Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Address:4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, California
Tel: (818) 354-9314

Learn about NASA's lead center for robotic exploration of the solar system during a tour that includes a multimedia presentation called the "Spirit of Exploration." You may also visit the von Karman Visitor Center, and the Space Flight Operations Facility.

Open year round from 1 pm to 3 pm.
Advance reservations are required.
FREE

Please note: The tour involves a considerable amount of walking.

Trailblazing has been the business of JPL since it was established by the California Institute of Technology in the 1930s. America's first satellite, Explorer 1, was created at JPL. In the decades that followed, we sent the first robotic craft to the Moon and out across the solar system, reconnoitering all of the planets except one. Pushing the outer edge of exploration, in fact, is the reason JPL exists as a NASA laboratory.