The Video NASA’s Laser Communications Experiment Streamed From Deep Space JPLraw 2026-09-23 | The Video NASA’s Laser Communications Experiment Streamed From Deep Space
Earth’s Water Budget JPLraw 2022-12-08 | Earth’s 370 quintillion gallons of water can be found all over the planet in lakes, rivers, glaciers, oceans, and groundwater. However, only a tiny fraction of this water is usable by humans. Understanding Earth’s ‘water budget’ – where these different forms of water exist and how they move – is an important part of understanding our planet and planning for future water needs. NASA has a fleet of satellites to help us bring Earth’s water budget into focus, including upcoming missions like SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography).SWOT is scheduled to launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in central California no earlier than December 2022.SWOT is a collaboration between NASA and the French space agency Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), with contributions from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and UK Space Agency. To learn more about the mission, visit: swot.jpl.nasa.govCredit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
JPL’s Venus Aerobot Prototype Aces Test Flights Over Nevada JPLraw 2022-10-10 | In July 2022, technologists from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California and Near Space Corporation in Tillamook, Oregon, carried out two successful flights of an aerial robotic balloon, or aerobot, over Nevada’s Black Rock Desert. The prototype is a scaled-down version of an aerobot that could one day take to Venus’ skies, exploring an atmospheric region too low for orbiters. During the flights, the aerobot was able to raise and lower its altitude by pumping helium from an inner reservoir into the surrounding outer balloon. As the flexible outer balloon material expanded, the aerobot gained buoyancy and increased in altitude; as helium was pumped back into the reservoir, the balloon’s buoyancy decreased, lowering its altitude.For more information about JPL’s Venus aerobot project, see: jpl.nasa.gov/news/jpls-venus-aerial-robotic-balloon-prototype-aces-test-flightsCredit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Near Space Corporation
NASA Perseverance Rover to Acquire First Sample JPLraw 2021-07-21 | Video file for media and public use. Final preparations are underway for NASA’s Perseverance rover to collect the first-ever sample of Martian rock for the planned return to Earth. The six-wheeled geologist is searching for a suitable science target in a part of Jezero Crater called the “Cratered Floor Fractured Rough.” This important mission milestone is expected to begin in August 2021. Perseverance landed in Jezero Crater earlier this year on Feb. 18, went through a thorough post-landing commissioning phase, and kicked off the science phase of its mission on June 1, exploring a 1.5-square-mile (4-square-kilometer) patch of crater floor that may contain Jezero’s deepest and most ancient layers of exposed bedrock. For more information on the mission go to: nasa.gov/perseverance and mars.nasa.gov/mars2020
Data Recorded as Juno Entered Magnetosphere JPLraw 2021-06-30 | This chart presents data that the Waves investigation on NASA's Juno spacecraft recorded as the spacecraft entered Jupiter's magnetosphere on June 25, 2016, while approaching Jupiter. Audio accompanies the animation, with volume and pitch correlated to the amplitude and frequency of the recorded waves.Time runs from left to right, with a total elapsed time of one hour and 45 minutes. The label "Magnetopause" at just over 20 minutes into the chart marks entry into the magnetosphere, as detected by the sudden onset of a type of high-amplitude wave activity called "Trapped Continuum Radiation." The graph uses color coding to indicate wave amplitudes as a function of wave frequency (vertical axis, in hertz) and time (horizontal axis). The trapped continuum radiation -- in the red and yellow area of this spectrogram -- consists of electromagnetic waves that are trapped in a low-density cavity in Jupiter's outer magnetosphere. The walls of the cavity are like a conductor, hence, the cavity traps these low-frequency waves. The low-frequency limit of these waves -- the lower edge of the band on the graph -- is a function of the density of particles in this outer region of the magnetosphere. The density here is roughly one electron per hundred cubic centimeters (6 cubic inches), about one percent of the density Juno detected in the solar wind just outside of the bow shock.The vertical bar to the right of the chart indicates the color coding of wave amplitude, in decibels (dB) above the background level detected by the Waves instrument. Each step of 10 decibels marks a tenfold increase in wave power.When Juno collected these data, the distance from the spacecraft to Jupiter was about 4.95 million miles (7.97 million kilometers), indicated on the chart as 114 times the radius of Jupiter. Jupiter's magnetic field is tilted about 10 degrees from the planet's axis of rotation. The note of 12 degrees on the chart indicates that at the time these data were recorded, the spacecraft was 12 degrees north of the magnetic-field equator. The "LT" notation is local time on Jupiter at the longitude of the planet directly below the spacecraft, with a value of 6.2 indicating approximately dawn.The University of Iowa, Iowa City, provided Juno's Waves instrument. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California. manages the Juno mission for the principal investigator, Scott Bolton, of Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. The Juno mission is part of the New Frontiers Program managed at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, built the spacecraft. JPL is a division of Caltech in Pasadena.Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/Univ. of Iowa
