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Jan 20, 2010
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Jan 20, 2010
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Following a Martin Luther King Jr. Day presentation on January 19, Lemuel Lewie Jr. (left) and Dr. Cyril Byron, members of the renowned 332nd Fighter Group of the Army Air Corps (commonly known as the Tuskegee Airmen), signed autographs in Goddard's auditorium. Lewie, Byron and fellow airman James Pryde spoke to a crowded auditorium of Goddard employees on Tuesday, Jan. 19, about their experiences in World War II as some of the nation's first black military airmen. In addition to keynote...
Topic: Who -- Charles Bolden
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/galleries/top_images/mlk-tuskegee-02.html
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Jan 20, 2010
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Jan 20, 2010
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NASA/Goddard/Pat Izzo
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In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, three members of the renowned 332nd Fighter Group of the Army Air Corps (commonly known as the Tuskegee Airmen) spoke about their experiences in World War II as some of the nation's first black military airmen. Dr. Cyril Byron, Lemuel Lewie Jr. and James Pryde spoke to a crowded auditorium of Goddard employees on Tuesday, Jan. 19. In addition to keynote speeches from Byron, Lewie and Pryde, the event featured the Eleanor Roosevelt High School Color Guard,...
Topic: Who -- Charles Bolden
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/galleries/top_images/mlk-tuskegee-01.html
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Jan 11, 2010
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Jan 11, 2010
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NASA/Goddard/Bill Hrybyk
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An Alberta clipper system lightly dusted the D.C. area with about two inches of snow in the overnight hours of Jan. 7, 2010. Goddard photographer Bill Hrybyk captured this image the following morning of trees by the Goddard lake. Credit: NASA/Goddard/Bill Hrybyk
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Jan 11, 2010
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Jan 11, 2010
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NASA/Goddard/Bill Hrybyk
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An Alberta clipper system lightly dusted the D.C. area with about two inches of snow in the overnight hours of Jan. 7, 2010. The sun cuts through the clear sky over Goddard's lake in this photograph taken by the Goddard lake the following morning. Credit: NASA/Goddard/Bill Hrybyk
Topic: What -- Sun
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/galleries/top_images/20100108-gsfc-snow-03.html
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Jan 11, 2010
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Jan 11, 2010
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NASA/Goddard/Bill Hrybyk
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An Alberta clipper system lightly dusted the D.C. area with about two inches of snow in the overnight hours of Jan. 7, 2010. In this photograph, a flock of Canada geese rest on the lake adjacent to Explorer Road. Credit: NASA/Goddard/Bill Hrybyk
Topics: What -- Explorer, Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/galleries/top_images/20100108-gsfc-snow-01.html
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127
Dec 7, 2009
12/09
Dec 7, 2009
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Everything from studying the sun's impact on earth to advanced electronic instruments to probe the vacuum of space was on display during the Internal Research and Development (IRAD) poster session Dec. 3. The annual event, sponsored the Office of the Chief Technologist, attracted about 350 of Goddard's best and brightest who came to learn about the promising technologies and concept studies the Center's IRAD program funded this past fiscal year. In addition to showcasing our R&D...
Topics: What -- Earth, Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/galleries/top_images/poster.html
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Dec 1, 2009
12/09
Dec 1, 2009
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NASA
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The Goddard SpaceCube team members include (left to right): Manuel Buenfil, Mike Lin, Tom Flatley, Ed Hicks (kneeling), Danny Espinosa, Robin Ripley (seated), Gary Crum, Alessandro Geist, Karin Blank (seated), and Jeff Hosler. Not pictured: Dave Petrick. SpaceCube is a next-generation computer system developed at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. The potentially revolutionary computer system, which provides up to 25 times the processing power of a typical flight processor, will...
