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Intuitive Machines Marks a New Lunar Era with Help from NASA Goddard’s Core Flight System (cFS)
In an unprecedented achievement, Intuitive Machines has become the first private company to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon. Their spacecraft, Odysseus, marks the first American lunar landing in over 50 years, signaling a new era in space exploration. Part of their success was …
Advancing Ocean and Atmospheric Science
NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission, was designed, developed, integrated & tested by Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). PACE was launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida on February 8, 2024, extending and improving NASA’s over 20 …
The Mission, Titled “Virginia is for Launch Lovers,” Launches
A collective effort led by NASA Goddard’s Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) branch and with augmented support from Greenbelt via other branches systematically managed constant changes in schedule/budget, personnel availability, and technical requirements for the NASA’s new Autonomous Flight Termination …
Supporting the Key Instrument of the Roman Space Telescope
On the Roman Space Telescope (RST), the Widefield Instrument (WFI) is the primary instrument (for science imaging) and acts as a kind of ultra-precise star tracker. The WFI Instrument Command and Data Handling (ICDH) Flight Software (FSW) is the mechanism which controls the Fine …