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 ...
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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.

Firefly Aerospace Wins $75 Million NASA JPL MoonFall Subcontract to Deliver Drones to the Moon’s South Pole

Firefly Aerospace (Nasdaq: FLY), a market leading space and defense technology company, today announced it was awarded a $75 ...
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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 ...
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Who will manage JPL?

NASA plans to open the contract to manage the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge to a competitive bidding process, according to a memo the lab released Friday. The backstory: Since NASA ...
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Caltech could lose management of JPL when contract is opened to competitive bidding

JPL, which was founded by Caltech researchers 90 years ago, could come under new management once the Pasadena university's ...
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NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory advances deep space mission operations with Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization

JPL selected Red Hat OpenShift with its built-in Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization capability to support a sophisticated, high ...

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 ...

Caltech could lose control of JPL for the first time

The action forces Caltech to compete for control of the La Cañada Flintridge institution it has managed since NASA's ...