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Awesomeness Round-up – 5/16/11

Want to see NASA Goddard in 3D? Get out your glasses and check out this really cool YouTube video showing the Center and some of the work that goes on here.

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Awesomeness Round-up – 5/9/11

If you’re in the DC metro area and free on Saturday, May 14, come to our open house, Explore@NASAGoddard. It’s free, and runs 11-5. You can find more details on this site, but watch out, it’ll automatically start playing a video, so you might want to turn your sound down. … Continue Reading →

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Awesomeness Round-up – 4/19/11

This stunning new image was taken of the first six James Webb Space Telescope flight mirrors were being prepped for cryo testing at Marshall Space Flight Center. You can read more about this mirror milestone in the NASA.com feature. Image Credit: NASA/MSFC/David Higginbotham

The path towards becoming a research astronomer

The path towards becoming a research astronomer

I’ve been helping out with “RealWorld-InWorld,” an engineering design challenge in which James Webb Space Telescope is participating. We’ve had various project folks give talks or Q&A sessions in the virtual world being used for the project. I recently posted an interview with Keith Parrish, a sunshield engineer. We have … Continue Reading →

It was 30 years ago today

It was 30 years ago today…

…that the first space shuttle was launched. On April 12, 1981, at Pad 39A, just seconds past 7 a.m., the space shuttle Columbia carried astronaut John Young and Robert Crippen into Earth orbit. Credit: NASA I think our Administrator, Charlie Bolden (a former astronaut), said it best when he called … Continue Reading →

Awesomeness Round-up

Awesomeness Round-up – 4/11/11

Sorry we were slow with posts last week – we were swamped with preparations for the government shut-down that (thankfully) never happened. We’ve got a bunch of things in the works, but we’ll start with a link round-up. Gamma-ray Bursts (GRBs) are huge explosions in space, and scientists think they … Continue Reading →

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Awesomeness Round-up – 3/28/11

The center of our galaxy glows in this infrared image taken by the Spitzer Space Telescope. This data was originally part of a more complete view of the plane of the Milky Way, but then was given different contrast to better highlight the features of this region around the galactic … Continue Reading →

Reflections on Webb's Mirrors

Reflections on Webb’s Mirrors

Working at Goddard can be really exciting – there’s nothing like seeing a mission come together before your eyes. I’ve worked on the James Webb Space Telescope project for a number of years, but deliveries of flight and test hardware are becoming more and more regular. It makes everything seem … Continue Reading →

Build your own satellite (paper model)!

Try It At Home: Build your own satellite (paper model)!

One of the things we do a lot of at NASA Goddard is build satellites. Many, many missions have come through here to be either constructed, or tested, or both! But did you know that you can build your own versions of many of these missions? Ok, maybe they won’t … Continue Reading →

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Awesomeness Round-up – 3/15/11

We’ll soon have some excitement when the ISIM (the structure that will hold the James Webb Space Telescope’s instruments) gets put on the giant centrifuge here at NASA Goddard! Read the release to find out more about why they going to spin the ISIM on a centrifuge! Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn … Continue Reading →

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