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NASA Just Laid Off 550 People at JPL Putting Mars Missions At Risk

Today, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., laid off 550 people, a roughly 11% reduction of its ...

NASA’s JPL cuts 550 jobs in latest round of layoffs at La Cañada Flintridge facility

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory laid off 550 employees Tuesday, reducing the La Cañada Flintridge facility’s workforce by ...

NASA's Mach 9.6 X-43A 'Hypersonic Scramjet' Is Still An Engineering Marvel

NASA's experimental X-43A didn't have a pilot and couldn't fly independently, but its blisteringly high speeds showed that ...

NASA’s cool careers go beyond a flight to space

NASA offer cool careers that go far beyond being an astronaut. There are plenty of jobs that are just as impressive such as ...
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That Time NASA Pilots Flew a Jet to the Edge of the Atmosphere

In the late 1950s and 1960s, the X-15 pushed the limits of speed and altitude like no aircraft before it. Born under NACA and ...