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Earth Day Media Briefing With NASA Deputy Administrator Garver

04.19.13 - Journalists are invited to attend an Earth Day visit by NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver to the agency's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
NASA Invites Media to JAXA-NASA Social

04.08.13 - NASA invites the news media to attend its 'Cherry Blossoms' NASA Social event at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. on Friday, April 12.
Free Lecture at Goddard: ‘Finding Other Worlds Beyond Our Solar System’

04.03.13 - The public is invited to a free presentation on exoplanets by senior Goddard astrophysicist Jennifer Wiseman, April 10 at the Goddard Visitor Center in Greenbelt, Md.
NASA's Hansen to Retire

04.02.13 - James E. Hansen, director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York, has announced he is retiring.
NASA Extends Hubble Space Telescope Science Operations Contract

03.22.13 - NASA is extending its contract with the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy for the agency’s Hubble Space Telescope Science Operations activities at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Md., for 36 months.
First Images Released From Newest Earth Observation Satellite

03.21.13 - NASA and the Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) have released the first images from the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) satellite, which was launched Feb. 11.
Goddard Engineer Receives AAS Award

03.20.13 - NASA engineer Tom Flatley received the William Randolph Lovelace II award at the 51st Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium.
Local Media Invited to NASA Outreach Activities at Maryland Science Center

03.15.13 - Local news media are invited to the Maryland Science Center on Friday, March 22, to cover hands-on NASA Sun Earth Day activities from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. EDT.
Particles and Fields Package Integrated on MAVEN Spacecraft

03.14.13 - The six science instruments of MAVEN's Particles and Fields Package that will characterize the solar wind and ionosphere of Mars have been integrated with the spacecraft.
NASA Invites Children, Families to Learn About NASA's Landsat Data Continuity Mission

03.13.13 - NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Visitor Center in Greenbelt, Md., will host this month's free Sunday Experiment on Sunday, March 17.
NASA and JAXA Announce Anime Drawing Contest

03.13.13 - NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are conducting an artistic challenge for people around the world to develop an anime character to represent the upcoming Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission.
NASA Goddard Partners With the Hollywood Black Film Festival

03.08.13 - NASA Goddard's Innovative Partnerships Program Office is pleased to announce a collaboration between NASA and the Hollywood Black Film Festival.
Archaeology from Space: Free Lecture at NASA Goddard

03.04.13 - The public is invited to experience "Archaeology from Space," a free lecture presented by Dr. Compton Tucker at NASA Goddard's Visitor Center on March 13.
NASA Goddard Einstein Educator Fellow Selected as Teacher Liaison

02.26.13 - Paulo Oemig of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. was chosen as one of 20 outstanding educators by the Space Foundation for its 2013 flight of Teacher Liaisons.
NASA Launches New Earth Observation Satellite to Continue 40-Year Legacy

02.11.13 - NASA's Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) roared into space at 1:02 p.m. EST (10:02 a.m. PST) Monday aboard an Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
LRO Featured in Journal Special Edition

02.12.13 - Scientific observations made by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) are the subject of a special edition of Journal of Geophysical Research Planets.
MAVEN Begins Environmental Testing

02.08.13 - MAVEN is assembled and is undergoing environmental testing at Lockheed Martin Space Systems facilities, near Denver.
NASA'S Refueling Demonstration Proves Viability Of Satellite-Servicing Technologies

02.08.13 - NASA has demonstrated robotic fluid transfer in space, an objective that will help inform the development of robotic technology to refuel satellites.
NASA Invites Children, Families to Learn About Contamination, Coatings of Engineering

02.05.13 - The February 2013 edition of Sunday Experiment will uncover the world of thermal coating and contamination engineering.
Our Eruptive Sun: Free Lecture at NASA Goddard

01.30.13 - The public is invited to a free event on Feb. 13 to experience 'Our Eruptive Sun: The Causes and Consequences of Space Weather,' by Dr. Phillip Chamberlin, Research Astrophysicist in the Solar Physics Laboratory at Goddard.
NASA Launches Next-Generation Communications Satellite

01.30.13 - The first of NASA’s three next-generation Tracking and Data Relay Satellites (TDRS), known as TDRS-K, launched at 8:48 p.m. EST Wednesday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
NASA Awards Protective Services Contract

01.23.13 - NASA has awarded a protective services follow-on contract to Alutiiq Pacific LLC of Anchorage, Alaska, which consolidates services at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., and its three affiliated facilities in the United States.
NASA Beams Mona Lisa to the Moon

01.17.13 - NASA beamed an image of the Mona Lisa to the LRO spacecraft as part of the first demo of laser communication with a satellite at the moon.
Goddard Sunday Experiment about SDO Solar Mission

01.10.13 - NASA's Goddard Visitor Center will host this month's Sunday Experiment on Sunday, Jan. 20 from 1 to 3 p.m. EST around the SDO mission.
Hubble Reveals Rogue Planetary Orbit For Fomalhaut B

01.08.13 - Newly released Hubble Space Telescope images of a vast debris disk encircling the nearby star Fomalhaut, and of a mysterious planet circling it, may provide forensic evidence of a titanic planetary disruption in the system.
NASA to Hold Jan. 10 Media Briefing on Next Landsat Mission Launch

01.07.13 - NASA will hold a news briefing at 1 p.m. EST on Thursday, Jan. 10, about the upcoming launch of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM). The briefing will be held in the James E. Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, 300 E St. SW, Washington. The news conference will air live on NASA Television and the agency's website.
Public Invited to Free Lecture: Detecting Landslides from Space

01.02.13 - The public is invited to a free event in January to experience "Finding the Slippery Slope: Detecting Landslides from Space," by Dalia Kirschbaum, research physical scientist in hydrological science at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
Pacific Locked in 'La Nada' Limbo →

02.06.13 - Sea-surface height data from NASA's Jason-1 satellite show that the equatorial Pacific Ocean is still locked in what some call a neutral, or 'La Nada' state.
Eighth Landsat Satellite Arrives at Launch Site

12.20.12 - An oversized semi-trailer truck carrying NASA’s Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) has arrived at its launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California in preparation for launch.
Registration Extended for NASA OPTIMUS PRIME Spinoff Video Contest

12.20.12 - The 2012 NASA OPTIMUS PRIME Spinoff Video Contest registration deadline has been extended until Jan. 10, 2013.
NASA Awards Cooperative Agreement to U. of Md.

12.14.12 - NASA has awarded a cooperative funding agreement to the University of Maryland at College Park to continue collaborative research in the field of Earth systems science.
Public Invited to Free Lecture on Apollo 17 Anniversary

12.05.12 - The public is invited to a free event in December to experience “Asking What Was Once Unthinkable,” by Dr. Noah Petro, research scientist and team member for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
NASA Mars Rover Fully Analyzes First Martian Soil Samples

12.03.12 - NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has used its full array of instruments to analyze Martian soil for the first time, and found a complex chemistry within the Martian soil.
Instrument Delivered for NASA's Upcoming Mars Mission

11.16.12 - A remote sensing instrument that will peer into the ultraviolet to offer clues to how Mars might have lost its atmosphere arrived at Lockheed Martin for integration into NASA's MAVEN spacecraft.
NASA Invites Children, Families to Investigate Tracking and Data Relay Satellite Project

11.07.12 - NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Visitor Center in Greenbelt, Md., will host this month's Sunday Experiment on Nov. 18 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. EST.
NASA Ceremony to Rename Twin Earth Radiation Belt Spacecraft

11.07.12 - Media representatives are invited to attend a ceremony to announce the renaming of NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP).
Public Invited to Free Lecture at NASA Goddard: Reaching for the Stars

11.07.12 - The public is invited to a free event on Nov. 14 to experience "Space Exploration and Humanity's Quest to Understand Everything,” by Dr. David T. Leisawitz, chief of the Science Proposal Support Office at NASA Goddard.
Curiosity Rover Provides Clues to Martian Atmosphere Changes

11.02.12 - Curiosity's Goddard-built SAM instrument suite has taken significant steps toward understanding how Mars may have lost much of its original atmosphere.
Hubble and Webb Telescope Exhibit Comes to Portland, Oregon, Museum

11.01.12 - A NASA interactive exhibit featuring the James Webb Space Telescope and NASA's Hubble Telescope is coming to the Washington County Museum in Portland, Oregon.
NASA Accepts InformationWeek Technology Award

10.19.12 - The Innovative Partnerships Office and the Information Technology and Communications Directorate at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. accepted InformationWeek Magazine's Best Innovative Government Agency award.
Children, Families Invited to Learn About Contamination Coatings

10.16.12 - NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Visitor Center in Greenbelt, Md., will host this month's Sunday Experiment on Oct. 21, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. EDT.
NASA Chief Scientist to Present at Library of Congress Oct. 16

10.11.12 - The public is invited to a free event on Tuesday, Oct. 16, at the Library of Congress, Washington, in which NASA Chief Scientist Waleed Abdalati will demonstrate the tremendous power of the space-based perspective in science, exploration and in daily life.
Students Invited to Connect with Earth Explorers

10.03.12 - NASA Earth explorers will take students on virtual trips around the world to inspire them to pursue science, technology, engineering and math careers.
Free Lecture at NASA Goddard: A New Mars Rising

10.01.12 - The public is invited to a free kickoff event in October to learn about 'Mars since 2000 and the quest for signs of past life,' by Dr. Jim Garvin, Chief Scientist.
NASA Chief Technologist Visits Emergent Space Tech In Maryland Oct. 15

