At NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California monitors various spacecrafts across the solar system. The Takeaway gets a tour. Guest, Dr. Charles Alatchi, director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, talks about the “seven minutes of terror,” the time it takes to land a spacecraft.
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