Topics: What -- STS-129, Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/galleries/top_images/SpaceCube.html
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Oct 9, 2009
10/09
Oct 9, 2009
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NASA/Debbie McCallum
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Goddard employees in building 3 auditorium watch the LCROSS impact on Cabeus crater. LCROSS will image the impact and provide direct measurements of the plume before it also plunges into the lunar surface. Credit: NASA/Debbie McCallum
Topic: What -- Crater
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/galleries/top_images/lcrossview.html
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Oct 1, 2009
10/09
Oct 1, 2009
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NASA
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Dr. F. Scott Porter, Astrophysicist, code 662 (X-ray Astrophysics), gives a hands-on demonstration of x-ray calorimeter detector arrays to Maryland Representative Steny Hoyer after a tour of the X-ray Astrophysics Lab in new Exploration Sciences Building (34).
Topic: Where -- Maryland
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/galleries/top_images/B34_dedication3.jpg.html
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Oct 1, 2009
10/09
Oct 1, 2009
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NASA
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Congressman and Maryland House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer addresses a crowd of NASA employees at the dedication ceremony for Goddard's new Exploration Sciences Building, also known on campus as Building 34. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. held the ribbon cutting ceremony on Monday, September 28, 2009 at 1 p.m. EDT. Seated to Mr. Hoyer's right is Goddard Center Director Rob Strain.
Topics: Where -- Maryland, Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/galleries/top_images/B34_dedication2.jpg.html
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Sep 30, 2009
09/09
Sep 30, 2009
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NASA
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NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. held a ribbon cutting ceremony on Monday, September 28, 2009 at 1 p.m. EDT for NASA employees to mark the opening of its newest building, the Exploration Sciences Building or Building 34. Prepared to cut the ribbon are (left to right), Prince George's County Commissioner Floyd E. Wilson, Jr., Greenbelt Mayor Judy Davis, Goddard Center Director Rob Strain, Congressman and Maryland House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, a 40 year Goddard employee,...
Topics: Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Where -- Maryland
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/galleries/top_images/B34_dedication1.jpg.html
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Sep 14, 2009
09/09
Sep 14, 2009
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NASA
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Drawing of Jupiter's Magnetosphere
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/largest/jupiter_magnetosphere.jpg.html
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Sep 14, 2009
09/09
Sep 14, 2009
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NASA
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Overhead Projection of Large Comet Impact on Jupiter made by Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, fragments ''D'' and ''G''.
Topic: What -- Jupiter
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/largest/SL9_D_G_impact.jpg.html
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Sep 14, 2009
09/09
Sep 14, 2009
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NASA
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Displayed as a proper sphere, Jupiter shines like a jewel in the night, a giant pillar of color and power that towers above everything in solar system besides the sun itself.
Topics: What -- Jupiter, What -- Sun
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/largest/Jupiter_sphere.jpg.html
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Sep 8, 2009
09/09
Sep 8, 2009
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M. Wong and I. de Pater (University of California, Berkeley) May 2008
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In what's beginning to look like a case of planetary measles, a third red spot has appeared alongside its cousins â the Great Red Spot and Red Spot Jr. â in the turbulent Jovian atmosphere. The new red spot was previously a white oval-shaped storm. The change to a red color indicates its swirling storm clouds are rising to heights like the clouds of the Great Red Spot. Credit: M. Wong and I. de Pater (University of California, Berkeley) May 2008
Topic: Where -- California
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/largest/more_red_spots.jpg.html
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Sep 8, 2009
09/09
Sep 8, 2009
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Hubble Space Telescope Comet Team and NASA
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Image of Jupiter showing eight impact sights (dark brown areas) from Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 collision with the planetary giant. Credit: Hubble Space Telescope Comet Team and NASA
Topics: What -- Jupiter, What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/largest/SL9_scars.jpg.html
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Sep 8, 2009
09/09
Sep 8, 2009
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NASA
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While watching two large red storms pass each other in 2008, a third storm made a surprise appearance, giving scientists even more to study in Hubble Space Telescope data.