10.01.12 - NASA Chief Technologist Mason Peck will visit Emergent Space Technologies Inc. of Greenbelt, Md., at 3:30 p.m. EDT Monday, Oct. 15. The visit is part of NASA's ongoing recognition of American small businesses, which create new technologies that enable future missions while also creating new products, services and jobs.
NASA Awards Space Launch System Advanced Booster Contracts

10.01.12 - NASA has awarded three contracts totaling $137.3 million to improve the affordability, reliability and performance of an advanced booster for the Space Launch System (SLS).
NASA Selects Facilities Operations and Maintenance Services Contract

09.28.12 - NASA has selected Chugach Federal Systems Inc., of Anchorage, Alaska, for facilities operations and maintenance services for the Management Operations Directorate at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
NASA Selects Ocean Color Services Contractor

09.27.12 - NASA selects Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) of McLean, Va., for ocean color services at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
OPTIMUS PRIME Spinoff Video Contest Coming

09.25.12 - NASA is set to begin its third annual NASA OPTIMUS PRIME Spinoff Video Contest to help raise student awareness and understanding of NASA technologies and their many benefits to the public and our everyday lives.
First-Issue Ceremony for 'Earthscapes' Stamps

09.24.12 - Two Landsat images appear on the upcoming "Earthscapes" stamps, which will be promoted at a free event Oct. 1 at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
Discovering Hot Towers →

09.12.12 - Two hours before Hurricane Isaac made landfall a NASA satellite observed Hot Towers in the storm.
Laser Communications Mission Passes Major Review Milestone

09.18.12 - NASA's Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) mission has successfully completed a Mission Concept Review, a major evaluation milestone of the engineering plan to execute the build and launch of a space communications laser system.
Public Invited to International Observe the Moon Night

09.13.12 - NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Visitor Center in Greenbelt, Md. will host a public event on Sept. 22 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. EDT to celebrate the inspirational power of the moon.
Next Mars Mission Enters Final Phase Before Launch

09.11.12 - NASA's Mars Atmosphere And Volatile EvolutioN mission is officially authorized to transition into the next phase of the mission, system delivery, integration and test, and launch.
Goddard to Host Student Session With ISS Astronauts

09.11.12 - NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center will host a question-and-answer session between local students and residents aboard the International Space Station on Thursday, Sept. 13.
NASA Announces Asteroid Naming Contest for Students

09.04.12 - Students worldwide have an opportunity to name an asteroid from which an upcoming NASA mission will return the first samples to Earth.
Lora Koenig to Discuss 'My Winter in Greenland and Summer in Antarctica'

09.04.12 - The public is invited to a free lecture Sept. 12 at the Library of Congress, about Lora Koenig's research at Earth's poles in extreme conditions.
LRO Detects Helium in Moon's Atmosphere

08.15.12 - Scientists using LRO's spectrometer have observed helium in the tenuous atmosphere surrounding the moon.
NASA Finalizes Contracts for NOAA's JPSS-1 Mission

08.10.12 - NASA has completed negotiations and finalized the contracts for the spacecraft and instruments that comprise the JPSS-1 Satellite, NOAA's second next generation operational polar-orbiting satellite, planned to launch in 2017.
Goddard Hosts "Out-of-This-World" Summer Internships

07.27.12 - Approximately 500 college and high school students from across the country are about two thirds of the way through their participation in Goddard’s 2012 Summer Internship Program.
Goddard Scientist Receives Presidential Early Career Award

07.23.12 - President Obama has named six NASA individuals as recipients of the 2011 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), including an environmental scientist from Goddard.
The Longest Continuous View of Earth from Space Hits 40

07.23.12 - NASA and the Interior Department Monday marked the 40th anniversary of the Landsat program, the world's longest-running Earth-observing satellite program.
Public Invited to "Next Stop: Mars" Event at NASA Goddard

07.18.12 - NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Visitor Center will host a public event on July 28 from 1-3 p.m. EDT to celebrate (in advance) the landing of NASA's latest Mars rover, Curiosity.
NASA Invites Children and Families to Learn About James Webb Space Telescope

07.11.12 - NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Visitor Center in Greenbelt, Md. will host a special Webb Family Science Night on Wednesday, July 25 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. EDT.
Deputy Director Dr. Colleen Hartman

Read about Goddard Deputy Director for Science, Operations and Program Performance Dr. Colleen Hartman.
Dr. Colleen Hartman Appointed Deputy Dir. for Science, Operations, Program Performance at Goddard

07.10.12 - Goddard Center Director Chris Scolese today announced he has named Dr. Colleen Hartman to the position of deputy director for science, operations and program performance.
Two NASA Visualizations Selected for Computers Graphics Showcase

06.19.12 - A NASA computer animation that shows how the sun's heat drives the Earth's swirling winds and ocean currents and a series that tours the lunar surface and the evolution of the moon are the scientific visualizations selected by an annual conference that presents and publishes the best in computer graphics and technical research.
Local Media Invited to Goddard for Heliophysics Tours and Demos

06.19.12 - NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center is hosting a half-day event for local media June 26, to showcase the Center's state-of-the-art facilities, future Heliophysics missions, and space weather computer modeling efforts.
Space Exploration and Higher Education Will Both Benefit From New Partnership with NASA, Industry, and HBCU Communities

06.15.12 - Ten students and three professors from two Historically Black College and University institutions are now at Goddard and the results of their efforts may one day be orbiting above the Earth or flying off into deep space.
Media Invited to Screening of "Dynamic Earth" Planetarium Show

06.15.12 - The National Air and Space Museum and NASA will host a media screening of "Dynamic Earth: Exploring Earth's Climate Engine," on June 19.
First Flight Instrument Delivered for James Webb

06.14.12 - The first instrument that will fly aboard NASA's JWST has been delivered to Goddard. The Mid-Infrared Instrument will allow scientists to study cold and distant objects in greater detail.
Martha Anderson to Discuss "Mapping Water Use from Space"

06.07.12 - The public is invited to a free lecture being held at the Library of Congress June 14, about how water use is being mapped from space.
NASA Selects Omnibus Multidiscipline Engineering Services Contract

05.31.12 - NASA has selected SGT Inc., of Greenbelt, Md., for the Omnibus Multidiscipline Engineering Services contract for the Applied Engineering and Technology Directorate at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
NASA Selects Goddard Logistics And Technical Information Contract

05.30.12 - NASA has selected TRAX International of Las Vegas to provide for Goddard Logistics and Technical Information services at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
U.S. Social Media Followers Invited to Landsat Celebration

05.30.12 - NASA will invite 25 of its U.S. social media followers to celebrate the 40th birthday of the Landsat program.
Local Media Invited to NASA Goddard for Transit of Venus Event

05.29.12 - Local media are invited to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center's public event on June 5 from 5 to 8 p.m. EDT to celebrate the Transit of Venus.
Public Invited to Goddard Visitor Center For Transit of Venus

05.24.12 - The public is invited to the Goddard Visitor Center for our Transit of Venus watch party and celebration that will include presentations, near real-time SDO images of the transit and other events.
Landsat Contest Offers View of Local Landscape Change from Space

05.24.12 - To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the United States' Landsat Earth-observing program, NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are holding a contest that will offer winners customized satellite views of changing local landscapes.
Goddard Delivers Magnetometers for Next Mission to Mars

05.21.12 - The pair of flux gate magnetometers measures the magnetic field at the location of the spacecraft. This instrument will help understand how the solar wind interacts with the planet’s atmosphere.
Robotic Refueling Results Presented At NASA Satellite-Servicing Workshop

05.21.12 - NASA will present results from the satellite-servicing Robotic Refueling Mission during On-Orbit Satellite Servicing Workshop, hosted by Goddard Space Flight Center May 30-31, 2012.
Goddard Attending 47th Nebula Awards Weekend

05.16.12 - NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center will host two panel sessions at the 47th annual Nebula Awards Weekend on May 18.
Mild Amazon Fire Season Forecast in 2012

05.10.12 - Amazon Basin forests are expected to be less vulnerable to wildfires this year, according to the first forecast from a new fire severity model.
Sunday Experiment -Learn about Sun, Space Weather

05.09.12 - On Sunday, May 20 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. EST, It's a free afternoon for children of all ages and their families with a look at how NASA studies the sun and space weather with the SDO satellite.
Public Invited to Free Lecture at NASA Goddard: Investigating Worlds Around Other Stars

05.01.12 - The public is invited to a free talk on May 10 to called "Investigating Worlds Around Other Stars: Progress Towards the Discovery of Another Earth," by Dr. Avi M. Mandell, a NASA research scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
Plants Blooming, Leafing Earlier

05.02.12 - Plants are leafing and flowering sooner each year than predicted by controlled experiments designed to predict plant responses to rising temperatures.
NASA Astrophysicist Sten Odenwald to Discuss a Rare Astronomical Event: Transit of Venus, May 8

04.26.12 - The public is invited to a free lecture being held at the Library of Congress about this summer's rare Venus transit event.
NASA Goddard Announces Registration for Scout Days at the Visitor Center

04.16.12 - Goddard will be having free "Scout Days" in May and June, where girl scouts and boy scouts can learn about NASA science and technology.
NASA Invites Families to Investigate Space and Earth by Satellite

04.05.12 - This month's Sunday Experiment takes a look at how NASA explores space and studies the Earth from space using satellites and other technology.
Free Lecture at Goddard: Search for Extraterrestrial Life

04.03.12 - Dr. Daniel P. Glavin's talk will describe the concept of a "habitable environment" and the conditions on the ancient Earth that led to the origin of life.
Q&A: Studying How Debris Influences Glaciers

