Ranger 3 was NASA's first attempt to land a spacecraft on the moon. Ranger 3 was NASA's first attempt to land a spacecraft on the moon. The spacecraft was designed to transmit up-close photos of the ...

NASA announced Wednesday a mission to explore the history and evolution of the universe, PRIMA (PRobe far-Infrared Mission ...

The scientists were especially intrigued by strong signals of carbonate minerals detected by Mars orbiters. On Earth, carbonates frequently form in shallow ocean and lake environments capable of ...

The Mariner 7 spacecraft made a close flyby of Mars just five days after its twin spacecraft, Mariner 6, in 1969. The Mariner 7 spacecraft made a close flyby of Mars just five days after its twin ...

NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer mission would have provided new insights into the lunar water cycle. NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer ended its mission to the Moon on July 31, 2025. Despite extensive efforts, ...

Meet the ROC. A center of excellence for current and future rover, aerial, and other surface missions, the Rover Operations Center at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory leverages JPL’s decades of ...

An overview of weather missions and research at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory ...

JPL’s Theodore von Kármán Lecture Series, presented by the Communications and Education Directorate, aimed to bring the excitement of JPL’s missions, instruments and other technologies to an audience ...

First of all, there's no joystick for driving a Mars rover! Before a rover "hits the road," engineers send computer commands overnight, telling it where to go the next day. Depending on how tricky the ...

An analysis of data from Magellan’s radar finds two volcanoes erupted in the early 1990s. This adds to the 2023 discovery of a different active volcano in Magellan data. Direct geological evidence of ...