Her book, Astro Turf: The Private Life of Rocket Science (Walker), looks at the behind-the-scenes history of JPL from its beginning in 1936 to the Martian rover landings in 2004. M.G. Lord joins ...

PASADENA — Ingenuity — the Jet Propulsion Laboratory-built, drone-like helicopter that made history when it launched from the surface of Mars and conducted the first powered flight on another ...