Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Space Technology Mission Directorate
Game Changing Development Program
High-Tech Computing
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Langley Research Center
Technology
Technology for Space Travel
For decades, NASA has advanced on-board spacecraft computer processors that coordinate and execute the functions needed to support mission success. Space computing originated in the 1960s with the Apollo Guidance Computers, which were pivotal for guidance, navigation, and control computations during NASA’s first Moon missions.
Posted May 8, 2026
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Marshall Space Flight Center
NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program
Technology
Through NASA, a university-designed small spacecraft is paving the way to studying particles, known as neutrinos, that move through the universe at near-light speeds. The Solar Neutrino Astro-Particle PhYsics CubeSat, known as SNAPPY, launched at 12 a.m.
Posted May 7, 2026
NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)
Earth
Earth Science
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Natural Disasters
One of the most powerful radar systems ever launched into space has mapped the ground moving beneath one of fastest subsiding capitals in the world: Mexico City.
Posted April 29, 2026
Technology Demonstration
Glenn Research Center
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Marshall Space Flight Center
Space Nuclear Propulsion (SNP)
Space Technology Mission Directorate
A technology that could propel crewed missions to Mars and robotic spacecraft throughout the solar system was recently put to the test at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. On Feb. 24, for the first time in years and at power levels exceeding any previous test in the United States, a team fired up […]
Posted April 28, 2026
Artemis 2
Artemis
Communicating and Navigating with Missions
Glenn Research Center
Goddard Space Flight Center
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Space Communications & Navigation Program
Space Communications Technology
Technology Demonstration
Millions of people watched the historic launch of Artemis II and were captivated by the mission’s 10-day journey around the Moon as NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen ventured farther into space than any human before.
Posted April 28, 2026
Mars
Astrobiology
Curiosity (Rover)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Perseverance (Rover)
NASA’s Curiosity and Perseverance rovers have captured two 360-degree landscapes that highlight how the missions are revealing details of the Red Planet’s formation, watery past, and potential for life. Located 2,345 miles (3,775 kilometers) apart from each other on Mars — about the distance from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C.
Posted April 27, 2026
SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe and Ices Explorer)
Astrophysics
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Nebulae
Protostars
Stars
The Milky Way
NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer) mission has mapped interstellar ice at an unprecedented scale.
Posted April 15, 2026
NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)
Earth
Earth Science
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Water on Earth
Seattle and Portland, Oregon, are among the cloudiest cities in the United States. But that infamous cloud cover is no match for the U.S.-Indian Earth satellite NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar), which is designed to peer straight through clouds.
Posted March 25, 2026
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Ames Research Center
Goddard Space Flight Center
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program
Technology
As NASA seeks to understand the mysteries of the universe, the agency is advancing technologies to locate and explore Earth-like planets far beyond our solar system. A key element of this research involves observing reflected light from exoplanets, which can reveal indicators of Earth-like features such as water and oxygen.
Posted March 24, 2026
General
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA Headquarters
Real-life space exploration and big-screen science fiction will converge on Friday.
Posted March 20, 2026
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