04.02.12 - NASA glaciologist Kimberly Casey has visited six remote glaciers around the world to study what satellites can tell us about particulate pollution on glaciers, and how these particulates impact glacier melting rates.
NASA Sees Fields of Green Spring up in Saudi Arabia

03.29.12 - Saudi Arabia is drilling for a resource possibly more precious than oil by tapping hidden reserves of water in the Syrian Desert.
NASA Invites Media to 50th Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium

03.26.12 - 'Dreams and Possibilities: Planning for the Achievable' is the theme for the 50th Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium to be held March 28 and 29.
ATREX Mission Successfully Launched from Wallops

03.27.12 - NASA successfully launched five suborbital sounding rockets this morning from its Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia as part of a study of the upper level jet stream.
ATREX Launch Confirmed for March 27

03.25.12 - NASA managers have given a "go" for a countdown leading to the launch of five suborbital sounding rockets early in the morning March 27, between 2am-5am EDT.
ATREX Launch Set

03.24.12 - NASA has scheduled the lATREX aunch of five suborbital sounding rockets to Tuesday, March 27 between midnight and 5am EDT.
ATREX Mission Postponed

03.24.12 - NASA has rescheduled the launch of five suborbital sounding rockets from Wallops to no earlier than Monday morning, March 26.
Five Rocket Mission Delayed Due to Weather

03.22.12 - NASA has rescheduled the launch of five suborbital sounding rockets to midnight to 3 a.m., Friday, March 23.
Five Rocket Mission Delayed Due to Weather

03.23.12 - NASA has rescheduled the launch of five suborbital sounding rockets to no earlier than Sunday morning Mar. 25. A decision launch attempt will be made this afternoon.
Public Invited for Talk on Saturn's Moon Titan, April 3

03.21.12 - Tuesday, Apr. 3, 2012, the NASA Goddard Visitor Center in Greenbelt, Md., will host a public lecture about Saturn's intriguing moon Titan. The talk begins at 7:00pm EDT.
ATREX Mission Moved to March 22

03.21.12 - NASA has rescheduled the launch of 5 suborbital sounding rockets to midnight to 3am EDT, March 22.
NASA GPM Satellite's Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar Arrives at Goddard

03.20.12 - The Dual-frequency Precipitation Radararrived on Friday, March 16 and was unloaded today at Goddard.
Cassini Sees Saturn Stressing out Enceladus →

03.20.12 - Direct observations linking the tidal pull of Saturn to jets on the moon Enceladus are among the highlights of NASA’s Cassini mission discussed at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.
NASA Five Rocket ATREX Mission Set for March 21

03.19.12 - NASA has set the ATREX mission for launch from midnight to 5 a.m. EDT, March 21. The countdown begins at 7 p.m. March 20.
Five Rocket ATREX Mission Moved to March 20

03.18.12 - A high probability of unacceptable weather postpones launch attempt until evening of March 20.
Five Rocket ATREX Mission Rescheduled to March 19

03.17.12 - A high probability of unacceptable weather postpones launch attempt until evening of March 19.
NASA Five Rocket ATREX Mission Rescheduled

03.15.12 - A high probability of unacceptable weather postpones launch attempt until evening of March 17.
IceBridge 2012 Arctic Campaign Takes to the Skies

03.15.12 - Researchers and flight crew with NASA's Operation IceBridge, an airborne mission to study changes in polar ice, begin the 2012 Arctic campaign.
Updated App Takes Users Across Universe

03.13.12 - NASA Visualization Explorer delivers new opportunities to explore research on the sun, planetary bodies, Earth and the universe to your iPad.
NASA, CSA Advance Satellite Servicing

03.12.12 - Robotic Refueling Mission on the ISS demonstrated remotely controlled robots and specialized tools performing precise satellite-servicing tasks.
NASA Rocket Launch Scheduled March 15, 2012

03.12.12 - As part of a study of the upper level jet stream, NASA's Wallops Flight Facility is scheduled to launch five suborbital sounding rockets in just over five minutes on March 15.
Cassini Spies Wave Rattling Jet Stream on Jupiter

03.13.12 - New movies of Jupiter are the first to catch an invisible wave shaking up one of the giant planet's jet streams, an interaction that also takes place in Earth's atmosphere.
Bright Is The New Black: New York Roofs Go Cool

03.07.12 - A new study found that the covering roofs of New York City buildings can drastically cut the sweltering phenomenon called the 'urban heat island.'
Astrophysicist Amber Straughn to Discuss Webb Telescope, March 21

03.07.12 - Groundbreaking scientific results from the Hubble Space Telescope revolutionized our understanding of the universe. New questions demand a new space-based telescope with improved technologies and expanded capabilities, said NASA scientist Amber Straughn.
Goddard Invites Children, Families to Learn About Webb Space Telescope

03.05.12 - The Goddard Visitor Center will host this month's Sunday Experiment on Sunday, March 18, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. It's a free afternoon for children of all ages and their families with a look at how NASA's most powerful space telescope will look at the universe and see further back in time than ever before.
Public Invited to Free Lecture at NASA Goddard: NASA Science at the Poles

03.02.12 - The public is invited to a free talk to called "Penguins, Polar Bears, and Laser Beams from Space: NASA Science at the Poles," by NASA scientist Dr. Tom Neumann.
GPM Microwave Imager Instrument Arrives at Goddard

03.01.12 - The Global Precipitation Measurement Microwave Imager (GMI) instrument has arrived at Goddard for integration into NASA's upcoming Earth science spacecraft.
Thickest Parts of Arctic Ice Melting Faster

02.29.12 - A new NASA study revealed that the oldest and thickest Arctic sea ice is disappearing at a faster rate than the younger and thinner ice at the edges of the floating ice cap that covers the Arctic Ocean.
NASA Looks for International Student Educational Interest

02.29.12 - NASA is putting out the call to students who have interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
New NASA Space Weather App for Android

02.28.12 - NASA has developed a space weather app for Android users that provided access to some of the cutting-edge technology that our scientists use to track space weather.
Meteorites Reveal Another Way to Make Life's Components

03.09.12 - Evidence that there is more than one way to make some components of life increases the likelihood that life emerged elsewhere in the Universe.
NASA Administrator Announces Senior Leadership Changes

02.21.12 - NASA Administrator Charles Bolden announced Tuesday changes to his senior leadership team. Associate Administrator Chris Scolese was named director of NASA's Goddard Spaceflight Center in Greenbelt, Md., and Robert Lightfoot, director of the agency's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., will serve as acting associate administrator.
51 Teachers to be 'Agents of Change' for NASA STEM Education

02.17.12 - Fifty-one teachers around the U.S. have been awarded an Endeavor Fellowship with NASA.
NASA Awards Goddard Institute for Space Studies Contract

02.16.12 - NASA has awarded a contract to Trinnovim, LLC, of Arlington, Va., for specialized scientific support services to the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), N.Y.
Landsat Infrared Sensor Arrives at Orbital

02.14.12 - A new NASA satellite instrument that makes a quantum leap forward in detector technology has arrived at Orbital Sciences Corp. in Gilbert, Ariz.
NASA Invites Elementary Children and Families to Free Day of Engineering

02.14.12 - In honor of engineering week, February's Sunday Experiment will focus on light and optics.
Media Opportunity During NASA Administrator Visit to Goddard

02.13.12 - Following the Fiscal Year 2013 budget announcement for the U.S. space agency, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will visit Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012.
Spaceborne Precipitation Radar Ships from Japan to U.S.

02.08.12 - Construction of a new instrument designed to take 3-D measurements of the shapes, sizes and other physical characteristics of both raindrops and snowflakes, is complete; it will be shipped from Japan to Goddard.
Jacob Bleacher Gives Free Talk at Library of Congress: "NASA’s Desert RATS"

02.07.12 - NASA scientist Jacob Bleacher will discuss “NASA’s Desert RATS” at 11:30 a.m. EST on Tuesday, Feb. 14 in Washington, DC.
NASA Awards Software Assurance Tools Group Support Contract

02.06.12 - NASA has selected Galaxy Global Corporation of Fairmont, W. Va., to provide support to the NASA Independent Verification & Validation (IV&V) Software Assurance Tools (SWAT) Group at the NASA IV&V Facility in Fairmont.
New NASA Solar Exhibit at Maryland Science Center

02.06.12 - A new interactive NASA art exhibit opens February 9 at the Maryland Science Center in Baltimore that will showcase stunning images of the sun.
Public Invited to Free Lecture at NASA Goddard: The Dark Universe

02.02.12 - Join us in exploring what observations required astronomers to completely re-think the make-up of the universe. What's next for our view of the universe? It's getting darker all the time.
NASA Scientists Awarded Distinctions as 2012 AGU Elected Fellows

01.30.12 - NASA scientists figure prominently in the distinguished group honored as Fellows of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2012.
Goddard Center Director Announces NASA Departure

01.30.12 - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Director Robert Strain announced he will leave the agency on March 4, 2012, to take a position in private industry.
NPP Renamed in Honor of Satellite Pioneer

01.25.12 - NASA renamed its newest Earth-observing satellite to honor the late Verner E. Suomi, a meteorologist at the University of Wisconsin recognized widely as "the father of satellite meteorology."
NASA Awards Aircraft Catalog Blanket Purchase Agreement

01.18.12 - NASA has selected Jet Logistics, Inc., Charlotte, N.C., to receive an Aircraft Catalog Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) to provide the agency access to a variety of airborne platforms to conduct airborne science research.
Students, Families Invited to Explore NASA Technology

