Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The New Mars Landing Approach: How We’ll Land Large Payloads on the Red Planet
Back in 2007, I talked with Rob Manning, engineer extraordinaire at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and he told me something…
NASA’s JPL Lays Off Another 325 People
NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab has announced a second round of layoffs for 2024, this time laying off 325 people -…
NASA’s JPL Lays Off Hundreds of Workers
In a disheartening turn of events, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has announced that it's laying off about 8% of its…
Oumuamua Could be the Fragment of a Disintegrated Interstellar Comet
Since it was first detected hurling through our Solar System, the interstellar object known as 'Oumuamua has been a source…
Sky Pointing Curiosity Captures Breathtaking Vista of Mount Sharp and Crater Rim, Climbs Vera Rubin Seeking Hydrated Martian Minerals
5 years after a heart throbbing Martian touchdown, Curiosity is climbing Vera Rubin Ridge in search of “aqueous minerals” and…
Opportunity Starts Historic Descent of Tantalizing Martian Gully to Find Out How Was It Carved
From the precipice of "Perseverance Valley" NASA’s teenaged Red Planet robot Opportunity has begun the historic first ever descent of…
See NASA’s Curiosity Rover Simultaneously from Orbit and Red Planet’s Surface Climbing Mount Sharp
You can catch a glimpse of what its like to see NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover simultaneously high overhead from orbit…
Opportunity Reaches ‘Perseverance Valley’ Precipice – Ancient Fluid Carved Gully on Mars
Now well into her 13th year roving the Red Planet, NASA’s astoundingly resilient Opportunity rover has arrived at the precipice…
Trump Proposes $19.1 Billion 2018 NASA Budget, Cuts Earth Science and Education
The Trump Administration has proposed a $19.1 Billion NASA budget request for Fiscal Year 2018, which amounts to a $0.5…
Curiosity Watches a Dust Devil Go Past
Tis a season of incredible wind driven activity on Mars like few before witnessed by our human emissaries ! Its…