Goddard Space Flight Center

People of Goddard
Careers
Dark Energy
Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI)
Goddard Space Flight Center
ICESat (Ice, Clouds and Land Elevation Satellite)
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
People of NASA
Tech Demo Missions
Technology
Women at NASA
Bente Eegholm is an optical engineer working to ensure missions like the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope have stellar vision. When it launches by May 2027, the Roman mission will shed light on many astrophysics topics, like dark energy, which are currently shrouded in mystery.
Posted July 2, 2024
Artemis
Artemis 3
Artemis Campaign Development Division
Astronauts
Candidate Astronauts
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
Goddard Space Flight Center
Humans in Space
Johnson Space Center
Johnson's Mission Control Center
NASA astronauts Kate Rubins and Andre Douglas recently performed four moonwalk simulations to help NASA prepare for its Artemis III mission. Due to launch in September 2026, Artemis III will land two, yet-to-be-selected, astronauts at the Moon’s South Pole for the first time.
Posted July 1, 2024
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Elliptical Galaxies
Galaxies
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Missions
The Universe
It might appear featureless and unexciting at first glance, but NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope observations of this elliptical galaxy — known as Messier 105 — show that the stars near the galaxy’s center are moving very rapidly. Astronomers have concluded that these stars are zooming around a supermassive black hole with an estimated mass of […]
Posted June 28, 2024
Earth's Atmosphere
Goddard Space Flight Center
GOLD (Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk)
Heliophysics
Ionosphere
The Sun
Who knew Earth’s upper atmosphere was like alphabet soup? NASA’s Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) mission has revealed unexpected C- and X-shaped formations in an electrified layer of gas high above our heads called the ionosphere.
Posted June 27, 2024
OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer)
Asteroids
Astrobiology
Astromaterials
Bennu
Goddard Space Flight Center
Johnson Space Center
Planetary Science
The Solar System
Scientists have eagerly awaited the opportunity to dig into the 4.3-ounce (121.6-gram) pristine asteroid Bennu sample collected by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security – Regolith Explorer) mission since it was delivered to Earth last fall.
Posted June 26, 2024
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Missions
Nebulae
Star-forming Nebulae
The Universe
Made famous in 1995 by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, the Pillars of Creation in the heart of the Eagle Nebula have captured imaginations worldwide with their arresting, ethereal beauty. Now, NASA has released a new 3D visualization of these towering celestial structures using data from NASA’s Hubble and James Webb space telescopes. This is the […]
Posted June 26, 2024
GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite)
Earth Science
Goddard Space Flight Center
Kennedy Space Center
NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
Science & Research
Science Mission Directorate
NASA successfully launched the fourth and final satellite in a series of advanced weather satellites for NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) at 5:26 p.m. EDT Tuesday.
Posted June 26, 2024
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Goddard Space Flight Center
People of Goddard
Marcia Rieke, a scientist who worked on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope, has received the Gruber Foundation’s 2024 Cosmology Prize. Rieke will receive the award and gold laureate pin at a ceremony August 8, 2024, at the General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union in Cape Town, South Africa. Rieke was […]
Posted June 24, 2024
Goddard Technology
Goddard Space Flight Center
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Technology
Technicians armed with advanced measuring equipment, augmented reality headsets, and QR codes virtually checked the fit of some Roman Space Telescope structures before building or moving them through facilities at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
Posted June 20, 2024
Astrophysics
Goddard Space Flight Center
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Nebulae
Science & Research
Star-forming Nebulae
The Universe
Alignment of bipolar jets confirms star formation theories For the first time, a phenomenon astronomers have long hoped to directly image has been captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam). In this stunning image of the Serpens Nebula, the discovery lies in the northern area (seen at the upper left) of this […]
Posted June 20, 2024
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