Data Recorded as Juno Crossed Jovian Bow Shock JPLraw 2021-06-30 | This chart presents data that the Waves investigation on NASA's Juno spacecraft recorded as the spacecraft crossed the bow shock just outside of Jupiter's magnetosphere on June 24, 2016, while approaching Jupiter. Audio accompanies the animation, with volume and pitch correlated to the amplitude and frequency of the recorded waves.The graph is a frequency-time spectrogram with color coding to indicate wave amplitudes as a function of wave frequency (vertical axis, in hertz) and time (horizontal axis, with a total elapsed time of two hours). During the hour before Juno reached the bow shock, the Waves instrument was detecting mainly plasma oscillations just below 10,000 hertz (10 kilohertz). The frequency of these oscillations is related to the local density of electrons; the data yield an estimate of approximately one electron per cubic centimeter (about 16 per cubic inch) in this region just outside Jupiter's bow shock.The broadband burst of noise marked "Bow Shock" is the region of turbulence where the supersonic solar wind is heated and slowed by encountering the Jovian magnetosphere. The shock is analogous to a sonic boom generated in Earth's atmosphere by a supersonic aircraft. The region after the shock is called the magnetosheath.The vertical bar to the right of the chart indicates the color coding of wave amplitude, in decibels (dB) above the background level detected by the Waves instrument. Each step of 10 decibels marks a tenfold increase in wave power.When Juno collected these data, the distance from the spacecraft to Jupiter was about 5.56 million miles (8.95 million kilometers), indicated on the chart as 128 times the radius of Jupiter. Jupiter's magnetic field is tilted about 10 degrees from the planet's axis of rotation. The note of 22 degrees on the chart indicates that at the time these data were recorded, the spacecraft was 22 degrees north of the magnetic-field equator. The "LT" notation is local time on Jupiter at the longitude of the planet directly below the spacecraft, with a value of 6.2 indicating approximately dawn.The University of Iowa, Iowa City, provided Juno's Waves instrument. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, manages the Juno mission for the principal investigator, Scott Bolton, of Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. The Juno mission is part of the New Frontiers Program managed at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, built the spacecraft. JPL is a division of Caltech in Pasadena.Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/Univ. of Iowa
Perseverances Selfie with Ingenuity JPLraw 2021-06-25 | This shows the sequence in which NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover took 62 individual images with its WATSON camera, on April 6, 2021, before they were stitched together into a single selfie.Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Curiosity Navigation Cameras Spot Twilight Clouds on Sol 3075 JPLraw 2021-05-28 | Using the navigation cameras on its mast, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover took this movie of clouds just after sunset on March 31, 2021, the 3,075th so, or Martian day, of the mission. These noctilucent, or twilight clouds, are made of water ice; ice crystals reflect the setting sun, allowing the detail in each cloud to be seen more easily.Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Curiosity Navigation Cameras Spot Twilight Clouds on Sol 3072 JPLraw 2021-05-28 | Using the navigation cameras on its mast, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover this movie of clouds just after sunset on March 28, 2021, the 3,072nd so, or Martian day, of the mission. These noctilucent, or twilight clouds, are made of water ice; ice crystals reflect the setting sun, allowing the detail in each cloud to be seen more easily.Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
NASA’s Spitzer Measures Fastest Spinning Brown Dwarf JPLraw 2021-04-07 | NASA Spitzer Space Telescope has identified the fastest-spinning brown dwarf known. Brown dwarfs are generally more massive than planets but not massive enough to become stars. These cosmic in-betweeners are plentiful throughout the galaxy, but many mysteries about them remain. To measure the rotation rate of the brown dwarf, Spitzer looked for regular changes in its brightness that repeat with each rotation. Scientists then created a simulation of how the rotation speed would affect the brown dwarf’s emitted light spectrum. Measurements with ground-based telescopes matched the simulation and confirmed Spitzer’s measurement.For more information on the Spitzer Space Telescope go to www.nasa.gov/spitzer.
