The laboratory's primary function is the construction and operation of planetary robotic spacecraft, though it also conducts Earth-orbit and astronomy missions. Founded in 1936 by Caltech researchers, the laboratory is now owned and sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and administered and managed by the California Institute of Technology.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory ( JPL) is a federally funded research and development center in Pasadena, California, United States. Jet Propulsion Laboratory (the United States) Show map of the United States
