The four instruments on NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft are returning science data for the first time since a computer malfunction last November, as scientists hope to keep the mission operating for up to another decade.

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Companies ranging from Blue Origin to a startup are proposing concepts for missions to visit an asteroid before it makes a very close flyby of Earth in five years.

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Laurie Leshin spoke with SpaceNews about JPL’s path forward and steps to retain and bolster the revered laboratory’s capabilities.

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Thales Alenia Space will supply NEO Surveyor’s S-band transponder, K-band modulator and K-band travelling wave tube amplifier to transmit data 1.5 million kilometers between L1 and Earth.

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NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced Feb. 6 it will lay off 530 employees, about 8% of its staff, citing uncertainty about its budget for 2024.

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JPL laid off 100 contractors last week because of potential sharp budget cuts to Mars Sample Return (MSR) and warned that more layoffs could come.

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Researchers often spend months fine-tuning algorithms to improve data quality. For SWOT’s Ka-band Radar Interferometer, known as KaRin, ocean observations were clear immediately.

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The head of a delayed NASA mission to Venus has warned that the project risks losing critical expertise if the agency doesn’t find a way to move up the mission.

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A NASA mission to a large metallic asteroid is on track to launch in October after more than a year of delays, but the mission faces a potential challenge to those plans beyond the agency’s control.

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NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is preparing to test a robotic prototype inspired by space agency plans to explore Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus. The Exobiology Extant Life Surveyor (EELS) is designed […]

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An independent review has concluded NASA’s Psyche asteroid mission is back on track for a launch this October after software problems, exacerbated by institutional issues at JPL, delayed its launch last year.

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NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is making progress addressing institutional problems that led to the delay of an asteroid mission, the lab’s director says.

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The head of a Venus mission delayed at least three years by NASA in response to problems with another mission says she will attempt to shorten that delay.

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An independent review of problems that delayed the launch of NASA’s Psyche asteroid mission uncovered institutional issues at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory that led the agency to delay the launch of another mission being developed there.

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SpaceNews spoke with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s new director to learn more about the JPL’s future vision.

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NASA’s Psyche asteroid mission will not launch this year as previously planned after the agency concluded there was not enough time to complete testing of the spacecraft’s software before its launch window closes.

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Dust storms and changing seasons will limit the ability of NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter to fly for the next several months, a project engineer said May 27.

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After nearly a year of operations, NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter is still “as good as new” as it serves as a scout for the Perseverance rover.

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A planetary scientist and university president will be the next person, and first woman, to run NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

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Microsoft is working with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to speed up the  process for scheduling communications with distant spacecraft through NASA's Deep Space Network. 

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The director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will step down after five years on the job to become a professor at the university that operates the lab.

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NASA’s Perseverance rover has started moving on the Martian surface as project scientists prepare to send the rover toward the remnants of a river delta in search of signs of past life.

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The Perseverance rover is in good condition on the surface of Mars, NASA officials said Feb. 22, showing off stunning video from its landing on the red planet last week.

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The management of NASA’s Europa Clipper mission, facing dwindling cost reserves while still years away from launch, is looking at cost saving options that would preserve the mission’s science.

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