JPL Environmental Test Laboratory Highlights JPLraw 2021-03-31 | This video highlights the work and services provided by JPL’s Environmental Test Laboratory (ETL) to test and qualify flight hardware for launch and mission environments.
NASA’s Psyche: Final Assembly Begins JPLraw 2021-03-30 | A major component of NASA’s Psyche spacecraft has been delivered to the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, where the phase known as assembly, test, and launch operations is now underway. Over the next year, the spacecraft will finish assembly and undergo rigorous checkout and testing before it’s shipped to Cape Canaveral, Florida, for an August 2022 launch to the main asteroid belt. The Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) Chassis, crafted by Maxar Technologies’ team in Palo Alto, California, represents more than 80% (by mass) of the hardware that will ultimately make up the Psyche spacecraft. Psyche’s target is a metal-rich asteroid of the same name, which orbits the Sun in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Scientists think that Psyche is largely iron and nickel and could be the core of an early planet. Credit: NASA-JPL/Caltech
Mission Control Live: NASA Lands Perseverance Mars Rover (clean feed) JPLraw 2021-02-18 | Mission Control Live: NASA Lands Perseverance Mars Rover (clean feed)Watch and listen as signals arrive at Mission Control at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California from the Perseverance rover as it lands on Mars.More Mars 2020 rover and Mars helicopter resources can be found at go.nasa.gov/mars2020toolkitCredit: NASA-JPL/Caltech
Built in 90 Seconds: The DSN Welcomes a New Antenna JPLraw 2021-02-08 | NASA has welcomed a powerful new radio antenna to its global network of parabolic dishes, which communicate with spacecraft throughout the solar system. Completed in January 2021, Deep Space Station 56, or DSS-56, has been under construction since 2017, and this time-lapse video captures the entire process. DSS-56 is located at the Deep Space Network’s Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex in Spain.To learn more about the completion of DSS-56, visit: jpl.nasa.gov/images/new-all-in-one-antenna-for-the-deep-space-networkPrevious antennas have been limited in the frequency bands they can receive and transmit, often being restricted to communicating only with specific spacecraft. The new 34-meter-wide (112-foot-wide) antenna, however, is the first to use the DSN’s full range of communication frequencies. This means DSS-56 is an “all-in-one” antenna that can communicate with all the missions that the DSN supports and can be used as a backup for any of the Madrid complex’s other antennas. With the addition of DSS-56 and other 34-meter antennas to all three DSN complexes, the network is preparing to play a critical role in ensuring communication and navigation support for upcoming Moon and Mars missions and the crewed Artemis missions.The DSN is managed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory for the agency’s Human Exploration and Operations’ Space Communication and Navigation program.Credit: NASA-JPL/Caltech
Into a Shoebox: The Incredible Journey of RainCube and Tempest-D JPLraw 2021-01-25 | On June 25, 2018, RainCube and Tempest-D were deployed from the International Space Station. Both are 6U CubeSats developed by NASA-JPL as instrument technology demonstrations. RainCube implemented the first precipitation radar in a CubeSat and Tempest-D tested the performance of a CubeSat microwave radiometer to observe precipitation and clouds. Together, they became the first CubeSats to measure precipitation from space, with Raincube providing detailed vertical structure information and Tempest-D providing coarse vertical and detailed horizontal structure. Credits:NASA/JPL-CaltechNASA Scientific Visualization StudioNASA Earth Science and Technology Office
PULSE: Changing habits for the better JPLraw 2020-07-01 | PULSE is a 3D-printed wearable device that pulses, or vibrates, when a person's hand is nearing their face. This is a simple and affordable technology that can easily be reproduced and is available as open source on Github. As health officials advised the world to wash hands, social distance, and wear a face mask, JPL developed PULSE as another way to assist efforts to keep us as healthy as possible. As an open source item, we hope individuals or companies will replicate, refine or enhance PULSE and make it available for distribution.
