Sometimes robots need a place to stay in space, too. NASA is attaching a “robot…
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.
The Chandrayaan 2 Vikram lander was targeted for a highland smooth plain about 600 kilometers…
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Each second, 1.5 million tons of solar material shoot off of the Sun and out…
A pair of distant explosions discovered by NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope and Neil Gehrels…
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has given astronomers a peek at the location of the most…
Forty years ago, a Voyager spacecraft snapped the first close-up images of Europa, one of…
Starting around approximately 1200 – 1808 UTC (7:00 am – 1:38 pm ET) November 11,…
An international team has found sugars essential to life in meteorites. The new discovery adds…
LISA Pathfinder, a mission led by ESA (the European Space Agency) that included NASA contributions,…
For the first time in the history of space exploration, scientists have measured the seasonal…
As we venture forward to the Moon and establish a sustained lunar presence, finding and…
A NASA-funded study suggests winter carbon emissions in the Arctic may be adding more carbon…
NASA’s Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) telescope on the International Space Station detected a…
The glow of the Milky Way — our galaxy seen edgewise — arcs across a…
[Editor’s Note: The Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) was officially renamed the Nancy Grace…
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