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Maestro Piotr Gajewski conducts the National Philharmonic in the world premier performance of Henry Dehlinger’s “Cosmic Cycles,” Thursday, May 11, 2023, at Capital One Hall in Tysons, Va. “Cosmic Cycles: A Space Symphony” is a collaboration between composer Henry Dehlinger, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, and the National Philharmonic that features a fusion of music and video in seven multimedia works on the Sun, Earth, Moon, Planets, and Cosmos. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Goddard, National Philharmonic Explore Cosmos Through Imagery, Music Collaboration

05.15.2023
Awe-inspiring NASA visuals combined with the might of a live symphonic orchestra last week in “Cosmic Cycles,” a multimedia collaboration among the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, the National Philharmonic, and composer Henry Dehlinger.
Photo of Vice President Harris and South Korea President Yoon shaking hands at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

VP Harris, South Korea President Yoon Visit NASA Goddard

04.26.2023
Vice President Kamala Harris and Republic of Korea (ROK) President Yoon Suk Yeol saw firsthand how NASA studies climate change during a visit to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, this afternoon.
Photo of VP Harris at GSFC in 2021

VP Harris, South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol to Visit NASA Goddard

04.24.2023
Vice President Kamala Harris and Republic of Korea (ROK) President Yoon Suk Yeol will visit NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, on Tuesday, April 25, to see firsthand the agency’s climate change work. NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy and Goddard Center Director Makenzie Lystrup will join them on tour.
Image of part of Earth from space

NASA Celebrates Earth Day with Earth Science in Action

04.12.2023
This Earth Day, you can join us in person and online to see how our observations help us monitor the planet’s vital signs and share them with scientists and citizens around the world.
Collage of 6 NASA climate-related images

NASA Releases Agency Climate Strategy

03.29.2023
NASA has been working to better understand our home planet from the unique vantage point of space since the first TIROS satellites launched in the 1960s. Today, with more than two dozen Earth-observing satellites and instruments, it’s clearer than ever that our planet is an interconnected system.
Lake Kariba image obtained using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview and Landsat-8 data from the U.S. Geological Survey

Low Water Level on Lake Kariba

03.24.2023
Altimetry satellites including Sentinel-6A/Michael Frelich have measured the water level at Lake Kariba—the world’s largest reservoir and a major source of electricity in Zimbabwe and Zambia. The data show that since 2022, the lake level has dropped sharply.
Visualization showing water features on New York’s Long Island – shown as bright pink splotches. Purple, yellow, green, and dark blue shades represent different land elevations, while the surrounding ocean is a lighter blue. The data was collected on Jan. 21, 2023, by SWOT’s KaRIn instrument.

Joint NASA, CNES Water-Tracking Satellite Reveals First Stunning Views

03.24.2023
The international Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission – led by NASA and the French space agency Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES) – has sent back some of its first glimpses of water on the planet’s surface, showing ocean currents like the Gulf Stream in unprecedented detail.
sea levels (in blue) from data recorded by a series of five satellites starting in 1993. The solid red line shows the trajectory of rise from 1993 to 2022, illustrating that the rate of rise has more than doubled. By 2040, sea levels could be 3.66 inches (9.3 cm) higher than today

NASA Uses 30-Year Satellite Record to Track and Project Rising Seas

03.17.2023
Observations from space show that the rate of sea level rise is increasing. Knowing where and how much rise is happening can help coastal planners prepare for future hazards. Since satellites began observing sea surface height in 1993 , the average global sea level has increased by 3.6 inches (9.1 cm), according to NASA’s Sea Level Change Team.
Cover of Spinoff 2023

NASA Spinoffs Bolster Climate Resilience, Improve Medical Care, More

01.31.2023
The latest edition of NASA’s Spinoff publication features dozens of new commercialized technologies that use the agency’s technology, research, and/or expertise to benefit people around the globe. It also includes a section highlighting technologies of tomorrow.
CISTO Chief and SMCE Government Manager Dr. Daniel Duffy presenting in front of the NASA hyperwall during Supercomputing 2022

NASA’s SMCE Team Helps Scientists Develop Collaborative Cloud Computing Projects

12.21.2022
An agile team of computer experts at NASA Goddard helps scientists collaborate and develop Open Science projects in astrophysics, Earth science, biology, and heliophysics by creating the SMCE managed cloud environment for science.
Image of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching with SWOT spacecraft onboard

SWOT Launches on Mission to Study Earth's Water

12.16.2022
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches with the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) spacecraft onboard, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022, from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Artist image of SWOT above Earth's surface

