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Three views of Jupiter's south tropical disturbance

NASA's Juno Mission Halfway to Jupiter Science

12.11.2018
NASA's Juno Mission Halfway to Jupiter Science
NASA’s Newly Arrived OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Already Discovers Water on Asteroid

NASA’s Newly Arrived OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Already Discovers Water on Asteroid

12.10.2018
Recently analyzed data from NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission has revealed water locked inside the clays that make up its scientific target, the asteroid Bennu.
aerial photo of Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA Goddard Year in Review - 2018

12.07.2018
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center is home to the nation's largest organization of scientists, engineers and technologists who build spacecraft, instruments and new technology to study Earth, the Sun, our solar system and the universe. Looking back over 2018, here is just a small sampling of our year's highlights and memorable moments.
Jupiter is shown with several important components of its magnetosphere in this artist's representation

Radio JOVE From NASA: Tuning In to Your Local Celestial Radio Show

12.04.2018
What does Jupiter sound like? If you had to take a guess, would you imagine the sharp staccato of popcorn popping? The slow static of waves reaching the shore? The universe is full of radio emissions, and all you need to hear them for yourself is a box the size of a DVD player.
image of Bennu

NASA's OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Arrives at Asteroid Bennu

12.03.2018
NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft completed its 1.2 billion-mile (2 billion-kilometer) journey to arrive at the asteroid Bennu Monday.
Conceptual image of the Lucy mission to the Trojan asteroids.

NASA's Lucy in the Sky with … Asteroids?

11.21.2018
Three years from now, a spacecraft named Lucy will begin its exploration that could help determine the early history of the Solar System.
animation of TAGSAM arm extending from Osiris-REx spacecraft

TAGSAM Testing Complete: OSIRIS-REx Prepared to TAG an Asteroid

11.16.2018
On Nov. 14, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft stretched out its robotic sampling arm for the first time in space.
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Executes Fourth Asteroid Approach Maneuver

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Executes Fourth Asteroid Approach Maneuver

11.13.2018
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft executed its fourth Asteroid Approach Maneuver Nov. 12.
How Earth Volcanoes Offer a Window into the Evolution of Life and the Solar System

How Earth Volcanoes Offer a Window into the Evolution of Life and the Solar System

11.13.2018
Volcanoes help keep Earth warm, wet and habitable. Could volcanoes have played a similar role on other celestial bodies? Do they still? NASA Goddard scientists are trying to find out.
Illustration of Lucy spacecraft next to an asteroid

Aboard the First Spacecraft to the Trojan Asteroids: NASA Ralph's Next Adventure

11.06.2018
Ralph, one of NASA’s most well-traveled space explorers, has voyaged far and accomplished much: Ralph obtained stunning images of Jupiter and its moons, followed by a visit to Pluto. And, in 2021, Ralph journeys to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids. Ralph, however, is not an impossibly accomplished astronaut — it is a scientific instrument.
Thumbnail image from a NASA supercomputing simulation

NASA Brings its Science and Supercomputing Advances to SC18

11.05.2018
From designing rocket launch pad components and safer rotorcraft to improving flood and drought forecasts to modeling the formation of planetary disks, NASA will highlight supercomputing advances at SC18, the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis, Nov. 12 to 15 in Dallas.
Photo of Samuel Teinturier in the lab

Samuel Teinturier - From Concert Halls to Consorting With the Mars Rover’s SAM

10.30.2018
Samuel Teinturier is a physicist at Goddard who works with the Sample Analysis instrument on the Mars rover Curiosity.
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Executes Third Asteroid Approach Maneuver

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Executes Third Asteroid Approach Maneuver

10.29.2018
OSIRIS-REx's thrusters fired in a series of two braking maneuvers designed to slow the spacecraft’s speed relative to Bennu.
Photo of Andrea Jones standing in front of a photo of a crater

Andrea Jones, Planetary Geologist and Space Enthusiast

10.16.2018
Andrea Jones is a planetary geologist who focuses on education and communication.
Landsat 8 image of lava pouring from Holuhraun in Iceland

Flood Basalts on Mars and Iceland

10.09.2018
A team of NASA scientists headed to Holuhraun because the volcano has geologic cousins on Mars.
Molly Wasser, AKA, The Voice of the Moon

Molly Wasser, AKA, The Voice of the Moon

10.02.2018
Molly Wasser has the distinct pleasure of being the "Voice of the Moon."
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Executes First Asteroid Approach Maneuver

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Executes First Asteroid Approach Maneuver

10.01.2018
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft executed its first Asteroid Approach Maneuver (AAM-1) today putting it on course for its scheduled arrival at the asteroid Bennu in December.
How a Tiny Curiosity Motor Identified a Massive Martian Dust Storm

How a Tiny Curiosity Motor Identified a Massive Martian Dust Storm

09.26.2018
When dust filled the Martian atmosphere during the recent planet-wide dust storm, observations were plentiful - even from unlikely instruments.
NASA’s MAVEN Selfie Marks Four Years in Orbit at Mars

NASA’s MAVEN Selfie Marks Four Years in Orbit at Mars

09.21.2018
To mark MAVEN’s fourth anniversary, the team released a selfie image of the spacecraft at Mars.
Kelsey E. Young, a geologist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center who helps develop space-exploration tools, is using the handheld X-ray fluorescence spectrometer to investigate lava flow chemistry at Valentine Cave at Lava Beds National Monument, Tulelake, California.

How NASA Goddard Tests Tools Astronauts Will Use to Explore Distant Worlds

09.13.2018
Tools that can quickly reveal a terrain’s chemistry and form will help astronauts explore new worlds.
image of Jupiter's Great Red Spot

How a NASA Scientist Looks in the Depths of the Great Red Spot to Find Water on Jupiter

08.29.2018
Is there water deep in Jupiter's atmosphere, and if so, how much?
Animation of several images showing bright pixels (Bennu) moving relative to stars

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Begins Asteroid Operations Campaign

08.24.2018
OSIRIS-REx, caught its first glimpse of asteroid Bennu last week and began the final approach toward its target.
Technologists integrate a Goddard-developed instrument into Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL) CubeSat bus.

NASA Team Demonstrates “Science on a Shoestring” with Greenhouse Gas-Measuring Instrument

08.14.2018
A novel instrument that has already proven its mettle on field campaigns will attempt to measure atmospheric greenhouse gases from an occultation-viewing, low-Earth-orbiting CubeSat mission called Mini-Carb early next year — marking the first time this type of instrument has flown in space.
Photo of Dr. Floyd with a 3D-printed FISHbot prototype

The Next Step in NASA’s Hunt for Life: Scientist Begins Developing Instrument for Finding Extraterrestrial Bacteria

08.09.2018
A NASA scientist wants to create a planetary robot that would mimic what biologists do every day in terrestrial laboratories: look through microscopes to visually identify microbial life living in samples.
Greenland geothermal heat flux map,

NASA Scientist Reveals Details of Icy Greenland’s Heated Geologic Past

08.01.2018
A NASA scientist mapped the heat escaping from the Greenland Ice Sheet, sharpening our understanding of the dynamics that dominate and shape terrestrial planets.
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