Lucy is the first mission to explore the Jupiter Trojans – two swarms of asteroids that share Jupiter’s orbit, leading and trailing the giant planet by sixty degrees. These primitive bodies are thought to be...

Jim Green gives a canned interview for the 09/19/2014 MAVEN Mars Orbit Insertion liveshots.<br/>

How long does it take for Landsat 8 to orbit the Earth? Or view the full surface of the globe? Jim Irons, the Project Scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center tells you what you want to know.



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For half a century, the Landsat mission has shown us Earth from space. Now, come along with us on a "roadtrip" through the decades to see how the technology on this NASA and U.S. Geological Survey partnership has...

NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) spacecraft has discovered “layers” and “rifts” in the electrically charged part of the upper atmosphere (the ionosphere) of Mars. The...

The Hubble Space Telescope has been revealing the secrets of the universe for over 30 years, but it turns out Hubble has some secrets of its own!



The question is: How many times does...

What planets could have had life on them in our solar system? What planet or moon might have life besides Earth?<br/>
Searching for Life in the Galaxy, Part 2

OSIRIS-REx is the third mission in NASA's New Frontiers Program. Its goal is to explore near-Earth asteroid Bennu, a...

Laser light made records obsolete. NASA is on the verge of doing the same thing with space based communications. Before the end of the decade, the Laser Communication Relay Demonstration (LCRD) mission will revolutionize the way we...

Rotating asteroids have a tough time sticking to their orbits. Their surfaces heat up during the day and cool down at night, giving off radiation that can act as a sort of mini-thruster. This force, called the Yarkovsky effect, can...

In anticipation of the launch of Landsat 9, we count down 9 things about the Landsat mission, the science, the technology and the people who continue its legacy.



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Using measurements from two satellite missions assimilated into a computer model, researchers have created global maps of terrestrial water around the planet. In addition, they can forecast water availability in the...

Black holes are one of the most mysterious objects in the universe. 🌌 Here are five things to know! Have questions about black holes on #BlackFriday? 🕳️ Leave your questions in the comments below! Join NASA Goddard scientists later today...

This video is answering the question of who was the first living creature to go to Space.

Galaxies are not spinning tops. So how do stars move within them?

Thalassa and Naiad appear to be locked in an intricate ‘dance of avoidance’ that keep their respective orbits stable, according to NASA. <br/>

Launching in late 2021, Lucy will be the first space mission to explore the Trojan asteroids. These are a population of small bodies that are left over from the formation of the solar system. They...

The Sun contains 99.8 of the mass in our solar system. Its gravitational pull is what keeps everything here, from tiny Mercury to the gas giants to the Oort Cloud, 186 billion miles away. But even though the Sun has such a...

The Hubble Space Telescope has been revealing the secrets of the universe for over 30 years, but it turns out Hubble has some secrets of its own!



The question is: What does Hubble use...

Meet Lucy as she prepares for the first ever journey to the Trojan asteroids, a population of primitive small bodies orbiting in tandem with Jupiter.



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Getting to the Moon isn’t as simple as flying straight there! Learn more about how NASA’s Orion spacecraft will journey to the Moon.<br/>

Follow an entire orbit of the ICESat-2 mission as it measures the elevation of oceans, sea ice, mountains, and islands around the Earth. This video shows the same orbit (ground reference track 1352) on...

As the closest planet to the Sun -- and with the most oblong orbit in the solar system -- Mercury orbits through a region where the Sun’s influence is changing dramatically.



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NASA is preparing for the launch of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-O (GOES-O) from Space Launch Complex 37 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The GOES-O launch is targeted for June 26 during a launch...