PASADENA : JPL May Close Rocket Test Facility at Edwards AFB
Officials at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena announced this week that they have recommended closing JPL’s 48-year-old test facility at Edwards Air Force Base as a cost-saving measure, leaving the jobs of 46 workers in limbo.
The shutdown of the 570-acre facility, which tested rockets for most of the major unmanned space exploration missions of the 1960s and 1970s, could begin late this year if the plan is accepted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, JPL’s parent agency, officials said. A decision is expected in about a month.
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