The path towards becoming a research astronomer
- By Maggie Masetti
- April 15, 2011
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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 →
Awesomeness Round-up – 4/4/11
- By Sara Mitchell
- April 4, 2011
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In honor of the 30th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Program, employees down at Kennedy Space Center came together for this impressive themed aerial portrait. I’m not sure what image we would pick at Goddard, since the research here is so diverse! Any ideas? Post them in the comments! There’s … Continue Reading →
Awesomeness Round-up – 3/28/11
- By Maggie Masetti
- March 28, 2011
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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
- By Maggie Masetti
- March 23, 2011
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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 →
Try It At Home: Build your own satellite (paper model)!
- By Maggie Masetti
- March 18, 2011
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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 →
Awesomeness Round-up – 3/15/11
- By Maggie Masetti
- March 15, 2011
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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 →
Fly By a Space Telescope
- By Maggie Masetti
- February 25, 2011
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Ever wish you could virtually fly-by a space telescope, and then reach out and give it a good spin? Well, now you can! There’s a brand new 3D interactive model of the James Webb Space Telescope that will allow you to move it around and explore all of its different … Continue Reading →
“Always Keep Your Sense of Wonder”
- By Maggie Masetti
- February 16, 2011
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Last year I did an interview with Sharon Bowers, the teacher the James Webb Space Telescope is collaborating with on an educational engineering design challenge called “RealWorld-InWorld”. Part of this challenge (the real world part) takes place in the classroom – but the other part happens in a virtual world … Continue Reading →
Awesomeness Round-up – 2/7/11
- By Maggie Masetti
- February 7, 2011
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Check out this amazingly cool orrery, created by the creative director, of Dynamic Diagrams, Piotr Kaczmarek. It shows the motion of the planets in our solar system. You can change it by setting the date, and you can speed it up or slow it down! You can even click on … Continue Reading →
Top Five Awesome Things About Webb Telescope
- By Maggie Masetti
- February 4, 2011
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Thanks to NASA’s twitter feed (and my own not-so-top secret identity as @NASAWebbTelescp) I was alerted to this really cool YouTube video that talks about what is awesome about the James Webb Space Telescope. It was made by Hank Green as a part of vlogbrothers – which is a series … Continue Reading →
