photo of lunar crater and surroundings
Close Me!

Melt or Rubble?

04.02.2013

This crater looked "filled in." Is this fill composed of solidified impact melt? Or simply a granular flow that originated by a slope failure?

  • Image of Ring Nebula

    The Ring Nebula’s true shape

    05.23.2013

    New observations of the Ring Nebula – the glowing gas shroud around an old, dying, sun-like star – reveal a new twist.

  • photo of colorful aurora

    CME Causes Colorful Aurora

    10.01.2012

    An aurora in Whitehorse Yukon Canada that appeared in the sky in the early hours of Oct. 1, 2012 due to the effects of a coronal mass ejection (CME) that erupted from the sun three days earlier.

  • 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.

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What's happening now

  • 24 Jun 2013 Build a Robot Institute This Event is for Teachers and Educators. Participants in the NRI will design, develop and deploy an autonomous rover.

  • 7 Jul 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!

  • 8 Jul 2013 Museum in a Box This Event is for Teachers and Educators.This program brings the physical sciences of flight to students in grades K-12.

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.

Mars Science Laboratory Website

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

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.

Ozone Hole Poster and Booklet

This poster illustrates data from five different missions that tracked the development of the ozone hole from space.
                                                                                                                                                                                         
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