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Two NASA missions that will expand our understanding of both the universe’s origins and our nearest star are now in orbit following a successful launch from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base yesterday. NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History ... More »
In a little over a day, NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope is slated to launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The observatory will map the entire celestial sky four times in two years, creating a 3D map of over 450 ... More »
Ross Brockwell (MS ’01) had plenty of time to mull over what he wanted for his first meal back on Earth. On June 25, 2023, the Caltech alum and three crewmates sealed the door of their 3D-printed habitat at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The door woul... More »
Mission engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena turned off the cosmic ray subsystem experiment aboard Voyager 1 on Feb. 25 and will shut off Voyager 2’s low-energy charged particle instrument on March 24. Three science instruments will contin... More »
When John Truong walked into his local donut shop seven years ago, he was not expecting to walk out on a path to Caltech. The former animator found himself at a crossroads after a decade spent working on major Hollywood films such as Frozen, How to Train Your ... More »
What is the molecular geometry of sulfur tetrafluoride? Which layer of the Sun is thickest? What is the average of the first 10 prime numbers? If you answered “see-saw,” “radiation zone,” and “12.9,” respectively, then you know a tiny fraction of what high sch... More »
The January wildfires in California devastated local habitats and communities. In an effort to better understand wildfire behavior, NASA scientists and engineers tried to learn from the events by testing new technology. The new instrument, the Compact Fire Inf... More »
NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer mission is led by Caltech’s Bethany Ehlmann, professor of planetary science and the Allen V. C. Davis and Lenabelle Davis Leadership Chair and director of the Keck Institute for Space Studies, and the mission is operated by IPAC at Cal... More »
Pasadena’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is preparing to send its latest lunar explorer skyward, hitching a ride on a commercial mission that exemplifies the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s new approach to Moon exploration. The JPL-managed Lunar Tr... More »
Soon, a new cone-shaped spacecraft will launch into space on a mission to chart the skies like never before. Called SPHEREx (for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer), the NASA mission will provide a uniqu... More »
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena will mark another milestone in space exploration the SPHEREx space telescope heads into space after its scheduled launch on February 27. The mission, managed by JPL, will investigate the origins of the universe and ... More »
Scientists at Caltech have developed a groundbreaking method to program and control living cellular materials, marking a major advance in bioengineering and nanotechnology. The research team, building on their 2019 discoveries, has created the first programmin... More »
