In the historic cleanroom at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden (left) learns about the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) spacecraft’s radar instrument assembly from Wayne Lee, a flight system engineer from JPL (right). Image... More »
In the historic cleanroom at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden (left) learns about the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) spacecraft’s radar instrument assembly from Wayne Lee, a flight system engineer from JPL (right). Image... More »
In the historic cleanroom at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden (left) learns about the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) spacecraft’s radar instrument assembly from Wayne Lee, a flight system engineer from JPL (right). Image... More »
On Tuesday, NASA administrator Charles Bolden visited JPL to see the Earth missions planned for 2014. Last year was the year of Mars, but for NASA, 2014 will be the year of Earth science. Bolden and journalists suited up in long smocks, booties, hairnets and g... More »
A Xombie technology demonstrator from Masten Space Systems, Mojave, Calif., ascends from its pad at Mojave Air and Space Port on a test for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The vehicle is a vertical-takeoff, vertical-landing experimental rocket. It is being u... More »
A computer-generated image depicts NASA’s Juno spacecraft. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Juno spacecraft is halfway to Jupiter. The Jovian-system-bound spacecraft reached the milestone today (8/12/13) at 5:25 a.m. PDT (8:25 a.m. EDT/12:25 UTC). “Juno’s... More »
Artist concept of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Image credit: NASA/JPL Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission Status Report NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is switching from one motion-sensing device to a duplicate unit onboard. The veteran orbiter relies on th... More »
The California Assembly’s Governmental Organization Committee approved a bill Wednesday that would rely upon Caltech and UC Berkeley for a statewide early warning earthquake system. State Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Van Nuys, authored the bill that would task several... More »
From printing out a replacement foot for a duck to a human bone or car parts or even a mini statue of yourself, the world of 3D printing continues to move rapidly into the future with endless possibilities. Diego Porqueras stepped boldly into the 3D printing w... More »
One of the many counterintuitive and bizarre insights of quantum mechanics is that even in a vacuum—what many of us think of as an empty void—all is not completely still. Low levels of noise, known as quantum fluctuations, are always present. Always, that ... More »
This artist’s concept shows a simulated view from the surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa. Europa’s potentially rough, icy surface, tinged with reddish areas that scientists hope to learn more about, can be seen in the foreground. The giant planet Jupiter looms o... More »
This self-portrait of NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity combines 66 exposures taken by the rover’s Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) during the 177th Martian day, or sol, of Curiosity’s work on Mars (Feb. 3, 2013). Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Where were you when... More »
