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 ...
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.
UPI

NASA's California-based Jet Propulsion Lab cuts 325 jobs after 500 in early round

Nov. 13 (UPI) --NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has laid-off an additional 325 workers after an earlier round of 500 job cuts earlier in the year, largely because of budgetary constraints. "The ...
LAist

Jet Propulsion Laboratory To Undergo Mass Layoffs

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Tuesday announced that it would lay off approximately 530 employees, or about 8% of its workforce, in response to a reduced budget from NASA and lack of a new spending ...

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.

Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab make a breakthrough in rotor technology

A little more than three years since NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter ended its pioneering mission at Mars, engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California are designing next-generation Martian ...
The Washington Post

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory lays off another 5 percent of workforce

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, one of the world’s premier centers for robotic space exploration, is laying off about 325 people, or roughly 5 percent of the workforce, laboratory director Laurie ...
KTLA

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory slashing 8% of workforce

LOS ANGELES – NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced on Tuesday that it is slashing 530 employees, or roughly 8% of its workforce, due to uncertainty about its federal funding. The Pasadena-based ...
Los Angeles Times

California’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory braces for layoffs as federal budget battle drags on

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Employees at California’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory are bracing for layoffs as the U.S. government heads into its ...
SpaceNews

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory evacuated due to LA wildfire

Update (Jan. 10): JPL director Laurie Leshin posted on X Jan. 10 saying that the JPL has not yet been damaged by wildfire, but over 150 staff members have lost their homes. JPL also announced that all ...
AOL

California's Jet Propulsion Laboratory braces for layoffs as federal budget battle drags on

March 2025 photo of the NEO (Near-Earth Object) Surveyor undergoing adjustments at JPL in Pasadena. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) Employees at California's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are bracing ...