Goddard Space Flight Center

Humans in Space
Andre Douglas
Artemis
Artemis 3
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
Goddard Space Flight Center
Johnson Space Center
Kathleen Rubins
Science Mission Directorate
Spacesuits
xEVA & Human Surface Mobility
To prepare for exploring the Moon during NASA’s Artemis campaign, the agency is conducting a week-long field test in the lunar-like landscape of San Francisco Volcanic Field near Flagstaff, Arizona to practice moonwalk scenarios.
Posted May 14, 2024
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Missions
Science Mission Directorate
Fifteen years ago, human hands touched NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope for the last time. As astronauts performed finishing tasks on the telescope during its final servicing mission in May 2009, they knew they had successfully concluded one of the most challenging and ambitious series of spacewalks ever conducted.
Posted May 10, 2024
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Galaxies
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Missions
The Universe
The celestial object showcased in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is the spiral galaxy UGC 9684, which lies around 240 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Boötes.
Posted May 10, 2024
Active Galaxies
Astrophysics
Galaxies
Goddard Space Flight Center
The Universe
XRISM (X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission)
After starting science operations in February, Japan-led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) studied the monster black hole at the center of galaxy NGC 4151.
Posted May 8, 2024
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
People of Goddard
People of NASA
Today, Ken Carpenter is a scientist for NASA’s Hubble and Roman space telescopes, but in 1967 he was just a teenager at his local library out to fact-check a “Star Trek” episode. Name: Kenneth G.
Posted May 7, 2024
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Astrophysics
Black Holes
Dark Matter
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes Research
General
Goddard Space Flight Center
Missions
Origin & Evolution of the Universe
Science & Research
The Big Bang
The Universe
Astronomers have discovered black holes ranging from a few times the Sun’s mass to tens of billions. Now a group of scientists has predicted that NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope could find a class of “featherweight” black holes that has so far eluded detection. Today, black holes form either when a massive star collapses […]
Posted May 7, 2024
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Galaxies
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Missions
Spiral Galaxies
The Universe
Bright, starry spiral arms surround an active galactic center in this new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the galaxy NGC 4951. Located in the Virgo constellation, NGC 4951 is located roughly 50 million light-years away from Earth. It’s classified as a Seyfert galaxy, which means that it’s an extremely energetic type of galaxy with […]
Posted May 6, 2024
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Goddard Space Flight Center
Johnson Space Center
Missions
President Joe Biden will present Dr. Ellen Ochoa, former center director and astronaut at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, and Dr. Jane Rigby, senior project scientist for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, each with the Presidential Medal of Freedom Friday in a ceremony at the White House in Washington. The Presidential Medal of […]
Posted May 3, 2024
2024 Solar Eclipse
Ames Research Center
Eclipses
Goddard Space Flight Center
Heliophysics
Modeling
Science & Research
Skywatching
Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)
Solar Eclipses
Before a total solar eclipse crossed North America on April 8, 2024, scientists at Predictive Science Inc. of San Diego aimed to foresee what the Sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona, would look like during totality. The predictions help researchers understand the accuracy of their models of the Sun’s corona, which extends along its magnetic field.
Posted May 2, 2024
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Ames Research Center
Goddard Space Flight Center
NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program
NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts program (NIAC) has selected six visionary concept studies for additional funding and development.
Posted May 2, 2024
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