Jet Propulsion Laboratory

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center in , Crescenta Valley, United States.
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  • Type: Research institute
  • Description: research and development center and NASA field center in California, United States
  • Also known as: “JPL”, “NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory”, “NASA JPL”, and “NASA/JPL”
  • Address: 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Twenty-Five-Foot Space Simulator and California Institute of Technology - Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Historic site
The is a chamber for testing spacecraft in space-like conditions, including extreme cold, high radiation, and near-vacuum pressure. is situated 520 feet northwest of Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Building
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The Space Flight Operations Facility is a building containing a control room and related computing and communications equipment areas at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in . is situated 630 feet southwest of Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

School
, familiarly known as Flintridge Prep, or simply Prep, is a highly ranked coeducational day school for grades 7-12. Founded in 1933, it is located in , , United States. 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 at the extreme northwest end of the in .

Town
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is an unincorporated area, and census-designated place in the and the Verdugos regions of Los Angeles County, California. Directly north of , it is located approximately 14 miles from . is situated 2½ miles east of Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Hamlet
La Cañada Flintridge, commonly known as just La Cañada, is a city in the foothills of the in Los Angeles County, California, United States. 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
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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: “JPL”
  • Arabic: “مختبر الدفع النفاث”
  • Armenian: “Ռեակտիվ շարժման լաբորատորիա”
  • Asturian: “Llaboratoriu de Propulsión a Reacción”
  • Asturian: “Llaboratoriu de Propulsión a Reaición”
  • Azerbaijani: “JPL”
  • Azerbaijani: “Reaktiv hərəkət laboratoriyası”
  • Basque: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Belarusian: “Лабараторыя рэактыўнага руху”
  • Belarusian: “Лябараторыя рэактыўнага руху”
  • Bengali: “জেট প্রপালশন ল্যবরেটরি”
  • Bengali: “জেট প্রপালশন ল্যাবরেটরি”
  • Bosnian: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Bosnian: “JPL”
  • Bosnian: “Laboratorija za mlazni pogon”
  • Bulgarian: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Bulgarian: “JPL”
  • Bulgarian: “Лаборатория за реактивно движение”
  • Bulgarian: “Лабораторията за реактивно движение”
  • Catalan: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Catalan: “JPL”
  • Chinese: “JPL”
  • Chinese: “NASA喷气动力实验室”
  • Chinese: “Phùn-siā Chhui-chìn Si̍t-giām-sek”
  • Chinese: “喷射推进实验室”
  • Chinese: “喷射推进研究所”
  • Chinese: “喷气推进实验室”
  • Chinese: “噴射推進實驗室”
  • Chinese: “噴氣推進實驗室”
  • Chinese: “美国喷气动力试验室”
  • Czech: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Czech: “JPL”
  • Czech: “Laboratoř proudového pohonu”
  • Danish: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Danish: “JPL”
  • Dutch: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Esperanto: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Esperanto: “Jetpelada Laboratorio”
  • Estonian: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Finnish: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Finnish: “JPL”
  • French: “Jet Propulsion Lab”
  • French: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • French: “JPL”
  • Galician: “Laboratorio de Propulsión a Chorro”
  • German: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • German: “JPL”
  • Greek: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Greek: “JPL”
  • Hebrew: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Hebrew: “JPL”
  • Hebrew: “המעבדה להנעה סילונית”
  • Hungarian: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Indonesian: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Indonesian: “Laboratorium Propulsi Jet”
  • Irish: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Irish: “JPL”
  • Irish: “NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Irish: “NASA JPL”
  • Italian: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Italian: “JPL”
  • Japanese: “ジェット推進研究所”
  • Korean: “JPL”
  • Korean: “NASA JPL”
  • Korean: “나사 제트 추진 연구소”
  • Korean: “제트추진연구소”
  • Latin: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Latvian: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Latvian: “JPL”
  • Latvian: “Reaktīvas kustības laboratorija”
  • 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: “JPL”
  • Malay: “Makmal Perejangan Jet”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “JPL”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Phùn-siā Chhui-chìn Si̍t-giām-sek”
  • N'Ko: “ߖ.ߔ.ߟ”
  • N'Ko: “ߖߍߕ ߔߙߏߔߎߟߑߛߋ ߟߊߓߏߙߊߕߏߙߋ߫”
  • Nepali: “जपीएल”
  • Nepali: “जेट प्रपल्शन लबरटरी”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Norwegian: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Persian: “JPL”
  • Persian: “آزمایشگاه پیش‌رانش جت”
  • Persian: “آزمایشگاه پیشرانش جت”
  • Persian: “آزمایشگاه پیشرانه جت”
  • Persian: “آزمایشگاهٔ پیشرانهٔ جت”
  • Persian: “آزمایشگاه رانش جت”
  • Persian: “ازمایشگاه پیشرانش جت”
  • Persian: “ازمایشگاه پیشرانه جت”
  • Persian: “ازمایشگاهٔ پیشرانهٔ جت”
  • Persian: “ازمایشگاه رانش جت”
  • Piemontese: “Laboratòri ëd Propulsion a Reassion”
  • Polish: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Polish: “JPL”
  • Polish: “Laboratorium napędu odrzutowego”
  • Portuguese: “Jet Propulsion Lab”
  • Portuguese: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Portuguese: “JPL”
  • Portuguese: “Laboratório de Propulsão a Jato”
  • Portuguese: “Laboratório de Propulsão por Jacto”
  • Romanian: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Romanian: “JPL”
  • Russian: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Russian: “JPL”
  • Russian: “NASA JPL”
  • Russian: “Лаборатория реактивного движения”
  • Serbian: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Serbian: “Laboratorija za mlazni pogon”
  • Serbian: “Лабораторија за млазни погон”
  • Serbian: “Лабораторија за млазну пропулзију”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Laboratorija za mlazni pogon”
  • Sinhala: “ජෙට් ප්‍රචාලන පරීක්ෂණාගාරය”
  • Slovak: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Slovak: “JPL”
  • Slovak: “Laboratórium prúdového pohonu”
  • Slovenian: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Slovenian: “Laboratorij za reaktivni pogon”
  • Spanish: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Spanish: “JPL”
  • Spanish: “Laboratorio de Propulsion a Chorro”
  • Spanish: “Laboratorio de Propulsión a Chorro”
  • Spanish: “Laboratorio de Propulsion a Reaccion”
  • Spanish: “Laboratorio de Propulsión a Reacción”
  • Swedish: “Jet Propulsion Laboratory”
  • Swedish: “JPL”
  • 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”

Notable Places Nearby

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

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