Caltech’s new president Ray Jayawardhana takes over amid JPL troubles, Trump probe
As a teen in Sri Lanka, Ray Jayawardhana wrote to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory asking about its Voyager…
New JPL satellite mission is burning through funds
The next phase of a highly successful satellite mission led by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has burned through…
Competition to run JPL comes at fraught moment
Weeks after Trump administration officials announced that management of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory would open to competitive bidding…
Scientists Just Tested a Thruster Powerful Enough for Human Missions to Mars
A type of advanced electric propulsion system thruster. Credit: NASA NASA’s new electric propulsion engine set a U.S.…
Caltech could lose control of JPL for first time in decades
The contract for management and operation of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will be opened up to a competitive…
NASA Will Compete JPL’s Management Contract
Keith’s note: NASA just issued this press release: “NASA announced plans Friday to compete the next contract for…
NASA’s New AI Processor Is 500x Faster Than Current Space Computers
Small enough to fit in the palm of a hand, NASA’s High Performance Spaceflight Computing processor packs the…
NASA Fires Up Record-Breaking Plasma Thruster for Future Mars Missions
NASA has fired up a record-breaking lithium plasma thruster that could transform future missions to Mars. The powerful…
FBI probes cases of missing or dead scientists, including four from the L.A. area
WASHINGTON — Amid growing national security concerns, the FBI said Tuesday that it has launched a broad investigation in the…
A renewed threat to JPL as the Trump administration tries again to cut NASA
WASHINGTON — NASA recaptured the world’s attention with Artemis II, which took astronauts to the moon and back for the…
NASA’s Juno spacecraft spots the largest volcanic eruption ever seen on Jupiter’s moon Io
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How one image taken from 3.7 billion miles away proved Earth is a speck in space
Voyager 1’s photographs included Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Venus. According to NASA’s website, ‘Mars was obscured by…