JPL Open House Returns to Pasadena with Free, Timed Tickets
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JPL’s Open House is back for October 10–11, 2026 in Pasadena. Admission is free but requires timed tickets, which go on sale August 29 at 9 a.m.; you can reserve up to five tickets and must choose a time slot and list attendees with IDs checked at the door. If tickets sell out, limited group/individual tours are released monthly. Visitors can see mission control, fabrication facilities, the machine shop, and robotics research while learning about Mars rover and space-probe work. Caltech manages JPL, which has faced funding pressures and a 2028 management-contract recompetition.
- JPL’s open house is finally coming back again. Here’s how to get free tickets to the NASA tradition. Time Out Worldwide
- Explore JPL Returns in 2026! NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) (.gov)
- Explore JPL to Take Place Oct. 10, 11 NASA (.gov)
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