A Mars rover built and managed by Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena collected a rock sample that contains what NASA officials are calling the strongest evidence yet of ancient life on the red ...

JPL has taken various measures to meet the current FY'25 budget allocation, but have reached the difficult decision to reduce the workforce through layoffs. This reduction affects approximately 325 ...

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory unit of NASA this week will lay off about 550 employees — more than 10% of JPL's workforce — as part of a restructuring. The job cuts "are not related to the current ...

The mission is the newest generation of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment, or GRACE. The satellites measure water mass across the planet.

“This observation confirms that the instrument can produce a focused image,” said Vanessa Bailey, a Roman Coronagraph Instrument scientist at NASA JPL. “It’s a very limited test that kicks off a ...

NASA plans to open up competition for control over the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which has historically been operated by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). This move is part of ...

WASHINGTON, May 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The following is a statement from acting NASA Administrator Janet Petro on the appointment of David Gallagher as director of the agency's Jet Propulsion ...

NASA announced Friday that it will be soliciting bids for a new operator to take over the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), the center responsible for every single American Mars rover, and whose ...

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena laid off about 550 employees, or 11% of its total staff, on Tuesday. The layoff spanned technical, business and support areas. This is the third round of ...

The NASA-funded Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge announced on Tuesday that it will lay off about 5% of its staff. "Despite this being incredibly difficult for our community, this ...

JPL is proud of its long record of mutually beneficial partnerships with universities and continually seeks to work with faculty and the next generation of scientists and engineers to ensure JPL's ...