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Free tickets to ‘explore jpl’ available online soon, jet propulsion laboratory.

After a four-year hiatus, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is welcoming back the public for a two-day event. A limited number of tickets will be available online April 2.

For decades, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California has invited the public to its campus at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains to go “behind the scenes” and see the latest technologies and space missions studying Earth, our solar system, and beyond.

This year’s “ Explore JPL ” – the first since the COVID-19 pandemic began – will take place April 29 to 30, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. PDT. Tickets are free but very limited and go fast. They will be available online at explore.jpl.nasa.gov at 9 a.m. PDT Sunday, April 2. Be sure to refresh the page after 9 a.m. to check for availability.

Tickets will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis, with a maximum of five tickets per requestor. Orders for more than five tickets may be subject to cancelation. Tickets will be provided for specific time slots and must be reserved for specific names. Attendees will not be admitted before the designated time printed on their ticket.

Visitors will have the opportunity to view, among other things, full-size models of Mars rovers and the Europa Clipper spacecraft being constructed in the Spacecraft Assembly Facility . Attendees can also see mission control and the machine shop , where precise parts are made for spacecraft, and the Microdevices Laboratory .

To attend, visitors must have their tickets in hand and anyone age 18 or over must show government-issued identification. Tickets are not transferable and cannot be sold. Children under age 2 do not require a ticket, but experiences at the event are not intended for very young guests.

Visitors may not bring these items to JPL: weapons or explosives of any kind, incendiary devices, glass containers, alcohol, cannabis or illegal drugs, pets (except certified service animals), banners or signs, flags, boom boxes, air horns, musical instruments, and professional camera equipment with detachable telephoto lenses. Use of laser pointers or whistles is not allowed. No bags, backpacks, or hard-sided coolers are permitted, either, except small purses and diaper bags. Drones are not allowed to fly over JPL under any circumstances. Skates, skateboards, scooters, Segways, and bicycles are not permitted inside the event, as the venues are crowded with pedestrians.

Vehicles entering JPL property are subject to inspection. Parking is free.

Caltech manages JPL for NASA. Follow @NASAJPL on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram , and join the conversation by using the hashtag #ExploreJPL.

For more information and a link to frequently asked questions, visit:

https://explore.jpl.nasa.gov/

For JPL’s virtual tour, visit:

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/virtual-tour/

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Visitors must register ahead of time.  See the webpage for details.

All tours are 2 to 2.5 hours in duration and commonly include a multi-media presentation, and seeing our array of models and Solar System gallery, including our full scale Voyager and Galileo spacecraft models.

Guests may also visit the von Karman Visitor Center, the Space Flight Operations Facility, and the Spacecraft Assembly Facility.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Adds New Stops to Its Virtual Tour

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While NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover makes groundbreaking achievements on the Red Planet, its twin is hard at work in JPL’s Mars Yard. The Operational Perseverance Twin for the Integration of Mechanisms and Instruments Sent to Mars, or OPTIMISM, is the Mars 2020 Vehicle System Testbed (VSTB) rover.

Now you can see the Mars Yard up close, roam the world-class Microdevices Lab, visit the shop where spacecraft parts are made, and stop into a clean room where spacecraft take shape.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has just added several new stops to the immersive virtual tour that takes you through the leading center for the robotic exploration of the universe.

Stop by the Lab’s Mars Yard, an outdoor field with red soil that simulates the Martian terrain encountered by Perseverance, Curiosity, and other Mars explorers. This is where missions test full-scale rover models, and you’ll find in-depth details on everything from instruments on the Earthly twin of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover to the garage that houses it.

Also new to the virtual tour is the Microdevices Lab. Daring, cutting-edge projects developed in this world-class laboratory have played key roles since 1990 in transforming ideas that seemed like science fiction into powerful technologies for use in space and on Earth. In fact, work here has enabled Perseverance to hunt for organics and minerals on Mars.

While you’re at it, visit the fabrication shop, where flight and ground support equipment hardware is crafted with extreme precision. There is no mass production here – everything is “one off.”

With the latest additions, you can now visit the Earth Orbiting Mission Operations Center, too. This facility was developed to provide a work area for JPL engineers and data analysts to monitor and operate Earth-orbiting satellites built and managed by JPL.

Also added is a view of High Bay 2 of JPL’s spacecraft assembly facility . Completed in 1976 to help with the Voyager project, this is JPL’s tallest clean room. It’s located beside High Bay 1, which has seen spacecraft taking shape since 1962.

Each location is embedded with dozens of points of interest – including videos, fun facts, and images – and they only add to an already fascinating journey into the rich history of the 168-acre facility.

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For example, you can drop by the control room for the Deep Space Network , where JPL staff communicate with every NASA spacecraft flying beyond the orbit of the Moon. Click on one of the embedded links to see in real-time which spacecraft are returning data to each of the three Deep Space Network facilities based around the world.

In the von Kármán Auditorium and the Lab’s Visitor Center Museum, you can learn about JPL’s early years, including its involvement in launching America’s first satellite, Explorer 1, which led to the formation of NASA. You’ll also find full-scale models of some of our most beloved spacecraft, including Voyager, Galileo, and the Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity in these rooms.

“There’s just so much to explore at JPL. With the expansion of the tour, we’re hoping to see people return over and over,” said Veronica McGregor, manager of JPL’s Digital News and Media Office.

The virtual lab tour is a collaboration of the JPL Digital News and Media Office and the Public Services Office, which handles in-person tours and other visitor activities. The tour staff’s expertise, honed from ushering thousands of visitors through the lab each year, was invaluable in creating the dozens of points of interest included in each virtual tour stop. In-person tours at JPL have been suspended since March 2020 due to the pandemic.

“Our staff has been providing virtual tours for schools and the general public over the past year,” said Kim Lievense, manager of the Public Services Office at JPL. “With these new tour locations, we can expand the experience for our school groups and the general public.”

JPL is managed for NASA by Caltech in Pasadena, California.

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Matthew Segal

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.

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Tue, Jul 18

Virtual Technical Tour (Zoom)

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Virtual Public Tour

ASCE Los Angeles Younger Member Forum is joining forces with NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to bring a virtual educational tour to our members. This 60-minute virtual tour will provide an overview of JPL's accomplishments and current activities.

Time & Location

Jul 18, 2023, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM PDT

About the Event

ASCE Los Angeles Younger Member Forum (LA YMF) Professional Development Committee has partnered up with NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) at California Institute of Technology (Caltech) to host a virtual public educational tour to educate our members about the current activities of JPL. All educational tours commonly include a multimedia presentation entitled "Journey to the Planets and Beyond". Our members will have the opportunity to virtually tour the Spacecraft Assembly Facility and Space Flight Operations Facility with the narration from the JPL staff.

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