Awesomeness Round-up – 6/14/10
- By Maggie Masetti
- June 14, 2010
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Here are some of the interesting things we’ve seen on the internet this week! And if you find stuff you think we would like – tweet it, comment about it, send it in! We may work with satellites, but we don’t have eyes everywhere. Watch the short film “Spacecraft Chamber … Continue Reading →
Behind the Scenes at NASA
- By Maggie Masetti
- June 9, 2010
- 1 Comment
Here at NASA Goddard, we have a big cleanroom complex. It used to be taken up by the Hubble repair mission team, but the James Webb Space Telescope is moving in now that the Hubble is all taken care of! I’m currently the webmaster of the Webb Telescope site, so … Continue Reading →
Awesomeness Round-up – 6/7/10
- By Maggie Masetti
- June 7, 2010
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We’re starting a new weekly feature wherein we round up the cool things floating around the internet that we thought might be interesting to you, our tech- and NASA-savvy audience. We’re planning on running this feature on Mondays, recapping all of the awesome things we saw… last week. The World … Continue Reading →
Podcast: In the AstroZone
- By Sara Mitchell
- May 20, 2010
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Click to listen! (8MB MP3, right-click to save) Transcript (Text, PDF) Wouldn’t it be exciting to do astronomy in the Amazon, surrounded by the wild plants and animals of the rainforest? In January, visitors to the AstroZone event in Washington, DC, got to do something like that – they met … Continue Reading →
Podcast: At the Edge of Space
- By Maggie Masetti
- April 30, 2010
- 1 Comment
Click to listen! (8MB MP3, right-click to save) Transcript (Text, PDF) When you were a kid, dreaming of the future, did you expect to have a flying car someday? Or to live on the Moon? Traveling into space has fueled the dreams of many people, but the reality is that … Continue Reading →
Podcast: First Light, Last Paycheck?
- By Maggie Masetti
- March 3, 2010
- 11 Comments
Working at NASA can provide unique and exciting job opportunities. It can be the chance of a lifetime to work on a satellite and see the products of your hard work launched into space. The flip side is that many projects only span a few years, so your dream job … Continue Reading →
SDO is GO!
- By Sara Mitchell
- February 19, 2010
- 2 Comments
February always seems to be a busy month – it’s a few days shorter than the rest and jam-packed with things to do. This one is no exception. NASA Goddard got blanketed with quite a few feet of snow in a series of storms, making the roads impassible for a … Continue Reading →
Podcast: A Meeting of the Minds
- By Maggie Masetti
- January 29, 2010
- 7 Comments
Click to listen! (6.3MB MP3, right-click to save) Transcript (Text, PDF) Professional meetings are a part of the lives of most scientists – but what actually goes on at one of these? It’s not just sitting in meetings and listening to talks! These meetings offer an opportunity to share exciting … Continue Reading →
Podcast: Science at the End of the Earth, Part II
- By Sara Mitchell
- January 19, 2010
- 2 Comments
Click to listen! (6.4MB MP3, right-click to save) Transcript (Text, PDF) A remote research outpost like McMurdo Station in Antarctica draws many different kinds of people – scientists, engineers, writers, artists, and more. The station provides many of the comforts of home, and it’s difficult to get bored with the … Continue Reading →
Podcast: Science at the End of the Earth, Part I
- By Sara Mitchell
- December 31, 2009
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Click to listen! (7MB MP3, right-click to save) Transcript (Text, PDF) Hunting for antimatter requires a serious expedition. Scientists aren’t looking for run-of-the-mill particles – they’re collecting cosmic radiation that could be the signature of primordial black holes or other forms of dark matter. With instruments suspended from enormous scientific … Continue Reading →
