By Julie Cooper Each month in “Slice of History” we’ll be featuring a historical photo from the JPL Archives. See more historical photos and explore the JPL Archives at https://beacon.jpl.nasa.gov/. Low Temperature Propellant Tests — Photograph Number 6-8 It was 1943 and JPL was at the beginning stages of rocket motor research and development. Over [...]
By Marc Rayman NASA’s Dawn spacecraft is less than three months away from getting into orbit around its first target, the giant asteroid Vesta. Each month, Marc Rayman, Dawn’s chief engineer, shares an update on the mission’s progress. Artist’s concept of NASA’s Dawn spacecraft. The giant asteroid Vesta, Dawn’s next destination, is on the lower [...]
By JPL Education, Web and Photojournal On Thursday, as part of Take Your Child to Work Day, JPLers and their kids made the climb up to The Hub, an new interactive meeting space at the lab, to test their skills as JPL web editors. Building on the success of a similar activity put on by [...]
By Steve Edberg Alien vs. Editor is a forum for questions and answers about extrasolar planets and NASA’s search for life beyond our solar system. Leave your questions for author Steve Edberg and read more on the PlanetQuest website Tubeworms that grow near the boundary where hot vent fluid mixes with cold seawater on the [...]
By Julie Cooper Each month in “Slice of History” we’ll be featuring a historical photo from the JPL Archives. See more historical photos and explore the JPL Archives at https://beacon.jpl.nasa.gov/. Ranger Midcourse Motor — Photograph Number 384-5117B Engineer Ted Metz proudly showed off the Ranger midcourse correction motor in a photo similar to this one [...]
By Marc Rayman NASA’s Dawn spacecraft is less than four months away from getting into orbit around its first target, the giant asteroid Vesta. Each month, Marc Rayman, Dawn’s chief engineer, shares an update on the mission’s progress. Artist’s concept of NASA’s Dawn spacecraft. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Dear Conndawnsseurs, Three and a half years after [...]
The founder of the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder Mission, Team Leader Dr. Moustafa T. Chahine The founder of the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder Mission, Team Leader Dr. Moustafa T. Chahine, leaves behind a distinguished legacy of science, discovery, mentorship, and deep friendship. Beyond a career rich in accomplishment, Mous was a dear friend and colleague to so [...]
By Marc Rayman NASA’s Dawn spacecraft is a mere four months away from getting into orbit around its first target, the giant asteroid Vesta. Each month, Marc Rayman, Dawn’s chief engineer, shares an update on the mission’s progress. Artist’s concept of NASA’s Dawn spacecraft at the asteroid Vesta. The mission is four months away from [...]
By Julie Cooper Each month in “Slice of History” we’ll be featuring a historical photo from the JPL Archives. See more historical photos and explore the JPL Archives at https://beacon.jpl.nasa.gov/. Transition Pipe — Photograph Number 327-287A This test setup was part of an investigation in 1954 of the stability of laminar pipe flow with respect [...]
By Todd Ratcliff The Apollo 15 (left) and Apollo 11 (right) lunar laser ranging retroreflector arrays. Image credit: NASA/D. Scott Everyone knows that Earth’s Moon is a cold, dead chunk of rock, right? Hold on there, Sparky, not so fast! While it’s true that it was once thought that the moon was an inert, lifeless [...]
