Making it official: With the donation of an Ingenuity prototype to the @Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum museum, the #MarsHelicopter will forever be recognized as part of aviation history. ✨

Cats in Spaaace! NASA just streamed the first video from deep space via laser, and it’s more than just a cat meme. The tech demo proved it’s possible to stream HD video from deep space – and lays the groundwork for human exploration of Mars. go.nasa.gov/47XDYom

Love interesting and beautiful space photos? Of course you do! Get JPL's latest science images directly on your phone with our newly updated Space Images app: apps.apple.com/us/app/space-i… *Currently only available for iOS, but Android we are coming for you soon!

Good news today: We've reestablished contact with the #MarsHelicopter after instructing NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover to perform long-duration listening sessions for Ingenuity’s signal. The team is reviewing the new data to better understand the unexpected comms dropout during Flight 72.

Flight 72. That’s the final flight for our Ingenuity #MarsHelicopter. Ingenuity and its team proved that powered, controlled flight on another world was possible. #ThanksIngenuity. You may rest, but your legacy will continue to soar: go.nasa.gov/4ba7byi

The sols won’t be the same without the #MarsHelicopter. #ThanksIngenuity, for being my partner in exploration from the very beginning. go.nasa.gov/42b77KA

Remember to tune in live today at 12:30pm PT as we take you inside JPL's Space Simulator and chat about ARCHIVED - NASA Europa Clipper's recent testing. 👾 Twitch→ twitch.tv/nasa/schedule?… 🎥 YouTube↴ youtube.com/watch?v=Pnh_kW…

Our universe is a wondrous place. Take a moment. Pause. Look up. Wonder. Happy #NationalSpaceDay ✨

It's almost launch time for NASA's PREFIRE mission! This mission will help us help improve climate predictions by measuring heat in the form of far-infrared radiation emitted from Earth's polar regions. #ReadyAimPREFIRE Watch the live launch broadcast: youtube.com/live/m7nYAJ4dZ…

“The PREFIRE CubeSats may be small, but they’re going to close a big gap in our knowledge about Earth’s energy budget.” -Laurie Leshin, JPL Director Congrats to NASA's PREFIRE team on a successful launch! More on the launch and the mission: go.nasa.gov/3KiPlgC

Evidence for two more volcanic eruptions on Venus has been uncovered in NASA Magellan data by an Italian team of researchers! 🛰️🌋

Our ARCHIVED - NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover Mars rover has found an interesting rock that could be one of the best signs yet that ancient microbial life may have once existed on the Red Planet. However, we'll need to do more research to know for sure: go.nasa.gov/3zZhsiX

Was Mars home to microscopic life in the distant past? An intriguing rock spotted by ARCHIVED - NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has qualities that fit the definition of a possible indicator of ancient life. But what did we find, and how will we know for sure? go.nasa.gov/3WDv6kH

X marks the spot 🌎 PREFIRE, NASA's mission to study Earth's poles, has started sending back data! Expanded vertically, this data from several orbits over Greenland shows how infrared heat emissions vary through the atmosphere: NASA.GOV

In case you missed it: Today, NASA's largest planetary spacecraft launched on a 5.5-year, 1.8-billion mile voyage to Jupiter's moon Europa. Next up... Mars gravity assist in March 2025! Here are some highlights from today's ARCHIVED - NASA Europa Clipper launch 🚀

“There's still so much that we don’t know, and I actually think that’s kind of cool.” As ARCHIVED - NASA Europa Clipper continues its journey to Jupiter’s icy moon, meet Sarah Elizabeth McCandless, an interplanetary navigator on the team. Hear how her love for exploration has shaped her career.

Thanks to everyone who has reached out to us with concern and support. If you’d like to contribute, this fund will be used by Caltech & JPL to support our colleagues and their families greatly impacted by the devastating fires. giving.caltech.edu/areas-to-suppo…

During the roughly 24-hour period that Europa Clipper is using Mars' gravity to alter its path, there will be *6* active NASA spacecraft operating on or near the Red Planet – two rovers and four orbiters. science.nasa.gov/mars/

We have better maps of the Moon’s surface than we do of the bottom of the ocean. But the SWOT satellite, designed to measure surface water and ocean topography, recently published one of the most detailed maps yet of the seafloor. go.nasa.gov/3DOUT2I

Planning ahead: In addition to its own science goals, ARCHIVED - NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover is helping prepare for future human explorers. These swatches attached to the rover will help scientists understand how spacesuit materials hold up to the harsh Martian environment. go.nasa.gov/4l4beBk