3 CADRE Lunar Rovers Pass Key Test at JPL's Mars Yard Ahead Launch for Moon Mission

Medicine & Technology Mar 15, 2024

Three mini lunar rovers passed the necessary test for their moon mission later this year or early 2025. Continue reading to learn more.

Mars Sample Return Mission Faces Trouble as NASA's JPL Lets Go of 530 Employees

Feb 07, 2024

With the recent layoffs in the Jet Propulsion Lab and cost-cutting efforts, NASA's Mars Sample Return mission faces great trouble. Read to learn more.

Massive Airplane-Sized Asteroid To Blaze Over Earth at Speed of 46,891 Mph

May 15, 2023

A 200-foot-long asteroid is expected to fly by the Earth on May 16. Read to learn more.

NASA's JPL Designs Snake Robot to Explore Diverse Terrains, Search for Evidence of Life

Apr 13, 2023

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is working on a new snake design for terrain exploration. Read more.

NASA Says House-Sized Asteroid Eerily Passed By Earth Monday, See How Often Tiny Space Rocks Visit The Planet

Mar 28, 2022

A house-sized near-Earth object passed by the planet in a recent flyby. Read more to know how NASA described the incident and how often it happens.

Refrigerator-Sized Deep Space Atomic Clocks Improve Autonomy in Spacecrafts for Future Missions

Jul 05, 2021

A new report by NASA includes the improvement of spacecraft autonomy through the refrigerator-sized atomic clock technology.

Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Won the Prestigious 2021 Space Exploration Award

Jun 16, 2021

Space Foundation has honored NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter and awarded them the 2021 John L. “Jack” Swigert Jr. Award for Space Exploration for its history-making achievements.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Utilizing Bright Computing for Its Mars Missions

Jun 09, 2021

Bright Computing recently announced that the Jet Propulsion Laboratory or JPL of NASA chose Bright Cluster Manager for JPL's latest clustered environment in its research and development lab.

JPL Tech In Space And On Ground Helps Save Lives After Disaster

May 09, 2015

Technology from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) helped search-and-rescue teams find and save four men buried in rubble following the Nepal Earthquake. FINDER, a device no larger than a carry-on suitcase weighing less than 20 pounds, detected the heartbeats of the victims through 10 feet of wood, mud, and brick.

Finding Signs of Life From Space—NASA Rescues Few in Nepal

May 08, 2015

After days of being pinned beneath up to 10 feet of rubble, four men were rescued in Nepal thanks to NASA search-and-rescue technology. This marks the first real-world use of NASA's advanced sensing technology.

Dawn Spacecraft Arrives to Ceres—Hear What NASA Has to Say About the Mission

Mar 06, 2015

After more than seven years of drifting in space, NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has finally achieved its primary mission of entering orbit around the dwarf planet Ceres. Becoming the first ever mission to achieve orbit around a dwarf planet, mission controllers with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory received confirmation this morning that the small orbiter had finally reached its destination.

Watch: NASA Moves Martian Orbiters to Avoid Comet Siding Spring

Oct 20, 2014

Mars had a close call this past weekend as a comet passed so close to the Red Planet that NASA moved its three Mars orbiters to the opposite side of the planet hoping to shield them from the dust and gas debris left by the tail of Comet Siding Spring.