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Close Me!

Shields up!

08.15.2012

Layers of armor protect Earth from the sun's harmful energies, while letting in heat and light that power the climate.

  • plot of vela in Fermi field of view over time

    Celestial Spirograph

    02.27.2013

    A Fermi scientist has transformed LAT data of a famous pulsar into a mesmerizing movie that visually encapsulates the spacecraft's complex motion.

  • Photo of NASA's rover, GROVER, rolling on Greenland ice sheet

    GROVER Debuts on Greenland’s Ice Sheet

    05.10.2013

    NASA's new Earth-bound rover began testing on the Greenland ice sheet this week.

  • Befor and After photo of Mona Lisa transmission image

    First demonstration of laser communication with a satellite at the Moon

    03.04.2013

    To clean up transmission errors introduced by Earth's atmosphere (left), Goddard scientists applied Reed-Solomon error correction (right) to this image of the Mona Lisa.

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!

Mars Science Laboratory Website

Jet propulsion Laboratory (JPL) website about the Mars Science Laboratory rover "Curiosity."

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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