Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) What's the 411 on 2012? JPL's Don Yeomans provides a scientific reality check on the celestial happenings in the year 2012 in this new video and blog post at http://blogs.jpl.nasa.gov/.

2012: A Scientific Reality Check
Source: www.youtube.com
30 minutes ago
Chris DeMeo

Chris DeMeo Free Spirit !!!

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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Free Spirit Update: First attempts to extract Spirit from her sandtrap are rapidly approaching. You can listen live as the Mars Rover team discusses the situation and their plans during a news teleconference this Thursday (11/12) at 1pm EST at http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio . Can’t listen live? We’ll post an update Thursday directing you to a recording of the news conference.

NASA - NASA News Audio Live Streaming
Source: www.nasa.gov
News Audio
4 hours ago
Nasa Spinoff

Nasa Spinoff Hey JPL fans! If you're interested in learning about space technologies (including many originating at JPL) that are benefiting life on Earth, check out NASA Spinoff 2009, now available online at http://www.sti.nasa.gov/tto/, or check out our facebook fan page: http://bit.ly/5TZrP

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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) New views of Tropical Storm Ida from space – NASA satellite images provide insights into Ida, now bearing down on the northern U.S. Gulf Coast. Take a look.

NASA - Hurricane Season 2009: Tropical Storm Ida (Western Caribbean)
Source: www.nasa.gov
Mon at 18:12
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Jeff Andrews
Jeff Andrews
If certain people in power had their way we wouldn't have a space program. Think of that, no weather warnings, and no mobile phones or any satelites at all.
Yesterday at 01:09
Anthony Gonzalez

Anthony Gonzalez Any aware of any meteor shower tonight in california????

07 November at 18:20 · Report
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
The Taurid meteor shower is going on now and there have been some interesting fireballs seen lately, as reported today on Spaceweather.com (see “Weekend Fireballs”). The Leonid meteor shower starts on Nov. 19 and you can find more information about that at: http://bit.ly/3fYjxs.
Mon at 17:19
Alastair Dickson

Alastair Dickson Keep up the good work.

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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) A frosty bump on the north polar plains of Mars is actually the Phoenix lander. Look closely at these images taken by the HiRISE instrument on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter during the height of Martian winter.

Frost-Covered Phoenix Lander Seen in Winter Images - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Source: bit.ly
Winter images of NASA's Phoenix Lander showing the lander shrouded in dry-ice frost on Mars have been captured with the HiRISE camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
04 November at 17:55
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Jeremy, there are currently three active orbiters at Mars, two active surface missions, and four spacecraft on the surface that completed successful missions. For a full historical log of all Mars missions, check out NASA’s Mars Exploration Program site: http://bit.ly/4l0S45. You might also want to look at the Mars section on our Solar System Exploration site: http://bit.ly/1htnZT, which has more links to additional sources.
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Like this new image from Cassini's latest close Enceladus encounter? Check out other new raw images of the flyby. Go to: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/photos/raw/ and click on Select Camera: Narrow Angle; Target: Enceladus; Observation time: Newest and then “search images.

Marcus

Marcus Dawn is a robotic spacecraft sent by NASA/JPL on a space exploration mission to the two largest members of the asteroid belt: the asteroid Vesta and the dwarf planet Ceres. Launched on September 27, 2007, Dawn is scheduled to explore Vesta between 2011 and 2012, and Ceres in 2015.

http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/index.asp

David Cohen

David Cohen How did NASA decide to put JPL geographically? Why Pasadena? Always wanted to know that, Thanks!

31 October at 20:48 · Report
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
David, JPL has a unique history with links to Caltech and NASA. You might want to check our JPL Fact Sheet put together a while ago. The first couple of pages explain how, where and why JPL started: http://jpl.nasa.gov/news/fact_sheets/jpl.pdf
31 October at 21:11
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Halloween, JPL style! Our annual lunchtime parade is lots of fun, and it launches our yearly United Way campaign. Anybody seen any cool space costumes out there this weekend?

31 October at 20:41
Arun Kumar Dutta

Arun Kumar Dutta Zero means (+x)+(-x) and zero means nothing and x means something.The universe in front of us,one may take it as + (plus) universe.Where is then its - (minus) counterpart. Its probable answer is that it is in a very far distance to avoid annihilation, a synthesisation of these two.Here comes the concept of anti-matter.When will we explore the anti-universe.

Paul J Heidt

Paul J Heidt Can hardly wait to see this mission to Mars happen. I have signed up to send my name on this mission.

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