NASA Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Testing Media Reel JPLraw 2020-06-23 | B-roll for media. NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter will make history's first attempt at powered, controlled flight on another planet next spring. Before the project was approved by NASA to ride with the agency's next mission to Mars (the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover), the Mars Helicopter team had to prove powered flight in a Martian atmosphere was possible. This video highlights three important milestones in the flight-testing program of the Mars helicopter system. The testing took place in the 25-foot space simulation chamber at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California where the Martian atmosphere was reproduced. For more about Ingenuity, visit mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopterCredit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Video File: Launch of NASAs Next Mars Rover Perseverance Approaches JPLraw 2020-06-18 | NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission is over 30 days from launch (7/20/20). Perseverance will seek signs of ancient microbial life on Mars along with demonstrating key technologies to help prepare for future robotic and human exploration. And the rover will do all that while collecting the first samples of Martian rock and regolith (broken rock and dust) for later return to Earth.Perseverance, built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, is targeted to launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station July 20, but its window extends to August 11. It will land on Mars next February 18 (regardless of launch date). For more information on the mission, go to: mars.nasa.gov/perseverance and nasa.gov/perseveranceCredit: NASA-JPL/Caltech
COVID-19: Staying Safe at Work JPLraw 2020-06-10 | This resource is for general informational purposes only. This resources expresses the opinions of the authors only and is not approved or endorsed by any local, state or federal government authority. This resource should not be considered to be or used as legal or medical advice. The COVID-19 impact to society and the mitigation strategies, such as social distancing and shedding prevention, have impacted how work is performed across all places of employment. This training provides guidance for protecting anyone that requires working indoors, in close contact to others, or sharing common workspaces. We hope to minimize the risk of exposure, illness, and spread of the disease.
NASA Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Media Reel JPLraw 2020-04-29 | B-roll for media. NASA's Mars Helicopter Ingenuity will be the first aircraft to fly in a controlled way on another planet. It will fly to Mars attached to the belly of NASA’s Perseverance rover, part of the Mars 2020 mission.In April, the Mars helicopter was given the name Ingenuity. This reel includes a conversation between the student whose name was chosen -- Vaneeza Rupani, 17, of Northport, Alabama -- and MiMi Aung, the Mars helicopter project manager based at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The Ingenuity helicopter is considered a high-risk, high-reward technology demonstration. If the small craft encounters difficulties, the science-gathering of the Mars 2020 mission won't be impacted. If the helicopter does take flight as designed, future Mars missions could enlist second-generation helicopters to add an aerial dimension to their explorations.The Perseverance rover, with the Ingenuity helicopter aboard, will launch in July or August 2020 and land on Mars on Feb. 18, 2021.A separate media reel of animations simulating how the helicopter will operate on Mars is available at vimeo.com/412926211/217644ad2b.For more information on the Mars helicopter, go to: mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopterCredit: NASA/JPL-Caltech and NASA/JPL-Caltech/Lockheed Martin Space
NASA Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Animations JPLraw 2020-04-29 | Animations for media and public use. NASA's Mars Helicopter Ingenuity will be the first aircraft to fly in a controlled way on another planet. As its own separate mission, the helicopter will hitch a ride to Mars attached to the belly of NASA’s Perseverance rover (part of the Mars 2020 mission). This animation reel simulates how Ingenuity will operate on the surface of Mars.The Ingenuity helicopter is considered a high-risk, high-reward technology demonstration. If the small craft encounters difficulties, the science-gathering of the Mars 2020 mission won't be impacted. If the helicopter does take flight as designed, future Mars missions could enlist second-generation helicopters to add an aerial dimension to their explorations. The Perseverance rover, with the Ingenuity helicopter aboard, will launch in July or August 2020 and land on Mars on Feb. 18, 2021.A separate reel of b-roll is available at vimeo.com/381357316/e774fb5dde.For more information on the Mars helicopter, go to: mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter.Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Raw video: NASA Builds Ventilator Prototype for Coronavirus Patients JPLraw 2020-04-23 | RAW VIDEO FOR MEDIA/PUBLIC USE(the produced video of this is at: youtu.be/NB7SdwkBqHU NASA is helping the medical community address the shortage of ventilators needed to treat coronavirus patients with a ventilator prototype. Within 37 days, engineers and others at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California created a high-pressure ventilator prototype tailored to the needs of patients with COVID-19 and sent it to the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York for testing. The device, called VITAL (Ventilator Intervention Technology Accessible Locally), is designed to be faster to build and easier to maintain than traditional ventilators, with a fraction of the parts. JPL is now seeking an Emergency Use Authorization for the device from the Food and Drug Administration.For more about VITAL, visit: nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasa-develops-covid-19-prototype-ventilator-in-37-daysFor businesses interested in applying for a free license to build VITAL, visit: medeng.jpl.nasa.gov/covid-19/ventilator Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Testing Perseverances Center of Gravity JPLraw 2020-04-20 | NASA's next rover is rotated on special test fixture in preparation for its upcoming summertime launch to Mars. Video taken at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on April 6, 2020. For more about the mission, visit mars.nasa.gov/mars2020Credit: NASA-JPL/Caltech
