The space agency, NASA, has recently seen a significant change in its leadership focused on diversity efforts. Neela Rajendra, who was leading the diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, has been let go. This decision comes after a series of events that attempted to keep her role intact despite a presidential order that aimed...

Fire raged through Los Angeles County in January, with an airborne imaging spectrometer from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) documenting the damage. The device captured images of charred hillsides and destroyed neighborhoods, including the 170-acre JPL campus, which amazingly remained unharmed. The real devastation, however, was among the workforce. Around 20%...

Peter Theisinger, the mastermind behind NASA's Mars rover missions, was never your typical engineer. Despite his lack of mechanical skills, he oversaw projects that successfully landed three robotic contraptions on the Martian surface, collecting crucial evidence of ancient hot springs and microbial life. But what makes his story even more remarkable is the gamble he...