01.13.12 - Goddard Space Flight Center's Visitor Center will host this month's Sunday Experiment from 1 to 3 p.m. EST January 15. It's a free afternoon with an intriguing look inside NASA technology.
Study Shows Health, Food Security Benefits From Climate Change Actions

01.12.12 - A new study by NASA highlights air pollution control measures that, if implemented, could slow the pace of global warming, improve health and boost agricultural production.
Public Invited to Free Lecture at NASA Goddard: Unlocking the Secrets of the Sun

01.06.12 - The Visitor's Center at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. invites the general public to a free lecture on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, entitled "Unlocking the Secrets of the Sun."
NASA Confirms Sharp Pollution Decline

12.01.11 - Scientists have confirmed major reductions in the eastern United States of an air pollutant generated by coal power plants: sulfur dioxide.
Two Goddard Engineers Receive Prestigious Award

11.28.11 - Betsy Pugel, who works at the Detector Systems Branch, received the Women in Aerospace's Achievement Award. Goddard Chief Engineer Steven Scott received the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Award.
NPP'S VIIRS Instrument Returns First Image Data

11.22.11 - The Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) onboard NASA's newest Earth-observing satellite, NPP, acquired its first measurements on Nov. 21, 2011.
NASA Worker Wins 2011 Presidential SAVE Award

11.21.11 - A financial manager at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center won the 2011 Presidential SAVE award.
Assembly Stand Completed for NASA's Webb Telescope Flight Optics

11.17.11 - The giant steel frame, now at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, will be used to assemble the mirrors and instruments of the Webb telescope.
Elementary School Families Invited to a Free Inside Look at NPP

11.16.11 - Goddard's Visitor Center will host a free afternoon of eye-opening, hands-on activities spotlighting NASA's newest Earth-observing satellite, the NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP).
2011 NASA OPTIMUS PRIME Video Contest

11.15.11 - NASA is now accepting submissions for the NASA OPTIMUS PRIME Spinoff Video Contest, which aims to raise awareness of how NASA technology benefits the public.
NASA, USGS Announce Media Briefing: How Will We Sustain a More Populated Planet?

11.14.11 - Experts in mapping and monitoring our planet will describe present conditions and outline the future of many of Earth's natural resources.
Ocean Temperatures Can Predict Amazon Fire Season Severity

11.10.11 - Researchers created a model to predict the severity and geographic distribution of fires in the Amazon rain forest and the rest of South America months in advance.
NPP Satellite Acquires First Moisture Measurements

11.10.11 - The Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder on board NASA's newest Earth-observing satellite, NPP, acquired its first low-atmosphere moisture measurements on November 8, 2011.
New NASA Material Redefines 'Dark'

11.08.11 - NASA engineers have produced a material that absorbs more than 99 percent of the light that hits it, across multiple wavelengths.
Former Goddard Center Director John Townsend Dead at 87

11.07.11 - John W. "Jack" Townsend, Jr., a space pioneer among the first employees of the newly formed Goddard Space Flight Center in 1959, who later served as its Director, died October 29 of lung cancer. He was 87.
Free Lecture at Goddard: Why Space Telescopes Are Amazing

11.04.11 - The public is invited to a free talk to learn "Why Space Telescopes Are Amazing," presented by NASA scientist Dr. Jane Rigby. The talk is part of the Gerald Soffen Lecture Series and will be held at the Goddard Visitor Center on Nov. 10, 2011, at 7 p.m. EDT. Registration in advance is required.
A Crack in the Pine Island Glacier Ice Shelf →

10.27.11 - NASA's IceBridge team has seen a large -- and unexpected -- crack running across Pine Island Glacier, one of the largest and fastest-moving glaciers in Antarctica.
Significant Antarctic Ozone Hole Remains

10.20.11 - This year's Antarctic ozone hole, which yawns wide every Southern Hemisphere spring, was the ninth largest on record.
NASA Goddard to Host Wavefront and Adaptive Optics Industry Day

10.18.11 - The "Can you See it Now?" campaign, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's technology transfer initiative to bring awareness to Goddard's expertise in wavefront sensing and adaptive optics capabilities, will present the "Wavefront and Adaptive Optics Industry Day Workshop" on Thursday, Nov. 3.
Goddard Invites Elementary Students, Families to Learn About Mars

10.12.11 - NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Visitor Center will host this month's Sunday Experiment on Oct. 16 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. It's a free afternoon of eye-opening, hands-on activities spotlighting the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM), a suite of instruments aboard the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity Rover, as well as Mars geology.
Media Invited to 'Signposts of Planets' Meeting at NASA Goddard

10.11.11 - The "Signposts of Planets" meeting being held Oct. 18-20 at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., will bring together dozens of observers, modelers, and instrument builders to explore the relationship between exoplanets and the circumstellar disks in which they form.
Guided Tour of Solar System Movie Debuts Oct. 11

10.06.11 - Take a free guided tour of the wonders of our solar system in 'The Wanderers,' the new Science on a Sphere (SOS) movie premiering at the Visitors Center at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
NASA Movie on Ocean Circulation Gets Visitors in the 'LOOP'

10.04.11 - When balance teeters, movement results. This simple idea is the fuel for a new movie from NASA called LOOP, opening Oct. 6 around the country in Science On a Sphere theaters.
Goddard Scientist Receives Lindsay Award for Titan Research

09.28.11 - Dr. F. Michael Flasar, an expert on the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan, is the recipient of the 46th Annual John C. Lindsay Memorial Award, the highest honor given by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in space science.
New NASA Software Laboratory in W.Va. Named in Honor of Former Astronaut Jon A. McBride

09.22.11 - NASA's Independent Verification and Validation Program (IV&V) will dedicate and name its new software laboratory the Jon McBride Software Testing and Research lab.
Public Invited to "International Observe the Moon Night" at NASA Goddard

09.21.11 - International Observe the Moon Night occurs around the world on October 8, and the public is invited to participate in this free event at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Visitor Center on October 8, 2011 from 7 to 10 p.m. ET.
Tests Under way on the Sunshield for NASA's Webb Telescope

09.19.11 - NASA is testing an element of the sunshield that will protect the James Webb Space Telescope's mirrors and instruments during its mission to observe the most distant objects in the universe.
Webb Telescope Completes Mirror-Coating Milestone

09.13.11 - The James Webb Space Telescopes mirrors have completed their coating process which allows the Webb telescope's "infrared eyes" to observe extremely faint objects in infrared light.
Goddard Invites Elementary Students and Their Families to LRO Event

09.12.11 - NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Visitor Center in Greenbelt, Md., will host this month's Sunday Experiment on Sept. 18, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
New Images Offer Sharper View of Apollo Sites

09.06.11 - NASA's LRO captured the sharpest images ever taken from space of the Apollo 12, 14 and 17 landing sites.
NASA Announces Media Teleconference on New Apollo Images

09.01.11 - NASA will host a media teleconference at noon Tuesday, to reveal new images of three Apollo landing sites taken by LRO.
Media Invited to Commercial Suborbital Vehicle Workshop

09.01.11 - The Innovative Partnership Program at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. is hosting a an Emerging Commercial Suborbital Capabilities Vehicles Workshop on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011, from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
NASA Hosts Media Teleconference on Solar Flare Characteristics

09.01.11 - NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, Sept. 7, to discuss new observations about solar flares that can impact communication and navigation systems.
Extreme 2010 Russian Fires and Pakistan Floods Linked

08.30.11 - Two of the most destructive natural disasters of 2010 were closely linked by a single meteorological event, even though they occurred 1,500 miles (2,414 km) apart and were of completely different natures, a new NASA study suggests.
How A Distant Black Hole Devoured A Star

08.24.11 - Two studies in the Aug. 25 issue of Nature provide new insights into a cosmic accident that has been streaming X-rays toward Earth.
NASA And Tor-Forge Books Partner In Themed Science Fiction Works

08.22.11 - In order to inform and inspire, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center has partnered with Tor-Forge Books to develop and publish a series of science-fiction-themed books.
NASA Showcasing New Optical Technologies, Developments and Science at SPIE Conference

08.19.11 - NASA will showcase and discuss a wealth of projects, technologies and science at the 2011 SPIE Optics and Photonics conference. Reporters should contact the conference to attend.
NASA Research Shows DNA Building Blocks Can Be Made in Space

08.08.11 - NASA-funded researchers have found more evidence meteorites can carry DNA components created in space.
Critical Milestone Reached for 2012 Landsat Mission

08.09.11 - The Operational Land Imager (OLI), built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, Colo., has been approved by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center for shipment to Orbital Sciences Corporation, Gilbert, Ariz. for integration onto the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) spacecraft.
Tohoku Tsunami Created Icebergs In Antarctica

08.08.11 - Scientists observed for the first time the power of an earthquake and tsunami to break off large icebergs a hemisphere away.
Satellite Shows Burn Scar from Fourmile Canyon Fire of Sept. 2010

07.29.11 - A wildfire broke out west of Boulder, Colorado, in early September 2010, threatening hundreds of structures and bathing Boulder in smoke.
NASA Measures Wildfire Pollution Pour Over Niagara Falls

07.28.11 - Water isn't the only thing pouring over Niagara Falls. Pollution from fires in Ontario, Canada is also making the one thousand mile trip, while being measured by NASA's Aqua satellite.
NASA Plans Final Air Pollution Flight Over Maryland on July 29

07.28.11 - NASA's DISCOVER-AQ air quality field campaign will take to the skies over the Baltimore-Washington traffic corridor and northeast Maryland one last time on Friday, July 29, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. EDT.
NASA Plans Air Pollution Flight Over Maryland on July 28