Video File: NASA Announces Mars 2020 Rover Name & Naming Contest JPLraw 2020-03-05 | Compilation of raw video and soundbites for media. NASA has chosen a name for its next Mars rover: Perseverance. The name was announced today by Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington during a celebration at Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke, Virginia. Zurbuchen was on hand at the school to congratulate Alexander Mather, who submitted the winning entry to the agency’s "Name the Rover" essay contest, which received 28,000 entrants from K-12 students from every U.S. state and territory. Perseverance is the latest in a long line of Red Planet rovers to be named by school-aged children, from Sojourner in 1997 to Spirit and Opportunity rovers, which landed on Mars in 2004, to Curiosity, which has been exploring Mars since 2012. In each case, the name was selected after a nationwide contest.The launch period for Perseverance opens on July 17, 2020. The rover will land at Mars' Jezero Crater on Feb. 18, 2021. For more information on the Mars 2020 mission, go to: mars.nasa.gov/mars2020For more about the “Name the Rover” contest, visit go.nasa.gov/name2020 Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Mars 2020 Rover is Named - Media Reel JPLraw 2020-03-05 | Compilation of b-roll and soundbites for media.
Video file: The Legacy of the Spitzer Space Telescope JPLraw 2020-01-24 | Video file for media and public use. NASA is celebrating the legacy of one of its Great Observatories, the Spitzer Space Telescope, which has studied the universe in infrared light for more than 16 years. The Spitzer mission will come to a close on Jan. 30, 2020.Launched in 2003, Spitzer revealed previously hidden features of known cosmic objects and led to discoveries and insights spanning from our own solar system to nearly the edge of the universe. An edited version of this story is on the NASAJPL channel at youtube.com/watch?v=ghnnbMWVtWUFor more information on the Spitzer Space Telescope go to www.nasa.gov/spitzer.
NASAs Spitzer Space Telescope Media Reel JPLraw 2020-01-23 | Compilation of b-roll for media. NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope launched August 25, 2003. After spending more than 16 years unveiling the infrared universe, it will be decommissioned January 30, 2020. Spitzer became a pioneer in the exploration of worlds beyond what the human eye can see. From stars being born to planets beyond our solar system, including the seven Earth-size planets around the star TRAPPIST-1, its discoveries will continue to inspire the world for many years to come. For more information about the Spitzer Space Telescope, visit nasa.gov/spitzer and http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/
NASA Mars 2020 Media Reel JPLraw 2019-12-27 | B-roll for media. NASA's Mars 2020 rover is launching to the Red Planet in July or August 2020. It will land on Mars February 18, 2021.NASA’s Mars 2020 rover will search for signs of past microbial life, characterize the planet's climate and geology and collect samples for future return to Earth. Mars 2020 is also part of a larger program that includes missions to the Moon as a way to prepare for human exploration of the Red Planet. Charged with returning astronauts to the Moon by 2024, NASA will establish a sustained human presence on and around the Moon by 2028 through NASA's Artemis lunar exploration plans.NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, manages Mars 2020 rover development for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. NASA's Launch Services Program, based at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, is responsible for Mars 2020 launch management.For more information on Mars 2020, visit: mars.nasa.gov/mars2020.
Mars Helicopter Media Reel JPLraw 2019-12-27 | B-roll for media. NASA's Mars Helicopter will be the first aircraft to fly on another planet. It will fly to Mars attached to the belly of NASA’s Mars 2020 rover.The Mars Helicopter is considered a high-risk, high-reward technology demonstration. If the small craft encounters difficulties, the science-gathering of the Mars 2020 mission won't be impacted. If the helicopter does take flight as designed, future Mars missions could enlist second-generation helicopters to add an aerial dimension to their explorations.The Mars 2020 rover, with the Mars Helicopter aboard, will launch on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket in July or August 2020 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The rover will land at Jezero Crater on Mars Feb. 18, 2021.JPL is building and will manage operations of the Mars 2020 rover and the Mars Helicopter for NASA. NASA's Launch Services Program, based at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, is responsible for launch management. Lockheed Martin Space provided the Mars Helicopter Delivery System.For more information about Mars 2020 and the Mars helicopter, visit: https://mars.nasa.gov.
