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Newborn stars peek out from beneath their natal blanket of dust in this dynamic image of the Rho Ophiuchi dark cloud from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. | Flickr/NASA Marshall Space Flight Center/Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 2.0)
JPL Scientists have performed long-distance tinkering on many projects, helping to extend those satelites' lives many times beyond their original scheduled missions.
Top Image: Griffith Observatory at night. | mimoulamiou/Needpix
A partnership between Griffith Observatory and the Los Angeles Astronomical Society enables all Angelenos to enjoy astronomy. 
Raising a water sample from The Red Ocean | Courtesy of Pete Morgan-Dimmick
The Mars Desert Research Station in Utah is dedicated to examining how humans may explore Mars. 
"Eyes on the Stars" patch from 1968 | NASA
Unknown to many, Snoopy has been working with NASA since the late 1950s, even before man first stepped on the moon.
Artist concept of body the size of our moon slamming into a body the size of Mercury. | NASA/JPL-Caltech
Even after years of studying it, the moon remains a source of mystery. 
Astronaut Kalpana Chawla, STS-107 mission specialist, prepares to simulate a parachute drop into water during an emergency bailout training session in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory. | Flickr/NASA Johnson/Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 2.0)​
There have been numerous women on the ground who made NASA's journeys possible. The following women are just a fraction of the Asian Americans whose remarkable work continues to impact the investigation of worlds beyond our own.
Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, wearing an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU), participates in lunar surface simulation training on April 18, 1969, in Building 9, Manned Spacecraft Center (now Johnson Space Center). In the months immediately before the Apollo 11 mission, the crew and the ground support teams had an intense schedule of training and simulation. Here, Armstrong practices scooping up a lunar sample. | Flickr/NASA/Creative Commons
In 1970, President Richard Nixon gave Apollo 11 lunar samples to 135 friendly countries and U.S. states. Now, many of those samples are unaccounted for.
Undergraduates Omar Garcia and Zach Cameron with Grant Mishler in the mission control room at the Robotic Systems Laboratory. | Courtesy of R. Mike Rasay
Santa Clara University's Robotic Systems Laboratory conducts satellite mission control operations, yet the lab's staff consists almost entirely of students.
Endeavor at the Grand Opening Ceremony at the California Science Center | Flickr/NASA/Bill Ingalls/Creative Commons
Southern California is a wonderland for the outer space enthusiast. Space exploration's influence on SoCal can be found all over  — sometimes in unexpected places. 
Launch of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket, c. 2018 | Courtesy of Space X
Triumphs and failures have been woven into Southern California’s aerospace industry since the beginning, but the risk-taking attitude and forward-thinking culture of the region continues to pull them into this historic region.
Sounds of Space: Your Summer of Space Playlist
We couldn't have a Summer of Space without a carefully crafted and curated playlist available for your enjoyment. When we asked PBS SoCal and KCET staff…
Artist rendering of Mars Rover 2020 | NASA-JPL
Watch engineers and technicians build the next Mars Rover. Plus, send your name to space!
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