25 February 2018
Exploring the Planets – A Memoir
...either in history books or biographies; it is rare to read a memoir from a British space scientist who served at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in the early part of his career and this provides an interesting perspective. Fred Taylor spent the ...
18 July 2018
The Long Space Age
... American spaceflight is the re-emergence of a long-running trend, not a new phenomenon”. Written by an economist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (a rare bird indeed), this book investigates – in the words of its subtitle - “the economic origins...
21 November 2018
Jezero Crater chosen as landing site for Mars 2020 mission
... with safely landing were considered prohibitive,” said Ken Farley, project scientist for Mars 2020 at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. “But what was once out of reach is now conceivable, thanks to the 2020 engineering team and advances...
14 February 2019
NASA says a final goodbye to Opportunity
.... After more than a thousand commands to restore contact, engineers in the Space Flight Operations Facility at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) made their last attempt to revive Opportunity Tuesday, to no avail. The solar-powered rover's final...
31 January 2020
A final farewell to NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope
... into those things and empower people to use them, then truly incredible things will happen." NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, conducts mission operations and manages the Spitzer Space Telescope mission for the...
20 January 2021
"Mole" on NASA's InSight mission to dig no more
... we attempted to do – to dig so deep with a device so small – is unprecedented,” said Troy Hudson, a scientist and engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California who has led efforts to get the mole deeper into the Martian crust...
