In an exciting development, the plucky helicopter has now inspired Skyfall, a mission concept recently unveiled by Virginia-based AeroVironment (AV) and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), who ...

The helicopters will scout the Martian surface to help prepare for a human landing on the Red Planet.

NASA is collaborating with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on a space mission to launch a first-of-its-kind ...

The “Skyfall maneuver” is the core innovation of the Skyfall mission. Instead of relying on a standard, costly, and complex ...

For the first time, a satellite has used onboard AI to autonomously decide where and when to capture a scientific image.

The congressional budget gridlock has led NASA to lay off hundreds of workers in its Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which has launched numerous missions to Mars to search for signs of life. The ...

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Using open-source software, experts at the University of Wisconsin–Madison figured out a testing flaw that often led to rovers getting stuck on alien surfaces.

NASA and India plan to deploy a satellite that will map the Earth down to a centimeter after a launch on Wednesday from the Asian nation's southeastern coast.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab is reportedly holding a 'going out of business sale" for its satellites, which are destined to be ...

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The first thing you see when entering the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory campus is a sign that fittingly reads: "Welcome to our universe." We arrived at 7:15 a.m., and the JPL Visitors Center was ...