13 February 2024
Thales Alenia Space to provide comms for planetary defence mission
... than 140 m across that would be capable of causing significant damage should they impact Earth. Managed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), NEO Surveyor will journey 1.5 million kilometres to a region of gravitational stability – called the...
21 November 2018
Jezero Crater chosen as landing site for Mars 2020 mission
... challenges 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
...June 2018. 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...
31 January 2020
A final farewell to NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope
... alone," said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. "This Great ...them, then truly incredible things will happen." NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, conducts mission...
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...
17 February 2021
Perseverance due to land on Mars tomorrow!
... than 48 hours away from attempting to land the agency’s fifth rover on the Red Planet. Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, where the mission is managed, have confirmed that the spacecraft is healthy and on target...