07.27.11 - NASA's DISCOVER-AQ air quality field campaign will take to the skies over the Baltimore-Washington traffic corridor and northeast Maryland on Wednesday, July 28, from 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. EDT.
NASA Plans Air Pollution Flight Over Maryland on July 27

07.26.11 - NASA's DISCOVER-AQ air quality field campaign will take to the skies over the Baltimore-Washington traffic corridor and northeast Maryland on Wednesday, July 27, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. EDT.
Glacier Loss Detailed After Ice Shelves Collapse

07.25.11 - An international group of scientists has detailed glacier ice loss following the collapse of the Larsen A and B ice shelves in 1995 and 2002.
NASA Plans Air Pollution Flight Over Maryland on July 26

07.25.11 - NASA's DISCOVER-AQ air quality field campaign will take to the skies over the Baltimore-Washington traffic corridor and northeast Maryland on Tuesday, July 26, from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. EDT.
NASA's iPad App Beams Science Straight to Users

07.26.11 - NASA satellites beam data from space; now the Agency is beaming it straight to your iPad.
Aura Detects Pollution in the Great Lakes Region

07.21.11 - Fires throughout Ontario are generating pollution that is showing up in data from NASA's Aura Satellite in the Great Lakes region.
NASA Plans Air Pollution Flight Over Maryland on July 22

07.21.11 - NASA's DISCOVER-AQ air quality field campaign will take to the skies over the Baltimore-Washington traffic corridor and northeast Maryland on Friday, July 22, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. EDT.
NASA Plans Air Pollution Flight Over Maryland on July 21

07.20.11 - NASA's DISCOVER-AQ air quality field campaign will take to the skies over the Baltimore-Washington traffic corridor and northeast Maryland on Thursday, July 21, from 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. EDT.
NASA's 'Can You See It Now?' Campaign Enables Technology Partnerships

07.20.11 - NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., is now offering its advanced optical technologies for licensing and partnership opportunities.
NASA Plans Air Pollution Flight Over Maryland on July 20

07.19.11 - NASA's DISCOVER-AQ air quality field campaign is scheduled to take to the skies over the Baltimore-Washington traffic corridor and northeast Maryland on Wednesday, July 20, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. EDT.
Two NASA Probes Tackle New Mission: Studying the Moon

07.19.11 - A NASA led team of scientists and engineers has repositioned two small probes from Earth’s orbit where they studied space weather to begin orbiting the moon to study its interior and surface composition.
Aura Measures Pollution 'Butterfly'

07.15.11 - Central African fires are generating a high amount of pollution in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola.
NASA Plans Air Pollution Flight Over Maryland on July 16

07.15.11 - NASA's DISCOVER-AQ air quality field campaign is scheduled to take to the skies over the Baltimore-Washington traffic corridor and northeast Maryland on Satureday, July 16, from 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. EDT.
'Out-of-This-World' NASA Summer Student Internship

07.14.11 - For some exceptional students, their efforts this summer are literally “out-of-this-world” as they live a 10-week hands-on experience interning at Goddard.
NASA Plans Air Pollution Flight Over Maryland on July 14

07.13.11 - NASA's DISCOVER-AQ air quality field campaign is scheduled to take to the skies over the Baltimore-Washington traffic corridor and northeast Maryland on Thursday, July 14, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. EDT.
NASA Plans Air Pollution Flight Over Maryland on July 11

07.10.11 - NASA's DISCOVER-AQ air quality field campaign is scheduled to take to the skies over the Baltimore-Washington traffic corridor and northeast Maryland on Monday, July 11, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. EDT.
NASA PLANS AIR POLLUTION FLIGHT OVER MARYLAND ON JULY 10

07.09.11 - NASA's DISCOVER-AQ air quality field campaign is scheduled to take to the skies over the Baltimore-Washington traffic corridor and northeast Maryland on Tuesday, July 10, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. EDT.
Media Invited to Goddard to View NASA's Final Shuttle Flight

07.05.11 - Media representatives in the D.C. metro area are invited to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. to view the launch of STS-135, the final voyage in NASA's space shuttle program.
NASA PLANS AIR POLLUTION FLIGHT OVER MARYLAND ON JULY 5

07.04.11 - NASA's DISCOVER-AQ air quality field campaign is scheduled to take to the skies over the Baltimore-Washington traffic corridor and northeast Maryland on Tuesday, July 5, from 5:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. EDT.
NASA Plans Air Pollution Flights Over Maryland on July 2

07.01.11 - NASA's DISCOVER-AQ air quality field campaign is scheduled to take to the skies over the Baltimore-Washington traffic corridor on Saturday, July 2, from 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. EDT.
NASA Plans Air Pollution Flights Over Maryland on June 30

06.29.11 - NASA's DISCOVER-AQ air quality field campaign is scheduled to take to the skies over the Baltimore-Washington traffic corridor on Thursday, June 30, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. EDT as part of a mission to enhance the capability of satellites to measure ground-level air quality from space.
NASA Plans Air Pollution Flights Over Maryland on July 1

06.30.11 - NASA's DISCOVER-AQ air quality field campaign is scheduled to take to the skies over the Baltimore-Washington traffic corridor on Friday, July 1, from 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. EDT.
NASA's Swift Sees Star Gobbled Up by Black Hole

06.17.11 - Swift discovered a series of powerful X-ray blasts coming from a source in the constellation Draco.
Nearby Galaxy Boasts Two Monster Black Holes

06.10.11 - NASA satellites have found a second super-sized black hole at the heart of an unusual nearby galaxy already known to be sporting one.
NASA Selects OSIRIS-REx as Next New Frontiers Mission

05.25.11 - OSIRIS-REx will pluck samples from an asteroid and return them to Earth. The samples could help explain our solar system's formation and how life began.
NASA's NPP Satellite Successfully Completes Thermal Vac Testing

05.24.11 - The NASA National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project (NPP) climate and weather satellite has successfully passed all environmental testing with the recent completion of thermal vacuum testing.
NASA Virtual Student Engin. Competition Winners

05.23.11 - The top six teams competing in the first 'RealWorld-InWorld NASA Engineering Design Challenge Synchronous Forum' showcased their creative ideas for a panel of expert judges, fellow teams and others on April 14, 2011.
NASA Puts Earth's Nearest Neighbor, 'The Moon', Within Reach

05.13.11 - NASA has created a new interactive web-based tool that creates one of the most comprehensive lunar research websites to date.
NASA Goddard Managed Comet Hopper Mission Selected for Further Study

05.11.11 - The Comet Hopper mission would study the evolution of 46P/Wirtanen by landing on the comet multiple times and observing its changes as it interacts with the sun.
Public Invited to Explore@NASA Goddard for Free Event

05.05.11 - NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., opens its gates to welcome the community for a day of fun-filled activities, hands-on demonstrations, entertainment and more!
Astronaut Piers Sellers Returns to Goddard

05.03.11 - NASA astronaut Piers Sellers is moving from the Johnson Space Center in Houston to the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., beginning June 6.
NASA Awards Cooperative Agreement for Solar-Planetary Science Center

05.03.11 - NASA has awarded a Cooperative Agreement to the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), Baltimore, Md., to establish a science center for collaborative research in Solar-Planetary Sciences at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
Sneak Peak Opportunity and Resources for Reporters Covering Explore@Goddard Day Event - May 14, 2011

05.03.11 - Media representatives in the Washington Metropolitan area are invited to a sneak peak tour, check out available on-line resources and attend the upcoming Explore@NASA Goddard event set for Saturday, May 14, 2011, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. EDT.
NASA Awards Cooperative Agreement for Solar-Heliospheric Science Center

05.02.11 - NASA has awarded a Cooperative Agreement to the Catholic University of America (CUA) to establish a science center for collaborative research in Solar-Heliospheric Sciences at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
Media Invited to NASA ER-2 Aircraft at Offutt AFB for MC3E Mission

04.28.11 - Tour one of NASA’s ER-2 High Altitude Airborne Science Aircraft in Nebraska where it is participating in a six-week Mid-Latitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment.
Four Orlando Students Win NASA OPTIMUS PRIME Spinoff Video Contest

04.27.11 - Four Orlando students were chosen as winners of the 2010 NASA OPTIMUS PRIME Spinoff Award.
NASA Announces Maryland Winner of OPTIMUS PRIME Spinoff Video Contest

04.27.11 - A Germantown, Md., student was chosen as one of the winners of the 2010 NASA OPTIMUS PRIME Spinoff Award.
NASA Satellite Views of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill to Air on NASA-TV

04.18.11 - This week, NASA will broadcast a video file of the oil spill images on NASA-TV one year after the event, beginning April 19.
FASTSAT Mission Update

06.20.11 - PISA's magnetometer was called upon to support the main attitude determination and control system (ADCS) on FASTSAT following an anomaly on Feb 16, 2011.
Goddard Invites Elementary Students to Explore Webb Telescope

04.11.11 - Goddard's Sunday Experiment this month features eye-opening, hands-on activities spotlighting Hubble's successor, the James Webb Space Telescope.
SpaceMath@NASA Breaks the Three Million Download Mark

04.01.11 - The SpaceMath@NASA mathematics resource for teachers and students recently achieved a landmark number of downloads.
NASA Invites Public to Free Planet Walk on April 9

03.31.11 - On April 9, scientists from NASA Goddard will team up with the Friends of Anne Arundel County Trails and Anne Arundel Community College to shrink the solar system down to 4.6 miles along the Baltimore & Annapolis Trail.
NASA Invites Media to 49th Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium

