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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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Lunar Trailblazer, developed by Caltech and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, is a lunar orbiter designed to map water ice deposits using advanced infrared instruments.

CapabilityGeneralValue 5.0Jun 27, 2019NASA selects planetary mission proposals large and small

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory will use InSight’s robotic arm to lift the support structure for the HP3 in order to troubleshoot the instrument.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Jun 6, 2019NASA tries new approach to fix Mars InSight instrument

Apollo Fusion signed an agreement with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory that gives Apollo Fusion an exclusive worldwide commercial license for JPL’s Magnetically Shielded Miniature (MaSMi) Hall thruster technology and a contract to provide JPL with three MaSMi-based thrusters.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.6May 7, 2019Apollo Fusion obtains Hall thruster technology from JPL

JPL delivered COWVR to the Air Force Space Rapid Capabilities Office prior to cancellation of ORS-6 launch plans due to problems with the satellite bus.

RelationshipsPlanCapabilityValue 4.0Apr 18, 2019Small Air Force microwave sensor to fly on space station

The U.S. Air Force plans to test a small microwave sensor developed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on the International Space Station in 2021.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Apr 18, 2019Small Air Force microwave sensor to fly on space station

Mechanical actuators for various parts of the Mars 2020 rover have been delivered to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Mar 31, 2019Mars 2020 instrument survives termination review

As of 2019-02-05, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory had not received signals from either of the Mars Cube One (MarCO) cubesats since the beginning of the year.

GeneralValue 3.0Feb 6, 2019Mars cubesats fall silent

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory has about 6,000 employees and a $2,500,000,000 budget in 2018.

FinancialGeneralValue 4.0Jan 15, 2019JPL is still at work, for now

NASA pays the California Institute of Technology to manage the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a federally funded research and development center in Pasadena, California.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Jan 15, 2019JPL is still at work, for now

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has not furloughed employees due to the government shutdown and may have to consider mission-by-mission staffing adjustments if Congress does not approve NASA funding by the end of January.

LegalPlanFinancialValue 2.5Jan 15, 2019JPL is still at work, for now

Space-Based High Frequency Testbed 2 was developed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to demonstrate using high-frequency radio signals to study the ionosphere.

GeneralCapabilityValue 4.0Dec 16, 2018Rocket Lab launches cubesats for NASA

The complete seismometer on NASA’s InSight lander was led by the French space agency CNES and collaboratively built with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Dec 10, 2018Satellite component supplier Sodern seeks to double output by 2020

Project leaders at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory decided on 2018-11-25 to carry out a sixth and final trajectory correction maneuver (TCM) during InSight’s cruise phase.

PlanValue 4.0Nov 25, 2018InSight to perform final maneuver before landing

Astrobotic will study advanced navigation techniques under a 15-month Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II-X contract managed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

RelationshipsPlanCapabilityLegalValue 4.0Oct 11, 2018Astrobotic Wins NASA Research Contract to Target Landings on Icy, Outer Planet Moons

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, operated by Caltech for NASA, is the agency’s only current federally funded research and development center (FFRDC).

GeneralRelationshipsGovernanceValue 3.5Sep 5, 2018NASA delays decision on space technology reorganization

Jet Propulsion Laboratory provided a mid-August 2018 tau value of 2.1 for Opportunity’s location, which later rose to 2.5.

CapabilityValue 3.5Sep 1, 2018NASA to soon start 45-day campaign to revive the Opportunity Mars rover

Astrobotic will lead a public-private partnership that includes Moog Space and Defense, Moog Broad Reach, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and NASA Johnson Space Center to develop a commercial TRN and visual velocimetry sensor for lunar and planetary landers.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Aug 8, 2018Astrobotic Selected for NASA Award to Develop Sensor for Precise Planetary Landings

One of NASA’s 10 major field centers, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, is an FFRDC operated by the California Institute of Technology under a contract with NASA.

RelationshipsValue 4.3Jun 21, 2018NASA to study converting centers into FFRDCs

The helicopter is being developed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory independently of the Mars 2020 mission with coordination to ensure the helicopter could be added to the rover.

PlanCapabilityValue 3.0May 4, 2018Decision expected soon on adding helicopter to Mars 2020

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is working with Lockheed Martin to determine the cause of the cracking in the Mars 2020 heat shield structure.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 3.5Apr 27, 2018Cracked heat shield won’t delay Mars 2020 mission
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