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NASA’s Roman Mission Will Use Exploding Stars to Measure Cosmic Distances

NASA Goddard 2026-09-18 | NASA’s Roman Mission Will Use Exploding Stars to Measure Cosmic Distances

Preparing for Launch and Beyond: Testing Romans Outer Barrel Assembly

NASA Goddard 2024-10-16 | Want to see this in even more detail? Watch the 57-minute version here: youtu.be/vAJvnPfot5M

The Outer Barrel Assembly, or OBA, is a key part of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. It is made of two main parts: the shell section, a baffled carbon-fiber tube that surrounds the telescope to keep the temperature stable and project it from stray light; and the support struts, which extend past the instruments to connect the shell section to the rear spacecraft bus where all the support systems are located. Although the OBA is one of the less complicated parts of the overall observatory, the testing process for it is anything but simple. This time-lapse covers one tiny part of the intricate dance that all of Roman’s systems have been working their way through on their path to joining together as the complete observatory.

Just one of the many tests the OBA undergoes is static load testing in NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center’s 120-foot-diameter centrifuge. The two parts of the OBA are separated and tested individually, with aluminum weights called mass simulators, or mass sims for short, taking the place of other parts of the spacecraft and creating the correct center of gravity. Nearly 100 sensors are connected throughout the structure to carefully measure the strain on each part of it. The OBA is attached to a metal plate which can tip and rotate hydraulically to change the position of the test hardware. These changes in position ensure that every component of the hardware experiences the full launch load.

The struts are tested in six different orientations first. Tilting for the sixth, and final test, is where this time-lapse begins. After the final test, the multi-day process of removing the struts and replacing them with the shell section begins. All of the mass sims and sensors need to come off of the struts, while, at the same time, different mass sims are added to the shell section, which is in a separate clean room. The shell section is also wrapped in protective Kapton film to reduce contamination in the non-clean environment of the centrifuge.

The struts are topped with a metal interface ring that connects them and gives structural stability. This same ring is needed to connect the shell section to the adjustable test platform and so it must be transferred from the struts to the shell. The simplest way to do this is to connect the two pieces in, with the interface ring between them, in an adjoining “high-bay” with plenty of vertical room and floor space for the two pieces to sit side-by-side on dollies. The complete OBA is then hand-pushed into the centrifuge, to a different crane, and the shell section is lifted off with the interface ring now attached only to it. The struts are pushed out and taken to the next testing step.

The OBA is attached to the centrifuge test platform and has 96 sensors carefully connected at key locations. Like the struts, it will have six spins of different intensities and positions, culminating in a final spin at 18.4 rpm and 7.1 Gs. At that speed, the wind around the edges of the centrifuge travels at 80 miles per hour, and at over 130 mph along the ground.

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What is Solar Maximum?

NASA Goddard 2024-10-16 | The Sun is stirring from its latest slumber. As sunspots and flares bubble from the Sun’s surface, representatives from NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA), and the Solar Cycle Prediction Panel have announced the Sun has reached its solar maximum period.

The solar cycle is the natural cycle of the Sun as it transitions between low and high activity. During the most active part of the cycle, known as solar maximum, the Sun can unleash immense explosions of light, energy, and solar radiation — all of which create conditions known as space weather. Space weather can affect satellites and astronauts in space, as well as communications systems — such as radio and GPS — and power grids on Earth.

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What is Solar Maximum?

NASA Goddard 2024-10-15 | The Sun is stirring from its latest slumber. As sunspots and flares bubble from the Sun’s surface, representatives from NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA), and the Solar Cycle Prediction Panel have announced the Sun has reached its solar maximum period.

The solar cycle is the natural cycle of the Sun as it transitions between low and high activity. During the most active part of the cycle, known as solar maximum, the Sun can unleash immense explosions of light, energy, and solar radiation — all of which create conditions known as space weather. Space weather can affect satellites and astronauts in space, as well as communications systems — such as radio and GPS — and power grids on Earth.

Read more: science.nasa.gov/science-research/heliophysics/nasa-noaa-sun-reaches-maximum-phase-in-11-year-solar-cycle

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Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Is Shaking

NASA Goddard 2024-10-09 | Jupiter’s iconic Great Red Spot, a storm larger than Earth, has fascinated astronomers for over 150 years. But thanks to NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, we’re now seeing this legendary storm in a whole new light. Recent observations show that the Great Red Spot is wobbling and fluctuating in size.

Captured in high-resolution images over 90 days, Hubble’s data reveals the storm speeding up, slowing down, and changing shape—surprising even seasoned scientists. The team predicts that the storm will continue to shrink and eventually stabilize, but right now, it’s still full of dynamic surprises.

Discover how these new findings could help us understand extreme weather not just on Jupiter, but on Earth and distant exoplanets too. Watch the video to see Hubble’s latest footage of this mysterious storm!

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NASAs Roman Space Telescope: Systems, Assemble!

NASA Goddard 2024-10-02 | In September 2024, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope passed a key milestone and was approved for the next stage of construction. Work on the main systems that will make up the final spacecraft is finishing, and the team at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center is ready to begin integration, the process of connecting them together. This video celebrates the effort to reach the final stages of assembly.

To learn more about all these systems and where they fit into Roman, visit roman.gsfc.nasa.gov/interactive

Launching no later than May 2027, Roman is NASA’s next flagship mission. An infrared survey telescope with the same resolution as Hubble, but 100 times the field of view, Roman is being built and tested at NASA’s Goddard Spaceflight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Partners from across the country are contributing to this effort.

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Why Is NASA Tracking Seaweed From Space?

NASA Goddard 2024-09-30 | Something strange has been happening to the beaches across the Caribbean in recent years.

Large amounts of a brown seaweed – called Sargassum – have been washing up on shorelines. In the open ocean, Sargassum is essential habitat, but can cause a whole host of issues when it washes up on Caribbean coastlines.

So where is this seaweed coming from? And how is NASA tracking it?

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Hubble Spots Black Hole Beam Causing Stellar Eruptions

NASA Goddard 2024-09-27 | In a surprise finding, astronomers, using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have discovered that the jet from a supermassive black hole at the core of M87, a huge galaxy 54 million light years away, seems to cause stars to erupt along its trajectory.

The stars, called novae, are not caught inside the jet, but in a dangerous area near it.

