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NASA JPL Prepping for Full Year of Launches, Mission Milestones
- NASA JPL is preparing for its missions this year, which will explore everything from the Moon's water to changes in Earth's surface.
- SPHEREEx space observatory will make 4 3D maps of the entire sky to help in humanity's quest to understand the universe.
- Lunar Trailblazer will map the moon's surface water in unprecedented detail to determine the water's location, abundance, form, and how it changes over time.
- NISAR is a US-India collaboration that aims to provide major addition to the fleet of satellites studying the Earth's changing planet.
- Sentinel-6B, a collaboration between NASA and ESA, will provide global sea surface height measurements to improve climate models and hurricane tracking.
- CADRE (Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration) will send 3 suitcase-size rovers to the Moon aboard the future CLPS delivery and work together without direct input from mission controllers.
- SEAQUE (Space Entanglement and Annealing QUantum Experiment) will test technologies that could allow communication using entangled photons between two quantum systems to develop a future global quantum network.
- Europa Clipper will reach Jupiter in 2030 to investigate whether an ocean beneath the ice shell of Europa has conditions suitable for life. The spacecraft will fly-by Mars on March 1, 2025, to add speed to its journey.
- The JPL is sweat to keep upcoming missions on track as well as maintain mission operations.
- The research from these missions will help humanity in numerous ways and explore further the mysteries of the universe, the Moon, Earth and beyond.
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