As the wildfires burn only a few miles away from the NASA facility, communities around northern parts of Los Angeles County are evacuated, NASA's specialized firefighters protect the facility.
A raging wildfire, the Eaton Fire, has disrupted operations at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), forcing closure and evacuations, and threatening robotic space missions.
At the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, two big missions got snagged on workforce issues Scientists operate a copy of a Mars rover within the Mars Yard at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena ...
An approaching wildfire has forced the closure of NASA's lead center for robotic planetary exploration. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which lies at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains just ...
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which lies at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains just north of Los Angeles, has been temporarily shuttered due to the Eaton fire, which is raging nearby.
8 of the Eaton Fire in Los Angeles County, California. Credit: Planet Labs PBC Update (Jan. 10): JPL director Laurie Leshin posted on X Jan. 10 saying that the JPL has not yet been damaged by ...