Discover JPL’s Machine Shop, where precision spacecraft components are crafted. (Photo – NASA/JPL-Caltech)
A sellout every year, the annual Explore JPL event gives visitors a glimpse into the many projects and scientific endeavors underway each day at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
By Melanie Hooks
Free tickets for the Oct. 10–11 event will become available on the official webpage this Saturday, Aug. 29, at 9:00 am. They typically disappear within 10–15 minutes.
This year, guests will have the chance to visit JPL’s most iconic facilities and explore four thematic areas: Missions That Changed the World, Moon to Mars, In Flight, and Makerspace.
Event Highlights
- The Center of the Universe: Visit JPL’s legendary Space Flight Operations Facility, a National Historic Landmark where engineers send commands to and receive data from spacecraft billions of miles away.
- Witness the Future Being Built: Discover the Spacecraft Assembly Facility and JPL Machine Shop, where precision spacecraft components are crafted.
- Meet the Robots: See the latest innovations in robotics research, from autonomous lunar explorers to search-and-rescue rovers.
- Stand with Giants: Get up close to full-scale models of the Mars Perseverance rover, Voyager, and Galileo.
- Small Wonders: Step inside the Microdevices Laboratory to see how miniature technologies are shaping the future of exploration.
Mark your calendar, and bring the whole family, along with a few well-timed Saturday-morning clicks.
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