03.22.11 - "NASA: More Than You Imagine," is the theme for the 49th Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium.
"Lost" Miller Experiment Gives Pungent Clue to Origin of Life

03.23.11 - Hydrogen sulfide, the malodorous compound produced by rotten eggs, may have been an important ingredient in the recipe for life, according to a recently discovered experiment performed by Dr. Stanley Miller in 1958.
Mercury-bound Goddard Instruments Aboard MESSENGER Arrive at Target

03.18.11 - As the MESSENGER spacecraft begins its science operations above the surface of Mercury, Goddard instruments are gearing up to help unveil the planet's mysteries.
NASA Goddard Director, U.S. Rep. Hoyer Kick Off Gabby Giffords Save-A-Life Campaign

03.18.11 - On Friday, March 18, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer and Goddard Space Flight Center Director Rob Strain will join the American Red Cross and Goddard employees for an event marking the kick-off of the national Gabrielle Giffords Honorary Save-a-Life campaign.
Goddard to Hold Free Event Exploring How Satellites Help Earth

03.16.11 - NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Visitor Center in Greenbelt, Md., will host this month's Sunday Experiment on March 20.
LRO Delivers Treasure Trove of Data

03.15.11 - The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter team released the final set of data from the mission's exploration phase.
NASA's Glory Satellite Scheduled for Launch on March 4

03.01.11 - NASA's Glory spacecraft is scheduled for launch on Friday, March 4. Technical issues with ground support equipment led to the scrub of the original Feb. 23 launch attempt. Those issues have been resolved.
NASA Schedules Next Glory Mission Launch Attempt

02.23.11 - The launch of NASA's Glory spacecraft from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California is currently planned for no earlier than Friday, Feb. 25 at 5:09 a.m. EST.
Warm Up at NASA's Sun-Earth Day TweetUp; Registration Opens Feb. 22

02.18.11 - NASA is inviting its Twitter followers to a daylong event revolving around the sun and Earth's relationship.
NASA Postpones Launch of Glory Mission

02.23.11 - The launch of NASA’s Glory spacecraft from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California has been postponed at least 24 hours.
NASA Goddard Invites Families to Free Event

02.15.11 - Elementary school-aged children and their families are invited to learn about our closest star at a free event on Feb. 20, 2011.
NPP Satellite Undergoing Flight Environmental Testing

02.11.11 - The precursor for the next generation of polar-orbiting weather satellites, NPP, is undergoing testing at Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp's facility in Boulder, Colo.
NASA Extends Contract for LRO Camera Instrument

02.10.11 - NASA extended the contract with Arizona State University, for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera instrument aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
NASA Awards Aircraft Catalog Blanket Purchase Agreements

02.10.11 - NASA has selected seven contractors to receive Aircraft Catalog Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs), that will allow the agency access to a variety of airborne platforms.
Tracking the Origins of Speedy Space Particles

01.31.11 - THEMIS helped track the origin of energetic particles in a kind of space weather called a substorm -- these speedy electrons gain energy from changing magnetic fields far from the origin of the event that causes them.
NASA Prepares to Launch Next Earth-Observing Satellite Mission

01.20.11 - The Glory mission will improve our understanding of how the sun and tiny atmospheric particles called aerosols affect Earth's climate.
Goddard Invita a la Comunidad Hispana a Lanzarse con la Ingenieria de NASA!

01.19.11 - Experimente el entusiasmo de NASA en primer Domingo de Experimentos español de Goddard.
Goddard Invites Hispanic Community to Blast-Off With NASA Engineering

01.19.11 - Spanish-speaking Elementary school-aged children and their families are invited to the Goddard Visitor Center on Sunday, January 23, for a free afternoon of eye-opening, hands-on activities that explore NASA engineering at its best.
More Asteroids Could Have Made Life's Ingredients

01.18.11 - Material delivered to Earth by meteorite impacts may have been responsible for fundamental characteristics of all life on the planet.
Blast-Off with NASA Engineering at Goddard's Sunday Experiment

01.14.11 - Elementary school-aged children and their families are invited to the Goddard Visitor Center on Sunday, January 16, for a free afternoon of eye-opening, hands-on activities that explore NASA engineering at its best.
NASA Announces Media Briefing About Next Earth Science Mission

01.13.11 - NASA will hold a media briefing on Thursday, Jan. 20, at 1 p.m. EST, about the agency's next Earth-observing satellite mission, Glory.
High-Energy Surprises in 'Constant' Crab Nebula

01.12.11 - The Crab Nebula was once thought to be the steadiest high-energy source in the sky. Not so, according to new data from NASA satellites.
Glory Arrives At Vandenberg Air Force Base for Launch

01.11.11 - Glory, the latest Earth-observing satellite developed by NASA, arrived Tuesday at Vandenberg in preparation for launch.
Hotspots in Solar-Surface Fountains May Help Explain Coronal Heating Mystery

01.06.11 - Observations from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and the Japanese satellite Hinode offer a possible explanation for how the sun's high atmosphere gets so much hotter than the solar surface.
Melting Snow and Ice Warm Northern Hemisphere →

02.24.11 - Mark Flanner at the University of Michigan and his collaborators used satellite data to measure how much changes in snow and ice in the Northern Hemisphere have contributed to rising temperatures in the last 30 years.
Record Low Arctic Sea Ice Extent for January →

02.09.10 - The U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) has reported that Arctic sea ice was at its lowest extent ever recorded for January (since satellite records began).
Channel Beneath Pine Island Glacier →

01.20.10 - Beneath the Pine Island Glacier in Antarctica, scientists have found a deepwater channel -- a likely pathway for warm water to reach the glacier’s underbelly and melt it from below.
NASA and OPTIMUS PRIME Video Contest Open for Voting

01.19.11 - NASA has opened online voting for the agency's OPTIMUS PRIME Spinoff Award student video contest.
LRO Creates New Lunar Topographic Map

12.17.10 - LRO is allowing researchers to create the most precise and complete map to date of the moon's complex, heavily cratered landscape.
Unstable Antarctica Media Briefing

12.15.10 - Supporting content for the AGU media briefing on Wednesday, Dec. 15 at 9 a.m. PST
Plant Consumption Rising Significantly as Population Grows and Economies Develop

12.14.10 - Humans are consuming an increasing amount of the Earth's total annual land plant production, new NASA research has found.
Satellites Pinpoint Drivers of Urban Heat Islands in the Northeast

12.13.10 - Summer land surface temperatures of cities in the Northeast were an average of 13°F to 16°F warmer than surrounding areas due to a complex phenomenon called the urban heat island effect.
Plant Growth Could Slow Warming

12.07.10 - Additional growth of plants and trees would create a cooling effect that could work to reduce future global warming.
Building Blocks of Life Created in "Impossible" Place

12.15.10 - Finding amino acids, a fundamental building block of life, in a meteorite where none were expected suggests that there is more than one way to make amino acids in space, which increases the chance for finding life elsewhere in the Universe.
Collaborative LASP/Goddard Sun-Climate Research Center Announced

11.29.10 - NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and The University of Colorado’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) are joining forces to study the Sun’s effect on Earth’s climate.
NASA Scientist to Speak at Imagination Station About the Amazing Webb Telescope

11.29.10 - A NASA research physicist working on the James Webb Space Telescope will be giving a presentation to visitors of the Imagination Station science center in Toledo, Ohio on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010.
Christyl Johnson Named New Goddard Deputy Center Director

11.23.10 - Goddard Center Director Rob Strain named Christyl Johnson the new Deputy Center Director for Science and Technology. She begins this new role December 6, following 2 Years at the White House.
Goddard Invites Young Students to a Free Afternoon of Fun and Learning About the Glory Satellite

11.17.10 - Goddard's Visitor Center will host elementary school-aged children and their families on November 21 for an afternoon of eye-opening, hands-on activities.
FASTSAT Launch Friday, Nov. 19

11.17.10 - The launch of NASA's FASTSAT mission is scheduled for this Friday night at 8:24pm ET from Alaska.
NASA Invites Media to Meet Mars Mobile Lab

11.10.10 - Goddard Space Flight Center invites reporters to Greenbelt for a special Media Day highlighting NASA's Sample Analysis at Mars instrument suite.
NASA Hosts Briefing About Antarctic Science Mission

11.09.10 - NASA will hold a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EST on Monday, Nov. 15, from Punta Arenas, Chile, to discuss the agency's Operation IceBridge.
UPDATED TIME: NASA to Hold Media Telecon to Discuss Upcoming Satellite Missions

11.04.10 - NASA will hold a media teleconference at 1:30 p.m. EST on Nov. 9, 2010, to discuss the Organism/Organic Exposure to Orbital Stresses, O/OREOS and Fast, Affordable, Science and Technology Satellite.
Goddard Space Act Agreement Keeps Remote Sensing Earth Science Teacher Program Aloft

11.05.10 - A Space Act Agreement will allow certified Earth science teachers nationwide to continue to bring NASA Remote Sensing resources into their classrooms.
NASA to Hold Media Telecon to Discuss Upcoming Satellite Missions

11.04.10 - NASA will hold a media teleconference at 1:45 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010 to discuss the Organism/Organic Exposure to Orbital Stresses, O/OREOS and Fast, Affordable, Science and Technology Satellite.
Goddard, Lockheed Martin Upgrade Computers in PG County Schools

10.27.10 - Donations of refurbished computers and associated equipment are possible because Lockheed Martin is the primary contractor responsible for upgrading Goddard computers.
NASA Exhibit to Launch Visitors on Cosmic Journey in West Caldwell, N.J.

