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Wednesday, February 7, 2024
NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab laying off 8% of its workforce
NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab laying off 8% of its workforce | NASA's Juno snaps photos of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io | Drone deals 2024: savings on DJI, Autel, Holy Stone & more
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Budgetary issues have forced the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), NASA's chief center for robotic planetary exploration, to reduce its workforce by about 8%. The cuts affect roughly 530 employees and 40 contractors, according to JPL officials, who announced the news yesterday (Feb. 6).
NASA's Juno spacecraft has now paid Jupiter's moon Io its second close-up visit in less than two Earth months. To mark the rendezvous, NASA and the Southwest Research Institute released a new batch of images showing the infamously infernal moon in a state of seemingly uncharacteristic calm. Scientists also released a video showing Juno's gradual approach to the Jovian satellite - a sphere pockmarked with points of light from volcanic eruptions.
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There will be some exciting spaceflight action on Valentine's Day, if all goes according to plan. SpaceX and Houston-based Intuitive Machines are targeting Feb. 14 for the launch of the private IM-1 moon mission, the two companies announced.
NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has spotted a 'super-Earth' planet orbiting in the habitable zone of a relatively nearby red dwarf star. The extrasolar planet or 'exoplanet,' which has been designated TOI-715 b, might have company in the form of an Earth-sized planet.
SpaceX plans to launch another batch of its Starlink internet satellites on Wednesday evening (Feb. 8), weather permitting. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 Starlink spacecraft is scheduled to lift off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Wednesday no earlier than 8:17 p.m. EST (5:17 p.m. local California time or 0117 GMT on Feb. 8).
Fragments of an asteroid that exploded over Germany on Jan. 21 and were recovered five days later have been confirmed to be a rare space rock type that could help shed light on Earth's origins. As Space.com initially reported on Feb. 1, scientists suspected that the strange appearance of the meteorite fragments from the parent asteroid 2024 BX1 indicated they were part of a rare group called aubrites. These suspicions have now been confirmed.
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