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Artist's conception of OSIRIS-REx landing on an asteroid.

NASA's Asteroid Sample Return Mission Moves into Development

05.16.2013
OSIRIS-REx, NASA’s first mission to sample an asteroid, is moving ahead into development and testing in preparation for its launch in 2016.
Black and White image of the Salton Sea

New NASA Satellite Takes the Salton Sea's Temperature

04.22.2013
An image from an instrument aboard NASA's Landsat Data Continuity Mission or LDCM satellite may look like a typical black-and-white image of a dramatic landscape, but it tells a story of temperature
Aleksandra Bogunovic reaches across the instrument to affix the corners of a Multi-Layer Insulation blanket to the TIRS instrument.

For NASA to Build TIRS on Schedule, Every Day Counted

04.22.2013
From the very beginning it was a looming ticking countdown clock to get the Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) instrument ready for the Landsat Data Continuity Mission launch.
Saturn's moon, Titan

Ice Cloud Heralds Fall at Titan's South Pole

04.11.2013
A new ice cloud seen at Titan's south pole by Cassini's Composite Infrared Spectrometer is the latest sign that the change of seasons is setting off radical changes in this moon's atmosphere.
Thumbnail of new LDCM image of Colorado

A Closer Look at LDCM's First Scene

03.21.2013
Turning on new satellite instruments is like opening new eyes. This week, the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) released its first images of Earth.
The dark hot spot in this false-color image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft is a window deep into Jupiter's atmosphere.

'Hot Spots' Ride a Merry-Go-Round on Jupiter

03.14.2013
Images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveal new evidence that Jupiter's mysterious hot spots glide up and down on Rossby waves in the atmosphere like carousel horses on a merry-go-round.
From Titan: the crater Sinlap, which is a relatively 'fresh' crater,

Titan Gets a Dune "Makeover"

01.17.2013
Titan may look a lot younger than it really is because its craters are getting erased, according to the first quantitative estimate of how much Titan's weather affects the surface.
This artist's impression of Saturn's moon Titan shows the change in observed atmospheric effects

Abrupt Turn in Titan's Atmosphere Finally Seen by Cassini

11.28.2012
For nearly 20 years, models have predicted circulation changes in Titan's atmosphere, but thanks to Cassini's Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS), built at Goddard, scientists have now observed this change directly.
Saturn's moon, Tethys, showing surface temperature

Cassini Finds a Video Gamers' Paradise at Saturn

11.26.2012
Using an infrared instrument built at Goddard, scientists with NASA's Cassini mission have spotted a second Pac-Man-shaped feature in the Saturn system, this time on the moon Tethys.
false color image of Saturn

NASA Spacecraft Sees Huge Burp at Saturn After Large Storm

10.25.2012
In the aftermath of a massive storm on Saturn, data from the CIRS instrument on NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveal record-setting disturbances in the planet's upper atmosphere, including an unprecedented temperature change and a mysterious increase in the amount of ethylene.
Haze layer over Titan

NASA Research Estimates How Long Titan's Chemical Factory Has Been in Business

04.24.2012
Saturn's giant moon Titan hides inside a thick, smoggy atmosphere that cranks out methane and other hydrocarbons like a factory. New NASA-funded research estimates how long this chemical factory has been operating.
3 images of cracks on Enceladus.

Cassini Sees Saturn Stressing out Enceladus

03.19.2012
Direct observations linking the tidal pull of Saturn to jets on the moon Enceladus are among the highlights discussed at the 2012 Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.
Cassini mosaic image of Jupiter showing gravity anomaly affecting its jet stream near the red spot.

Cassini Spies Wave Rattling Jet Stream on Jupiter

03.13.2012
New movies of Jupiter are the first to catch an invisible wave shaking up one of the giant planet's jet streams, an interaction that also takes place in Earth's atmosphere.
False Color Image of the north pole of Titan.

The Many Moods of Titan

02.23.2012
The CIRS instrument on NASA's Cassini spacecraft records the temperature record of Titan, just one highlight of the shifting environment at Saturn's intriguing moon Titan.

TIRS Delivered for Earth-Observing Satellite

02.14.2012
The Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS; Dennis Reuter, Instrument Scientist) for NASA's Landsat Data Continuity Mission was delivered to Orbital Sciences Corp.

NASA Scientists Awarded Distinctions as 2012 AGU Elected Fellows

01.30.2012
NASA scientists figure prominently in the distinguished group honored as Fellows of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2012.
Artist concept features NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover.

Goddard Scientists Selected as Participating Scientists in Mars Science Laboratory and Cassini Missions

12.15.2011
Five scientists from NASA Goddard have been selected as Participating Scientists in NASA's Mars Science Laboratory and Cassini missions.

Asteroids, Mars and Drought Among NASA News Highlights at AGU

12.01.2011
NASA researchers will present new findings on a wide range of Earth and space science topics at the 2011 fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union.
Complete list of NASA-related AGU news briefings
A technician surveys the TIRS instrument and the calibration equipment, preparing to move to the clean room after testing.

Milestone Reached for LDCM's Thermal Infrared Sensor

11.01.2011
The Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) that will fly on the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) came out of its first round of thermal vacuum testing Tuesday, October 4. TIRS will be to help scientists and resource managers monitor water evaporation and transpiration on a field-by-field basis for agriculture.
The Wanderers Banner

Goddard's New Science on a Sphere movie "The Wanderers" Debuts Oct. 11

10.10.2011
Written and produced at Goddard, this guided tour of the wonders of the solar system features the actual data gathered by a host of planetary missions.
Dr. Mike Flasar

Goddard Scientist Receives Lindsay Award for Titan Research

09.28.2011
F. Michael Flasar, an expert on the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan, is the recipient of the 46th Annual John C. Lindsay Memorial Award, the highest honor given by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in space science.
image of the Venus south polar vortex in infrared light

Venus Weather Not So Boring After All

09.27.2011
Weather on Venus has a reputation for being consistently bad. New research reveals it may just be bad.
Millionth observation by Hubble

NASA's Hubble Makes One Millionth Science Observation

07.05.2011
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope crossed another milestone in its space odyssey of exploration and discovery. On Monday, July 4, the Earth-orbiting observatory logged its one millionth science observation.
Jupiter and Saturn compared

Jupiter's Youthful Travels Redefined Solar System

06.06.2011
Jupiter was a rolling stone in its youth, at one point moving about as close to the sun as Mars is now. The planet's travels reshaped the solar system, changing the nature of the asteroid belt and making Mars smaller than it should have been.
Conceptual image of OSIRIS-REx.

NASA Selects OSIRIS-REx as Next New Frontiers Mission

05.25.2011
Goddard will manage this 2016 mission to return samples from asteroid 1999 RQ36 and provide the OVIRS instrument, with Solar System Exploration Division staff in a range of project scientist, instrument scientist, and science co-investigator roles. Project Scientist: Joe Nuth, with Jason Dworkin as deputy and Lucy Lim as assistant PS; OVIRS Instrument Scientist: Dennis Reuter, with Amy Simon-Miller as deputy IS; Science Co-Investigators: Danny Glavin and David Rowlands.
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