Tags: Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Juno Spacecraft Discovers the Hexagon-Shaped Storm on Jupiter's South Pole

ENERGY 12.18.2019 08:53 AM

The Juno spacecraft was able to discover the giant storm during its death-dodging flyby last November 3 and it was observed that the Texas-sized storm is made up of six other cyclones.

BRUIE is NASA's Solution to Finding Life in Oceanic Worlds

11.27.2019 10:00 AM

If it becomes successful in approaching these water worlds, BRUIE can help scientists learn a lot about the topography of the underside of the ice found in these satellites, including how they were formed and its effects on the immediate environment since the ice have the ability to trap gases either from biological or geological processes.

NASA Would Create The 'Coldest Spot In The Universe' At International Space Station, With Laser Powered Atom Freezer [Video]

03.10.2017 10:21 AM

NASA has created Cold Atom Laboratory(CAL) to generate the coldest spot in the Universe. Scientists from Jet Propulsion laboratory of NASA is planning to send the freezer to International Space Station.

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

05.09.2015 16:11 PM

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

05.08.2015 14:06 PM

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

03.06.2015 15:59 PM

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.

SMAP Launch Promises New View of Earth’s Soil—From Space

01.31.2015 16:21 PM

As climate change issues intensify, and many countries face continuing droughts, NASA’s newest mission plans to offer a bit of assistance in confronting a drying Earth. Sent into orbit just this morning, Saturday Jan. 31 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, NASA’s Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission plans to give researchers and farmers vital information about the moisture of any given soil on the face of the Earth.

NASA Climate Research Satellite Launch Postponed Due to Fast Winds

01.29.2015 19:12 PM

Fast winds over California postponed a NASA satellite launch today, but researchers with the space agency say that the mission is far from over. Set to launch this morning, Jan. 29, the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) spacecraft developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory may have had a setback but it still has plans to map the world in a way researchers have never done before.

NASA—How Tropical Rainforests May Help End the Climate Change Issue

01.07.2015 17:33 PM

If 2014 made anything evident on the global stage, it’s that climate change is a serious issue and one that must be dealt with urgently. Many hope that the United Nations Summit in 2015 will bring some sort of international change, but with new research from the US space agency NASA, researchers are now saying that we may have some added help on our side—tropical rainforests.