We Are Planetary Protection JPLraw 2019-12-16 | The mission of Planetary Protection at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is to promote the responsible exploration of the solar system by implementing and researching state-of-the-art technologies that ensure spacecraft meet stringent cleanliness requirements to prevent forward contamination (microbial contamination of the solar system by spacecraft that we launch from Earth) and backward contamination (extraterrestrial contamination of the Earth and Moon by way of sample return missions). In support of these goals, planetary protection at JPL seeks to advance spacecraft cleanliness, sterilization, and validation technologies for NASA's solar system exploration missions to protect the science, and Earth.
NASA JPL Engineers Compete in Annual Pumpkin Carving Contest JPLraw 2019-10-31 | Once a year at Halloween, hardworking JPL engineers put their skills to the test in a highly competitive pumpkin carving contest. The result: A pumpkin gently landed on the Moon, its retrorockets smoldering, while across the room a Nemo-inspired pumpkin explored the sub-surface ocean of Jupiter moon Europa. Suffice to say that when the scientists and engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory compete in a pumpkin-carving contest, the solar system's the limit. Take a look at some of the masterpieces from 2019. Now in its ninth year, the contest gives teams only one hour to carve and decorate their pumpkin though they can prepare non-pumpkin materials - like backgrounds, sound effects and motorized parts - ahead of time.
NASA on the ‘Ad Astra’ Red Carpet JPLraw 2019-09-20 | NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson and Mars 2020 engineer Farah Alibay share thoughts on missions to the Moon and Mars at the red carpet premiere of “Ad Astra” in Los Angeles, California on Sept. 18, 2019. One of the objectives of the Mars 2020 rover is to pave the way for human exploration. Actor Brad Pitt also shares his thoughts on NASA’s next Mars rover and why we explore space. Includes B roll of the red carpet and the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood, where the premiere took place. For more information on NASA’s Artemis program for human exploration of the Moon:nasa.gov/artemisThe Mars 2020 Project at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, manages rover development for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate.For more information about Mars 2020: mars.nasa.gov/mars2020
NASA and European Scientists Explore Outback as Testbed for Mars JPLraw 2019-08-23 | Scientists from NASA's Mars 2020 mission and the European Space Agency-Roscosmos ExoMars mission are in the Australian Outback to hone research techniques before their missions launch to the Red Planet in summer 2020. They are hoping to better understand how to search for signs of ancient life on Mars. The Pilbara region of North West Australia is home to “stromatolites,” the oldest confirmed fossilized lifeforms on Earth.For more information about Mars 2020: mars.nasa.gov/mars2020
We Are Team CoSTAR JPLraw 2019-08-13 | Meet the researchers and engineers who make up the Collaborative SubTerranean Autonomous Resilient Robots team (CoSTAR). Their job is to develop robots that can autonomously explore caves, pits, tunnels and other subsurface terrain. Maybe one day soon, robots can come to the rescue after a disaster or mine accident. For more info on these robots and Team CoSTAR, visit subt.jpl.nasa.gov/.
Next Generation Robots: Autonomous Subsurface Explorers JPLraw 2019-08-13 | Robots to the rescue? A sneak peek at a new generation of robots that can autonomously explore caves, pits, tunnels and other subsurface terrain. For more info on these robots and Team CoSTAR, visit subt.jpl.nasa.gov/.
For Your Consideration: NASA InSight Mission to Mars Emmy Submission Video JPLraw 2019-07-16 | NASA's InSight mission is a journey of discovery and everyone was invited. Here's how multiple teams at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory extended the broadcast and brought a global audience along for the ride. From launch through landing to the latest discoveries, discover the innovative and collaborative digital and social tools that reached an audience of millions and garnered an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Original Interactive Programming. For more information about the mission, visit mars.nasa.gov/insight
Video file: NASA’s Deep Space Atomic Clock to Launch on SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket JPLraw 2019-06-18 | Video file for media and public use. Four NASA missions will launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket no earlier than June 24, 2019. The Deep Space Atomic Clock is one NASA technology demonstration aboard the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center-managed Space Test Program-2 mission.The Deep Space Atomic Clock will change the way we navigate spacecraft and even how we send astronauts to Mars and beyond. Built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, the Deep Space Atomic Clock will help spacecraft navigate autonomously through deep space. No larger than a toaster oven, the instrument will be tested in Earth orbit for one year, with the goal of being ready for future missions to other worlds.
