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Have you ever wondered why it takes such a long period of time for NASA to build space exploration equipment? What is involved in manufacturing and building a rover for the Red Planet? During this lesson, students discover the journey that a Mars rover embarks upon after being designed by engineers and before being prepared for launch. Students investigate the fabrication techniques, tolerance concepts, assembly and field-testing associated with a Mars exploratory rover to prepare for the…
Engineers and technicians working on NASAs Mars 2020 mission prepare spacecraft components for acoustic testing in the Environmental Test Facility at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
On Sept. 15, NASA's Cassini spacecraft will complete its remarkable story of exploration with an intentional plunge into Saturn's atmosphere, ending its mission after nearly 20 years in space.
Characteristics of the seven TRAPPIST-1 worlds, compared to the rocky planets in our solar system.Astronomers have never seen anything like this before: Seven Earth-size alien worlds orbit the same tiny, dim star, and all of them may be capable of supporting life as we know it, a new study reports Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Want to test drive a career? There’s no better place to get on track than an internship with JPL. Here, we have gathered a list of “JPL Summer Internships” to make your way easy. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a unique national research facility that carries out robotic space and Earth science missions. Today JPL continues… Read More »JPL Summer Internships for Students