Goddard Space Flight Center

Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate

Communicating and Navigating with Missions

Mars

Space Communications & Navigation Program

NASA Draws on Industry for Mars Telecommunications Network

On Thursday, NASA issued a Request for Proposal (RFP), seeking industry collaboration for the Mars Telecommunications Network. Reliable, high bandwidth communications is necessary to relay science data, high-definition imagery, and critical information during Mars missions.

Posted May 14, 2026

Astrophysics

Exoplanet Science

Exoplanet Transits

Exoplanets

Goddard Space Flight Center

Science & Research

Studying Exoplanets

TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite)

The Universe

NASA’s Planet-Hunting TESS Reveals Dazzling Night Sky

NASA’s TESS has released its most complete view of the starry sky to date

Posted May 13, 2026

Astrophysics

Astrophysics Division

Exoplanets

Goddard Space Flight Center

Gravitational Lensing

Hubble Space Telescope

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

Stars

The Milky Way

Hubble Survey Sets Up Roman’s Future Look Near Milky Way’s Center

The Milky Way’s galactic bulge, the bulbous region that surrounds the galactic center, contains a dense collection of stars, planets, and other free-floating objects. This region has been studied for decades with numerous ground-based and space-based telescopes, including NASA’s Hubble and James Webb space telescopes.

Posted May 11, 2026

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

Goddard Space Flight Center

Neutron Stars

Stars

The Universe

NASA’s Roman Poised to Transform Hunt for Elusive Neutron Stars

Astronomers have long known that neutron stars, the crushed cores left behind after massive stars explode, should be scattered throughout the Milky Way galaxy. However, most of them are effectively invisible. A new study published in Astronomy and Astrophysics suggests NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope could spot them anyway.

Posted May 6, 2026

Earth's Magnetic Field

Goddard Space Flight Center

Heliophysics

Heliophysics Division

International Space Station (ISS)

ISS Research

Magnetosphere

Space Weather

The Sun

NASA’s STORIE Mission to Tell Tale of Earth’s Ring Current

Earth’s magnetic field is like a powerful trap. It lures electrically charged particles in space, near our planet, and snares them in an invisible, doughnut-shaped pen around Earth known as the ring current.

Posted May 1, 2026

Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA History

NASA Goddard’s Greenbelt Visitor Center Marks 50th Anniversary

Trimmed in bicentennial pageantry, NASA opened a visitor center at its Goddard campus in Greenbelt, Maryland, in May 1976. Fifty years on, the Goddard Visitor Center continues to inspire through exhibits and programs on the past, present, and future of space exploration. “NASA’s 1958 charter tasks us with sharing our work as broadly as we […]

Posted April 30, 2026

Artemis 2

Artemis

Communicating and Navigating with Missions

Glenn Research Center

Goddard Space Flight Center

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Space Communications & Navigation Program

Space Communications Technology

Technology Demonstration

NASA Laser Terminal Enhances Views During Artemis II Mission

Millions of people watched the historic launch of Artemis II and were captivated by the mission’s 10-day journey around the Moon as NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen ventured farther into space than any human before.

Posted April 28, 2026

I Am Artemis

Artemis

Artemis 2

Communicating and Navigating with Missions

Goddard Space Flight Center

Space Communications & Navigation Program

Technology Demonstration

I Am Artemis: Peter Rossoni

Listen to this audio excerpt from Peter Rossoni, Orion Artemis II Optical Communications System flight manager: As a child, Peter Rossoni watched the Apollo missions launch with his family. In April 2026, he became a part of NASA’s Artemis II mission, helping enable communications as astronauts journeyed around the Moon.

Posted April 24, 2026

Kennedy Space Center

Goddard Space Flight Center

Launch Services Office

Launch Services Program

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

NASA Kennedy Prepares Facility for Roman Space Telescope Arrival

Preparations are underway for launch of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope as soon as early September on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Posted April 23, 2026

Exoplanets

Galaxies

Goddard Space Flight Center

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

Stars

The Universe

NASA Targets Early September for Roman Space Telescope Launch

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team now is targeting as soon as early September 2026 for launch, ahead of the agency’s commitment to flight no later than May 2027.

Posted April 22, 2026