Topic: What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/largest/jupiters_red_spots.jpg.html
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Sep 8, 2009
09/09
Sep 8, 2009
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NASA/JPL/Infrared Telescope Facility
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This near-infrared image was taken by the Infrared Telescope Facility at the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii, imaging the south polar region Jupiter, confirming a Jupiter impact, which occurred on July 19, 2009. This new impact occurred almost exactly 15 years after the first impacts by the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9. Credit: NASA/JPL/Infrared Telescope Facility
Topics: What -- Polar, What -- Jupiter, Where -- Hawaii
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/largest/impact_infrared_2009.jpg.html
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Sep 2, 2009
09/09
Sep 2, 2009
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NASA
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This map of the planet unwrapped displays the end result of careful data assimilation and image construction from NASA researchers.
Topic: What -- Jupiter
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/largest/Jupiter_unwrapped.jpg.html
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Sep 2, 2009
09/09
Sep 2, 2009
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NASA
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Metaphorically speaking, Jupiter is the Mt. Kilimanjaro to the great plains of our solar system.
Topic: What -- Jupiter
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/largest/Serengeti_jupiter.jpg.html
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Sep 2, 2009
09/09
Sep 2, 2009
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Life on Earth, depicted by these simple microscopic plant cells, may not have had a chance to evolve if Jupiter hadn't helped clear the early solar system of debris.
Topics: What -- Earth, What -- Jupiter
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/largest/cells.jpg.html
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Sep 2, 2009
09/09
Sep 2, 2009
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NASA
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Dozens of moons orbit Jupiter as far as 20 million kilometers from the planet's edge.
Topic: What -- Jupiter
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/largest/outer_moons.jpg.html
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Sep 2, 2009
09/09
Sep 2, 2009
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NASA
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Jupiter. It's good to be king.
Topic: What -- Jupiter
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/largest/Jupiter_king.jpg.html
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Aug 4, 2009
08/09
Aug 4, 2009
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NASA/Debbie McCallum
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This photograph shows the Laser Ranging Facility at Goddard's Geophysical and Astronomical Observatory, which helps NASA keep track of orbiting satellites. The lower of the two green beams is from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's dedicated tracker. The other laser, although appearing to originate from above, originates from another ground system at the facility. Both beams are pointed at the moon -- specifically at LRO in orbit of the moon -- in this photo. (Learn more about the LRO Laser...
Topics: What -- Moon, What -- Crater, What -- Polar, Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/galleries/top_images/LROatmoon_02.html
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Aug 3, 2009
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Aug 3, 2009
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NASA/Debbie McCallum
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The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's deputy project manager and project scientist, Cathy Peddie and Dr. Richard Vondrak, cut cake for guests at Goddard's Visitor Center on the evening of Aug. 1, 2009. Guests could gaze at stars and the moon through telescopes, talk with the LRO team and see new images from the satellite, among other activities. Visitors also ventured to the center's laser ranging facility, where engineers track the LRO satellite. A number of hands-on activities for young children...
Topics: What -- Moon, What -- Crater, What -- Polar, Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/galleries/top_images/LROatmoon_01.html
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Aug 3, 2009
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Aug 3, 2009
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NASA/Debbie McCallum
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Goddard scientist Dr. Paul Lowman speaks to a crowd at Goddard's Visitor Center as Mark Beckman, the flight dynamics lead for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, looks on. Lowman began working for NASA in 1959 as a geologist and helped develop the geological experiments Apollo astronauts performed during their moonwalks. (Read more about Dr. Lowman here.) Lowman and Beckman were part of a panel of scientists and engineers who spoke with guests about LRO and lunar science at an event on Aug. 1,...
