Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena,
California
JPL is a NASA facility since 1944 and operated by the California Institute of Technology under
contract. JPL is a centre of excellence in planetary science and is home of the worldwide Deep Space Network of large ground-based spacecraft communications dishes.
JPL:
• designs and operates spacecraft to explore the Solar System
• supports research in automated spacecraft operations and related computer science
• develops advanced technology in spacecraft and science instrument miniaturization
