Is JPL and NASA the same?

JPL is a federally-funded research and development center managed by Caltech for NASA. We are your space program.

How do I become a JPL engineer?

The job requires a Bachelor’s degree in materials engineering, mechanical engineering, or related technical discipline with 3 years of related experience.

Does JPL require citizenship?

The award must include a visiting research experience and funding for the student during the internship or fellowship experience. The cumulative GPA must originate from the institution where the student has a current active status. Open to U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents (LPRs) and foreign nationals.

Who is the new director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory?

“President Thomas Rosenbaum and his leadership team at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have made an outstanding choice in naming Dr. Michael M. Watkins as the new director of JPL.

What can you do at JPL?

Explore the JPL campus virtually with interactive 360 panoramas of Mission Control, the Spaceflight Assembly Facility, the visitor museum, and more. JPL is federally funded by NASA and managed by Caltech. Spacecraft developed at JPL have flown to every planet in the solar system and the Sun, and beyond.

Why does JPL fly to other planets?

Our missions have flown to every planet and the Sun in a quest to understand our place in the universe, and to search for the possibility of life beyond Earth. Explore the JPL campus virtually with interactive 360 panoramas of Mission Control, the Spaceflight Assembly Facility, the visitor museum, and more.

What have you journeyed with NASA?

Then you have journeyed with NASA JPL spacecraft and rovers. Our missions have flown to every planet and the Sun in a quest to understand our place in the universe, and to search for the possibility of life beyond Earth.