Printer-friendlyIncreaseDecrease
Receive JPL news and feature stories in your favorite RSS reader

LATEST NEWS  |  BLOG  |  MEDIA ROOM  |  PRESS KITS  |  FACT SHEETS  |  PROFILES

News Articles for General

Imagine Mars logo

November 5, 2009

Take Me Out to the Ballpark - On Mars!

Students in fourth through seventh grade will work to create the ultimate baseball experience "on Mars," even designing the rules for how to play a game on the Red Planet.

Read more

 
Charles Elachi and other dignitaries cut the ribbon for JPL's Flight Projects Center

October 26, 2009

JPL's 'Green' Space Flight Building Debuts with Ribbon-Cutting

NASA's "greenest" building to date -- an environmentally friendly Flight Projects Center at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. -- is now open for business, following a ribbon-cutting ceremony today attended by lawmakers and local dignitaries.

Read more

 
2009 Small Business Symposium

October 8, 2009

NASA to Hold Symposium for Small Businesses

NASA will host its second annual NASA/JPL Small Business Symposium and Awards Ceremony Nov. 16 and 17 at the Marriott Bethesda North Hotel and Conference Center, 5701 Marinelli Rd., Bethesda, Md.

Read more

 
Solar System Ambassadors

September 2, 2009

Calling All Space Buffs!

Do you love space? Are you good about sharing your love of the stars with the public? If so, we want you to become part of a growing network of space enthusiasts who have volunteered as NASA Solar System Ambassadors.

Read more

 
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory

August 31, 2009

JPL Update

Fire conditions around JPL have continued to improve throughout the day, and the Lab is no longer threatened by the Station Fire.

Read more

 
montage of planets

July 10, 2009

NASA To Provide Education Funding For Museums And Planetariums

NASA has announced a competitive funding opportunity for informal education that could result in the award of grants or cooperative agreements to several of the nation's science centers, museums and planetariums.

Read more

 
montage of planets

June 3, 2009

NASA Selects Museums and Planetariums to Receive Education Grants

NASA has awarded 13 informal education institutions $6.9 million for creating planetarium shows and exhibits. These institutions will partner with NASA's Museum Alliance, managed by JPL.

Read more

 
Cassini and NASA sites

May 6, 2009

NASA Wins Two Webby Awards for Internet Excellence

NASA's main site won the People's Voice award for best government Web site and the Cassini mission won for best science site.

Read more

 
model of Mars Science Laboratory

May 4, 2009

Visitors Throng to Annual JPL Open House

More than 30,000 people visited JPL for the annual Open House the weekend of May 2 and 3.

Read more

 
John Casani

April 30, 2009

JPL's John Casani Honored by Air and Space Museum

John Casani of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., has been honored with the National Air and Space Museum's prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award.

Read more

 
Roosevelt Middle School

April 28, 2009

NASA-JPL Explorer School Students to Attend National Symposium

Students from Roosevelt Middle School, a NASA Explorer School in Glendale, Calif., will present research results at a national student symposium at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston April 29-May 1.

Read more

 
JPL Invites Public to Annual Open House 2009

April 20, 2009

JPL Invites Public to Annual Open House

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., welcomes the public to its annual Open House on Saturday, May 2, and Sunday, May 3, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Read more

 
students from San Cayetano Elementary School race their robot

March 18, 2009

NASA Explorer Schools Compete in Lego Robotics Contest

Fillmore's San Cayetano Elementary School and Mesa Union School from Somis captured top honors at the 3rd Annual Southern California NASA Explorer Schools Robotics Competition at JPL on Tuesday, March 17.

Read more

 
Annual High-Tech Small Business Conference

February 12, 2009

JPL to Host 21st High-Tech Conference for Small Business

The March 3-4 annual High-Tech Conference for Small Business, held by JPL, can help small-business owners improve their knowledge and skills to compete in the federal/state government and prime contractor marketplace.

Read more

 
Winners from the 2009 regional Science Bowl

February 9, 2009

Santa Monica High Rules the Day at Science Bowl

In an annual "battle of the brains," Santa Monica High School placed first in the regional Science Bowl held on Saturday, Feb. 7, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena.

Read more

 

 

artist concept of Kepler

Kepler Starts Hunt for Earth-Like Worlds

Read more

 
launch of Herschel/Planck

Herschel and Planck Launch

Read more

 
Mars Science Lab parachute test

Parachute Test for Mars

Read more

 
Eyes on Earth interactive

Eyes on the Earth 3D

Interactive feature

 
artist concept of cool stars

Cool Stars

Read more