At the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, team members are building the Coronagraph Instrument for the…
Browsing: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
The NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), located in Greenbelt, Maryland, is one of NASA’s premier research laboratories, specializing in Earth science, astrophysics, heliophysics, and planetary science. Founded in 1959 and named after rocketry pioneer Dr. Robert H. Goddard, the center is a hub for the design, development, and operation of unmanned scientific spacecraft. Goddard has played a key role in landmark missions such as the Hubble Space Telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope, and numerous Earth-observing satellites. It also manages a range of satellite data systems and provides essential support for space missions across NASA’s science portfolio, helping scientists better understand our planet, the solar system, and the universe beyond.
NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission is officially prepared for its long-awaited touchdown on asteroid…
By studying the chemical elements on Mars today — including carbon and oxygen — scientists…
The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, a joint mission between the European Space Agency and NASA,…
In late May and early June, Earthlings may be able to glimpse Comet SWAN. The…
https://youtu.be/R1-QzdUeqJk Astronomers have detected elusive pulsation patterns in dozens of young, rapidly rotating stars thanks…
Hubble and Gemini Watch From Afar, Capturing High-Resolution Global Views of Jupiter That Are Key…
New analysis published April 29, 2020, in the Astrophysical Journal Letters provides a possible explanation…
Ice loss from Antarctica and Greenland account for roughly a half-inch of sea level rise…
The weather forecast for the giant, super-hot, Jupiter-size planet WASP-79b is steamy humidity, scattered clouds,…
These two Hubble Space Telescope images of comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS), taken on April 20…
On April 24, 2020, the Hubble Space Telescope celebrated its 30th year in orbit by…
NASA is celebrating the Hubble Space Telescope’s 30 years of unlocking the beauty and mystery…
When amateur astronomer Gennady Borisov discovered an interstellar comet zipping through our solar system on…
https://youtu.be/BcAT5SXq-5k On April 24, 2020, the Hubble Space Telescope celebrated its 30th year in orbit…
After the successful completion of its “Checkpoint” rehearsal, NASA’s first asteroid-sampling spacecraft is one step…
New images from a NASA sounding rocket provide the highest-resolution views ever captured of the…
In a generic brick building on the northwestern edge of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center…