A nova erupts in a double-star system where an aging, swelled-up, normal star spills hydrogen onto a burned-out white dwarf companion star. When the white dwarf has collected a big enough layer of hydrogen, it explodes out into space.

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Arctic Sea Ice Near Historic Low; Antarctic Ice Continues Decline

NASA Goddard 2024-09-25 | This summer, Arctic sea ice decreased to a its minimum extent on September 11, 2024. According to the National Snow and Ice Data Center this is the 7th lowest in the satellite record). The decline continues the long-term trend of shrinking ice cover in the Arctic Ocean. Each year, Arctic sea ice melts and refreezes with seasonal changes.

For 46 years, satellites have been monitoring changes in Arctic sea ice. This long-term data has helped scientists understand how polar environments respond to rising temperatures and extended melting seasons. Meanwhile, Antarctic sea ice is approaching its maximum extent for the year, with some time still remaining in the growth season.

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5 Ways NASA Uses Solar Power

NASA Goddard 2024-09-25 | From studying life on Earth to powering spacecraft across the solar system, NASA uses solar power to explore near and far.

In September 2024, the Heliophysics Big Year theme is Environment and Sustainability. The Heliophysics Big Year is a global celebration of the Sun’s influence on Earth and the entire solar system. From Oct. 14, 2023, to Dec. 24, 2024, the Heliophysics Big Year celebrates under a theme, sharing opportunities to participate in many solar science events and activities. During the Heliophysics Big Year, participation isn’t limited to science – NASA invites everyone to celebrate the Sun with as many Sun-related activities as they can.

To learn more about NASA’s history with solar power, visit: science.nasa.gov/sun/how-nasa-uses-and-improves-solar-power

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To an Asteroid and Back Trailer

NASA Goddard 2024-09-24 | In this documentary film, follow along with NASA's OSIRIS-REx team, as they launch a spacecraft to an asteroid, collect a sample of Bennu, and bring it home to Earth.

Watch the full documentary: plus.nasa.gov/video/to-an-asteroid-and-back

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Hubble’s Inside the Image: The Veil Nebula

NASA Goddard 2024-09-24 | NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a breathtaking image of the Veil Nebula, a remnant of a supernova explosion that showcases delicate, wispy filaments of ionized gas.
In this video, Dr. Ken Carpenter delves into the stunning details of the Veil Nebula and explains how Hubble's observations shed light on the complex processes involved in the aftermath of a star's explosive death.
For more information, visit nasa.gov/hubble.

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Ten Years at Mars with NASA’s MAVEN Mission

NASA Goddard 2024-09-23 | On September 21, 2014, NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) spacecraft entered orbit around Mars, beginning its ongoing exploration of the Red Planet’s upper atmosphere. The mission has produced a wealth of data about how Mars’s atmosphere responds to the Sun and solar wind, and how these interactions can explain the loss of the Martian atmosphere to space. Now, as MAVEN continues its mission, we can look back on the remarkable discoveries of its first ten years at Mars.

Read about the mission: science.nasa.gov/missions/maven/celebrating-10-years-at-mars-with-nasas-maven-mission

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Forecasting the Future: How NASA Satellite Data Helps Trout Populations

NASA Goddard 2024-09-23 | Coldwater fish like trout are particularly vulnerable to climate change. Seth Wenger, Associate Professor of Ecology at the University of Georgia, developed the “Multiple Population Viability Analysis” (MPVA) tool, which uses NASA satellite data to forecast the future of trout populations.

MPVA allows scientists and conservationists to assess population dynamics, habitat quality, and extinction risks for fish species. Federal agencies, nonprofits, and other stakeholders can use MPVA to guide restoration and management efforts to protect these species under a changing climate.

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How NASA Is Improving Eclipse Predictions

NASA Goddard 2024-09-19 | NASA has improved upon a 200-year-old method of predicting eclipses using precise measurements of the Moon and Earth. That means better viewing opportunities for eclipse enthusiasts and scientists alike!

#NASA #Eclipse #SolarEclipse #Sun #Moon #Earth #Eclipsechasers

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International Observe the Moon Night 2024

NASA Goddard 2024-09-13 | In celebration of International Observe the Moon Night, tune in to our broadcast on September 14 for lunar science highlights from NASA, including preparations for Artemis, interviews with NASA experts, solar eclipse highlights, observing tips, and a glimpse of participation around the world.

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Federación de Asociaciones Astronómicas de España
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Hubble’s Inside the Image: Stephans Quintet

NASA Goddard 2024-09-09 | NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured an extraordinary image of Stephan's Quintet, a visual grouping of five galaxies that offers a unique glimpse into the dynamics of galaxy interactions.

In this video, Dr. Jennifer Wiseman explores the intricate details of Stephan's Quintet and discusses how Hubble's observations continue to deepen our understanding of galactic behavior and the universe as a whole.

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Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Producer, Director & Editor: James Leigh
Director of Photography: James Ball
Executive Producers: James Leigh & Matthew Duncan
Production & Post: Origin Films

Video Credits:
Hubble Space Telescope Animation:
ESA/Hubble - M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen

Stephan's Quintet Visualization:
NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon, J. DePasquale, F. Summers, and Z. Levay (STScI)

Music Credits:
"Transcode" by Lee Groves [PRS], and Peter George Marett [PRS] via Universal Production Music

"Perennial Ice" by Matthew Nicholson [PRS], and Suki Jeanette Finn [PRS] via Atmosphere Music Ltd. [PRS] and Universal Production Music

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NASA’s Hubble, Chandra Find Supermassive Black Hole Duo

NASA Goddard 2024-09-09 | The closest confirmed pair of supermassive black holes have been observed in tight proximity. These are located approximately 300 light-years apart and were detected using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory.

These black holes, buried deep within a pair of colliding galaxies, are fueled by infalling gas and dust, causing them to shine brightly as active galactic nuclei (AGN).

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Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Dan Gallagher: Producer for Assorted AGN Animations

Music Credit:
"Drift" by Alexandre Prodhomme [SACEM] via Koka Media [SACEM], Universal Production Music France [SACEM], and Universal Production Music.

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Goddard Glossary: Conjunction

NASA Goddard 2024-09-06 | Hooking up stars and planets and moons? For Goddard Glossary, we’re defining conjunction — specifically, the kind you might see in the night sky. So next time you hear about a conjunction, look up! That’s their function.

