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Though promising conceptually, Starship presents more questions than answers for NASA's Mars Sample Return needs.

<p>A new computer model mimics Moon dust so well that it could lead to smoother and safer Lunar robot teleoperations.</p>

JPL announced in February it would lay off about 530 workers. Long Beach will soon host a job fair for them.

JPL announced in February it would lay off about 530 workers. Long Beach will soon host a job fair for them.

Lawmakers are fighting over whether getting samples collected by the Perseverance rover back to Earth for study is viable in a tight budget environment.

• The California Strategic Growth Council awarded Resilient Cuyama Valley $1.08 million in funding through the Transformative Climate Communities (TCC) Program, according to a Feb....

Last week, the Martian moon Phobos passed neatly between Mars and the sun. NASAs Perseverance rover caught the fortuitous eclipse on camera.

NASA’s Perseverance rover has made a remarkable discovery on Mars - an ancient lakebed in Jezero crater that may have harbored life billions of years ago. Learn more about this exciting finding.

News of layoffs at JPL are sending shudders through the space community. What does it mean for upcoming missions like Mars Sample Return?

Historic Precedence A former NASA employee is sounding off on government short-sightedness — and, perhaps somewhat hyperbolically, comparing Congress to Rome. In an editorial for NASA Watch, former Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) proposal manager Jeff Nosanov compared the agency's recent layoffs, which affected eight percent of the lab's employees, to other "historic mistakes" made by fallen […]