https://youtu.be/GAoYbc9mXfA A countdown at Oak Hills Elementary School was the beginning of a space exploration presentation Tuesday afternoon. Students at the elementary school had the opportunity to learn about the…
It might sound a little crazy, but one longtime Stevenson Ranch resident travels about 30 miles every day to explore planets, moons and areas of the galaxy that many will…
Mike Garrett points to parts of a robot he brought during a presentation about his experiences being an engineer with JPL at the SCV Senior Center in Newhall on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017. He has worked for JPL for 37 years, 31 of which as an engineer, and is on the JPL Speakers Bureau. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal
For more than three decades, Castaic resident Mike Garrett has been one of the driving forces behind some of the most ambitious projects by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, including the…
This illustration depicts NASA's Juno spacecraft soaring over Jupiter’s south pole. This illustration depicts NASA's Juno spacecraft soaring over Jupiter’s south pole. Photo by NASA/JPL-Caltech in Pasadena, Calif.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena manages the Juno mission for the principal investigator, Scott Bolton, of Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. The Juno mission is part of the New Frontiers Program managed at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, built the spacecraft. JPL is a division of Caltech in Pasadena. NASA photo
SOURCE: NASA NASA's Juno mission completed a close flyby of Jupiter and its Great Red Spot on July 10, during its sixth science orbit. All of Juno's science instruments and…
Braydon Harmon, Plum Canyon 3rd grader, (left) with Skip Newhall of JPL. Courtesy photo
Plum Canyon Elementary's 3rd graders put on a play all about the "History of Santa Clarita." As part of the history, the students performed a musical with different characters portrays…
Fourth grade Santa Clarita Christian School student Brynn Owen shows off part of her "Helpful Hand" project at the school's first STEM Expo Friday. Christina Cox/The Signal
Brynn Owen, a fourth grade student at Santa Clarita Christian School (SCSS), knew she wanted to invent a device that would help her mother, who was born without one of…