Topics: What -- Moon, What -- Crater, What -- Polar, Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/galleries/top_images/LROatmoon_03.html
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Jul 29, 2009
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Jul 29, 2009
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NASA/Pat Izzo
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NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden spoke of his meeting with President Obama, which included a brief discussion on the latest Star Trek movie. Here, Bolden salutes a crowd at Goddard's auditorium with the famed ''Live Long and Prosper'' hand gesture. Goddard Center Director Rob Strain is seated at the left. Bolden visited Goddard on July 29, 2009, and talked about his plans for NASA. He spoke of the center's 50-year legacy and answered employee questions about community outreach and how to...
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Jul 29, 2009
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Jul 29, 2009
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NASA/Pat Izzo
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Employees packed Goddard's Building 8 auditorium to listen to a talk by new NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden (center stage). Goddard Center Director Rob Strain is seated on stage at the right of this picture, and Goddard Chief of Public Affairs Mark Hess stands at the podium. Bolden visited Goddard on July 29, 2009, and talked about his plans for NASA. He spoke of the center's 50-year legacy and answered employee questions about community outreach and how to highlight NASA's role in everyday...
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Jul 29, 2009
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Jul 29, 2009
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NASA/Debbie McCallum
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New NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden visited Goddard on July 29, 2009, and talked about his plans for NASA. He spoke of the center's 50-year legacy and answered employee questions about community outreach and how to highlight NASA's role in everyday life. On stage, Bolden is seated to the right, with Goddard Center Director Rob Strain to the left. Goddard Chief of Public Affairs Mark Hess is at the podium. Credit: NASA/Debbie McCallum
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Jul 28, 2009
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Jul 28, 2009
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NASA
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Baltimore-based Charm City Cakes crafted this artistic installment especially for Goddard's Yuri's Night celebration. The Hubble Space Telescope (right) seems to peer at Jupiter in this hanging display. Though this display was inedible, Charm City Cakes -- famous as the subject of the Food Network's "Ace of Cakes" program -- provided several sheet cakes for Yuri's Night guests. Credit: NASA/Bill Hrybyk
Topics: What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST), What -- Jupiter, What -- ACE
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/images/yurinight_acecakes.html
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Jul 23, 2009
07/09
Jul 23, 2009
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NASA, ESA, H. Hammel (Space Science Institute, Boulder, Colo.), and the Jupiter Impact Team
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This brown scar is the impact site and ''backsplash'' of material from a small object that plunged into Jupiter's atmosphere and disintegrated. The expanding spot is twice the length of the United States. This image was taken with Hubble's new Wide Field Camera 3 on July 23, 2009. Credit: NASA, ESA, H. Hammel (Space Science Institute, Boulder, Colo.), and the Jupiter Impact Team
Topics: What -- Jupiter, Where -- United States of America
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/largest/jupiter_collision_scar_2009.jpg.html
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May 20, 2009
05/09
May 20, 2009
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NASA/Bill Hrybyk
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Reporters and cameramen from local news outlets gathered in Goddard's TV studio to ask questions of the shuttle Atlantis crew live from orbit on May 20. Mission Specialist John Grunsfeld discussed Goddard's critical role in building Hubble components and training servicing mission astronauts. Credit: NASA/Bill Hrybyk
Topic: Who -- John Grunsfeld
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/galleries/sm4/reporters.html
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May 20, 2009
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May 20, 2009
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NASA/Bill Hrybyk
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Goddard News Chief Ed Campion coordinates questions for the shuttle Atlantis crew from reporters stationed in Goddard's TV studio on May 20. Credit: NASA/Bill Hrybyk
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/galleries/sm4/campion.html
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May 19, 2009
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May 19, 2009
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NASA/Pat Izzo
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Senator Barbara Mikulski speaks with two Space Telescope Operations Control Center (STOCC) flight team members at the HST Systems console in the STOCC. Mike Prior (center ) and Bill Crabb (behind Prior) were part of the Orbit Team of flight controllers that oversaw deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope from Shuttle Atlantis on Tuesday, May 19, 2009. Credit: NASA/Pat Izzo
Topic: What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/galleries/sm4/mikulskiSTOCC_technician.html
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May 19, 2009
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May 19, 2009
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NASA/Pat Izzo
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Senator Barbara Mikulski congratulates Keith Walyus, the Mission Operations Manager in NASA Goddardâs Space Telescope Operations Control Center. Walyus led the Orbit Team of STOCC flight controllers who oversaw all the repairs and upgrades made to the Hubble Telescope during five space walks. Also congratulating Walyus were Goddard Center Director Rob Strain (behind Walyus) and Dr. Ed Weiler, Associate Administrator, Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters. Credit: NASA/Pat Izzo
Topic: Where -- NASA Headquarters
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/galleries/sm4/mikulskiSTOCC_walyus.html
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May 19, 2009
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May 19, 2009
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NASA/Pat Izzo
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Senator Barbara Mikulski examines one of the training power tools used by astronauts to prepare for the five space walks that took place during the fifth and final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope during the STS-125 mission. Dr. Ed Weiler (near right) is the Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters. Astronaut Paul Richards (far right) helped design some of the power tools used by the STS-125 crew. Credit: NASA/Pat Izzo
Topics: What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST), What -- STS-125, Where -- NASA Headquarters, Who -- Paul...
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/galleries/sm4/mikulskiSTOCC_hubbleparts.html
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May 19, 2009
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May 19, 2009
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NASA/Pat Izzo
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Senator Barbara Mikulski is greeted by Acting NASA Administrator Christopher Scolese upon her arrival to NASAâs Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD just prior to the deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope from Shuttle Atlantis on Tuesday, May 19, 2009. Credit: NASA/Pat Izzo
Topics: What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST), Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/galleries/sm4/mikulskiSTOCC_scolese.html
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May 19, 2009
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May 19, 2009
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NASA/Pat Izzo
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Senator Barbara Mikulski speaks with two Space Telescope Operations Control Center (STOCC) flight team members at the Mechanical Systems console in the STOCC. Bill Nilsson (left foreground) and Carlton Miller (right foreground) were part of the Orbit Team of flight controllers that oversaw deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope from Shuttle Atlantis on Tuesday, May 19, 2009. Credit: NASA/Pat Izzo
Topic: What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/galleries/sm4/mikulskiSTOCC_greeting.html
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May 18, 2009
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May 18, 2009
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NASA/Wade Sisler
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Technicians in the STOCC consult a small Hubble model while monitoring activity during the May 18th spacewalk. Credit: NASA/Wade Sisler
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/galleries/sm4/STOCCtechnicians.html
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May 18, 2009
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May 18, 2009
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NASA
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Hubble senior managers discuss mission progress and plans in the Blue Flight Control Room at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Many of the managers make their home at Goddard, but several traveled to Johnson for the duration of the final shuttle servicing mission in May 2009. Shown here (from left): Project Scientist Randy Kimble, Senior Project Scientist Dave Leckrone, Program Manager Preston Burch, Space Telescope Science Institute Director Matt Mountain, Hubble Deputy Project Manager...
Topic: Where -- Johnson Space Center (JSC)
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/galleries/sm4/gsfcinhouston.html
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May 18, 2009
05/09
May 18, 2009
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NASA/Wade Sisler
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A closeup view of the live footage of the May 18th spacewalk as seen from the perspective of a technician in the STOCC. Astronauts Grunsfield and Feustel began that morning's spacewalk, the last of the five planned for STS-125, by moving to install the second battery group replacement in an equipment bay above the Wide Field Camera 2. Credit: NASA/Wade Sisler
Topics: What -- STS-125, What -- Camera 2
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/galleries/sm4/STOCCscreen.html
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May 7, 2009
05/09
May 7, 2009
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NASA
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The Space Environment at the Goddard Test Facility under construction was so large that it and other test equipment were built first, and the rest of the building was constructed around them.
