| NASA Center: |
Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
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| Image # : |
EarlyJPLsite |
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| Date : |
02/1942
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Title
JPL Site in 1942
Full Description
In February 1942, there were only a few small buildings and
rocket motor test pits on Jet Propulsion Laboratory's present
site. George Emerson took this photograph from the hill above
what is now the east gate. JPL is managed by the California
Institute of Technology and is NASA's lead center for robotic
exploration of the solar system. In addition to supervising
robotic spacecraft and observing far-off galaxies in the
universe, JPL is in charge of the Deep Space Network, which
communicates with spacecraft and conducts scientific
investigations from its complexes in California's Mojave Desert
near Goldstone; near Madrid, Spain; and near Canberra,
Australia. JPL is located in Pasadena, California about twelve
miles northeast of Los Angeles.
Keywords
Jet Propulsion Laboratory early, JB-1
Subject Category
Miscellaneous-1, Deep Space Studies, Planetary Exploration
Reference Numbers
- Center:
JPL
- Center Number:
EarlyJPLsite
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2003-00059
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NASA
- Original Source: NASA
| Resolution | Format | Width
(Pixels) | Height
(Pixels) | Size
(KBytes) |
Thumbnail |
TIFF |
39 |
26 |
7 |
Small |
TIFF |
310 |
212 |
73 |
Medium |
TIFF |
645 |
441 |
287 |
Large |
TIFF |
1289 |
881 |
1,118 |
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Updated October 31, 2002
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