NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Celebrates 90 Years, Outlines Future Missions

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is marking its 90th anniversary, highlighting its historical contributions to space exploration and detailing upcoming missions. These include the 2028 SkyFall mission with three Mars helicopters to map ice deposits and analyze weather, the MoonFall mission deploying drones to the Moon's South Pole for lunar base development, and the SunRISE project using small satellites to study solar activity. JPL is also focused on Earth protection through the NEO Surveyor mission for potentially hazardous objects and projects monitoring climate change impacts.