Image of two scoops out of Martian soil
Close Me!

Curiosity Fully Analyzes First Soil Samples

12.28.2012

This is a view of the third (left) and fourth (right) trenches made by the scoop on Curiosity. The coarse sand visible here forms a thin crust in the "Rocknest" wind drift sand on Mars.

  • SDO image of solar prominence

    Graceful Eruption

    03.16.2013

    A solar prominence began to bow out and the broke apart in a graceful, floating style in a little less than four hours on March 16, 2013.

  • Light curve of V1647

    Hot Spot

    01.16.2013

    Astronomers have been able to use a new tool to find the spin of an important young protostar named V1647 Ori.

  • LDCM on the launchpad

    LDCM Prelaunch

    02.10.2013

    The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas-V rocket with the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) spacecraft onboard is seen on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013.

Goddard Tweets

What's happening

  • 19 MAY 2013 Sunday Experiment Activities for the family showcasing Goddard's science and engineering research and technological developments.

  • 2 JUN 2013 Model Rocket Launches
    Like to build model rockets, but don't have a launch pad? Now you do! Come to Goddard — no fees to participate!

MESSENGER Activities, Animations and Movies

A variety of animations, simulations, movies, and activities related to the MESSENGER mission, Mercury, and comparing Mercury to other planets in the Solar System.

Universal Chaos

Words from the Universe are in there... somewhere! Can you find them?

Goddard Internship Video

Goddard Senior Intern Grace Montalvo produced this video about internships at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., during her time at the center in summer 2012.

Visualization Explorer

This is the NASA Visualization Explorer—the coolest way to get stories about NASA's exploration of the Earth, sun, moon, planets and universe delivered right to your iPad.
                                                                                                                                                                                         
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