Music Provided by Universal Production Music: “Didn't You Get My Text" by Frederick Kron [SESAC]

Video Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
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Video description:
0:00 A woman with dark brown hair and a NASA shirt in front of a background of a starry sky. The word conjunction is spelled out syllabically above her.
0:01 Pan across multiple pictures of the night sky, with two bright dots near each other in them.
0:09 One image of two bright dots in the sky pans over to show the bright crescent Moon.
0:10 Animation of the Sun with the orbital path of two planets circling it in concentric hoops.
0:12 Back to the woman talking.
0:15 Animation of Earth swinging around the Sun, quickly replaced by Mars also orbiting the Sun.
0:18 Stacked videos of the InSight Mars Lander and the Curiosity Mars Rover.
0:23 The woman talking.
0:24 Picture of the dusk sky, with three bright dots labeled Venus, Mars, and Saturn.
0:26 Animation of the night sky, with Venus, Mars, and Saturn labeled to roughly correspond with the previous picture.
0:27 Wipe to the same animation later in the month. Mars and Saturn have changed places.
0:29 Back to the woman talking.
0:31 Animation of the Cassini spacecraft as it passes in front of the camera and then sails toward Saturn.
0:37 Animation of Earth, the Sun, and Saturn in a line.
0:40 The woman talking.
0:43 More pictures of the night sky with two bright dots close to each other.
0:47 Animation of the orbits of the planets in the solar system.
0:51 Back to the woman talking.

Hubble’s Inside the Image: The Bubble Nebula

NASA Goddard 2024-09-06 | NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning image of the Bubble Nebula, a glowing cosmic bubble formed by the intense winds of a massive star.

In this video, Dr. Ken Carpenter dives into the mesmerizing details of the Bubble Nebula and discusses how Hubble's observations continue to reveal the intricate beauty and complexity of the universe.

For more information, visit nasa.gov/hubble.

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Producer, Director & Editor: James Leigh
Director of Photography: James Ball
Executive Producers: James Leigh & Matthew Duncan
Production & Post: Origin Films

Video Credits:
Hubble Space Telescope Animation:
ESA/Hubble - M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen

Music Credits:
"Transcode" by Lee Groves [PRS], and Peter George Marett [PRS] via Universal Production Music

"Perennial Ice" by Matthew Nicholson [PRS], and Suki Jeanette Finn [PRS] via Atmosphere Music Ltd. [PRS] and Universal Production Music

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Hubble Helps Solve The Mystery of Mars’ Escaping Water

NASA Goddard 2024-09-05 | Mars was once a very wet planet. Scientists know that over the last 3 billion years, some of the water went underground, but what happened to the rest?

Now, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission are helping unlock that mystery. To understand how much water there was and what happened to it, scientists need to understand how the atoms escape into space.

A team combined data from Hubble and MAVEN to measure the current rate of these atoms escaping into space. This information allowed them to extrapolate the escape rate backwards through time to understand the history of water on the Red Planet.

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Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Dan Gallagher: Producer for Assorted Mars Animations

Music Credit:
"Cosmic Overture" by Sergey Azbel [BMI] via Nova Production Music Ltd [PRS], and Universal Production Music.

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An Ocean in Bloom

NASA Goddard 2024-08-30 | From the far reaches of space, NASA scientists aim to expand their knowledge of how our ocean, atmosphere, and ecosystems interact with one another through the launch of the PACE satellite. By identifying and examining harmful algal blooms around the world, PACE will inform communities ranging from local fishermen to large corporations on what is occurring in their backyard and beyond. From sea to space, the PACE satellite will take Earth’s pulse in astounding ways for decades to come.

You can also find "An Ocean in Bloom" on NASA+: plus.nasa.gov/video/an-ocean-in-bloom

Music credit: "Maelstrom Dream," "Skipping Stones On The Lake," "Breaking Through The Clouds," "Awaking Wonder," "Floating Emotions," "Fire in the Chill of Dawn," "Closed Fractures," "Battle For Our Future," "Final Climb," "In Nature," Universal Production Music.

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Scientific Visualization Studio
Emme Watkins (eMITS): Lead Producer, Writer, Editor, Videographer
Will Rothermel: Sound Editor
Ryan Fitzgibbons (KBR Wyle Services, LLC): Videographer, Advisor
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Jessica Wang (National Geographic): Videographer
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Bridget Seegers (Morgan State University): Science Advisor
Jeremy Werdell (NASA/GSFC): Science Advisor, nterviewee
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Raymond James (Boca Grande Health Clinic): Interviewee
Lauren Ward (KBR Wyle Services, LLC): Advisor
Wade Sisler (NASA/GSFC): Advisor
Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.): Technical Support

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Inside NASAs OCEANOS

NASA Goddard 2024-08-28 | NASA’s bilingual OCEANOS program gives graduating high school seniors and first-generation undergraduate students in Puerto Rico an opportunity to participate in NASA research. The goal of the program is to bring oceanography and STEM opportunities to the Hispanic/Latinos community.

Video Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Music Credit: Coral Garden Instrumental by Chevalier (Universal Production Music)
Producer: Katie Jepson (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
Videographer: Milan Loiacono (NASA Ames)
Narrator: Kathleen Gaeta Greer (NASA/GSFC/AMA)
Project support: Jefferson Beck (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
Technical support: Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.)

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Discovering Earth’s Third Global Energy Field

NASA Goddard 2024-08-28 | High above the Earth’s North and South Poles, a steady stream of particles escapes from our atmosphere into space. Scientists call this mysterious outflow the “polar wind,” and for almost 60 years, spacecraft have been flying through it as scientists have theorized about its cause. The leading theory was that a planet-wide electric field was drawing those particles up into space. But this so-called ambipolar electric field, if it exists, is so weak that all attempts to measure it have failed – until now.

In 2022, scientists traveled to Svalbard, a small archipelago in Norway, to launch a rocket in an attempt to measure Earth’s ambipolar electric field for the first time. This was NASA’s Endurance rocketship mission, and this is its story.

