March 2024

2024 Solar Eclipse
Eclipses
Goddard Space Flight Center
Heliophysics
Heliophysics Division
Heliophysics Research Program
Ionosphere
Science & Research
Science Mission Directorate
Skywatching
NASA will launch three sounding rockets during the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, to study how Earth’s upper atmosphere is affected when sunlight momentarily dims over a portion of the planet.
Posted March 25, 2024
Goddard Space Flight Center
OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer)
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx team was selected as the winner of the National Space Club and Foundation’s 2024 Dr. Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy for their tremendous work on the first U.S. mission to bring an asteroid sample to Earth. The winning team  received the award at the 67th Annual Robert H. Goddard Memorial Dinner at the […]
Posted March 25, 2024
Earth
Climate Change
Goddard Space Flight Center
Ice & Glaciers
Sea Ice
Sea ice at both the top and bottom of the planet continued its decline in 2024. In the waters around Antarctica, ice coverage shrank to near-historic lows for the third year in a row. The recurring loss hints at a long-term shift in conditions in the Southern Ocean, likely resulting from global climate change, according […]
Posted March 25, 2024
Earth
Oceans
From the atmosphere down to the surface of the ocean, data from NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) satellite benefits ecosystems, human health, and underrepresented communities.
Posted March 25, 2024
Galaxies
Hubble Space Telescope
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows LEDA 42160, a galaxy about 52 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Virgo. The dwarf galaxy is one of many forcing its way through the comparatively dense gas in the massive Virgo cluster of galaxies.
Posted March 25, 2024
ISS Research
Humans in Space
International Space Station (ISS)
Science in Space: March 2024 Optical fibers are used on Earth and in space for applications in medicine, defense, cybersecurity, and telecommunications.
Posted March 25, 2024
SBIR STTR
General
Editor’s Notes (March 2024): Oakwood University and its small business partner—SSS Optical Technologies, LLC—were awarded a STTR Phase II in November 2023 to continue their work. Also in 2023, M-STTR awards became part of what is now MPLAN.
Posted March 25, 2024
“Don’t be afraid to go after the things that you’re dreaming about that aren’t necessarily possible right now. We do things all the time now that were impossible 10 years ago! Figure out how to make the impossible possible, if it’s what you want to do. “One of my cornerstone pinnacles [is], ‘Show up to […]
Posted March 25, 2024
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Missions
Nebulae
Protostars
Stars
The Universe
Jets emerge from the cocoon of a newly forming star to blast across space, slicing through the gas and dust of a shining nebula in this new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. FS Tau is a multi-star system made up of FS Tau A, the bright star-like object near the middle of the image, […]
Posted March 25, 2024
NASA Engineering and Safety Center
This article is from the 2023 Technical Update. The NESC Flight Mechanics Technical Discipline Team (TDT) provides support to all NASA Mission Directorates and throughout all mission phases.
Posted March 25, 2024
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