JPL
| Jet Propulsion Laboratory | |
| United States | |
| Jet Propulsion Laboratory 4800 Oak Grove Drive Pasadena, California 91109 United States |
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| http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ | |
| Research Organisation | |
| Starting four decades ago with the building and management of the first U.S. satellite, Explorer 1, JPL has led the world in exploring all of the
solar system’s known planets, except Pluto, with robotic spacecraft. The tools developed at JPL for its spacecraft expeditions to other planets have also proved invaluable in providing new insights and discoveries in studies of Earth, its atmosphere, climate, oceans, geology and the
biosphere. JPL is a world leader in science and technology, breaking new ground in the miniaturization and efficiency of spacecraft components. At the same time, the Laboratory is pushing the sensitivity of space sensors and broadening their applications for a myriad of scientific, medical, industrial and commercial uses on Earth.
JPL is a federally funded research and
development facility managed by the California Institute of Technology for the
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA). |
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