Latest International Water Satellite Packs an Engineering Punch

12.12.2022
Set for a Thursday, Dec. 15 launch, the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite promises to provide an extraordinary accounting of water over much of Earth’s surface.
Image of moon over Earth's atmosphere

NASA Press Events at 2022 Fall AGU Meeting

12.08.2022
NASA researchers will be presenting findings on Earth and space sciences Dec.12-16 at the American Geophysical Union's 2022 Fall meeting, being held virtually and in Chicago this year.
Landsat satellite image of a portion of the Yukon River in Alaska

Water Mission to Gauge Alaskan Rivers on Front Lines of Climate Change

12.08.2022
While Alaska straddles the Arctic Circle and is covered by vast expanses of frozen land, the state also has a lot of liquid water. In fact, Alaska holds about 40% of U.S. surface water resources.
Lunar Pathfinder retroreflector area made by NASA and delivered to ESA for Lunar Pathfinder

NASA Delivers First Flight Hardware to ESA for Lunar Pathfinder

12.02.2022
NASA delivered the first flight hardware for the Lunar Pathfinder mission to ESA (European Space Agency), which formally accepted the instrument on Nov. 4. NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, developed the instrument, a laser retroreflector array, which will test new navigation techniques for lunar missions.
Artist image of SWOT in orbit

5 Things to Know About How SWOT Will Look at the World’s Water

11.15.2022
On Dec. 12, NASA will launch the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite into Earth orbit from The international Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission will provide high-definition data on the salt- and fresh water on Earth’s surface.
Image of FY21 NASA Economic Report

NASA’s Economic Benefit Reaches All 50 States

10.27.2022
NASA released the results of its second agencywide economic impact report on Thursday, demonstrating how its Moon to Mars activities, investments in climate change research and technology, as well as other work generated more than $71.2 billion in total economic output during fiscal year 2021.
Animated gif of SWOT in testing chamber

Testing, Testing: Space-Bound US-European Water Mission Passes Finals

10.04.2022
The Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission (SWOT), a collaborative U.S.-French mission to monitor all the water on Earth’s surface, has passed major mission pre-launch tests. Now, except for a few final checks, SWOT is ready for its December launch.
Depict of the regional and global sea level rise measured over thirty years since the launch of TOPEX/Poseidon.

Tracking 30 Years of Sea Level Rise

08.10.2022
On August 10th, 1992, NASA and the French Space Agency, CNES launched TOPEX/Poseidon, the first highly-accurate mission to measure sea level from space. In the 30 years since, TOPEX was followed by Jason-1, Jason-2, Jason-3 and most recently Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, all of which flew in the same orbit as TOPEX.
Aerial photo of section of Oregon’s Willamette River

US-European Satellite Will Make World’s First Global Freshwater Survey

07.22.2022
The Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission will make measurements of over 95% of Earth’s lakes, rivers, and reservoirs.
Photo of a NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Laser Ranging Facility directing a laser (green beam) toward the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft in orbit around the moon (white disk).

NASA Mirrors on ESA Pathfinder to Empower Space Geodesy

07.07.2022
NASA will supply the upcoming European Space Agency (ESA) Lunar Pathfinder mission with an array of laser retroreflectors, mirrored devices that reflect light back at its source. The retroreflectors will offer new opportunities for lunar science and space geodesy.
Artist illustration of ICESat-2 lasers measuring ice shelf

NASA Approves Continuation of ICESat-2 After 3+ Years of Big Results

06.28.2022
As ICESat-2 mission receives the green light to continue operation after successfully completing its three-year primary mission, scientists highlight what it has already discovered.
Surface Water Ocean Topography (SWOT), a NASA Earth Observatory Mission

International Satellite to Track Impacts of Small Ocean Currents and Map Freshwater Lakes and Rivers

05.11.2022
A joint NASA/CNES/Canadian Space Agency/UK Space Agency mission to collect data on ocean heights to study currents and eddies up to five times smaller than have been previously detectable. It will also gather detailed information on freshwater lakes and rivers.
Earth Day 2022 Poster image

Join NASA's Earth Day Event

04.22.2022
Join us in person or virtually. Registration is open for virtual events.

The iconic “Earthrise” image of Earth appearing over the Moon’s horizon as seen from the Apollo 8 spacecraft, taken during a live broadcast with NASA astronauts from the lunar orbit on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 1968.

NASA Celebrates Earth Day with Every #NASAEarthling

04.18.2022
NASA’s space exploration continues to inspire us to be better stewards of our planet and Earth Day is a great time to celebrate what we’ve done and can do to keep Earth everyone’s favorite planet in the universe.

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