NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Advancing science and discovery for the nation through NASA robotic missions exploring Earth and space.

Space Research and Technology · CA

About

You could say our mission is as big as space. Our discoveries in technology and space exploration advance humanity in many directions. We are creating new solutions, new potential, and even new ways of seeing the universe and life itself. If that sounds a little grandiose, it’s because it is. The bigger your imagination, the better you’ll like it here. Just remember, we don’t stop at imagining big things — we make them happen. Some people are visionary and some people are pragmatic, but we need to be 100% both. So now that you have dreamed it, how will you make it so? To us, insurmountable odds aren’t frustrating — they’re stimulating. Pursuing solutions is an obsession with us. It’s why we get out of bed. And the more challenging the struggle, the more amazing it feels when that solution is at hand.

Details

  • Website: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/
  • Founded: 1936
  • Company Size: 8590 employees
  • Headquarters: Pasadena, CA
  • Specialties: robotic spacecraft, mars missions, deep space network, planetary science, earth science, solar system exploration, exoplanets, unmanned spaceflight, engineering, science, technology, software development, robotics, microdevices, rover operations, asteroid and near-earth object tracking