10.27.10 - On Nov. 1, the "NASA Exploration Experience" will visit West Caldwell, N.J., to propel visitors on a 3D journey across the solar system.
Webb Telescope Systems Engineering Evolves to Meet Demands of Integration and Test Phase

10.18.10 - As the James Webb Space Telescope enters its next critical phase of development, NASA and Northrop Grumman Corporation have forged an integrated, consolidated and "badgeless" Mission Systems Engineering team.
NASA Exhibit to Launch Visitors on 3D Journey Through Cosmos, Oct. 22, 2010, Smyrna, Del.

10.15.10 - On Oct. 22, the "NASA Exploration Experience" will visit Smyrna, Del., to propel visitors on a 3D journey across the solar system.
NASA Exhibit to Launch Visitors on 3D Journey Through Cosmos, Oct. 27, 2010, Providence, R.I.

10.15.10 - On Oct. 27, the "NASA Exploration Experience" will visit Providence, R.I., to propel visitors on a 3D journey across the solar system.
Two Fermi Scientists Win Lindsay Award

10.14.10 - Julie McEnery and David Thompson of NASA's Fermi Space Telescope team have won the famous Lindsay award.
Goddard Invites Elementary Student-Families to an Exploration of the James Webb Space Telescope

10.14.10 - Do you have elementary school students? If the answer is yes, you are invited to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Visitor Center on Sunday, Oct. 17.
NASA Exhibit to Launch Visitors on Cosmic Journey in Burlington, Vt.

10.12.10 - On Oct. 15, the "NASA Exploration Experience" will visit Burlington, Vt., to propel visitors on a 3D journey across the solar system.
NASA Technology Could Aid Interpretation of Mammograms, Other Medical Imagery

10.12.10 - NASA will host a media teleconference at 11:00am ET on Thursday October 14 2010, to discuss NASA’s software that has been incorporated into medical imaging.
Reporters Invited as Goddard Celebrates Three Year Partnership With Area Schools

10.08.10 - More than 800 area students have been invited to Goddard to kick off a 3-year collaboration celebration known as Goddard Middle School Week.
Mobile Mars Laboratory Almost Ready for Flight

10.08.10 - The Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument suite has completed assembly at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
Webb Telescope Sunshield Passes Tests

10.08.10 - NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has successfully completed a series of tests that validate the telescope's sunshield design.
NASA'S Mars Atmosphere Mission Given the Green Light to Proceed to Development

10.05.10 - On October 4, 2010, NASA approved the development and 2013 launch of the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission.
NASA Awards Three Robert H. Goddard Awards for Science

10.04.10 - Matt Greenhouse, Randy Kimble and Alexander Moiseev received the 2010 Robert H Goddard Award for Science for outstanding work done at Goddard.
NASA's Webb Telescope Unique Structural "Heart" Passes Extreme Tests

09.28.10 - NASA engineers have created a unique engineering marvel called the ISIM structure that recently survived exposure to extreme cryogenic temperatures, proving that the structure will remain stable when exposed to the harsh environment of space.
NPP Satellite Passes Pre-Environmental Review

09.24.10 - The NASA National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project (NPP) climate/weather satellite has successfully completed its Pre-Environmental Review.
Dust Models Paint Alien's View of Solar System

09.23.10 - New models tracking the interactions of thousands of dust grains show what our solar system might look like to alien astronomers.
NASA's New Views of the Universe Exhibit Travels to Imagination Station

09.23.10 - NASA’s traveling museum exhibition, New Views of the Universe, featuring the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes, opens at Imagination Station museum in Toledo this Friday, Sept. 24.
NASA Invites Elementary Students and their Families to Gear Up for NASA Engineering!

09.13.10 - Elementary students and their families are invited to Goddard's visitor center on September 19 for a free afternoon of eye-opening, hands-on activities exploring NASA's engineering at its best!
NASA to Hold Media Briefing Featuring More Interesting Results from Lunar Mission

09.14.10 - NASA will host a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT on September 16 to discuss compelling new research results from the LRO mission.
Come Celebrate International Observe the Moon Night

09.14.10 - NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. will host a free evening event at its Visitor Center on Saturday, Sept. 18 from 6:30 –10 p.m. EDT to celebrate the 2010 International Observe the Moon Night.
Webb Telescope's Guiding Light Arrives From Canada

09.08.10 - The Canadian Space Agency has delivered a test unit of the Fine Guidance Sensor to the James Webb Space Telescope to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt.
Newest GOES Satellite Ready for Action

09.01.10 - The latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-15 (also known as GOES-P), has been accepted into service.
Critical Polar Data Flows Briskly to Researchers

09.01.10 - A NASA airborne mission is matched by a campaign to bring the data to researchers as quickly as possible, accelerating understanding of polar changes and how they may affect people and climate systems around the world.
NASA's LRO Reveals 'Incredible Shrinking Moon'

08.19.10 - Newly discovered cliffs in the lunar crust indicate the moon shrank in the recent past (geologically speaking) and might still be shrinking today.
News Media Invited to Engaging Evening on Webb Telescope, Stargazing

08.17.10 - The Visitor's Center at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., is opening its doors for a free night of space science and discovery.
Eclipsing Pulsar Promises Clues to Crushed Matter

08.17.10 - NASA's Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer has found the first fast X-ray pulsar to be eclipsed by its companion star.
NASA Exploration Exhibit on Display at Little League World Series

08.10.10 - NASA’S Exploration Experience is an interactive traveling exhibit that takes visitors on a visual journey through the past, present and future of exploration. The exhibit will be on display at the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa., August 20-29.
Final Instruments on NASA Climate/Weather Satellite Integrated

07.22.10 - The last of five instruments slated to fly on the upcoming NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) climate and weather satellite have been successfully integrated, according to NASA officials. The polar-orbiting satellite is scheduled to launch in late 2011.
Hubble Shows Hyperfast Star was Booted from Milky Way

07.22.10 - A hundred million years ago, a triple-star system was traveling through the bustling center of our Milky Way galaxy when it wandered too close to the galaxy's giant black hole.
First Map of Global Forest Heights Created From NASA Data

07.20.10 - Scientists have produced a first-of-its kind map of the height of the world’s forests by combining data from three NASA satellites. The map will help scientists build an inventory of how much carbon the world’s forests store and how fast that carbon cycles through ecosystems and back into the atmosphere.
NASA Correction on Recent Mars Launch Vehicle Story

07.20.10 - NASA has not selected a launch vehicle for the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission, despite news reports suggesting otherwise.
NASA Awards Scientist Posthumously for Webb Telescope Contributions

07.15.10 - NASA recently recognized the late Dr. Timothy Hawarden for his work on cooling techniques for infrared space telescopes, including the James Webb Space Telescope.
NASA To Fly Into Hurricane Research This Summer

07.07.10 - Three NASA aircraft will begin flights to study tropical cyclones on Aug. 15 during the agency's first major U.S.-based hurricane field campaign since 2001.
'Know Your Earth' Takes NASA Earth Science to the Movies

07.02.10 - Starting today, movie theaters across the nation are offering something new in their lobbies. It's not a new popcorn topping or a bigger box of candy: Theaters are serving up a little Earth science knowledge from NASA.
ESA To Set Tiny Hair-Like Webb Telescope Microshutters

06.29.10 - Tiny shutters as small as the width of a human hair are a key component in the James Webb Space Telescope, and they have now arrived at the European Space Agency.
NASA Awards Architect - Engineer Services Contracts

06.29.10 - NASA has selected AECOM, Washington, D.C., along with HDR Architecture, Alexandria, Va., and SmithGroup, Inc, Washington, D.C., in response an architect and engineer services posting in March.
NASA Goddard Announces 2010 Contractor Excellence Award Winners

06.22.10 - Goddard Space Flight Center Director Rob Strain today announced that the center has selected the winners for the 2010 Goddard Contractor Excellence Award.
GOES-15 Solar X-Ray Imager's Miraculous First Light

06.14.10 - The Solar X-Ray Imager instrument aboard GOES-15 just provided its first glimpse of the sun - an image we almost didn't get to see.
NASA Completes Critical Design Review of Landsat Data Continuity Mission

06.01.10 - The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) reached a major milestone last week when it successfully completed its Mission Critical Design Review (CDR).
NASA Completes Critical Design Review of One Landsat Instrument

05.26.10 - Engineers have begun building hardware for a new Landsat satellite instrument that helps monitor water consumption.
Webb’s NIRCam Test Unit Arrives at NASA Goddard

05.25.10 - A test unit for the "NIRCam" instrument that will fly aboard the James Webb Space Telescope has arrived at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., for a year's worth of tests.
NASA Develops Enhanced Search and Rescue Technologies

05.24.10 - The new technology will more quickly identify the locations of people in distress and reduce the risk faced by rescuers.
D.C., Baltimore Area Reporters Invited to NASA Goddard to Learn About 'Search and Rescue' Technology

05.17.10 - Reporters will learn how NASA, NOAA, the Coast Guard, Air Force and other international partners are working together to reduce search times from hours to seconds.
Reporters Invited to Media Teleconference to Learn How New Technology Is Taking the 'Search' out of 'Search and Rescue'

05.17.10 - As Memorial Day weekend approaches and the boating, hiking and outdoor season begins, the number of folks requiring rescue increases.
NASA Awards Logistics Facility Construction Contract

