The Rover Operations Center for Mars & Moon Missions | NASA/JPL FriendsofNASA.org: Meet the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Rover Operations Center (ROC) in Pasadena, California. It is a "center of excellence for current and future rover, aerial, and other surface missions. The Rover Operations Center at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory leverages JPL's decades of experience in planetary rover operations. The ROC will support partnerships and technology transfer to catalyze the next generation of Moo