The larger ellipse in this image represents the target area for MSL’s landing prior to early June 2012, when the project revised it to the smaller ellipse centered nearer to the foot of Mount Sharp. [Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ESA/DLR/FU Berlin/MSSS] Increased c... More »
When Caltech senior Arvind Kannan graduates on Friday, he will be one highly decorated Techer. During this academic year, the chemical engineering major racked up multiple honors that will support his graduate studies, including a Churchill Scholarship, a Hert... More »
When Pasadena City College presents its latest graduating class on June 15, at 7 p.m. in PCC’s Robinson Stadium, it will be a celebration of achievement, desire, and student success. Juan Rodriguez is one example of student success among this year’s gradua... More »
This image shows changes in the target landing area for Curiosity, the rover of NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory project. The larger ellipse was the target area prior to early June 2012, when the project revised it to the smaller ellipse centered nearer to the f... More »
Artist’s concept of NuSTAR in orbit. NuSTAR has a 33-foot (10-meter) mast that deploys after launch to separate the optics modules (right) from the detectors in the focal plane (left). Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s NuSTAR mission is scheduled to launch... More »
Caltech graduate student Melissa Yeung has been selected one of 21 students nationally to receive a Department of Energy (DOE) Computational Science Graduate Fellowship this year. The honor covers up to four years of support for graduate studies in fields that... More »
Pasadena City College professors Eloy Zarate and Andrea Murray have organized an archeological educational program known as the San Gabriel Trench Project for Alhambra and San Gabriel school children. “Our presentations give students an idea of what archeology... More »
PASADENA POLICE DEPARTMENT PREPARES FOR A DUI SATURATION PATROL� PASADENA, Calif–The�Pasadena Police Department will be conducting a “Zero Tolerance” DUI Saturation Patrol on Saturday, June 9, 2012. The program will begin at 8:00 p.m. and end at 3:00 a.m. ... More »
Thermal emission from erupting volcanoes on the jovian moon, Io. A logarithmic scale is used to classify volcanoes on the basis of thermal emission: the larger the spot, the larger the thermal emission. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Bear Fight Institute A new... More »
NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft passes above Mars’ south pole in this artist’s concept illustration. The spacecraft has been orbiting Mars since October 24, 2001. Image credit: NASA/JPL Mars Odyssey Mission Status Report NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter put itself i... More »
The Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator Project will test inflatable decelerators and advanced parachutes in a series of rocket sled, wind tunnel, and rocket-powered flight tests to slow spacecraft prior to landing. This technology will allow NASA to increase l... More »
This image shows our own back yard, astronomically speaking, from a vantage point about 30 light-years away from the sun. It highlights the population of tiny brown dwarfs recently discovered by NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE (red circles)... More »
