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Year in Review: JPL reaches Mars, Leko let go, a new market sprouts up
“We're safe on Mars.” La Caņada Flintridge's connection to the heavens made for a sensational story in 2012, as Jet Propulsion Laboratory safely landed the NASA rover Curiosity on the Red Planet. JPL engineer Al Chen made the announcement...
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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: Science and Technology, NASA, Science, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Kennedy Space Center
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Parking spot for Mars rover is picked for convenience
The rover being sent to Mars in search of extraterrestrial life has found its parking spot, and like many humans, its getting one as close to its destination as possible. Scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Caņada Flintridge said this...Tags: NASA, Charles F. Bolden, Jr., Science and Technology, Adam Schiff, Science
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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: NASA, Charles F. Bolden, Jr., Science and Technology, Adam Schiff, Science
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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: Astronomy, Science, Budgets and Budgeting, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Europe
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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: NASA, Charles F. Bolden, Jr., Science and Technology, Science, Budgets and Budgeting
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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: NASA, Science and Technology, Religion and Belief, Crime, Law and Justice, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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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: NASA, Science, New Products, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Former NASA investigator guilty of tax fraud
A former NASA investigator who had worked at JPL in La Caņada 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: Crime, Law and Justice, Prisons, Justice System, Lawyers, Court Preliminary
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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: NASA, Science and Technology, Indiana, Satellite Technology
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JPL faces extensive layoffs
La Caņada 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: Science and Technology, NASA, Job Layoffs, Politics, Science
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A second look at a comet
On Valentine’s Day night, JPL employees forfeited any plans for romance in order to taste the fruits of a single celestial encounter. At a little before 9 p.m. Monday, NASA’s Stardust-NExT shuttle came within 125 miles of Tempel 1, a comet...Tags: Science and Technology, NASA, Disasters and Accidents, Cornell University, Disasters
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