The Von Kármán Lecture Series: How Do Missions Get Formed?
Have you ever wondered how missions are formed? We talked to one of our robotics engineers about project formulation and looked at the process of generating ideas – from napkin […]
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The Von Kármán Lecture Series: How Do Missions Get Formed?
The Von Kármán Lecture Series: Boldly Go Where No Robots Have Gone Before
This talk provides an overview on the current research and development efforts on robotics autonomy at JPL, with an emphasis on enhancing the safety, efficiency, and performance of robotic mobility […]
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The Von Kármán Lecture Series: Boldly Go Where No Robots Have Gone Before
The Von Kármán Lecture Series: Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) Mission
When strong winds on one continent stir up mineral rock dust, those airborne particles can travel thousands of miles and affect entirely different continents. The suspended dust in the air […]
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The Von Kármán Lecture Series: Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) Mission
The Von Kármán Lecture Series: How We Find, Name, and Investigate Exoplanets
We live in a golden age of discovery with more than 5,000 confirmed exoplanets. But how do we find these worlds, and what challenges do we face in the search […]
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The Von Kármán Lecture Series: How We Find, Name, and Investigate Exoplanets
The Von Kármán Lecture Series: Atom Lab Celebrating Four Years of Quantum Science in Space
The Cold Atom Lab, NASA’s first quantum science laboratory in space, will mark four years onboard the International Space Station on Aug. 4, 2022. It has already achieved its main […]
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The Von Kármán Lecture Series: Atom Lab Celebrating Four Years of Quantum Science in Space
The Von Kármán Lecture Series: Near-Earth Objects Opportunities for Discoveries
Comets and asteroids offer clues to planetary formation. As leftover debris from the formation process, studying the chemical makeup of comets and asteroids can help us understand the material from […]
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The Von Kármán Lecture Series: Near-Earth Objects Opportunities for Discoveries
The Von Kármán Lecture Series: Curiosity: A Decade on Mars
Ten years and over 17 miles of driving has taught us there is more to Mars than we could ever imagine. We’ll take a look at highlights from the past […]
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The Von Kármán Lecture Series: Curiosity: A Decade on Mars
The Von Kármán Lecture Series: Voyager: 45 Years in Space
As the twin Voyager spacecraft approach their 45th anniversary, we take a look at where the mission has been, what they’ve taught us, and where they go from here. In […]
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The Von Kármán Lecture Series: Voyager: 45 Years in Space
The Von Kármán Lecture Series: Ocean Worlds Life Surveyor (OWLS)
The Ocean Worlds Life Surveyor (OWLS) is an integrated, portable, and autonomous life-detection instrument suite designed to identify and characterize life on ocean worlds. It’s the first to explore a […]
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The Von Kármán Lecture Series: Ocean Worlds Life Surveyor (OWLS)
The Von Kármán Lecture Series: Perseverance: Two Years on Mars
Throughout its exploration of the region, Perseverance will collect promising samples, seal them in tubes, and store them in its chassis until they are deposited on the Martian surface for […]
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The Von Kármán Lecture Series: Perseverance: Two Years on Mars
The Von Kármán Lecture Series: InSight End of Mission: Our Time on Mars
The InSight Mission to Mars began its journey to the Red Planet in May 2018. Upon its arrival in November 2018, InSight began an ambitious mission to reveal the internal […]
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