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NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Celebrates 60 Years

04.29.2019
On May 1, 1959, the Beltsville Space Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, was renamed NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in honor of Robert H. Goddard, widely considered the father of modern rocketry. Thus began a 60-year boom in science and technological innovation.
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NASA Celebrates Earth Day with Social Media, Public Events

04.18.2019
This Earth Day, April 22, NASA invites you to celebrate our beautiful home planet by participating in a global social media event and local events around the country.
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Picture Earth for Earth Day 2019

04.12.2019
For Earth Day 2019, NASA invites you to celebrate the planet we call home with our #PictureEarth social media event.
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NASA Invites Media to 57th Annual Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium

03.15.2019
Media are invited to the 57th Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium on March 20-21.
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New NASA Book Shares Beauty of Earth from Space

02.20.2019
NASA’s new 168-page book “Earth,” a collection of dramatic images captured by Earth-observing satellites, is available now in hardcover and ebook, and online with interactive features.
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David Wolff: Wallops’ Storm-chaser — With Satellites and Airplanes

02.05.2019
Meteorologist David Wolff chases hurricanes with the help of satellites and airplanes.
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NASA Goddard’s Science Jamboree Connects Disciplines and Interns

07.26.2018
The Goddard Science Jamboree provides an opportunity for interns and senior scientists alike to learn more about the science happening in other disciplines in one room.
AIRS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite showed powerful storms

Emilia (Eastern Pacific Ocean)

06.29.2018
NASA infrared data reveals Tropical Storm Emilia is strengthening.
Still from visualization depicting the correlation and lag time of surface soil moisture following precipitation events over Australia, India, and the United States.

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.
2020 Decadal Survey Missions: At a Glance

2020 Decadal Survey Missions: At a Glance

04.24.2018
Any telescope that reaches the launch pad in the 2030s likely will look much different than the concepts four teams are currently studying to inform the 2020 Decadal Survey for Astrophysics, but the studies do offer a roadmap.
NASA Teams Study the Agency’s Future in Astrophysics; Tackle Formidable Technology Challenges

NASA Teams Study the Agency’s Future in Astrophysics; Tackle Formidable Technology Challenges

04.24.2018
As in past decades, the agency won’t make that decision in a vacuum or without understanding the technical obstacles, which are formidable.
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Tiny Sea Creatures Hold Secrets to Earth’s Climate

04.09.2018
Each new season brings change. Seasonal change on land is something that we’re familiar with and adjust to regularly. But what happens to billions of plankton in the ocean each season?
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NASA Seeks the Gold in Winter Olympics Snow

02.08.2018
The Global Precipitation Measurement team is conducting ground validation experiments during the winter Olympics in South Korea.
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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.
Vintage JPL graphic celebrating Explorer 1 satellite

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.
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NASA Goddard Year in Review - 2017

12.20.2017
A look back at 2017 at NASA Goddard.
Satellite image of phytoplankton bloom in the Gulf of Mexico

From Microscopic to Multicellular: Six Stories of Life that NASA Sees from Space

11.14.2017
Scientists have use satellites to understand how life flourishes and fades on our planet. These selected visual stories of bacteria, plants, land animals, sea creatures and birds show what a view from space can reveal.
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NASA CubeSat to Test Miniaturized Weather Satellite Technology

11.08.2017
On Nov. 10 a NASA-funded, shoebox-sized CubeSat will be launched into Earth's orbit to demonstrate that a small satellite can perform many of the same functions as today's weather satellites.
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NASA Wallops Radar Images Salisbury Tornado

08.08.2017
Severe storms swept through the Delmarva Peninsula Monday, Aug. 7, and the NASA S-Band Dual-Polarimetric Radar (NPOL) weather radar located in Newark, Md., captured these images.
GPM image of Hurricane Don

Don (Atlantic Ocean)

07.19.2017
Tropical Storm Don didn't live long before it weakened to a remnant low pressure area in the North Atlantic Ocean.
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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.
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Bangladesh's Heavy Rainfall Examined With NASA's IMERG

06.16.2017
At least 156 people in Bangladesh were killed during the past week by landslides and floods caused by heavy rainfall. NASA calculated the amount of rain that has fallen using data from satellites.
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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.
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NASA's Fleet of Satellites Keep an Eye on Earth

04.21.2017
No planet is better studied than the one we actually live on.
Photo of visitors at the exhibits at NASA's Earth Day event at Union Station in Washington, DC on Friday, April 22, 2016

NASA Celebrates Earth Day with Public Events, Online Activities

04.18.2017
This year, NASA will celebrate Earth Day, April 22, with a variety of live and online activities Thursday and Friday, April 20-21, to engage the public in the agency’s mission to better understand and
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