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Caltech Names Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman as NASA JPL Deputy

Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman has been named Caltech associate vice president and deputy director of NASA’s Jet ...
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NASA’s Perseverance Offers Clues to Protect Crews from Mars Dust

This 360-degree panorama from NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover shows Neretva Vallis, the dusty, long-dried river channel that ...
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NASA Study Refines Projections for Thwaites Glacier

Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier pictured in 2014. A new study using a computer model developed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion ...
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Pedal to the Metal: NASA’s Psyche Heads Toward Asteroid Belt

On Sept. 28, the spacecraft began to use its propulsion system nearly continuously, pausing just once each week to check in ...
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NASA JPL Looks to Next 90 Years of Innovation, Exploration

Caltech graduate students and friends carry out their first rocket firing on Halloween, 1936, in a dry riverbed along which JPL would rise. Their work helped make possible missions such as ...
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Observational Products for End-Users from Remote Sensing Analysis

The first two are generated from synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and optical data. The third, fourth are derived from SAR data only, while the fifth is generated from Interferometric SAR (InSAR) data .
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Ocean Worlds Life Surveyor

For decades, many have sought to answer this question. Uncovering the truth not only broadens our understanding of the universe but also has the potential to yield vital information about the ...
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Mariner 3

Mariner 3 was designed to fly by Mars and conduct other interplanetary experiments along the way. Mariner 3 was designed to fly by Mars and conduct other interplanetary experiments along the way.
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Asteroid Redirect Robotic Mission

Asteroid Redirect Mission Ends Development The Asteroid Redirect Mission was intended to develop a robotic spacecraft to visit a large near-Earth asteroid and collect a multi-ton boulder from its ...