Press Releases & Feature Stories Archive - Geodesy and Geophysics Laboratory

Twin Spacecraft Launch to Track Earth’s Water Movement

05.22.2018

A U.S./German space mission to track the change of mass of the ice sheets, the change in ground water, and mass change in the solid Earth successfully launched at 12:47 p.m. PDT Tuesday May 22, 2018

NASA Scientist to Discuss 'Mapping the Blue Marble: Using Space-Based Observations for Improved Global Water Security and Sustainability' at Library of Congress Lecture

05.08.2018

The public is invited to a free talk called 'Mapping the Blue Marble: Using Space-Based Observations for Improved Global Water Security and Sustainability,' with Dr. John Bolten.

May the Forest Be With You: GEDI Moves Toward Launch to Space Station

05.04.2018

A first-of-its-kind laser instrument designed to map the world's forests in 3-D is moving toward an earlier launch to the International Space Station than previously expected.

NASA Invites Media to Launch of GRACE Follow-On Spacecraft

04.10.2018

Media accreditation now is open to cover the launch of NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) mission.

NASA Space Laser Completes 2,000-mile Road Trip

02.28.2018

ICESat-2's laser instrument has shipped from NASA Goddard, where it was built and tested, to Arizona, where it will be assembled with its spacecraft.

New Study Finds Sea Level Rise Accelerating

02.13.2018

Global sea level rise has accelerated in recent decades, rather than increase at a steady rate, according to a new study based on 25 years of NASA and European satellite data.

Celebrating 60 Years of Groundbreaking U.S. Space Science

01.31.2018

Sixty years ago, the U.S. launched Explorer 1, rocketing into the Space Age.

Explorer 1: The Beginning of American Space Science

01.23.2018

Sixty years ago, the hopes of Cold War America soared into the night sky as a rocket lofted skyward above Cape Canaveral, a soon-to-be-famous barrier island off the Florida coast.

NASA Team Studies Middle-aged Sun by Tracking Motion of Mercury

01.18.2018

As the Sun ages and loses mass, the orbits of the planets are expanding. NASA and MIT scientists indirectly measured this mass loss and other solar parameters by looking at changes in Mercury’s orbit.

NASA Goddard Year in Review - 2017

12.20.2017

A look back at 2017 at NASA Goddard.

Prolific Earth Gravity Satellites End Science Mission

10.27.2017

After more than 15 productive years in orbit, the U.S./German GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) satellite mission has ended science operations.

New Gravity Map Suggests Mars Has a Porous Crust

09.13.2017

NASA scientists have found evidence that Mars’ crust is not as dense as previously thought, a clue that could help researchers better understand the Red Planet’s interior structure and evolution.

NASA Flights Map Summer Melt of Greenland Land Ice

09.08.2017

Operation IceBridge is flying in Greenland to measure how much ice has melted over the course of the summer from the ice sheet. The flights, which began on Aug. 25 and will go on until Sept. 21, repeat paths flown this spring and aim to monitor seasonal changes in the elevation of the ice sheet.

NASA's IceBridge Surveys Glaciers in Northeast Greenland

08.30.2017

NASA's Operation IceBridge is flying its summer Arctic land ice campaign in Greenland, continuing its measurements of the Greenland Ice Sheet and its outlet glaciers.

NASA's ICESat-2 Preps for Laser Tests

08.16.2017

Lasers that will fly on NASA’s Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2, or ICESat-2, are about to be put to the test at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.

NASA, Norway to Develop Arctic Laser-Ranging Station

08.07.2017

NASA and the Norwegian Mapping Authority are partnering to develop a state-of-the-art satellite laser ranging station 650 miles from the North Pole.

Goddard Hosts 8th Annual Science Jamboree for Employees

07.13.2017

The Goddard Office of Communications and the Goddard Sciences and Exploration Directorate produced the eighth annual Science Jamboree on Wednesday, July 12, 2017.

Goddard Welcomes Nearly 450 Summer Interns

06.05.2017

Almost 450 interns will complete their "10-week job interview" at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center this summer.

Sweet 16: Goddard Teams Fly Extraordinary Number of Payloads in 2017

04.25.2017

Sixteen different missions whose instruments and components were developed at least in part with funding from the center’s Internal Research and Development, or IRAD, program have either launched or are scheduled to launch this year aboard commercial launch vehicles, sounding rockets, balloons, and high-altitude research aircraft.