NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
NASA Federally Funded Research and Development Center managed by Caltech in Pasadena, California. Designs, builds, and operates many of NASA’s robotic interplanetary missions.
Operates flight operations for curiosity-rover and perseverance-rover on Mars, the europa-clipper mission to Jupiter’s moon Europa, and many other missions. Closely associated with nasa and complementary to nasa-goddard (which leads many heliophysics, astrophysics, and instrument-development programs, including SAM for Curiosity).