Thank you to the first responders who continue to support LA. JPL was thankfully untouched by the Eaton fire, though the community faces a long road to recovery.

To date, over 200 JPL employees lost their homes - and many more remain displaced.

How to help:
giving.caltech.edu/areas-to-sup...

Happy New Year!

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📸: Orbital sunrise via the International Space Station, 261 miles above the Pacific Ocean. Credit: NASA/Matthew Dominick

ICYMI: a new antenna at NASA’s Deep Space Network Goldstone complex near Barstow, California reached a new milestone with the installation of its 133-ton reflector dish.

Check out an incredible time lapse:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbyP...

[Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech]

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On this day in 1968: the iconic Earthrise image was taken on Apollo 8 by Bill Anders, with astronauts Anders, Frank Borman, and Jim Lovell on board. Said Lovell: “The vast loneliness is awe-inspiring, and it makes you realize just what you have back there on Earth.”

📸: NASA

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