Europa Mission Media Reel JPLraw 2019-05-23 | The reel includes animation depicting NASA’s Europa Clipper mission. The second animation in the reel depicts the proposed future mission concept Europa Lander.For more information about Europa Clipper, visit:europa.nasa.govFor more information about the Europa Lander proposed future mission concept, visit:jpl.nasa.gov/missions/Europa-lander
Video file: NASAs OCO-3 on the Space Station JPLraw 2019-04-09 | Video file for media and public use. NASA is launching the Orbiting Observatory 3 no earlier than late April to add a new perspective to the agency's carbon observations. OCO-3 will extend the exceptionally accurate OCO-2 data set on atmospheric carbon dioxide, which began in July 2014, but with a more complete view of the tropics and mid-latitudes. Because OCO-3 is on the space station, it will collect data between 52 degrees north and 52 degrees south latitudes. The vast majority of Earth's cities and agricultural lands lie in this zone, creating most of our planet's carbon absorption and emissions.OCO-3 also observes a very faint glow that plants emit during photosynthesis, called solar-induced fluorescence (SIF). Growing seasons are changing worldwide in ways that may affect global food security, and we need to keep a close eye on photosynthesis to understand these changes. In addition, OCO-3 will introduce a new "snapshot mode" to demonstrate the possibility of measuring local sources of carbon dioxide, such as cities and volcanoes.
Video file: NASAs Mars Helicopter Completes Flight Tests JPLraw 2019-03-28 | Video file for media and public use. In January 2019, NASA's Mars Helicopter technology demonstration was put through rigorous tests to verify it is ready for the Red Planet. While flying helicopters is commonplace here on Earth, flying one, hundreds of millions of miles (kilometers) away in the thin Martian atmosphere, is something else entirely. The team recreated the gravity and flying conditions at Mars in JPL's Space Simulator, a 25-foot wide vacuum chamber. The helicopter hovered 2 inches (its target height) to fulfill its flight readiness requirement for Mars.The Mars Helicopter is scheduled to launch with the agency's Mars 2020 rover mission in July 2020 to demonstrate the viability and potential of heavier-than-air vehicles on the Red Planet.
Video file: Mars Opportunity Rover Mission is Complete JPLraw 2019-02-13 | Video file for media and public use. NASA announced the completion of the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Opportunity's mission after a final attempt to command the rover. Opportunity last communicated with Earth on June 10, 2018, as a global dust storm blanketed the solar-powered rover's location on Mars. Opportunity landed at Meridiani Planum on Mars Jan. 24, 2004, at 9:05 p.m. PST (Jan. 25, 2004, at 12:05 a.m. EST). The golf-cart-sized rover has an initial goal of driving 700 yards (600 meters) and operating on the Red Planet for 90 Martian days (sols). Instead, Opportunity operated over 14 years, and traveled over 28 miles (45 kilometers).
Opportunity Media Reel JPLraw 2019-02-12 | B-roll for media. NASA's Opportunity rover landed in a region of the Red Planet called Meridiani Planum on Jan. 24, 2004, sending its first signal back to Earth from the surface at 9:05 p.m. PST (Jan. 25, 2004, at 12:05 a.m. EST). The golf-cart-sized rover had an initial goal of driving 700 yards (600 meters) and operating on the Red Planet for 90 Martian days (sols). It has traveled over 28 miles (45 kilometers) and operated over 14 years.Opportunity's last communication with Earth was received June 10, 2018, as a planet-wide dust storm blanketed the solar-powered rover's location on the western rim of Perseverance Valley, eventually blocking out so much sunlight that the rover could no longer charge its batteries. Although the storm eventually abated and the skies over Perseverance cleared, the rover has not communicated with Earth since then.Opportunity and its twin rover, Spirit, launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in 2003. Spirit landed on Mars in 2004, and its mission ended in 2011.For more information about Opportunity and the Mars Exploration Rover program, visit:mars.nasa.gov/mer
Video file: NASAs Voyager 2 Probe Enters Interstellar Space JPLraw 2018-12-10 | Video file for media and public use. For the second time in history, a human-made object has reached the space between stars. NASA's Voyager 2 probe has crossed the boundary of the heliosphere and entered interstellar space, where the Sun's outflow of material stops and the interstellar medium begins. The spacecraft is slightly more than 11 billion miles (18 billion kilometers) from Earth. Mission operators can still communicate with Voyager 2 as it enters this new phase of its journey, but information takes about 16.5 hours to make the journey from the spacecraft to our planet. Its twin, Voyager 1, crossed the boundary and entered interstellar space in 2012.
