Science Mission Directorate

Planetary Defense Coordination Office
DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test)
NEO Surveyor (Near-Earth Object Surveyor Space Telescope)
Planetary Science Division
Science & Research
Science Mission Directorate
For the benefit of all, NASA released a summary Thursday of the fifth biennial Planetary Defense Interagency Tabletop Exercise. NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office, in partnership with FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) and with the assistance of the U.S.
Posted June 20, 2024
Science Mission Directorate
June 18, 2024 At NASA we always say that exploration enables science, and science enables exploration.
Posted June 19, 2024
GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite)
Earth Observatory
Earth Science Division
NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
Science Mission Directorate
NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected Lockheed Martin Corp. of Littleton, Colorado, to build the spacecraft for NOAA’s Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) satellite program. This cost-plus-award-fee contract is valued at approximately $2.27 billion.
Posted June 18, 2024
Planetary Defense Coordination Office
Planetary Defense
Planetary Science Division
Science & Research
Science Mission Directorate
NASA will host a virtual media briefing at 3:30 p.m. EDT, Thursday, June 20, to discuss a new summary of a recent tabletop exercise to simulate national and international responses to a hypothetical asteroid impact threat. The fifth biennial Planetary Defense Interagency Tabletop Exercise was held April 2 and 3, 2024, at the Johns Hopkins […]
Posted June 14, 2024
Space Weather
Earth's Atmosphere
Heliophysics
Science & Research
Science Mission Directorate
NASA has selected three proposals for concept studies of missions to investigate the complex system of space weather that surrounds our planet and how it’s connected to Earth’s atmosphere.
Posted June 11, 2024
Natural Disasters
Earth Observatory
Earth Science
Science & Research
Science Mission Directorate
NASA invites media to an event at the agency’s headquarters at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday, June 13, to learn about a new Disaster Response Coordination System that will provide communities and organizations around the world with access to science and data to aid disaster response.   The event will be held in NASA’s James E. […]
Posted June 11, 2024
Science Mission Directorate
A few weeks ago, I had the distinct pleasure of engaging with several of our strategic partners and friends across Europe. It was a full European tour: two weeks in Spain, the United Kingdom, Greece and France. Throughout the trip, I had many opportunities to discuss our exciting upcoming missions and the incredible impact NASA […]
Posted June 11, 2024
Science & Research
Astrophysics
Exoplanet Science
Goddard Space Flight Center
Science Mission Directorate
The Search for Life
NASA announced Friday it selected three industry proposals to help develop technologies for future large space telescopes and plan for the agency’s Habitable Worlds Observatory mission concept, which could be the first space telescope designed to search for life outside our solar system.
Posted May 31, 2024
Science Mission Directorate
Agency leadership has chosen Dr. Lori Glaze to begin a six-month detail as the Acting Deputy AA for the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate (ESDMD).
Posted May 17, 2024
Auroras
Citizen Science
Goddard Space Flight Center
Heliophysics
Heliophysics Division
ICESat-2 (Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2)
Ionosphere
Mesosphere
Science & Research
Science Mission Directorate
May 2024 has already proven to be a particularly stormy month for our Sun. During the first full week of May, a barrage of large solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) launched clouds of charged particles and magnetic fields toward Earth, creating the strongest solar storm to reach Earth in two decades — and […]
Posted May 16, 2024
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