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NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), a federally funded research and development center managed by Caltech for NASA, is a leading center for robotic space exploration. JPL designs, builds, and operates planetary robotic spacecraft, Earth-orbit, and astronomy missions, including rovers sent to Mars, probes to the outer solar system, and satellites studying Earth. It also manages NASA's Deep Space Network and partners with organizations like NASA, ESA, and universities like Georgia Tech to advance space science and technology.

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NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory operates on the AWS Ground Station rather than developing its own ground-station capabilities.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Feb 9, 2021Amazon Web Services sees role as technology enabler for space industry

A microwave radiometer developed at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory supports the radar altimeter by measuring atmospheric water vapor to provide timing corrections.

CapabilityValue 4.0Nov 21, 2020Falcon 9 launches Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich ocean science satellite

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory serves as the control center for the Mars 2020 mission.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.5Jul 30, 2020Atlas 5 launches Mars 2020 mission

More than 1,000 people were involved with the Mars 2020 mission, with about 100 people at Cape Canaveral and several hundred more working at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

GrowthGeneralValue 3.0Jul 21, 2020NASA still grappling with effects of coronavirus pandemic

GeoOptics developed its radio occultation sensors with the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Tyvak.

RelationshipsValue 3.8Jun 17, 2020Cubesat built in Monaco reveals new partnership approach

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory is operated by Caltech and has been at Stage 3 since March.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 3.0May 17, 2020NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility to partially reopen

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory developed the Ventilator Intervention Technology Accessible Locally (VITAL), a ventilator designed for treating COVID-19 patients that is simpler and faster to build than conventional ventilators and uses only a small fraction of the parts of a conventional ventilator.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Apr 23, 2020NASA shows off coronavirus pandemic projects

On 2020-02-21, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory decided to use the robotic arm to push on the top, or back cap, of the mole to force the mole into the ground.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Feb 21, 2020InSight to try to push mole into Martian surface

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory lost contact with the ASTERIA spacecraft on 2020-01-03.

GeneralValue 3.8Jan 7, 2020Cubesats gain broader acceptance for astrophysics missions

NASA decided in September 2019 to pursue the NEO Surveillance Mission as a directed mission led by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory rather than as a competed Discovery program mission.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Dec 26, 2019NASA mission to track near Earth objects takes shape

Amy Mainzer moved from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to the University of Arizona earlier in 2019 and will serve as survey director for the NEO Surveillance Mission.

GovernanceGeneralValue 4.0Dec 26, 2019NASA mission to track near Earth objects takes shape

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory plans to purchase Morpheus thrusters to test and qualify them for future NASA missions.

PlanRelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Nov 21, 2019Accelerator boosts prospects for Morpheus Space

On 2019-10-17, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory recorded that the mole moved about two centimeters deeper into the surface between 2019-10-08 and 2019-10-17.

CapabilityGeneralValue 2.2Oct 18, 2019InSight instrument resumes movement into Martian surface

Bobby Braun will join the Jet Propulsion Laboratory effective 2019-01-15 as a member of its executive team charged with leading the center’s planetary exploration missions.

GovernanceValue 3.5Oct 2, 2019Former NASA chief technologist to lead JPL planetary exploration program

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory will perform a study this fall to examine merging significant portions of its Mars Exploration Directorate with its Solar System Exploration Directorate.

PlanValue 2.0Oct 2, 2019Former NASA chief technologist to lead JPL planetary exploration program

Astrobotic will partner with the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory to equip CubeRover with a smart vision system that can adapt resolution to provide high definition for critical science targets and lower definition for routine navigation to preserve bandwidth.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.6Oct 2, 2019Astrobotic’s CubeRover Program Awarded $2 Million Contract by NASA

Astrobotic received $2,000,000 to work with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Kennedy Space Center to continue development of small rovers.

RelationshipsFinancialPlanValue 4.6Sep 28, 2019Blue Origin and SpaceX among winners of NASA exploration technology contracts

Xenesis is based in Chicago and emerged from stealth mode in 2018 with plans to sell a small optical transceiver developed at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

PlanCapabilityValue 3.6Sep 18, 2019Xenesis to test optical terminal on Bartolomeo platform

Xenesis emerged from stealth mode in 2018 with plans to sell a small optical transceiver developed at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

CapabilityPlanValue 3.8Sep 6, 2019Xenesis inks optical transceiver distribution deal

The HyTI mission will test an interferometric imaging approach for acquiring spectral data and NASA/JPL’s Barrier InfraRed Detector technology.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Jul 4, 2019ISISpace selected by the Hawaii Space Flight Laboratory to realize a 6U CubeSat platform
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