20 October 2017
NASA Psyche mission to use laser communication
... Biswas, DSOC Project Technologist in Flight Communications Systems at JPL. Delivery of DSOC for integration within the Psyche mission ... the laser beacon to DSOC will be sent from JPL's Table Mountain Facility in the Angeles National Forest, while...
04 December 2017
After 37 years, Voyager 1 fires up dormant thrusters
...safely test the thrusters," said Chris Jones, chief engineer at JPL. The replacement to the attitude control thrusters are the TCM ...if no time had passed at all," said Todd Barber, a JPL propulsion engineer. The plan is to switch to the TCM thrusters ...
26 November 2018
Success for InSight as it performs a flawless landing on Mars
...well worth the extraordinary effort,” said Tom Hoffman of JPL, InSight's project manager. With two out of ...to try to undertake this kind of mission," said Bruce Banerdt of JPL, InSight's principal investigator. "But even after landing, we'll need to...
15 February 2019
Let drilling commence! HP3 gets ready for action
...design, HP3 is actually quite light and weighs less than a pair of shoes said JPL's Troy Hudson, a scientist and engineer who helped design the instrument. But don’t ... Package (HP3), on the Martian surface on 12 Feb, 2019. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/DLR
28 October 2020
Unexpected molecule found in Titan's atmosphere
... if Titan is habitable,” said Rosaly Lopes, a senior research scientist and Titan expert at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. “So we want to know what compounds from the atmosphere get to the surface, and then, whether...
09 August 2021
Problem for Perseverance's first Mars sampling attempt
...the Sampling and Caching System,” said Jennifer Trosper, project manager for Perseverance at JPL. “Over the next few days, the team will be spending more time analyzing...the "Crater Floor Fractured Rough" area of Jezero Crater. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech