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/50th/spaceenviron-underconstruc.jpg.html
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May 7, 2009
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May 7, 2009
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The Space Environment at the Goddard Test Facility under construction was so large that it and other test equipment were built first, and the rest of the building was constructed around them.
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/50th/spaceenviron-underconstruc.jpg.html
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Apr 30, 2009
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Apr 30, 2009
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Photo of Building 8 under construction
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/50th/Bldg8-construc.jpg.html
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Apr 27, 2009
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Apr 27, 2009
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NASA
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The Goddard Space Flight Center was named in honor of Dr. Robert H. Goddard, a pioneer in developing multi-stage rockets and liquid rocket propellants.
Topic: Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/50th/G-32-04.jpg.html
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Apr 6, 2009
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Apr 6, 2009
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Two Imperial scout troopers and a stormtrooper pose with Dr. Laurie Leshin, Goddard's deputy director for science and technology. Credit: NASA/Ed Campion
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/images/yurinight_Leshin.html
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Apr 6, 2009
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Apr 6, 2009
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Yuri's Night guests were encouraged to don galactic attire, and the crowd responded with futuristic interstellar outfits. Credit: NASA/Bill Hrybyk
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/images/yurinight_spacefans.html
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Apr 6, 2009
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Apr 6, 2009
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Darth Vader, stormtroopers and other Galactic Empire officials from the "Star Wars" films greeted guests, posed for photographs and added an extra level of security at Yuri's Night. The Imperial representatives came from the Old Line Garrison of the 501st Legion, a Star Wars costumer organization. Credit: NASA/Bill Hrybyk
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/images/yurinight_stormtroopers.html
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Apr 6, 2009
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Apr 6, 2009
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While stormtroopers provided an intimidating security presence, Jedi knights ensured peace and justice throughout Goddard«És corner of the galaxy. Impromptu lightsaber demonstrations were popular throughout the evening. "Rebel" representatives visited Godddard from the Freedom Base and Terrapin Base of the Rebel Legion costumers organization. Credit: NASA/Bill Hrybyk
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/images/yurinight_Jedi.html
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Apr 6, 2009
04/09
Apr 6, 2009
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NASA
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Yuri's Night guests danced to music provided by DJ Scientific (Goddard engineer Mark Branch) outside Goddard's Visitor Center. Credit: NASA/Bill Hrybyk
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/images/yurinight_dance.html
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Regional superstar band Middle Distance Runner rocked the Goddard Visitor Center's Earth Science Gallery with multi-layered, indie-pop sounds as NASA imagery was projected around the musicians. Credit: NASA/Bill Hrybyk
Topic: What -- Earth
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/images/yurinight_mdr.html
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Jedi Master Yoda hitches a ride with Goddard employee Jolyn Nace. Credit: NASA/Ed Campion
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/images/yurinight_yoda.html
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DJ Scientific, also known as Goddard engineer Mark Branch, helped transform the Goddard Visitor Center into a future-tech night club with an energized dance floor. Credit: NASA/Bill Hrybyk
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/images/yurinight_DJScientific.html
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The Goddard Space Flight Center's chief scientist, Dr. James Garvin (standing at right), gives a presentation on "Science On a Sphere" to Yuri's Night guests. Credit: NASA/Ed Campion
Topic: Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/images/yurinight_GarvinSOS.html
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Rob Strain, Goddard Center Director
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/goddard_symp/goddard_symp3.html
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Side view of symposium
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/goddard_symp/goddard_symp6.html
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Dr. Feng Hsu asks the keynote speaker a question
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/goddard_symp/goddard_symp8.html
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Students from the University of Illinois
Topic: Where -- Illinois
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/goddard_symp/goddard_symp9.html
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Lester Lyles, General USAF (Ret)