To learn more, visit: science.nasa.gov/science-research/heliophysics/nasa-discovers-long-sought-global-electric-field-on-earth

Music credit: "Atoms in Motion" by Phillip John Gregory [PRS], “Curious By Nature” by Eddie Saffron [PRS], “Perfect Vibes” by Thomas Gallicani [SACEM], “Natural Response” by Jonathan Elisa [ASCAP] and Sarah Trevino [ASCAP] from Universal Production Music

Sound effects: Pixabay

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Producer: Lacey Young (MORI Associates), Miles Hatfield (MORI Associates), Rachel Lense (ADNET Systems)
Editor: Lacey Young (MORI Associates)
Writer: Miles Hatfield (MORI Associates), Glyn Collinson (NASA), Rachel Lense (ADNET Systems)
Talent: Glyn Collinson (NASA)
Animator: Krystofer Kim (Rothe Enterprises, Inc.), Wes Buchanan (ARES Corporation)

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ESCAPADE Mission Trailer

NASA Goddard 2024-08-23 | Editor's Note: This video has been edited to remove a launch date and reflect changing launch schedules.

Over billions of years, a relentless flow of particles from the Sun - the solar wind - has slowly stripped away the Martian atmosphere, causing surface water to evaporate. But how exactly did this happen? NASA's new ESCAPADE mission aims to find out. The Escape and Plasma Acceleration Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) mission will be studying Mars' real-time response to the solar wind, helping us better understand Mars' climate history. To learn more visit science.nasa.gov/mission/escapade

The ESCAPADE mission is managed by the Space Sciences Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, with key partners Rocket Lab, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Advanced Space LLC, and Blue Origin.

Video Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Music Credit: "Inviolable" by Bob E. Thole [BUMA] via Universal Production Music
Animation Credit: James Rattray/Rocket Lab USA; Blue Origin
Producer: Beth Anthony (eMITS)

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Exploring Volcanoes with NASA’s GEODES Team

NASA Goddard 2024-08-16 | Close your eyes. Listen. Imagine lava seeping from the Earth, flowing and melting rock in its path. That’s what inspired musician and composer Ben Cosgrove’s new instrumental, “Volcano.” As an Artist-in-Residence, Cosgrove accompanied NASA’s Geophysical Exploration of the Dynamics and Evolution of the Solar System (GEODES) team to Lava Beds National Monument, where he participated in planetary science research to develop methods and tools to explore the surface of the Moon.

In this music video, you’ll see members of the GEODES team operating instruments including ground-penetrating radar, seismometers, magnetometers, drones, and gravitometers in lunar-like landscapes in Hawaii, California, and Arizona. When combined, these instruments provide an overall picture of the surface structure and what’s below. So sit back, tune in, and let the music transport you – from lava beds on the surface of the Earth and the Moon, to the volcanic depths of the solar system, and beyond.

Music credit: “Aerial” by Ben Cosgrove” and "Volcano" by Ben Cosgrove. Used with permission from the artist.

Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/University of Maryland
David Obajemu (University of Maryland): Producer, Editor, Videographer
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Jacob Richardson (USRA): Scientist
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Touching the Sun with Solar Stones

NASA Goddard 2024-08-13 | In August 2024, the Heliophysics Big Year theme is Back to School. In collaboration with NASA’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission and the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind, Creative Technology and Design students at the ATLAS Institute at University of Colorado Boulder have developed tactile representations of what many scholars believe to be the earliest known record of solar observations. Titled “Solar Stones,” the exhibit displays two famous petroglyphs, or rock carvings, found in Chaco Culture National Historical Park located in northwestern New Mexico. One petroglyph is believed to represent a total solar eclipse occurring on July 11, 1097, and the other a solar marker that indicates the annual equinoxes and solstices. The project is on display at Fiske Planetarium located on the University of Colorado Boulder campus.

In this video, the student creators describe the inspiration for the “Solar Stones” project and explain the design and construction process.

Learn more about the project: blogs.nasa.gov/punch/2024/08/13/nasas-punch-mission-touches-the-sun-with-solar-stones

For a version of this video with audio descriptions: youtu.be/aBn4IHcSeps

Music Credit: “Glass Eyes” by Evan William Conway [ASCAP] via Universal Production Music

Video credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
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Changes in the Atmosphere and Ocean During a Transition From La Niña to El Niño

NASA Goddard 2024-08-12 | El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), is an ocean-atmosphere coupled phenomenon that affects global weather such as rainfall and drought patterns. We use several NASA and NOAA data products (listed below) to visualize the interaction between the ocean and atmosphere during the transition from La Niña 2021 to El Niño 2023. The visualization is a comprehensive explainer showing changes in the upper 300 meters of the Pacific Ocean (such as thermocline relaxation and eastward movement of warm temperature anomalies) and the changes in the lower atmosphere (e.g., the Walker Circulation). It is among the first efforts in visualizing the Walker Circulation and its convective branch moving across the Pacific without schematic plots but rather with verified model outputs.

Universal Music Production: “April Fools Instrumental”

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Kathleen Gaeta (GSFC AMA): Lead Producer
Jefferson Beck (GSFC KBR): Producer
Atousa Saberi (NASA GSFC): Lead Scientist, Lead Visualizer
Greg Shirah (NASA GSFC): Visualizer

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How to Make Solar Oven S’mores

NASA Goddard 2024-08-09 | National S’more Day on August 10th celebrates one of history’s most iconic campfire treats. But what if you don’t have a campfire? No problem! All you need is a few household items and the Sun’s power to create this ultimate snack. Watch the demo to see just how easy it is to make your very own solar oven.

In August 2024 the Heliophysics Big Year theme is Back to School. The Heliophysics Big Year is a global celebration of the Sun’s influence on Earth and the entire solar system. From October 14, 2023, to December 24, 2024, the Heliophysics Big Year will celebrate under a theme, sharing opportunities to participate in many solar science events and activities. During the Heliophysics Big Year, participation isn’t limited to science – NASA invites everyone to celebrate the Sun with as many Sun-related activities as they can.

Music Credit: “Make and Do” by Charles Morton [PRS] and Dean McGinnes [PRS] via Universal Production Music
Additional Graphics from Vecteezy
Additional Sound Effects from Pixabay

Video credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
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Hubble’s Inside the Image: Cat’s Eye Nebula

NASA Goddard 2024-08-08 | NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning image of the Cat's Eye Nebula, one of the most complex planetary nebulae known, with its intricate structure of concentric rings and high-density knots.
In this video, Dr. Ken Carpenter delves into the beauty of this cosmic jewel and discusses the critical role Hubble plays in unraveling the secrets of stellar evolution and the lifecycle of stars.

For more information, visit nasa.gov/hubble.

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Producer, Director & Editor: James Leigh

Director of Photography: James Ball

Executive Producers: James Leigh & Matthew Duncan

Production & Post: Origin Films

Video Credits:
Hubble Space Telescope Animation:
ESA/Hubble - M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen

Music Credits:
"Transcode" by Lee Groves [PRS], and Peter George Marett [PRS] via Universal Production Music

"The Search" by Northern Points via PREMIUM BEAT BY SHUTTERSTOCK

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NASAs Roman Space Telescope Hardware Highlights: Spring 2024

NASA Goddard 2024-07-31 | Every day, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope moves closer to completion. This video highlights some of the important hardware milestones from part of this journey. Components and systems are built separately, tested, and then integrated with larger parts of the spacecraft to carefully build the full telescope. Roman’s foundation is the primary structure, or spacecraft bus, which houses electronics and support systems. Like the chassis of a car, everything is built up from this aluminum hexagon.

This video, covering the spring of 2024, opens with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center’s integration and testing complex. The flight versions of the Solar Array Sun Shield panels are unpacked in Goddard’s largest clean room and placed into special racks to safely hold them. Multiple copies of hardware often exist, most for testing purposes; flight hardware is the version that will actually fly in space on the final spacecraft. The flight solar panelsarrays are the only ones covered with delicate solar cells. The Outer Barrel Assembly, also flight hardware, arrives at Goddard and is unpacked from its shipping container. This structure will surround and protect Roman’s primary mirror from stray light. Fitted to the front of the spacecraft, the Deployable Aperture Cover is another element of light protection. It will cover the aperture during launch and then deploy in space to shield the aperture from sunlight. To ensure that it is ready, engineers deploy it in a large thermal vacuum chamber. Once the hardware is deployed, the chamber will evacuates all the air and generates high and low temperature extremes to simulate the conditions in space. The Wide Field Instrument is Roman’s primary instrument and will capture enormous images of distant objects. Assembled by BAE Systems in Colorado, it undergoes environmental testing at their facilities, proving that it can function in space, before traveling to Goddard for integration with the rest of the spacecraft. The Coronagraph Instrument, a technology demonstration that will be able to directly image planets outside our solar system, was developed and built at JPL in California. After comprehensive testing there, JPL carefully transportsed the Coronagraph across the country to Goddard, where a team of JPL and Goddard engineers carefully unpacked it and performed a thorough inspection as well as continued testing. Finally, the Optical Telescope Assembly is a combination of the 7.9- foot (2.4- meter) primary mirror, the smaller secondary mirror, and many additional optical elements designed to direct the focused beam of light to Roman’s two instruments. The assembly was built at L3Harris in New York and went through testing at their facilities in preparation for sending it to Goddard. The Optical Telescope Assembly will be the last major piece of hardware to arrive at Goddard this fall.

To learn more about all these systems and where they fit into Roman, visit roman.gsfc.nasa.gov/interactive/.

Launching no later than May 2027, Roman is NASA’s next flagship astrophysics mission. An infrared survey telescope with the same resolution as Hubble but at least 100 times the field of view, Roman is being built and tested at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Partners from around the globe are contributing to this effort.

Music credit: “Aether,” Espen Haagensli [TONO], Universal Production Music

Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
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A Decade of Global Precipitation

NASA Goddard 2024-07-31 | Through rain and snow, hurricane, typhoon and monsoon, flash flood and bomb cyclone, for ten years, the joint NASA-JAXA Global Precipitation Measurement mission has measured a lot of water. GPM’s Core Observatory satellite launched from Tanegashima Space Center in Japan in early 2014, becoming the first satellite to be able to see through the clouds and measure liquid and frozen precipitation from the Equator to polar regions using a radar. Now in its tenth year of operation, we look at ten events brought to light by this groundbreaking mission.

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George Huffman (NASA/GSFC)
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George Huffman (NASA/GSFC)
Writer
Ryan Fitzgibbons (eMITS/AMA)
Interviewee
George Huffman (NASA/GSFC)
Editor
Ryan Fitzgibbons (eMITS/AMA)

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NASAs Fermi Finds Novel Feature in BOAT Gamma-Ray Burst

NASA Goddard 2024-07-25 | In October 2022, astronomers were stunned by what was quickly dubbed the BOAT — the brightest-of-all-time gamma-ray burst (GRB). Now an international science team reports that data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope reveals a feature never seen before.

GRBs are the most powerful explosions in the cosmos and emit copious amounts of gamma rays, the highest-energy form of light. The most common type occurs when the core of a massive star exhausts its fuel, collapses, and forms a rapidly spinning black hole. Matter falling into the black hole powers oppositely directed particle jets that blast through the star’s outer layers at nearly the speed of light. We detect GRBs when one of these jets points almost directly toward Earth.

A few minutes after the BOAT erupted, Fermi’s Gamma-ray Burst Monitor recorded an unusual energy peak. Scientists now say this feature is the first high-confidence emission line ever seen in 50 years of studying GRBs.

When matter interacts with light, the energy can be absorbed and reemitted in characteristic ways. These interactions can brighten or dim particular colors (or energies), producing key features visible when the light is spread out, rainbow-like, in a spectrum. These features can reveal a wealth of information.

The science team says that the odds this feature is a fluke — just a noise fluctuation — are less than one chance in half a billion.

The BOAT, formally known as GRB 221009A, erupted Oct. 9, 2022, and promptly saturated most of the gamma-ray detectors in orbit, including those on Fermi. If part of the same population as previously detected GRBs, the BOAT was likely the brightest burst to appear in Earth’s skies in 10,000 years.

The putative emission line appears almost 5 minutes after the burst was detected and well after it had dimmed enough to end saturation effects for Fermi. The line persisted for at least 40 seconds, and the emission reached a peak energy of about 12 MeV (million electron volts). For comparison, the energy of visible light ranges from 2 to 3 electron volts.

The team thinks the most likely source for the emission line is the annihilation of electrons and their antimatter counterparts, positrons. When these particles collide, they produce a pair of gamma rays with an energy of 0.511 MeV. Because we’re looking into the jet, where matter is moving at near light speed, this emission becomes greatly blueshifted and pushed toward much higher energies.

If this interpretation is correct, to produce an emission line peaking at 12 MeV, the annihilating particles had to have been moving toward us at about 99.9% the speed of light.

Music credit: “Tides,” Jon Cotton [PRS] and Ben Niblett [PRS], Universal Production Music

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Pass the Phone: Intern Edition

NASA Goddard 2024-07-25 | Celebrate National Intern Day with interns from Goddard's Office of Communication! Hear about some of the exciting opportunities and achievements our interns have had during their summer at NASA.

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Katy Mersmann (NASA/GSFC): Producer
Katie Schauer (ASRC)
Julia Tilton (NASA Interns)
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Model Behavior: Visualizing Global Carbon Dioxide

NASA Goddard 2024-07-23 | This global map of carbon dioxide was created using a model called GEOS, short for the Goddard Earth Observing System. GEOS is a high-resolution weather reanalysis model, powered by supercomputers, that is used to represent what was happening in the atmosphere — including storm systems, cloud formations, and other natural events. This model pulls in billions of data points from ground observations and satellite instruments – and has a resolution is more than 100 times greater than your typical weather model.

Universal Production Music: Prismatic by David Stephen Goldsmith [ PRS ]

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Scientific Visualization Studio
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2024 NASA Goddard Summer Film Festival

NASA Goddard 2024-07-17 | Hosted by the Goddard Office of Communications, the 15th annual Goddard Film Festival highlights the center’s achievements over the past year in astrophysics, Earth science, heliophysics and planetary science. Included videos will feature missions and topics such as OSIRIS-REx, PACE, Artemis, CLPS, Voyager, Hubble, black holes, solar eclipses and much more.

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00:00 Intro
01:19 Chasing the Eclipse with NASA Jets
05:34 Finding a New Galactic “Fossil”
07:40 Our Oceans from Space
09:44 To Bennu and Back: Journey’s End
13:23 Total Solar Eclipse 2024: Behind the Scenes with Earth
14:00 Making Vertical Video
16:07 How NASA Uses Simple Technology to Track Lunar Missions
17:39 How NASA Sees the Air We Breathe
21:45 Exploring Planet Uranus
25:06 Volunteers Help ESA and NASA Mission to Discover 5,000 Comets
27:44 Ocean Color Countdown
33:42 Plunge into a Black Hole: Explained
38:04 Riding with a Hot Air Balloon Pilot
40:12 The Great American Comeback: Hubble’s Servicing Mission 1
48:00 Science at Goddard Helped Inspire Christina Koch’s Journey to the Moon
48:51 Earth from Orbit: Celebrating Earth Day with NOAA Satellites
51:14 NASA Joins Jane Goodall to Conserve Chimp Habitats
59:26 Outro

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Shoemaker-Levy 9: Interplanetary Impact

NASA Goddard 2024-07-16 | Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 left an indelible mark on our understanding of the cosmos when it collided with Jupiter. Discover the significance of this event and the crucial role of the Hubble Space Telescope in capturing its dramatic impact.

Join us on a journey to explore the dynamic forces that shape our solar system, unveiling the intricate interactions between comets and planets.

In this video, Dr. Heidi Hammel delves into the story of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 and highlights the importance of Hubble in exploring the mysteries of the universe.

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Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Producer, Director & Editor: James Leigh

Director of Photography: James Ball

Executive Producers: James Leigh & Matthew Duncan

Production & Post: Origin Films

Video Credits:
Hubble Space Telescope Animation:
ESA/Hubble - M. Kornmesser

SL-9 Comet Jupiter Impact Animation:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

SL-9 Comet Fragments Animation:
ESA/Hubble - M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen

Music Credits:
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How NASA and Partners Look at Air Quality Around the Globe

NASA Goddard 2024-07-10 | Together with South Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines, NASA scientists took to the field for the Asia Air Quality campaign to better understand local air quality issues underneath the GEMS satellite— a sister satellite to North America’s TEMPO.

Universal Music Production: “Light Me Up Instrumental,” “Science in Harmony Instrumental,” “100 Percent Instrumental,” “Biodiversity Instrumental,” “Unfuzz Yourself Instrumental”

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Kathleen Gaeta (GSFC AMA): Lead Producer, Lead Videographer, Editor
James Crawford (NASA Langley): Lead Scientist
Barry Lefer (HQ): Scientist
Laura Judd (NASA Langley): Scientist

Additional images courtesy of Rafael Méndez Peña

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Hubble Finds New Evidence for Intermediate-Mass Black Hole in Omega Centauri

NASA Goddard 2024-07-10 | Intermediate-mass black holes are a long-sought “missing link” in black hole evolution. They are smaller than the supermassive black holes that lie at the cores of large galaxies, but larger than stellar-mass black holes formed by the collapse of massive stars. Only a few candidates have been found to date.

Now, a team of astronomers analyzed over 500 images from 20 years of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope observations to find evidence of an intermediate-mass black hole by tracking seven fast-moving stars in the Omega Centauri globular star cluster.

Scientists think a massive object is gravitationally pulling on the stars within Omega Centauri, keeping them close to its center. From the motions of the stars, they estimate it has a mass of at least 8,200 times that of our Sun, the mass range for an Intermediate-Mass Black Hole is between 100 and 100,000 solar masses, therefore the only object that can be so massive is a black hole.

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Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Music Credit:
"A Simpler Time" by Oskari Nurminen [ASCAP] via Universal Publishing Prod. Music Nordic [STIM], and Universal Production Music.

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Pillars of Creation Star in New Visualization from NASA’s Hubble and Webb Telescopes

NASA Goddard 2024-06-26 | Made famous in 1995 by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, the Pillars of Creation in the heart of the Eagle Nebula have captured imaginations worldwide with their arresting, ethereal beauty.

Now, NASA has released a new 3D visualization of these towering celestial structures using data from NASA's Hubble and James Webb space telescopes. This is the most comprehensive and detailed multiwavelength movie yet of this star-birthing region.

The movie takes visitors into the three-dimensional structures of the pillars. Rather than an artistic interpretation, the video is based on observational data from a science paper led by Anna McLeod, an associate professor at the University of Durham in the United Kingdom. McLeod also served as a scientific advisor on the movie project.

The 3D structures are approximations for how the pillars are lined up in space like a row of trees, based on observational data. The goal is to give viewers an experiential view, so that they can better interpret the otherwise flat, two-dimensional images from telescopes.

For more information, visit nasa.gov/hubble.

Credit:
Greg Bacon (STSci): Producer
Frank Summers (STSci): Director
Anna McLeod(Durham): Science Advisor

Visualization:
Greg Bacon, Ralf Crawford, Joseph DePasquale, Leah Hustak, Danielle Kirshenblat, Christian Nieves, Joseph Olmsted, Alyssa Pagan, Frank Summers(STSci), Robert Hurt (Caltech/IPAC)

Music Credit:
"Adrift” by Joseph DePasquale (STSci)

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Keeping PACE with the Oceans

NASA Goddard 2024-06-21 | Did you know that we can detect tiny organisms called phytoplankton from space?

These creatures affect the colors of the ocean, and NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud Ocean Ecosystem) satellite can see those colors in fine detail. Join NASA’s chief scientist Kate Calvin as she explores the PACE mission in depth with oceanographers Ivona Cetinić and Bridget Seegers.

Video credit: NASA

Directed by:
Elizabeth Landau

Edited by:
Ashlee Nichols Brookens

Featured talent:
Kate Calvin
Ivona Cetinić
Bridget Seegers

Producers:
Eric Galler
Christopher Stevens
Tylar Greene
Megan Cruz

NASA+ Executive Producer:
Rebecca Sirmons

NASA+ Manager:
Lauren Ward

Footage:
NASA
NASA/Ryan Fitzgibbons
NASA/Elizabeth Landau
Storyblocks

Music:
Universal Production Music

Animation:
“A Sea of Data: The PACE Mission”
Chris Burns
Greg Shirah
Kel Elkins
Rob Andreoli
“PACE Makes the Invisible Visible”
Kel Elkins
Greg Shirah

Photo of surfing:
Matt Marbach

Special thanks:
Jacob Richmond
Brian Cairns
Jeremy Werdell
NASA Office of the Chief Scientist
The PACE mission
The NASA Kennedy Space Center video team
The NASA Headquarters video team

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Anthony Mackie Asks NASA about How Studying the Ocean Helps Us Understand Sharks

NASA Goddard 2024-06-20 | NASA’s exploration of the ocean from the vantage point of space is unveiling the mysteries of our interconnected home planet. Join Anthony Mackie, actor and National Geographic host, as he chats with NASA Goddard's Dr. Ivona Cetinić about how scientists study the ocean and the creatures that live there – including sharks!

Video credit: NASA
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Jessica Wilde: Producer
Emily Furfaro: Producer
Ryan Fitzgibbons: Producer
Sofie Bates: Producer
Michael Schara: Editor/Graphics

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From GOES to GeoXO: Past Highlights to Future Horizons

NASA Goddard 2024-06-20 | When NOAA’s GOES-U satellite is launched it will be the final satellite in a heralded NOAA satellite program and bridge to another future age of advanced satellite technology. For nearly 50 years, NOAA and NASA have partnered to develop and advance NOAA’s geostationary satellites as part of the most sophisticated weather-observing, environmental monitoring, and space weather monitoring satellite system in the world.

The first GOES satellite, GOES-1 (SMS-3), was launched in October of 1975. As groundbreaking as it was, it had limited capabilities and viewed Earth only about ten percent of the time. Each generation since the launch of GOES-1 has improved significantly, bringing with new capabilities and instruments. The most recent, and last generation is the GOES-R series that first launched in 2016 with GOES-R or GOES-16. This series came with new instruments such as the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) and the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI). GOES-U, the final satellite of the series, also has the Compact Coronagraph-1 (CCOR-1) to monitor the Sun’s corona.

After GOES-U launches, its successor will be a series called Geostationary Extended Observations, or GeoXO. The first satellite in the series is expected to launch in the early 2030s. GeoXO will continue NOAA’s five decades of critical Earth-observing data with new instruments onboard.

Music:
"Fathoms” by Marc Aaron Jacobs [ASCAP]; ELIAS Music; UPM
“Nova” by Lorenzo Castellarin [BMI]; Volta Music; UPM
“Eye of the Sky” by Jonathan Elias [ASCAP] & David Ashok Ramani [ASCAP]; ELIAS Music; UPM
“Recompense” by Marc Aaron Jacobs [ASCAP]; ELIAS Music; UPM
“A Better Tomorrow” by Frederik Wiedmann [BMI]; Icon Trailer Music; UPM

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and NOAA
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Technical support:Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
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A Year of Monthly Temperature Records

NASA Goddard 2024-06-11 | May 2024 was the warmest May on the books, marking a year of record-breaking monthly temperatures. Globally, average temperatures for the last 12 months hit record highs for each respective month – an unprecedented streak.

Dr. Kate Calvin, NASA's Chief Scientist and Senior Climate Advisor, answers some of the top questions pertaining to these temperature records and our changing climate.

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PACE Makes the Invisible Visible

NASA Goddard 2024-06-07 | PACE, the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud and ocean Ecosystem mission, views our entire planet every day, returning data at a cadence that allows scientists to track and monitor the rapidly changing atmosphere and ocean, including cloud formation, aerosol movement, and differences in microscopic ocean life over time.

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Meng Gao (SSAI): Scientist, Interviewee
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NASAs Roman Space Telescope Hardware Highlights: Winter 2024

NASA Goddard 2024-06-04 | Every day, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope moves closer to completion. This video highlights some of the important hardware milestones from part of this journey. Components and systems are built separately, tested, and then integrated with larger parts of the spacecraft to carefully build the full telescope. Roman’s foundation is the primary structure, or spacecraft bus, which houses electronics and support systems. Like the chassis of a car, everything is built up from this aluminum hexagon.

In this video, covering the winter of 2024, Goddard’s high-capacity centrifuge goes through tests and then performs tests of the instrument carrier which will hold Roman’s two instruments. The centrifuge is 120 feet across and can spin at over 30 rpm. For the test, the instrument carrier holds test masses for the Wide Field Instrument and the Coronagraph instrument technology demonstration. The 5.6-foot (1.7-meter) wide dish on the high gain antenna system, Roman’s main connection to Earth, goes through a test deployment in Goddard’s high bay clean room. The Solar Array Sun Shield test panels are lowered into the Space Environment Simulator to undergo weeks of vacuum and temperature testing. The chamber can create a near-perfect vacuum and subject hardware to temperatures from minus 310° Fahrenheit to 302° F. The propulsion system, consisting of fuel tanks and 24 thrusters, is integrated with the primary structure. The process begins by placing a support structure called the pantheon into the clean room. The primary structure is lifted onto that, giving engineers access underneath it. Then cranes lift the propulsion system onto a nearby lift and it is pushed underneath. As the lift slowly raises the propulsion system, pillars holding small attitude control thrusters slide precisely into grooves in the primary structure. Everything is bolted together and then the single unit is lifted back off the pantheon.
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Launching no later than May 2027, Roman is NASA’s next flagship astrophysics mission. An infrared survey telescope with the same resolution as Hubble but at least 100 times the field of view, Roman is being built and tested at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Partners from around the globe are contributing to this effort.

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Roadmap to the Moon: LRO to Artemis

NASA Goddard 2024-05-31 | Get ready to embark on an exciting journey with our video series exploring how NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission is laying the groundwork for future Artemis science. This first episode focuses on the LOLA (Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter) instrument aboard the spacecraft. LOLA provides topographic data on the lunar surface, and the information collected also makes it possible to simulate sunlight and shadow on the Moon at any date in the past or future. This episode features two data visualizations that showcase this at the lunar South Pole. LOLA data is vital to Artemis for planning exploration endeavors.

Video Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Video Produced, Edited, and Narrated by: David Ladd (Abacus Technology)
Data Visualizations by: Ernie Wright (USRA)
Animations by NASA’s Conceptual Image Lab

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NASAs Roman Space Telescope Hardware Highlights: Fall 2023

NASA Goddard 2024-05-30 | Every day, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope moves closer to completion. This video highlights some of the important hardware milestones from part of this journey. Components and systems are built separately, tested, and then integrated with larger parts of the spacecraft to carefully build the full telescope. Roman’s foundation is the primary structure, or spacecraft bus, which houses electronics and support systems. Like the chassis of a car, everything is built up from this aluminum hexagon.

In this video, covering the fall of 2023, the instrument carrier which will hold Roman’s two instruments is in Goddard’s largest clean room and has some attachment hardware added to it. The 5.6-foot (1.7-meter) wide high gain antenna, Roman’s main connection to Earth, is more fully integrated with the communication system, and engineers test it. The Lower Instrument Sun Shade is test deployed. It will sit behind the solar panels and shade the primary structure. The Solar Array Sun Shield panels are connected to a frame that mimics the spacecraft and their deployment is tested. During launch, they will be folded in and will permanently deploy in space. These panels are engineering test copies and do not have solar cells attached to them. They can be rigorously tested without putting the delicate solar cells at risk. The propulsion tanks, which will contain the hydrazine fuel for Roman’s thrusters, are integrated onto the propulsion deck, which holds the thrusters, visible with protective red covers. A star tracker is attached, or integrated, onto the primary structure. The star tracker is a special set of cameras that watch the stars to detect any movement by the spacecraft. Lastly, the reaction wheels are inspected and then carefully integrated onto the primary structure. The reaction wheels are six spinning disks that will use electricity and angular momentum to rapidly change where Roman is pointing in space and then hold it incredibly steady.

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Launching no later than May 2027, Roman is NASA’s next flagship astrophysics mission. An infrared survey telescope with the same resolution as Hubble but at least 100 times the field of view, Roman is being built and tested at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Partners from around the globe are contributing to this effort.

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NASAs Roman Space Telescope Hardware Highlights: Summer 2023

NASA Goddard 2024-05-30 | Every day, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope moves closer to completion. This video highlights some of the important hardware milestones from part of this journey. Components and systems are built separately, tested, and then integrated with larger parts of the spacecraft to carefully build the full observatory. Roman’s foundation is the primary structure, or spacecraft bus, which houses electronics and support systems. Like the chassis of a car, everything is built up from this aluminum hexagon.

In this video, covering the summer of 2023, the focal plane array, which contains Roman’s 18 detectors, appears in the clean room. This massive array will be the heart of the Wide Field Instrument, Roman’s primary camera for observing the universe. The instrument carrier arrives at Goddard and is cleaned and inspected. The instrument carrier will sit between the primary structure and primary mirror and will hold the Wide Field Instrument and Coronagraph Instrument technology demonstration. The high gain antenna will be Roman’s main communication with Earth. This 5.6-foot (1.7-meter) wide dish is carefully attached to an arm connected to the back of the spacecraft. A copy of the Deployable Aperture Cover goes through testing. It sits at the front of the spacecraft. During launch it will cover and protect the telescope optics. After launch it will deploy to shade them. The spacecraft harness is lowered into the primary structure. The harness is 45 miles of intricate wiring that connects all Roman’s systems to each other providing communication and power throughout the spacecraft.

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Launching no later than May 2027, Roman is NASA’s next flagship astrophysics mission. An infrared survey telescope with the same resolution as Hubble but at least 100 times the field of view, Roman is being built and tested at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Partners from around the globe are contributing to this effort.

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NASAs Commercialization, Innovation, and Synergies Office

NASA Goddard 2024-05-30 | The Commercialization, Innovation, and Synergies (CIS) office identifies opportunities, nurtures diverse relationships, and implements collaborative solutions to enhance space communications and navigation capabilities. The office is dedicated to increasing the industry base for the new Near Space Network, which provides communication and navigation services to missions through both government and commercial assets.

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Lucy Sees Asteroid Dinkinesh in Detail

NASA Goddard 2024-05-29 | On November 1, 2023, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft flew by the main-belt asteroid Dinkinesh. Now, the mission has released pictures from Lucy’s Long Range Reconnaissance Imager taken over a roughly three-hour period, providing the best views of the asteroid to date. During the flyby, Lucy discovered that Dinkinesh has a small moon, which the mission named “Selam,” a greeting in the Amharic language meaning “peace.” Lucy is the first mission designed to visit the Jupiter Trojans, two swarms of asteroids trapped in Jupiter’s orbit that may be “fossils” from the era of planet formation.

Learn more about Lucy’s flyby of Dinkinesh at: nasa.gov/solar-system/asteroids/nasa-lucy-images-reveal-asteroid-dinkinesh-to-be-surprisingly-complex

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