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GRAIL moon mission ends with a bang
After dancing around the moon for months, the twin satellites nicknamed Ebb and Flow performed their final number, crashing into the same peak near the lunar north pole and bringing the GRAIL mission to a close. A cheer went up in the control room at...
Tags: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Science and Technology, Los Angeles Times, Space Programs, Amina Khan
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Stolen NASA laptop contained workers' personal information
Workers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are asking for a congressional investigation into the agency's data security efforts after learning the theft of a laptop and documents last month may have compromised information for 10,000 NASA employees. The...
Tags: Science, Google Inc., Science and Technology, Washington, DC, Personal Data Collection
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JPL workers call for congressional probe into NASA security breach
Workers at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Canada Flintridge are calling for a Congressional investigation into a NASA data breach that compromised the personal information of thousands of NASA workers. On Oct. 31 a NASA laptop was stolen from a...
Tags: Washington, DC, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Adam Schiff, NASA
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NASA has unprecedented view of Mars dust storm
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and two planet-based explorers are tracking a massive dust storm, offering scientists an opportunity to study the planet’s weather like none they’ve had before. The regional dust storm was first...
Tags: Science, Science and Technology, Los Angeles Times, NASA
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JPL co-founder Frank Malina remembered on family's blog
Frank Malina, the ambitious Caltech student who co-founded the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the 1930s, would have been 100 on Oct. 2. In memory, Malina's relatives have curated a blog on the social site Tumblr, with interviews, historic photographs...
Tags: Science and Technology, Google+, Social Media, FBI, World War II (1939-1945)
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JPL wins tentative ruling in 'intelligent design' case
Jet Propulsion Laboratory did not improperly fire a longtime staffer because he discussed his religious beliefs in the workplace, a Los Angeles judge tentatively ruled Thursday. In a case that drew national attention, David Coppedge, a former lead...
Tags: Google+, Labor Legislation, Religion and Belief, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges
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JPL to guide new vehicle to Mars in 2016
The 2016 mission, dubbed InSight, will explore the interior of the planet, investigating Mars’ core, tracking seismic activity, monitoring the gravitational pull of Mars’ two moons and assessing why Mars does not have tectonic plates like...
Tags: Science, Science and Technology, Manufacturing and Engineering, Adam Schiff, Instrument Engineering
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JPL names Curiosity's landing site after Ray Bradbury
Science fiction writer Ray Bradbury passed away on June 5, two months before the NASA rover Curiosity landed on Mars. But the "Martian Chronicles" author, who visited the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Caltech often, wasn't left out of the mission....
Tags: Science and Technology, Google+, Ray Bradbury, NASA
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Governor visits JPL campus, calls Curiosity mission 'important for California'
Gov. Jerry Brown got a glance at the life of a Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientist during an afternoon tour of the La Cañada Flintridge campus on Wednesday. Flanked by Caltech President Jean-Lou Chameau, JPL Director Charles Elachi and other science...
Tags: Science, Science and Technology, Google+, Executive Branch, Dianne Feinstein
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Curiosity is new Mars star, but Opportunity's still knocking
For more than eight years, an elite team of drivers has been maneuvering the most unusual of vehicles across treacherous and distant terrain. The drivers of the Opportunity rover, a 400-pound robot sent to scour the Martian surface for signs of water,...
Tags: Science and Technology, Los Angeles Times, Amina Khan
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Mars rover shoots rock with laser, set to drive to Glenelg soon
The Mars rover known as Curiosity zapped its first target with its laser eye this weekend, NASA officials announced. NASA's Mars Science Laboratory rover has been stretching its limbs and testing its cameras since landing Aug. 5. Now, the rover has...
Tags: Science and Technology, NASA
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Curiosity's weather instrument appears damaged, says JPL
The NASA rover Curiosity had a good weekend. It zapped its first rock with a laser, wiggled its robotic arm and shifted its wheels. But leaders on the Mars Science Laboratory mission on Tuesday revealed a small hiccup: One of the rover’s wind...
Tags: Science, Science and Technology, Google+, Weather Reports, Weather
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