NASA JPL Looks to Next 90 Years of Innovation, Exploration
Ninety years later, the lab, now managed by Caltech for NASA, isn’t.
NASA reports: Ninety years later, the lab, now managed by Caltech for NASA, isn’t.
When a group of Caltech graduate students and enthusiasts began conducting rocket-propulsion tests in Pasadena’s Arroyo Seco on Oct. 31, 1936, they had no idea that their work marked the inception of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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