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Schiff sees red over JPL cuts
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) provoked a tense exchange with NASA Administrator Charles Bolden during a House budget hearing Wednesday on proposed cuts to Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Mars program. Schiff grilled Bolden for nearly 17 minutes about NASA's...
Tags: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA, Science and Technology, Adam Schiff, Science
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JPL trial: Coppedge, NASA agency tell different tales
Two very different narratives are emerging from the trial in which former Jet Propulsion Laboratory worker David Coppedge claims he faced discrimination because he discussed the theory of intelligent design with co-workers. Early this week, Coppedge...
Tags: Justice System, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA, Religion and Belief, Science and Technology
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JPL awaits Curiosity's answers
Scientists and engineers at Jet Propulsion Laboratory are working around the clock this week to monitor Curiosity, the largest-ever Mars rover, which was launched Saturday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
“This is the most capable and...Tags: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA, Science and Technology, Science, Kennedy Space Center
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NASA cuts threaten employees, Mars exploration
Proposed cuts to next year’s NASA budget would drastically scale back the agency’s efforts to explore Mars, likely costing hundreds of Jet Propulsion Laboratory workers their jobs. In the scope of a more than $17.7-billion proposed 2013...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Europe, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Science, Astronomy
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NASA chief pledges Mars help
With proposed federal budget cuts threatening to eliminate hundreds of jobs at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA head Charles Bolden pledged Wednesday at JPL’s Mars mission control room that the agency would try to keep those scientists and...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA, Science and Technology, Science
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Rover thinks for itself on Mars
Software that allows the Mars rover Opportunity to perform autonomous data collection and research on portions of the Martian surface recently was named NASA’s “Software of the Year” for 2011. The award was a cause of celebration for...Tags: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA, New Products, Science
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Former NASA investigator guilty of tax fraud
A former NASA investigator who had worked at JPL in La Cañada Flintridge pleaded guilty this week to filing a fraudulent federal tax return that failed to report nearly $300,000 he stole from a Lancaster church.
Alvin Danielle Allen, 42, was a special...Tags: Human Interest, Lawyers, Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials
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New evidence of liquid water on Mars
Satellite images of dark streaks that reappear seasonally on the surface of Mars provide new evidence of flowing liquid water, an ingredient for possible extraterrestrial life.
The streaks — more than a thousand of them — appear to be mineral...Tags: Satellite Technology, NASA, Indiana, Science and Technology
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JPL launches Aquarius
JPL scientists are celebrating the successful Friday morning launch of a satellite that will measure ocean salinity levels in an effort to track changing ocean currents and, by extension, increase understanding of global climate change.
The Earth-...Tags: Satellite Technology, NASA, Human Interest, Science and Technology
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JPL will spotlight its programs
This weekend NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory grounds will transform into a wonderland of information and exhibits at this year’s Open House, which will give the public an up-close look at the facility’s many space science projects and...Tags: NASA, Science and Technology, Science, Astronomy
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JPL pulls plug on Mars rover
JPL scientists announced this week that they have given up attempts to regain contact with the Mars rover Spirit, which powered down in March 2010 after becoming stuck in loose soil on the southern hemisphere of the Red Planet. The last of more than 1,...Tags: Science and Technology
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JPL faces extensive layoffs
La Cañada Flintridge braced for the fallout of what could be 250 layoffs at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, brought on by tighter federal spending. [This corrects an earlier version of this story. Scroll down for details] Layoff notices...Tags: Career and Workplace, Layoffs and Downsizing, Politics, NASA, Unemployment
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