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Shakeup at JPL? Control over iconic NASA center could change for 1st time in nearly 100 years

This is part of an even-larger "restructuring" at NASA.
Opinion

NASA's Iconic Jet Propulsion Laboratory Could Change Hands for the First Time

Caltech has led JPL to some of the most ambitious and successful missions in NASA's history, but the agency could be about to change that relationship.

Competition to run JPL comes at fraught moment of federal budget cuts, project overruns, management missteps

A competitive contract isn't necessarily a bad thing, experts say. But the administration's anti-science record raises ...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Initiates Largest Change In 70 Years, Solicits Bids To Replace Caltech As Its Manager

A booming industry is proving that private enterprise can make serious strides in space, and JPL is looking to find cheaper ways to do what it's always done.
Inside Higher Ed

Caltech Must Bid to Operate NASA Lab for First Time in Nearly 100 Years

Caltech will compete to operate and manage the Jet Propulsion Lab, a federally funded research and development center it ...
AOL

Caltech could lose control of JPL for the first time

The contract for management and operation of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory will be opened up to a competitive bidding process for the first time in its history, the space agency announced. (David ...

NASA's Mars Helicopter Actually Breaks The Sound Barrier

For future NASA missions to Mars, this new helicopter vehicle will be key to surveying the planet's surface for all sorts of ...