@JPL_Technology

Learn about the tech being developed at @NASAJPL through our Chief Technologist - We build capabilities for the next generations of @NASA missions.

 Pasadena, CA
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Joined August 2010
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Really proud to be a part of the MSR mission! My amazing team’s hardware (the CCRS End Effector) is shown (partially) operating on the orbiter 1:16-1:20 🚀🦾🛰️ – at Los Angeles, CA
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@NASAJPL17 Nov 2022
Mars Sample Return would be one of the most ambitious campaigns ever attempted in space. But bringing those samples to Earth will be no easy feat, requiring multiple spacecraft to pick up the samples, launch off the Martian surface, and ferry them back to our planet.

Mars Sample Return: Bringing Mars Rock Samples Back to Earth

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@NASAJPL26 Feb 2022
Space exploration takes innovation, and these 17 futuristic space technology concepts are one step closer to becoming reality, thanks to early-stage funding awarded through the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program. Read more about the concepts: go.nasa.gov/3M5UtUI
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How is @NASA_Technology making life better on Earth? 🌧: Improved weather forecasting 🌱: Sustainably growing food 🧤: Robotic gloves to help workers on the job Read about each of these and more in the latest edition of @NASASpinoff: go.nasa.gov/3tX0a0K

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One barrier to building robots like we see in sci-fi is the cost of precision gears. Metallic glass, combining the best properties of both, now helps build those gears for a steal. That could improve Mars rovers – and drop the cost of robots at home too. go.nasa.gov/3ycvvf3
A gear made from a metallic glass alloy, with a hard, smooth surface.

ALT A gear made from a metallic glass alloy, with a hard, smooth surface.

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@NASAJPL8 Apr 2021
📡 A radio telescope… on the Moon? One of our robotic technologist's ideas for turning a lunar crater into a parabolic dish got @NASAIAC grant money for further research. It would involve bots stringing wire mesh inside a crater on the Moon’s far side. go.nasa.gov/3d07gbL
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@NASAJPL29 Dec 2020
It’s been a difficult year, but the bright minds here at JPL persevered and created important science instruments. From tumbleweed-like robots to ventilators and a portable automated lab, here are highlights of the technology we developed in 2020: go.nasa.gov/2WgNUGv
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From doctor's offices to the dinner table, NASA innovations can be found all around us. In the latest edition of @NASAspinoff, read up on some of the big and small ways our technology for exploring space has benefited life on Earth: go.nasa.gov/2KwBQ1e
The cover of Spinoff 2021, depicting the Ingenuity helicopter on the surface of Mars

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@NASAJPL27 Apr 2020
In preparation for the #Artemis program, @NASA’s Lunar Flashlight mission will search the Moon's darkest craters for hidden ice. This may help astronauts make use of resources that already exist on the lunar surface, such as water. go.nasa.gov/2KD4Vov
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Calling all small businesses! You have just a few days left to submit a proposal for our Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I Solicitation. Submissions are due by April 20 at 5pm ET. Learn more: sbir.nasa.gov
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We selected 23 early-stage tech ideas from NASA, industry & academic researchers across the country to study challenges facing future missions. One of these potentially revolutionary concepts could image Earth-like planets outside of the solar system: go.nasa.gov/2Rremv1
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We have liftoff! Our latest edition of Spinoff is here. Join us as we follow NASA technology into Earth orbit, around the solar system and through the workings of industry around the globe. Read more: go.nasa.gov/3dcJxDi
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@NASAJPL28 Feb 2020
Congratulations #CoSTAR! The team and its robots placed 1st in the @DARPA #SubTchallenge urban circuit. This autonomous tech could help first responders on Earth and one day explore caves on other worlds. go.nasa.gov/2Vw9VSv
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@NASAJPL21 Feb 2020
This competition is fuego 🔥 Innovators can now join the Venus Rover Challenge. We need help developing the world’s first sensor to detect obstacles in a rover’s path while withstanding Venus’ inferno temperatures. No easy feat. Are you game? go.nasa.gov/2SLLHBU
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The 2019 #Technology Highlights document discusses developments that are essential for JPL’s continuing contribution to NASA’s future success. go.nasa.gov/35Zk7F1
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@NASAJPL12 Feb 2020
We broke ground today on a new Deep Space Network antenna to communicate with far-flung space robots using radio waves and lasers. Complete in ~2.5 years, it could achieve 10x data rates over current tech and support future missions to the Moon and Mars. go.nasa.gov/39sVUsp
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@NASAJPL19 Nov 2019
Meet BRUIE, our aquatic robot that could one day search for life beyond Earth, and the team heading to the ends of the Earth to test it. go.nasa.gov/2Kyd1iw
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So, what are the priority technologies for our missions to the Moon, Mars & beyond? Over the next few weeks, we'll tell you about the 17 Taxonomy areas critical to enabling future space exploration and supporting commercial air travel: go.nasa.gov/2MtwJw1
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@NASAJPL25 Sep 2019
More Than Meets the Eye What robot is a drone, boat, all-terrain vehicle and submarine? Shapeshifter is a prototype robotic transformer that’s now under development: go.nasa.gov/2mHuLif

Shapeshifter: A Morphing Robot to Explore All Terrains

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U.S. universities are invited to team up with NASA centers to propose SmallSat systems for future lunar missions. We're seeking new ways for small spacecraft to communicate, navigate and operate beyond low-Earth orbit. Learn more: go.nasa.gov/2Ic3MmU
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@NASAJPL10 Jul 2019
🚁Cliff-climbing mini helicopter 🐛Ice-scaling worm 🦍Tundra-enduring ape Check out the next-generation robots using climbing and gripping technology from LEMUR, which concluded its program this year: go.nasa.gov/2SaMjyT

NASA Climbing Robot Scales Cliffs and Looks for Life

LEMUR belongs to a new generation of robots being built by @NASAJPL that can crawl, walk and even climb rock walls.

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