab
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Sep 17, 2008 |
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Scientists working on the Phoenix Mars Mission are analyzing soil delivered to the spacecraft's Wet Chemistry Laboratory.
Controllers Cheer as Data Arrive from NASA's Spirit Rover
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 13, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit communicated via the Mars Odyssey orbiter today right at the time when ground controllers had told it to, prompting shouts of "She's talking!" among the ...
Let the Planet Hunt Begin
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May 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Kepler spacecraft has begun its search for other Earth-like worlds. The mission, which launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on March 6, will spend the next three-and-a-half years staring ...
Cassini Thruster Swap Planned
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Feb 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Cassini spacecraft will swap to a backup set of propulsion thrusters in mid-March due to degradation in the performance of the current set of thrusters.
Atlantic and East Pacific Ocean Hurricane Seasons Begin for 2009
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Summer soon begins in the Northern Hemisphere and, on June 1st, the Atlantic hurricane season kicks off. What do Atlantic and Pacific Ocean surface temperatures and heights tell forecasters ...
Scientists work to free Mars rover Spirit
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Oct 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In the past several weeks, scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory finished experimentation on methods to get the rover Spirit unstuck from its location near a plateau called Home Plate.
Heat Shield Readied for Next Mars Rover
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Jul 10, 2009 |
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Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, has finished building and testing the heat shield for protecting the Curiosity rover of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory project. This heat shield is even larger than the ...
NASA's Kepler Spacecraft Ready to Ship to Florida
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 18, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers are getting ready to pack NASA's Kepler spacecraft into a container and ship it off to its launch site at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The mission, scheduled to launch ...
Dawn Glides Into New Year
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 21, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Dawn spacecraft shut down its ion propulsion system today as scheduled. The spacecraft is now gliding toward a Mars flyby in February of next year.
Mars orbiter enters safe mode after disturbance
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Jun 05, 2009 |
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NASA says its powerful Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is in safe mode after being hit by a cosmic ray or solar particle.
NASA Releases Interactive 3-D Views of Space Station, New Mars Rover
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May 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA released an interactive, 3-D photographic collection of internal and external views of the International Space Station and a model of the next Mars rover on Thursday, May 7.
NASA Stardust Capsule To Go On Display At Smithsonian
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 26, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Having returned the world's first particles from a comet, NASA's Stardust sample return capsule will join the collection of flight icons in the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum ...
Mice Levitated for Space Research
Sep 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have managed to levitate young mice in research carried out for NASA. Levitated mice may help research on bone density loss during long exposures to low gravity, such as in space ...
Phoenix Lander Finishes Soil Delivery to Onboard Labs
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 22, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has finished scooping soil samples to deliver to its onboard laboratories, and is now preparing to analyze samples already obtained. Scientists are anxious to analyze ...
