JPL/NASA
JPL/NASA or NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory traces its heritage back to 1936 when it conducted it conducted rocket tests. The main headquarters is listed in Pasadena, but the field work and lab is in nearby La Canada-Flintridge in the San Gabriel Valley. JPL is funded through NASA, but it is managed by Cal Tech. JPL encompasses not only space exploration, but includes Climate, Water and an Environmental component. JPL is considered by some to be the brain trust of the space program which includes engineering, technology, climate and water research. JPL is the research and design center for space vehicles, the rovers and cutting edge research on climatology.
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4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109
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veronica [dot] mcgregor [at] jpl [dot] nasa [dot] gov
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818-354-5011
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"JPL/NASA" in the news:
NASA to Study Seeds in Space to Understand Plant Growth
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 08, 2010 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA scientists hope to better understand exactly how and why plants grow differently in space in an experiment named, Tropi. Future astronauts may be able to grow plants as part of life support systems on ...
NASA Studies Nanomechanics of Inner Ear
Feb 05, 2010 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Learning how to walk again after long-duration space flights is a problem astronauts face as they readjust to Earth's gravity. To learn how microgravity affects human space travelers, NASA scientists studied ...
Space Station Primed for New Era of Scientific Discoveries
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 05, 2010 |
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NASA is looking forward to unprecedented scientific opportunities aboard the International Space Station. With station assembly nearing completion, the ISS Partnership is looking forward to using the station to its fullest ...
NASA Radar Studies Continue in Central America, Hispaniola
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 05, 2010 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA radar imaging flights over Central America, Haiti and the Dominican Republic are in the second week of a three-week campaign.
New Hubble Maps of Pluto Show Surface Changes (w/ Video)
Feb 04, 2010 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA today released the most detailed set of images ever taken of the distant dwarf planet Pluto. The images taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope show an icy and dark molasses-colored, mottled ...
Robonaut 2: NASA, GM Create Cutting Edge Robotic Technology
Feb 04, 2010 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Robonaut is evolving. NASA and General Motors are working together to accelerate development of the next generation of robots and related technologies for use in the automotive and aerospace ...
NASA Extends Cassini's Tour of Saturn
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 03, 2010 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA will extend the international Cassini-Huygens mission to explore Saturn and its moons to 2017. The agency's fiscal year 2011 budget provides a $60 million per year extension for continued ...
Solar Dynamics Observatory Set to Launch Feb. 9
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 02, 2010 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is set to launch from Florida no earlier than 10:30 a.m. EST on Feb. 9, on an unprecedented mission to study the sun and its dynamic behavior. Onboard ...
JPL Airborne Radar Captures Its First Image of Post-Quake Haiti
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 02, 2010 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- JPL's Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) captured this false-color composite image of the city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and the surrounding region on Jan. 27, 2010. ...
Suspected Asteroid Collision Leaves Odd X-Pattern of Trailing Debris
Feb 02, 2010 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has imaged a mysterious X-shaped debris pattern and trailing streamers of dust that suggest a head-on collision between two asteroids. Astronomers have long thought ...
3D Measurements of Apollo 14 Landing Site
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 02, 2010 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Can we measure the size and shape of equipment and other objects on the moon using orbital images from the current Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission?
Prometheus: Over Easy
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 29, 2010 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Looking for all intents and purposes like a celestial egg after a session in Saturn's skillet, Prometheus displayed its pockmarked, irregular surface for NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Jan. ...
Route 66: Cassini's Next Look at Titan
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 27, 2010 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Sixteen days after last visiting Saturn's largest moon, NASA's Cassini spacecraft returns for another look-see of the cloud-shrouded moon - this time from on high. The flyby on Thursday, Jan. ...
Newborn Black Holes May Add Power to Many Exploding Stars
Jan 27, 2010 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers studying two exploding stars, or supernovae, have found evidence the blasts received an extra boost from newborn black holes. The supernovae were found to emit jets of particles ...
NASA Gives 'Go' for Feb. 7 as Final Space Shuttle Night Launch
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 27, 2010 |
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Space shuttle Endeavour is set to launch Feb. 7 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., to begin a 13-day flight to the International Space Station. Liftoff is planned for 3:39 a.m. CST, making it the final ...
