The center section of the backplane structure that will fly on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has been completed, marking an important milestone in the telescope's hardware development.
Using its near-infrared vision to peer 9 billion years back in time, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered an extraordinary population of young dwarf galaxies brimming with star formation.
NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver joined U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) during a dedication of a permanent exhibit of JWST to the Maryland Science Center in Baltimore.
NASA HQ recently announced the selection of the JHU/GSFC
proposed upgrade to the HAWC far-IR camera on SOFIA (the
upgrade is called HAWC++). The team is led by Johannes
Staguhn (JHU), and with the following Goddard co-Is:
Dominic Benford (GSFC lead), Harvey Moseley, Eli Dwek, Ed
Wollack and Christine Jhabvala (553). Darren
Dowell (JPL) was also selected to provide a polarimeter for
HAWC; Dave Chuss is a co-I on that team.
Congratulations to Sarah Eyermann and members of the JWST NIRSpec Detector team for winning Robert H Goddard Awards in 2011!
Sarah Eyermann
Award: Exceptional Achievement Award in Outreach
Citation: For outstanding leadership and coordination of the Afterschool Universe program during its development, culminating in a successful train-the-trainer workshop and nationwide dissemination network.
JWST Near-Infrared Spectrometer (NIRSpec) Instrument Detector System Team
Award: Exceptional Achievement Award in Engineering (Team)
Citation: For outstanding accomplishment in the development and delivery of the JWST NIRSpec flight detector system.
Team members from ASD: Bernie Rauscher, Bob Hill (Jr), Meng Chiao, Greg Delo, Don Lindler, Ori Fox
ESB Outfitting Project Team
Award: Customer Service Award
ASD members of the team: Curtis Odell and Larry Olsen
The Observational Cosmology Laboratory conducts research to improve understanding of the origin, evolution and ultimate fate of the universe. Specific issues under investigation include what powered the Big Bang; the size, shape, and matter-energy content of the universe; when the first stars and galaxies appeared and their evolution over cosmic time; and the nature of the mysterious dark energy that is driving the universe apart.
A comparison of all-sky image of temperature fluctuations in the early universe with COBE (upper image)
and the WMAP (lower image). Science operations for WMAP are conducted in the ASD (Bennett, PI)
