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Tiny Planet-Finding Mirrors Borrow from Webb Telescope ...

A team of scientists at Goddard is developing an instrument that would image and characterize planets beyond the solar system possibly from a ...

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A temporary clean room concept in tests in VAB.

Orion Clean Room Subs Filters, Fans for Ceiling

Engineers are trying out a temporary clean room that works by blowing filtered air over the spacecraft and doesn't need a ceiling.

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Goddard Delivers Magnetometers for Next Mission to Mars

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  • NASA is conducting a series of rocket sled tests in preparation for full tests of the Low Density Supersonic Decelerator Project.

    Days of 'Gizmo' Launches Return

    05.17.12 - NASA technologists will get a chance next summer to relive the good old days when Agency engineers would affix space-age gizmos to rockets just to see if the contraptions worked.

  • Goddard scientists (clockwise) Scott Barthelmy, Gerry Skinner, and Jordan Camp are show here with their prototype Lobster Transient X-ray Detector.

    Measuring Transient X-rays with Lobster Eyes

    05.21.12 - A technology that mimics the structure of a lobster's eyes is now being applied to a new instrument that could help revolutionize X-ray astronomy and keep astronauts safe on the International Space Station.

  • Engineers check out IRVE-3 after a successful inflation system test

    IRVE-3 Flight Hardware Test

    05.16.12 - The Inflatable Reentry Vehicle Experiment (IRVE-3), the third in a series of suborbital flight tests of new spacecraft reentry technology, is scheduled to launch from the Wallops Flight Facility this summer.

  • The VAB platforms to be replaced

    Refurbishment on Grand Scale for Iconic VAB

    05.14.12 - NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building is undergoing major renovations so it can support a new generation of rockets and spacecraft.

  • HIFiRE launches an experimental hypersonic scramjet from the Pacific Missile Range Facility

    HIFiRE Scramjet Research Flight Will Advance Hypersonic Technology

    05.10.12 - The Hypersonic International Flight Research Experimentation (HIFiRE) team celebrates the successful launch of an experimental hypersonic scramjet.

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