NASA JPL Celebrates 90 Years, Unveils Future Missions Including Mars Helicopters and Lunar Drones

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is marking 90 years of space exploration and technological innovation. The celebration includes the announcement of upcoming missions such as SkyFall, which will deploy three helicopters to Mars in 2028 to map ice deposits and analyze weather, and MoonFall, which will send large drones to the Moon's South Pole to support NASA's lunar base development. Other planned missions include SunRISE for studying solar activity and NEO Surveyor for identifying potentially hazardous space objects.