NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory — which is run by California Insitute of Technology employees, not federal civil servants — has temporarily dodged the government-shutdown bullet, ensuring that several major robotic space missions — at least for the immediate future — continue regular operations as other NASA centers shut their doors to all but a small number of “essential” personnel.
Dan Leone is the NASA reporter for SpaceNews, where he also covers other civilian-run U.S. government space programs and a growing number of entrepreneurial space companies. He joined SpaceNews in 2011.Dan earned a bachelor's degree in public communications... More by Dan Leone
