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Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, known as JPL, is a federally funded research and development center in La Cañada Flintridge, California, founded in 1936 by researchers of the California Institute of Technology. It is now owned and sponsored by NASA and administered and managed by Caltech. Its main work is the construction and operation of robotic planetary spacecraft, although it also carries out Earth-orbit and astronomy missions, and it is responsible for operating the NASA Deep Space Network. Its active projects include the Mars 2020 mission with the Perseverance rover, and it is the maker of many of the probes that mapped and explored the planets.

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Founded Year
1936 1
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Cassini

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Curiosity

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Europa Clipper

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Explorer 1

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Ingenuity

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Mariner 10

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Mariner 2

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Mariner 4

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Mariner 9

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Mars Global Surveyor

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Perseverance

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Ranger 1

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Ranger 2

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Ranger 3

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Ranger 4

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Ranger 5

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Ranger 6

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Ranger 7

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Ranger 8

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Ranger 9

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Sojourner

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Viking 1

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Viking 2

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Voyager 1

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Voyager 2

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United States

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1. Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Wikipedia article)
  • Lead sentence, founding
    Founded in 1936 by California Institute of Technology (Caltech) researchers
  • In Group: Federally Funded and University-Affiliated Research Centers, Lead sentence
    The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a federally funded research and development center in La Cañada Flintridge, California, United States.
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