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/goddard_symp/goddard_symp4.html
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Frank Slazer, AAS President
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/goddard_symp/goddard_symp2.html
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Special Advisor Alan Ladwig speaking at luncheon
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/goddard_symp/goddard_symp11.html
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Dr. Scott Pace, George Washington University
Topic: Where -- Washington
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/goddard_symp/goddard_symp10.html
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Rear view of symposium
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/goddard_symp/goddard_symp5.html
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Dr. Harley Thronson, chairperson for RHGMS
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/goddard_symp/goddard_symp1.html
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Twelve people walked on the Moon in an era before cell phones, before hybrid cars, and before laptop computers. It«És time to return. Credit: NASA/GSFC > View image wrapped on sphere
Topic: What -- Moon
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/returntothemoon/moon_landscape_HI.html
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The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has six primary instruments, plus an experimental device. Collectively, they«Ére designed to gather information about the lunar environment. Credit: Chris Meaney, NASA Conceptual Image Lab
Topic: What -- Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/returntothemoon/lro_still_1.html
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The phases of the moon change like nature«És clock. Hanging against the backdrop of the modern world, the moon«És changing face provokes fundamental questions. In response, we do what humans have always done: we set out on new voyages of discovery. Credit: NASA/GSFC > View unwrapped image
Topics: What -- Moon, What -- Discovery
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/returntothemoon/cityscape_moon_sph_HI .html
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LRO will facilitate new lunar elevation maps. The LOLA instrument will use a laser to make precise elevation measurements, rewriting our understanding of the moon«És surface. Credit: NASA/GSFC > View unwrapped image
Topic: What -- Clementine
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/returntothemoon/clementine_map_sph_HI.html
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The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will circle the moon approximately 50km above the surface in a polar orbit. Credit: Chris Meaney, NASA Conceptual Image Lab
Topics: What -- Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), What -- Moon, What -- Polar
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/returntothemoon/lro_still_2.html
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The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will deliver vital information about the environment of Earth«És nearest neighbor. That information will be essential if humans ever plan to return. Credit: NASA/GSFC > View unwrapped image
Topic: What -- Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/returntothemoon/lro_circles_sph_HI.html
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Hundreds of thousands of craters dimple the surface of the moon, the result of thousands of impacts during the eons that the moon has existed. LRO will map the surface of the moon, providing unparalleled elevation. Credit: Chris Meaney, NASA's Conceptual Image Lab
Topics: What -- Moon, What -- Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/returntothemoon/lro_still_3.html
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Several vehicles are headed back to the moon. The dramatic LCROSS part of the mission will intentionally crash a spent rocket component into the moon, followed by a fast examination of blast debris by a probe itself headed for a lunar crash. Credit: NASA/GSFC > View image wrapped on sphere
Topics: What -- Moon, What -- Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS), What -- FAST
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/returntothemoon/lcross_boxes_HI.html
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The flat areas on the moon are known as «É_seas«É_. They are really great plains, with relatively limited scarring from impact craters. Credit: Chris Meaney, NASA's Conceptual Image Lab
Topic: What -- Moon
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/returntothemoon/lro_still_5.html
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Hundreds of thousands of craters dimple the surface of the moon, the result of thousands of impacts during the eons that the moon has existed. LRO will map the surface of the moon, providing unparalleled elevation data, including the depth and size of craters like the one in this image. Credit: Chris Meaney, NASA's Conceptual Image Lab
Topics: What -- Moon, What -- Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/returntothemoon/lro_still_ 4.html
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Erica Drezek and Ryan Fitzgibbons, filmmakers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., interview Tara Clopper (left) and Dr. Marci Delaney. Clopper and Delaney were two of Goddard's education leads at the "Young Scientist Challenge," hosted at the center in October 2008. The challenge, sponsored by The Discovery Channel and 3M, brought ten middle school student finalists from across the country to vie for the title of "America's Top Young Scientist." Behind...
Topics: Young Scientist Challenge, What -- Mars Color Imager (MARCI), What -- Discovery, What -- Moon,...
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/topics/people/features/ysc/yscupdate1.html
