Deep Space Exploration

Calif. NASA lab to cut more than 300 jobs in second round of layoffs this year

JPL, which was founded in 1936 by California Institute of Technology researchers, already went through one round of mass layoffs earlier this year in an effort to reduce costs. In February, JPL cut 530 jobs, which was about 8% of its then-workforce, and laid off 40 contractors.

The Washington Post on MSN · 3h

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory lays off another 5 percent of workforce

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is reducing its workforce by 5 percent, or 325 employees, amid budget cuts and issues with its Mars Sample Return program.

Space.com · 2h

NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab laying off 5% of its workforce

NASA's chief center for robotic planetary exploration is conducting another round of layoffs. (JPL) in Southern California — which manages many of NASA's high-profile robotic missions, such as the Perseverance and Curiosity Mars rovers — announced Tuesday (Nov.

Bloomberg on MSN · 4h

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab Cuts Jobs Under Funding Challenges

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is laying off about 325 employees, or 5% of its workforce, as the California-based research and development center deals with funding challenges for the upcoming year.

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For the second time this year, NASA’s JPL center cuts its workforce

Barely nine months after the last cut, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory will again reduce its workforce. On Wednesday, the ...

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How President-Elect Trump May Influence US Space Exploration In His 2nd Term

Under Vice President Mike Pence's leadership, the NSC became a hub of activity, crafting policies that emphasized commercial ...

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Deep Space Exploration Members Competing in Ham Radio Competition at Haswell Station

The Deep Space Exploration Society will sponsor its second of two rounds of competitions in the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) International Earth-Moon-Earth (EME) contest on Friday, November 15th ...

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Asteroid-mining company AstroForge gets 1st-ever FCC license for commercial deep-space mission

The license covers the Odin mission, which will launch in early 2025 on board the next Intuitive Machines moon launch.

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Could Future Astronauts Dine on Asteroids?

There’s been a lot of interest around developing technologies for mining rare-earth metals from asteroids as they pass on by. But a new study published in the International Journal of Astrobiology ...

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Deep Blue Aerospace launches 2027 space tourism tickets: Experience zero gravity for $211,000

Deep Blue Aerospace is set to sell two tickets for a 2027 suborbital commercial spaceflight, priced at 1.5 million yuan each.

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Voyager 1 spacecraft phones home with transmitter that hasn't been used since 1981

The backup radio transmitter has remained dormant for about 43 years. Following recent communication issues, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft resorted to using a backup radio transmitter that has been ...

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We May Have Found Our First-Ever Exomoon, Opening A New Chapter in Space Exploration

By analyzing the movements of a mysterious cloud of sodium moving around the planet WASP-49 b, the team was able to construct a compelling argument for the presence of an exomoon. While many ...

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AstroForge Wins 1st Ever Private Company License

When your spacecraft is way out there racing along millions of miles from Earth and checking an asteroid for rich metals, one ...

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SpaceX Catches Huge Booster Back at Launchpad

an engineering milestone for the Starship vehicle at the center of Elon Musk’s plans for deep-space exploration. The Super Heavy booster, the first stage of Starship, lifted off from south ...

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