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JPL to lay off roughly 5% of its workforce
1 month, 1 week ago

JPL to lay off roughly 5% of its workforce

LA Times  

People work on the Europa Clipper spacecraft project last year at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is preparing to lay off hundreds of employees this week, director Laurie Leshin said in a memo to staff sent Tuesday afternoon. “This is a message I had hoped not to have to write.” This is the third …

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Danger signs were present before Palos Verdes landslide destroyed homes, new study finds
5 months, 1 week ago

Danger signs were present before Palos Verdes landslide destroyed homes, new study finds

LA Times  

Homes in Rolling Hills Estates continued to slide downhill months after a hillside below them gave way in 2023. “Our findings provide further evidence that satellite remote sensing data can contribute to landslide early warning systems and can also be used to better understand the impacts of climate change on landslide hazards.” An animation showing the land movement at Peartree …

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Caltech receives $100-million gift to develop new technologies at the speed of SpaceX
9 months ago

Caltech receives $100-million gift to develop new technologies at the speed of SpaceX

LA Times  

Thirty-six years ago, Gary Brinson cracked open Stephen Hawking’s “A Brief History of Time,” a bestseller in which the renowned physicist sought to explain the mysteries of the universe in layman’s terms. “We wanted to do something here that gives scientists the complete freedom to take risks, to come up with ideas and applications that they otherwise might feel frustrated …

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NASA hands over NISAR satellite to ISRO
1 year, 9 months ago

NASA hands over NISAR satellite to ISRO

The Hindu  

The Indian Space Research Organisation has received the NASA-ISRO SAR satellite from the U.S. space agency. @ISRO receives NISAR on a @USAirforce C-17 from @NASAJPL in California, setting the stage for final integration of the Earth observation satellite, a true symbol of #USIndia civil space collaboration. #USIndiaTogetherpic.twitter.com/l0a5pa1uxV — U.S. Consulate General Chennai March 8, 2023 According to ISRO, NISAR will …

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NASA hands over payload of NISAR satellite to Isro
1 year, 10 months ago

NASA hands over payload of NISAR satellite to Isro

Hindustan Times  

The National Aeronautics Space Administration on Saturday handed over the payload for the NISAR satellite to Indian Space Research Organisation, people aware of the matter said on Saturday. Clean room engineers and technicians prepare the scientific core of the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite inside a Spacecraft Assembly Facility clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. NASA’s …

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Antarctic ice shelf is crumbling faster than ever
2 years, 4 months ago

Antarctic ice shelf is crumbling faster than ever

Live Mint  

Antarctica's coastal glaciers are shedding icebergs more rapidly than nature can replenish the crumbling ice, doubling previous estimates of losses from the world's largest ice sheet over the past 25 years, a satellite analysis showed on Wednesday. The first-of-its-kind study, led by researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory near Los Angeles and published in the journal Nature, raises new concern …

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Lakes on Mars: Radar signals deepen mystery around water on Red Planet
3 years, 5 months ago

Lakes on Mars: Radar signals deepen mystery around water on Red Planet

India Today  

Mars has always evoked curiosity and is the closest planet that human-made machines have ventured to investigate life beyond Earth. The study carries forward work from 2018 when signals from a radar instrument reflected off the Red Planet’s south pole appeared to reveal a liquid subsurface lake. Led by Aditya R Khuller and Jeffrey J Plaut from the Jet Propulsion …

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Could humans have contaminated Mars with life?
3 years, 7 months ago

Could humans have contaminated Mars with life?

BBC  

Could humans have contaminated Mars with life? NASA/JPL-Caltech Nasa's most recent rover to Mars, Perseverance – along with its pint-sized helicopter – could have carried some microbial hitchhikers along for the ride Humanity has sent around 30 spacecraft and landers to the Red Planet since the space age began. Clean rooms might serve as an evolutionary selection process for the …

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