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Leaders in Lidar Series
In this series, we dive into the legacy of Goddard’s lead role in developing laser altimetry, which has revolutionized the way we map our planet, the Moon and other planets. Each chapter looks at the successes and failures of these lidar instruments, beginning with the Mars Observer Laser Altimeter in the late 1980s…
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NASA’s Mini BurstCube Mission Detects Mega Blast
The shoebox-sized BurstCube satellite has observed its first gamma-ray burst, the most powerful kind of explosion in the universe, according to a recent analysis of observations collected over the last several months. “We’re excited to collect science data,” said Sean…
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Aaron Vigil Helps Give SASS to Roman Space Telescope
The stars in the big Wyoming skies inspired Aaron Vigil as a child to dream big. Today, he’s a mechanical engineer working on the Solar Array Sun Shield (SASS) for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope at Goddard. What do you do and what is most interesting about your…
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Veronica T. Pinnick Put NASA’s PACE Mission through Its Paces
To achieve the impossible, Veronica T. Pinnick, who put NASA’s PACE mission through its prelaunch paces, says you need to get comfortable with being uncomfortable. What do you do and what is most interesting about your role here at Goddard? As the PACE I&T…
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There Are No Imaginary Boundaries for Dr. Ariadna Farrés-Basiana
Dr. Ariadna Farrés-Basiana would look up at the sky and marvel at the immensity of space when she was younger. Now, the bounds are limitless as she helps NASA explore the expansive universe by computing the trajectories and…
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Glenn Bazemore: Professional Problem-Solver
Glenn Bazemore is a mechanical engineer working on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Team. He also aims to become an astronaut. Since childhood, Bazemore has been creating and tinkering. As evidenced through his hobbies just as much as through his work…
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Big Science Drives Wallops’ Upgrades for NASA Suborbital Missions
Large amounts of data collected by today’s sensitive science instruments present a data-handling challenge to small rocket and balloon mission computing systems. “Just generally, science payloads are getting larger and more…
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Kan Yang: Translating Science Ideas into Engineering Concepts
As team lead of the Instrument Design Laboratory, Kan Yang turns science concepts into engineering reality. What do you do and what is most interesting about your role here at Goddard? I work with a team of scientists and engineers to design space flight instrument…
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Compact Infrared Cameras, Developed at Goddard, Enable New Science
A new, higher-resolution infrared camera outfitted with a variety of lightweight filters could probe sunlight reflected off Earth’s upper atmosphere and surface, improve forest fire…
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Ensuring Space Telescopes Have Stellar Vision
Bente Eegholm is an optical engineer working to ensure missions like the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope have stellar vision. When it launches by May 2027, the Roman mission will shed light on many astrophysics topics…
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AR Speeds Spacecraft Construction at Goddard
Technicians armed with advanced measuring equipment, augmented reality headsets, and QR codes virtually checked the fit of some Roman Space Telescope structures before building or moving them through facilities at NASA’s…
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A New Lunar Era with Help from Goddard’s Core Flight System
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…
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ROLSES Are Red
No earlier than 14th February 2024, Goddard’s Radio wave Observation at the Lunar Surface of the photo-Electron Sheath (ROLSES) instrument will launch to the Moon’s South Polar region aboard Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 mission, as part of NASA’s Commercial…
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Congratulations Team PACE
“We finally got our opportunity this morning and made the most of it with the very successful launch of our PACE observatory from the Cape. Congratulations to everyone for achieving this monumental milestone for NASA and the Earth Science community…
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The Search for Organic Life
Slated for launch in 2024, the Europa Clipper will be the first space mission dedicated to conducting a detailed study of an ocean world outside of our own — a world that likely harbors a salty ocean with twice as much water as Earth beneath its icy crust. Targeting Jupiter’s icy…
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Keeping up with Our Ocean
NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol Cloud Ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission is to advance the assessment of ocean health by measuring the distribution of phytoplankton within it. Phytoplankton is a tiny plant/algae that sustains marine life and absorbs CO2 from the air. An important instrument…
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