Jet Propulsion Laboratory

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center in , United States. Founded in 1936 by California Institute of Technology researchers, the laboratory is now owned and sponsored by NASA and administered and managed by Caltech.
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  • Type: Research institute
  • Description: research and development center and NASA field center in California, United States
  • Also known as: “Jet Propulsion Lab”, “Jetpelada Laboratorio”, “JPL”, “Laboratoř proudového pohonu”, “Laboratório de Propulsão por Jacto”, “Laboratorio de Propulsion a Chorro”, “Laboratorio de Propulsion a Reaccion”, “Laboratorium napędu odrzutowego”, “Laboratorium Propulsi Jet”, “NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory”, “NASA JPL”, “NASA/JPL”, “NASA喷气动力实验室”, “Reaktīvas kustības laboratorija”, “Лабораторија за млазну пропулзију”, “Лабораторията за реактивно движение”, “آزمایشگاه پیشرانش جت”, “آزمایشگاهٔ پیشرانهٔ جت”, “آزمایشگاه رانش جت”, “ازمایشگاه پیشرانش جت”, “ازمایشگاه پیشرانه جت”, “ازمایشگاهٔ پیشرانهٔ جت”, “ازمایشگاه رانش جت”, “ߖ.ߔ.ߟ”, “जपीएल”, “জেট প্রপালশন ল্যবরেটরি”, “나사 제트 추진 연구소”, “喷射推进实验室”, “喷射推进研究所”, and “美国喷气动力试验室”
  • Address: 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Space Flight Operations Facility and Twenty-Five-Foot Space Simulator.

Historic building
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The is a building… is situated 630 feet southwest of Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Historic building
The is a chamber for… is situated 520 feet northwest of Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

School
, familiarly known… is situated 3,900 feet west of Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include La Cañada Flintridge and Altadena.

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is a city of about 20,000 people…

Town
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is an unincorporated area and… is situated 2½ miles east of Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Hamlet
La Cañada Flintridge, commonly known as just… is situated 2½ miles northwest of Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Latitude
34.20162° or 34° 12′ 6″ north
Longitude
-118.17251° or 118° 10′ 21″ west
Elevation
1,201 feet (366 metres)
Operator
California Institute of Technology
Open location code
85636R2G+JX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 374485271
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­research_institute
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­commercial
Wiki­data ID
Q189325
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Jet Propulsion Laboratory” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Arabic: “مختبر الدفع النفاث”
  • Armenian: “Ռեակտիվ շարժման լաբորատորիա”
  • Asturian: “Llaboratoriu de Propulsión a Reacción”
  • Asturian: “Llaboratoriu de Propulsión a Reaición”
  • Azerbaijani: “Reaktiv hərəkət laboratoriyası”
  • Basque: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Belarusian: “Лабараторыя рэактыўнага руху”
  • Belarusian: “Лябараторыя рэактыўнага руху”
  • Bengali: “জেট প্রপালশন ল্যাবরেটরি”
  • Bosnian: “Laboratorija za mlazni pogon”
  • Bulgarian: “Лаборатория за реактивно движение”
  • Catalan: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Catalan: “Laboratori de Propulsió a Reacció”
  • Chinese: “喷气推进实验室”
  • Chinese: “噴氣推進實驗室”
  • Czech: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Danish: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Dutch: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Esperanto: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Estonian: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Finnish: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • French: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Galician: “Laboratorio de Propulsión a Chorro”
  • German: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Greek: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Hebrew: “המעבדה להנעה סילונית”
  • Hungarian: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Indonesian: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Irish: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Italian: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Japanese: “ジェット推進研究所”
  • Korean: “제트추진연구소”
  • Latin: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Latvian: “Reaktīvās kustības laboratorija”
  • Lithuanian: “Reaktyvinio judėjimo laboratorija”
  • Lombard: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Luxembourgish: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Macedonian: “Лабораторија за реактивен погон”
  • Malay: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Malay: “Makmal Perejangan Jet”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Phùn-siā Chhui-chìn Si̍t-giām-sek”
  • N'Ko: “ߖߍߕ ߔߙߏߔߎߟߑߛߋ ߟߊߓߏߙߊߕߏߙߋ߫”
  • Nepali: “जेट प्रपल्शन लबरटरी”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Norwegian: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Persian: “آزمایشگاه پیش‌رانش جت”
  • Persian: “آزمایشگاه پیشرانه جت”
  • Piemontese: “Laboratòri ëd Propulsion a Reassion”
  • Polish: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Portuguese: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Portuguese: “Laboratório de Propulsão a Jato”
  • Romanian: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Russian: “Лаборатория реактивного движения”
  • Serbian: “Laboratorija za mlazni pogon”
  • Serbian: “Лабораторија за млазни погон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Laboratorija za mlazni pogon”
  • Sinhala: “ජෙට් ප්‍රචාලන පරීක්ෂණාගාරය”
  • Slovak: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Slovak: “Laboratórium prúdového pohonu”
  • Slovenian: “Laboratorij za reaktivni pogon”
  • Spanish: “Laboratorio de Propulsión a Chorro”
  • Spanish: “Laboratorio de Propulsión a Reacción”
  • Swedish: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Tatar: “Реактив хәрәкәт тәҗрибәханәсе”
  • Thai: “ห้องปฏิบัติการแรงขับเคลื่อนไอพ่น”
  • Turkish: “Jet İtki Laboratuvarı”
  • Turkish: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Ukrainian: “Лабораторія реактивного руху”
  • Venetian: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Vietnamese: “Phòng thí nghiệm sức đẩy phản lực”
  • Vietnamese: “Phòng Thí nghiệm Sức đẩy Phản lực”
  • Welsh: “Labordy Propulsion Jet”
  • Yue Chinese: “噴射推進實驗室”
  • “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: JPL Building 249 (Visitor’s Center) and JPL Building 186 (Theodore von Kármán Museum and Auditorium).

Nearby Places

Places to explore: JPL Building 138 and JPL Building 296.

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