Managed for NASA by the California Institute of Technology, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory is the lead U.S. center for robotic exploration of the solar system. JPL spacecraft have visited all known planets except Pluto (a Pluto mission is currently under study). In addition to its work for NASA, JPL conducts tasks for a variety of other federal agencies. In addition, JPL manages the worldwide Deep Space Network, which communicates with spacecraft and conducts scientific investigations from its complexes in California's Mojave Desert near Goldstone; near Madrid, Spain; and near Canberra, Australia. JPL employs about 6000 people.
NASA Planetary Surface Exploration
Electronics ; 1999 ; Queretaro, Mexico
1999-01-01
Preprint
No indication
English
NASA Planetary Surface Exploration
NTRS | 1999
|Planetary exploration by NASA spacecraft
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Rationale for NASA Planetary Exploration Program
NTRS | 1974
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