Video file: NASAs InSight Hears Martian Winds JPLraw 2018-12-10 | Video file for media and public use: NASA's InSight lander captured a haunting, low rumble caused by vibrations from the wind on Mars. It was estimated to be traveling between 10 to 15 mph (5 to 7 m/s) from northwest to southeast -- consistent with the direction of dust devil streaks that have been observed from orbit. These wind vibrations were detected by two very sensitive sensors: a seismometer sitting on the lander's deck and an air pressure sensor inside the lander. Both recorded the wind noise in different ways. The air pressure sensor -- part of a package called the Auxiliary Payload Sensor Subsystem (APSS), which will collect meteorological data - recorded these air vibrations directly. The seismometer recorded lander vibrations caused by the wind as it moved over the spacecraft's solar panels, each of which is 7 feet (2.2 meters) in diameter and sticks out from the sides of the lander like a giant pair of ears.
Mission Control Live: NASA InSight Mars Landing (clean feed for media) JPLraw 2018-11-26 | Nov. 26, 2018, at 10:30 a.m. PT (1:30 p.m. ET, 1830 UTC)See inside mission control at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory as signals return from the InSight mission as it lands on Mars. This clean feed for media contains no commentary. mars.nasa.gov/insight
BRUIE Media Reel JPLraw 2018-07-30 | B-roll for media. Researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are developing the Buoyant Rover for Under-Ice Exploration, a technology that could one day explore oceans under the ice layers of planetary bodies. These prototypes were tested in arctic lakes and seas near Barrow, Alaska.
Video file: Observatories Team Up to Reveal Rare Double Asteroid JPLraw 2018-07-12 | Video file for media and public use. New observations by three of the world’s largest radio observatories have revealed that an “asteroid” discovered last year is actually a system of two objects, orbiting each other. They are each about 3000 feet (900 meters) in diameter. Asteroid 2017 YE5 was discovered with observations provided by the Morocco Oukaimeden Sky Survey (J43) on Dec. 21, 2017, but no details about the body's physical properties were known until June 2018. The new observations have provided the most detailed images ever obtained of a binary asteroid, which consists of two objects nearly identical in size, that have not merged.
Video file: NASAs ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (ECOSTRESS) JPLraw 2018-06-26 | Video file for media and public use. NASA's ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (ECOSTRESS) is a new instrument that will provide a unique, space-based measurement of how plants respond to changes in water availability. ECOSTRESS will launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida no earlier than June 29, 2018 and will be installed on the International Space Station. The instrument will quantify the temperature of plants from space as never before to give us new insights into plant health. This will tell us how much water different plants use and need, and how they react to environmental stresses caused by water shortages. The data will be used by ecologists, hydrologists, agriculturalists, meteorologists and other scientists.
Video file: Twin Spacecraft Launch to Track Earths Water Movement JPLraw 2018-05-23 | Video file for media and public use. A U.S./German space mission to track the continuous movement of water and other changes in Earth's mass on and beneath the planet's surface successfully launched at 12:47 p.m. PDT, May 22, 2018, from the California coast.The twin spacecraft of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO), a joint NASA/German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) mission, lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex-4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, sharing their ride into space with five Iridium NEXT communications satellites.
Video file: NASA InSight on Its Way to Mars JPLraw 2018-05-16 | Video file for media and public use. Making history as the first interplanetary launch from the West Coast, NASA's InSight spacecraft is now soaring towards Mars. The spacecraft, which lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Central California, will be the first mission to study the deep interior of Mars. Its instruments include a seismometer to detect marsquakes for the first time and a heat flow probe that will embed itself as deep as about 16 feet (5 meters) below the surface of Mars.
Video file: Europa Plumes from Galileo Data JPLraw 2018-05-14 | Video file for media and public use. Mining old data from the NASA Galileo orbiter launched a generation ago has revealed independent evidence of plumes, or eruptions of water vapor, venting from Jupiter's icy moon Europa. Records of magnetic field and plasma wave signatures collected by the Galileo spacecraft on its closest flyby of Europa -- back in 1997 -- were baked into new modeling techniques to untangle anomalies in the stored data that had, until now, gone unexplained. The findings are good news for the JPL-led Europa Clipper, NASA's upcoming multiple-flyby mission that will explore the icy moon's potential habitability.
