Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Perseverance (Rover)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mars
Mars 2020
Mars Sample Return (MSR)
The Solar System
Originally thought of as little more than a route clear of rover-slowing boulders, Neretva Vallis has provided a bounty of geologic options for the science team.    After detouring through a dune field to avoid wheel-rattling boulders, NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover reached its latest area of scientific interest on June 9. The route change not […]
Posted June 13, 2024
Armstrong Flight Research Center
General
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Learning Resources
MUREP
STEM Engagement at NASA
Students from a minority-serving university in California are helping solve challenges of autonomous systems for future drone operations on Earth and other planets. These students are making the most of opportunities with NASA, the U.S.
Posted June 12, 2024
Voyager Program
Heliophysics
Heliosphere
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jupiter
Neptune
Planetary Science
Saturn
The Solar System
Uranus
Voyager 1
Voyager 2
Known for his steady leadership, consensus building, and enthusiasm for engaging the public in science, Stone left a deep impact on the space community. Edward C. Stone, former director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, and longtime project scientist of the agency’s Voyager mission, died on June 9, 2024. He was 88. He […]
Posted June 11, 2024
Mars
Curiosity (Rover)
Goddard Space Flight Center
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN)
In addition to producing auroras, a recent extreme storm provided more detail on how much radiation future astronauts could encounter on the Red Planet. Mars scientists have been anticipating epic solar storms ever since the Sun entered a period of peak activity earlier this year called solar maximum. Over the past month, NASA’s Mars rovers […]
Posted June 10, 2024
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
In his new role, his leadership will be critical in fostering an environment of scientific innovation and excellence, ensuring that JPL remains at the forefront of discovery. Distinguished planetary scientist and astrophysicist Jonathan I. Lunine has been appointed chief scientist of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Posted June 6, 2024
Technology Transfer & Spinoffs
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Spinoffs
Technology Transfer
Power modules driven by ocean temperatures save money, reduce pollution
Posted June 4, 2024
Europa
Europa Clipper
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jupiter Moons
Kennedy Space Center
Launch Services Program
Missions
NASA Centers & Facilities
Crews rotated to vertical then lifted NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft from its protective shipping container after it arrived at the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 28.
Posted May 31, 2024
PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment)
Climate Change
Earth
Earth Science
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Information from the PREFIRE mission will illuminate how clouds and water vapor in the Arctic and Antarctic influence the amount of heat the poles radiate into space. A pair of new shoebox-size NASA satellites will help unravel an atmospheric mystery that’s bedeviled scientists for years: how the behavior of clouds and water vapor at Earth’s […]
Posted May 30, 2024
Earth's Moon
Artemis
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Lunar Science
Mars
Planetary Geosciences & Geophysics
Planetary Science
Science Instruments
The technology behind the two seismometers that make up NASA’s Farside Seismic Suite was used to detect more than a thousand Red Planet quakes. The most sensitive instrument ever built to measure quakes and meteor strikes on other worlds is getting closer to its journey to the mysterious far side of the Moon. It’s one […]
Posted May 29, 2024
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Magellan
Planetary Geosciences & Geophysics
Planetary Science
Planetary Science Division
Venus
VERITAS (Venus Emissivity, Radio Science, InSAR, Topography & Spectroscopy)
Volcanoes
An analysis of data from Magellan’s radar finds two volcanoes erupted in the early 1990s. This adds to the 2023 discovery of a different active volcano in Magellan data. Direct geological evidence of recent volcanic activity on Venus has been observed for a second time. Scientists in Italy analyzed archival data from NASA’s Magellan mission […]
Posted May 27, 2024
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