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“What do you want to be when you grow up?” is a question it seems like every child gets asked. A few precocious ones might answer “a doctor” or “an astronaut,” but most will probably smile and shrug their shoulders. But well before a child could comprehend the... More »
NASA’s Mars 2020 spacecraft carrying Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Perseverance rover to the Red Planet has sent back data for the first time since its launch nearly three months ago, from a distance of well over a million miles, according to JPL. An array of se... More »
Always looking for ways to leverage new technologies to improve their spacecraft, engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory have included 11 3D-printed metal parts on their Perseverance rover, set to touch down on Mars in February, according to JPL. The bu... More »
A sensor on the Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s InSight Mars lander known as the “mole” has vanished beneath the Martian surface as it works its way deeper into the ground in order to take the Red Planet’s temperature, as seen in new images released by JPL. Formal... More »
In his quest to bring ever-faster cameras to the world, Caltech’s Lihong Wang has developed technology that can reach blistering speeds of 70 trillion frames per second, fast enough to see light travel. Just like the camera in your cell phone, though, it can o... More »
The advent of inexpensive wearable sensors that can monitor heart rate and body temperature, as well as levels of blood sugar and metabolic byproducts, has allowed researchers and health professionals to monitor human health in ways never before possible. But ... More »
New research conducted by a Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientist and a team of colleagues in Alabama and Texas has uncovered an important clue toward understanding what causes hurricanes to suddenly and dramatically increase in strength as they make landfall in... More »
A Pasadena-based robotics and space technologies company has been awarded an $8.7 million NASA contract to develop a new robotic arm to be used on the Moon, in orbit, and on Earth, NASA announced Wednesday. SSL Robotics was among 14 U.S. companies to receive a... More »
? Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory unveiled a new type of robotic rover Tuesday that is capable of splitting itself in two to access steep cliffs and other hard-to-reach places on other planets in search of scientific discoveries, according to JPL... More »
A small team of student researchers from Cal State, Northridge has embarked on an anthropological study of remote working conditions at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in an effort to help improve communication and streamline the process, according to the uni... More »
Skywatchers will be treated to their closest view of Mars in 17 years on Tuesday night, according to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The Red Planet will be seen hanging low in the southern sky as it reaches “opposition,” meaning the Sun and Mars are on oppos... More »
As the world is more than half a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors and researchers have a fairly good idea of what the main symptoms of the disease look like: cough, fever, shortness of breath, and fatigue, among others. But equally important to treatin... More »
