Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a NASA research center in Pasadena, California.
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The "Suicide Squad" of (left to right) Rudolph Schott, Apollo Milton Olin Smith, Frank Malina, Ed Forman and Jack Parsons testing their first liquid-fueled rocket engine.
Theodore von Kármán sketching out a plan on the wing of an airplane. From left to right: Clark B. Millikan, Martin Summerfield, von Kármán, Frank J. Malina and pilot, Capt. Homer Boushey.
JPL Mission Control
Native sulfur on Mars! Discovered May 30, 2024, when the Curiosity rover drove over this outcrop and cracked it open.
Mars Science Laboratory mockup (right) compared with the Mars Exploration Rover (left) and Sojourner rover (center) by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
JPL-developed Sergeant (left) and Corporal (right) missiles on display at JPL in April 2006
A 1960s advert reads: "When you were a kid, science fiction gave you a sense of wonder. Now you feel the same just by going to work."
Asteroid capture gripper to grasp and secure a boulder from an asteroid. Conceptual design, 2015
A display at the May 19, 2007 Open House
Linda Spilker explains the tradition of lucky peanuts at a gathering for Cassini mission team members, family and friends in Von Karman Auditorium at JPL, 2017
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