NASA launched a new climate observation satellite, packed with cutting-edge technology to gather information on Earth’s atmosphere and oceans, on a SpaceX launch system in early Thursday morning. The Plankton, Aerosol, Climate, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite took off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 system from Cape Canaveral, Fla., just after 1:30 a.m. Thursday. NASA said…
Money Crunch It seems like the first quarter of 2024 is the season for mass lay offs in many industries, from Snapchat to Business Insider. Now add NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to that list. The vaunted research center will be losing about 530 people or 8 percent of its staff, plus around 40 contractors […]
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