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NASA Webb Telescope Resumes Rigorous Vibration Qualification Tests

25 Jan , 2017 by

Engineers have resumed a series of critical and rigorous vibration qualification tests on NASA’s mammoth James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, in Greenbelt, Maryland to confirm its safety, integrity and readiness for the unforgiving environment of space flight, after pausing due to a testing ‘anomaly’ detected in early December 2016.

New Age in Weather Forecasting Begins with Spectacular 1st Images from NASA/NOAA GOES-16 Observatory

23 Jan , 2017 by

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – A new age has begun in the nations weather forecasting capabilities with the release today (Jan. 23) of the spectacular first images gathered by the recently launched NASA/NOAA GOES-16 observatory.

Weekly Space Hangout – October 7, 2016: James Webb: Standing on the Shoulders of Hubble

7 Oct , 2016 by

Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Paul Geithner, Deputy Project Manager – Technical for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. Guests: Kimberly Cartier ( KimberlyCartier.org / @AstroKimCartier ) Paul M. Sutter (pmsutter.com / @PaulMattSutter) Alessondra Springmann (sondy.com / @sondy) Their stories this week: MAVEN’s One Year Anniversary Giant plasma […]

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Celebrate International Observe the Moon Night on Saturday, Oct. 8 2016!

6 Oct , 2016 by

This Saturday, October 8, 2016, is International Observe the Moon Night (InOMN), an annual worldwide public event that encourages observation, appreciation, and understanding of our Moon and its connection to NASA planetary science and exploration. InOMN is sponsored by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, NASA’s Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI), and the Lunar and […]

The Photon Sieve Could Revolutionize Optics

27 Jul , 2016 by

Scientists at NASA”s Goddard Space Flight Center are developing the photon sieve, a small, inexpensive device designed to study the Sun’s corona

Weekly Space Hangout – Feb. 19, 2016: Rebecca Roth

19 Feb , 2016 by

Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Rebecca Roth, Imaging Coordinator & Social Media Specialist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center; responsible for sharing imagery with the media, as well as sharing those images with the public, mainly through social media such as Instagram and Flickr. Guests: Morgan Rehnberg (MorganRehnberg.com / @MorganRehnberg ) Kimberly Cartier (@AstroKimCartier […]

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All Primary Mirrors Fully Installed on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope

8 Feb , 2016 by

NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER, MD – All 18 of the primary mirrors have been fully installed onto the flight structure of what will become the biggest and most powerful space telescope ever built by humankind – NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

NASA Unravels Mysteries of Magnetic Reconnection with Nighttime Blastoff of MMS Satellite Quartet – Watch Live

12 Mar , 2015 by

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – A state of the art quartet of identical science satellites aimed at unraveling the mysteries of the process known as magnetic reconnection is slated for a spectacular nighttime blastoff tonight, March 12, atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on Cape Canaveral, Florida. The $1.1 Billion Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) […]

Exoplanet-Hunting TESS Satellite to be Launched by SpaceX

6 Jan , 2015 by

The search for exoplanets is heating up, thanks to the deployment of space telescopes like Kepler and the development of new observation methods. In fact, over 1800 exoplanets have been discovered since the 1980s, with 850 discovered just last year. That’s quite the rate of progress, and Earth’s scientists have no intention of slowing down! […]

Surprise! Galaxies Still Evolving in Present Universe

19 Oct , 2012 by

A giant spiral of gas dust and stars, Messier 101 spans 170,000 light-years and contains more than a trillion stars. Astronomers have uncovered a surprising trend in galaxy evolution where galaxies like M101 and the Milky Way Galaxy continued to develop into settled disk galaxies long after previously thought. Credit: NASA/ESA Hubble Graceful in their […]

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