Goddard Space Flight Center

Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE)
Earth
Goddard Space Flight Center
Heliophysics
Hurricanes & Typhoons
The Sun
On Sept. 26, 2024, Hurricane Helene slammed into the Gulf Coast of Florida, inducing storm surges and widespread impacts on communities in its path. At the same time, NASA’s Atmospheric Waves Experiment, or AWE, recorded enormous swells in the atmosphere that the hurricane produced roughly 55 miles above the ground.
Posted November 7, 2024
Goddard Space Flight Center
Heliophysics
Heliophysics Division
Parker Solar Probe (PSP)
Solar Wind
The Sun
Venus
On Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will complete its final Venus gravity assist maneuver, passing within 233 miles (376 km) of Venus’ surface. The flyby will adjust Parker’s trajectory into its final orbital configuration, bringing the spacecraft to within an unprecedented 3.86 million miles of the solar surface on Dec.
Posted November 4, 2024
Goddard Space Flight Center
Heliophysics
Heliophysics Division
Science & Research
Solar Wind
The Sun
Wind Mission
Picture it: 1994. The first World Wide Web conference took place in Geneva, the first Chunnel train traveled under the English Channel, and just three years after the end of the Cold War, the first Russian instrument on a U.S. spacecraft launched into deep space from Cape Canaveral. The mission to study the solar wind, […]
Posted November 1, 2024
Astrophysics
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Stars
In the 1997 movie “Contact,” adapted from Carl Sagan’s 1985 novel, the lead character scientist Ellie Arroway (played by actor Jodi Foster) takes a space-alien-built wormhole ride to the star Vega. She emerges inside a snowstorm of debris encircling the star — but no obvious planets are visible. It looks like the filmmakers got it […]
Posted November 1, 2024
Goddard Space Flight Center
“Discipline is one of the things that they instill within you [in the military.] All the way starting in boot camp, [the goal] is doing the right thing when no one is looking. Integrity. “Whenever you’re in boot camp, they always say, ‘it’s too easy.’ It’s just too easy to follow the rules, read the […]
Posted November 1, 2024
Astrophysics
Galaxies
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes Research
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Science & Research
Spiral Galaxies
The Universe
Stare deeply at these galaxies. They appear as if blood is pumping through the top of a flesh-free face. The long, ghastly “stare” of their searing eye-like cores shines out into the supreme cosmic darkness. It’s good fortune that looks can be deceiving. These galaxies have only grazed one another to date, with the smaller […]
Posted October 31, 2024
Coronal Diagnostic Experiment (CODEX)
Goddard Space Flight Center
Heliophysics
Heliophysics Division
International Space Station (ISS)
Science Mission Directorate
Solar Wind
Space Weather
The Sun
NASA’s Coronal Diagnostic Experiment (CODEX) is ready to launch to the International Space Station to reveal new details about the solar wind including its origin and its evolution. Launching in November 2024 aboard SpaceX’s 31st commercial resupply services mission, CODEX will be robotically installed on the exterior of the space station.
Posted October 30, 2024
Goddard Space Flight Center
PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem)
People of Goddard
People of NASA
Flight operations engineer Carissa Arillo helped ensure one of the instruments on NASA’s PACE mission made it successfully through its prelaunch testing. She and her group also documented the work rigorously, to ensure the flight team had a comprehensive manual to keep this Earth-observing satellite in good health for the duration of its mission.
Posted October 29, 2024
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Goddard Space Flight Center
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has successfully completed integration of the Roman Coronagraph Instrument onto Roman’s Instrument Carrier, a piece of infrastructure that will hold the mission’s instruments, which will be integrated onto the larger spacecraft at a later date.
Posted October 28, 2024
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