05.18.10 - NASA has selected O'Donnell Construction Company, located in Washington, D.C., for award of the Construction of the Logistics Facility (Shipping & Receiving) contract.
Goddard Invites Reporters to Media Day About New Climate Simulation Center

05.19.10 - News representatives in the D.C. and Baltimore areas are invited to attend a media day event on June 2 to learn about a new NASA climate simulation center.
NASA Awards Cooperative Agreements for STEM Program

05.12.10 - The awards are based on the solicitation titled "2009 Research in the Design, Usage and Evaluation of Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOG) and Immersive Synthetic Environment."
NASA Invites Public to Take Virtual Walk on Moon

05.11.10 - More than 37 years after humans last walked on the moon, planetary scientists are inviting members of the public to return to the lunar surface as "virtual astronauts."
Goddard Scientist Earns NASA's Highest Honor

05.11.10 - Dr. Jack Trombka, an emeritus senior fellow at Goddard, has been awarded the agency’s highest award honor, the NASA Distinguished Service Medal.
NASA Goddard Scientist Elected to American Philosophical Society

05.07.10 - Dr. Claire L. Parkinson, a climate scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, has been elected into the American Philosophical Society.
Goddard Scientist Elected into National Academy of Sciences

05.05.10 - Dr. Neil Gehrels, an astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, has been elected into the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), an honor considered to be one of the highest bestowed upon scientists and engineers.
GOES-15 Opens Its Infrared "Eyes" for First Image

04.27.10 - From approximately 22,236 miles in space, GOES-15 took its first full-disk infrared image of the Earth on April 26, 2010.
New Lunar Images Include Sites Visited, Photographed by Apollo 15 Crew

04.23.10 - These LRO images show some of the basaltic rocks, lava rilles and other features visited by the Apollo 15 crew, as well as Dante Crater - where the evidence of the Moon's volcanic past may be exposed.
NASA, Park Service Promote Climate Science Education for Kids

04.22.10 - NASA, the National Park Service, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service marked the 40th Earth Day by launching the first of three online interactive activities.
NASA Scientist Publishes Book on Climate Change

04.19.10 - In the midst of seemingly unending questions about climate change, a new book by a climate scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center can provide some answers.
'Touch the Earth' to Display at Earth Day on National Mall

04.19.10 - NASA will present the new tactile learning book, "Touch the Earth," on Monday, April 19, in the "NASA Village" tent at the Earth Day Celebration on the National Mall.
Lunar Polar Craters May Be Electrified

04.16.10 - As the solar wind flows over natural obstructions on the moon, it may charge polar lunar craters to hundreds of volts, according to new calculations.
NASA Stennis Space Center Awards Construction Contract

04.12.10 - NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss., has awarded an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract to M&D Mechanical Contractors, Inc. of Decator, Ala., to provide general construction services at the center.
GOES-15 Opens Its "Eyes" and Sees First Image of Earth

04.07.10 - The GOES-15 (formerly GOES-P satellite) Opens Its "Eyes" and Sees First Image of Earth.
NASA Selects Environmental Services Contractor

04.01.10 - NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., has selected Straughan Environmental Services, Inc., Columbia, Md., for the Environmental Services contract.
NASA Selects Earth Science Data and Information Contractor

04.01.10 - has selected Raytheon Company of Riverdale, Md., for the Earth Observing System Data and Information System Evolution and Development contract.
World Space Party at NASA Goddard Celebrates Unparalleled Achievements in Space

03.31.10 - NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD has teamed with nonprofit Space Generation Advisory Council to host a world space party on Saturday, April 10, 2010.
Color It Ready - Webb Telescope Instrument Now At Goddard

03.30.10 - The cosmos is filled with color, and color is a key in determining age, chemical composition and how far objects are from Earth. To help identify these colors and objects the James Webb Space Telescope will be using a spectrograph called NIRSpec.
NASA Selects Rapid III Contractors for Spacecraft Systems and Services

03.30.10 - NASA has awarded contracts to eight aerospace firms for Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition III spacecraft and related services.
Media Invited to Workshop on On-Orbit Satellite Servicing

03.22.10 - The workshop is the result of a recent Request For Information issued by NASA with the purpose of ensuring there is coordination and collaboration between the government and commercial sectors in future space servicing endeavors.
NASA and NOAA's Environmental Satellite Now GOES-15

03.19.10 - Twelve days after a flawless launch, NASA and NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-P reached its proper orbit and was renamed GOES-15.
Icebridge Prepares to Study Arctic Glaciers

03.18.10 - Operation IceBridge mission, the largest airborne survey ever flown of Earth's polar ice, kicks off its year-two in Greenland March 22.
ICAP Ocean Tomo to Auction NASA Patents

03.18.10 - NASA's Goddard and Marshall space flight centers will be offering exclusive licenses to four patent portfolios through a live public auction managed by ICAP Ocean Tomo.
Goddard Recognizes Employee Award Winners

03.17.10 - Two of Goddard's own recently received prestigious awards for their research in remote sensing and federal information technology.
New Lunar Images and Data Available to the Public

03.15.10 - The Planetary Data System has released data sets from the seven instruments on board NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, allowing the public to follow along with NASA on its journey of lunar discovery.
Mysterious Cosmic 'Dark Flow' Tracked Deeper into Universe

03.10.10 - A new study confirms a mysterious collective motion of distant galaxy clusters -- dubbed the 'dark flow' -- and tracks it twice as far as originally reported.
NASA, NOAA'S GOES-P Satellite Launches

03.05.10 - The new satellite joins four other similar spacecraft to improve weather forecasting and monitoring of environmental events.
NASA-Goddard and University of Maryland Sign MOU

03.04.10 - Officials from the Goddard Space Flight Center and the University of Maryland have signed a memorandum of understanding that creates a strong and important partnership between the two organizations.
Lava Likely Made River-like Channel on Mars

03.04.10 - Lava can leave behind delicate features that have been previously considered clear evidence of water, according to studies that compare Earth, Mars and the moon.
NASA Invites Media to 48th Goddard Symposium

03.02.10 - "Earth and Beyond: The Next Decades," is the theme for the 48th Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium to be held March 10 through 11, at the Greenbelt Marriott.
Webb Telescope’s First Primary Mirror Meets Cold Temperature Specifications

03.02.10 - The James Webb Space Telescope reached a mission-readiness landmark today when its first primary mirror segment was cryo-polished to its required prescription as measured at operational cryogenic temperatures.
Media Day Planned for First NASA Global Hawk Science Campaign

02.24.10 - Reporters are invited to a media day in April to observe the first environmental science mission of NASA's Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system at the Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
NASA Unveils New Space-Weather Science Tool

02.23.10 - The Integrated Space Weather Analysis System is a robust, integrated system provides information about space weather conditions past, present, and future.
New NASA Web Page Sheds Light on Science of a Warming World

02.23.10 - The new "A Warming World" page hosts a series of new articles, videos, data visualizations, space-based imagery and interactive visuals that provide unique NASA perspectives on this topic of global importance.
NASA'S New TDRS Spacecraft Pass System Level Reviews

02.22.10 - NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite K-L program completed its critical design and production readiness reviews in El Segundo, Calif., on Feb. 19.
NASA, NOAA Ready GOES-P Satellite For Launch

02.22.10 - The GOES-P satellite is now on the launchpad and will launch on March 2.
NASA Day at Maryland Capitol Celebrates Hubble 20th Anniversary

02.19.10 - On Tuesday, Feb. 23, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Goddard employees will present interactive exhibits and engaging presentations at the State Capitol in Annapolis, Maryland.
New NASA Building Gets LEED Gold Rating

02.04.10 - NASA Goddard's Exploration Sciences Building was recently awarded the U.S. Green Building Council LEED Gold Rating.
AGU Selects Goddard Scientists to Become Fellows

02.04.10 - Paul Newman, Randal Koster and Michael Hesse have been bestowed the prestigious honor for their work in earth and space science.
James Webb Space Telescope Sunshield Design Achieves Significant Landmark

02.02.10 - The James Webb Space Telescope's five-layer, tennis court sized sunshield has passed its critical design review, certifying that its design is complete and meets mission requirements.
Weather/Environmental Probe Marks Major Milestone

01.29.10 - The development of a new series of weather and environmental monitoring satellites has marked a significant milestone.
NASA's New Views of the Universe Exhibit Travels to Science Central

01.21.10 - NASA’s traveling museum exhibition, New Views of the Universe, featuring the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes, will arrive at Science Central in Ft. Wayne, Indiana late next week.
NASA Research Finds Last Decade was Warmest on Record, 2009 One of Warmest Years

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NASA Goddard's Drake Deming Wins Astrophysics Award

01.13.10 - Drake Deming, a Senior Scientist in the Solar System Exploration Division at GSFC, was awarded the prestigious Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize at the American Astronomical Society meeting last week.
Solar Scientists to Reproduce IBEX Observation

01.12.10 - The magnetic field surrounding our solar system acts like a mirror for the particles that IBEX sees.
Two of 3 New Frontiers Finalists Feature Goddard Role

01.11.10 - Two of the three proposals selected as candidates for the agency's next New Frontiers mission have the Goddard Space Flight Center playing a key role.
Mirror Testing at NASA Breaks Superstitious Myths

01.07.10 - In mythological times reflective surfaces like shiny mirrors were credited with the ability to look into the future. But NASA is using mirrors to look into the past.
Eclipses Yield First Images of Elusive Iron Line in Solar Corona

01.05.10 - Scientists attempting to unlock the mysteries of the sun's corona, its outer atmosphere, have found another piece of the puzzle with the help of observations made during eclipses.