NASA - Revealing the Unknown

NASA’s vision is to reach for new heights and reveal the unknown so that what it doesand what it learns will benefit all humankind.What is NASA’s vision for space communication in the 21st Century?As we explore more of the unknown, how do we manage the vast volumes of data that new flight projects produce in the quest to explore our own solar system, and the systems beyond that?What is NASA’s vision for robotic space exploration?It’s a year of launches in the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at NASA: a major Earth satellite, Aquarius; a mission to Jupiter, Juno; twin spacecraft called GRAIL that will study the gravity of Earth’s moon; NASA’s next-generation rover, Mars Science Laboratory; and the Dawn spacecraft will go into orbit around the protoplanet Vesta this summer.