Visualization of Buried Marte Vallis Channels
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Visualization of Buried Marte Vallis Channels

03.07.2013

This schematic shows where the Shallow Radar instrument on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter detected flood channels that had been buried by lava flows in the Elysium Planitia region on Mars.

  • GALEX image of spiral galaxy

    Largest Known Spiral Galaxy

    02.14.2013

    The giant barred spiral galaxy NGC 6872 is 522,000 light-years across from the tip of one outstretched arm to the tip of the other, making it about 5 times the size of our home galaxy, the Milky Way.

  • 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.

  • SDO ultraviolet image of x-ray flare

    X-Class

    12.31.2012

    A region of the Sun erupts in a powerful explosion, known as an "X-class" solar flare. These can cause observable effects on earth such as aurorae and power grid and communications satellite failures.

Goddard Tweets

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  • 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?

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.

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.
                                                                                                                                                                                         
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