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NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft LCROSS IMPACT EVENT at Goddard Space Flight Center

The original finding aid described this as: Description: NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft LCROSS IMPACT EVENT at Goddard Space Flight Center. Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite More

EXPLORATION SCIENCES BUILDING AT GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER

The original finding aid described this as: Description: EXPLORATION SCIENCES BUILDING AT GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER Photographer: DEBBIE McCALLUM Date: 2/23/2009 Job Number: 2009-00575-0 Preservation Cop More

GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER BUILDING 34 GROUND BREAKING CEREMONY

The original finding aid described this as: Description: DIGNITARIES AND GUESTS SPEAKERS AT THE GROUND BREAKING CEREMONY FOR THE EXPLORATION SCIENCES BUILDING AT THE GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER Photographer: More

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft LCROSS IMPACT EVENT at Goddard Space Flight Center

The original finding aid described this as: Description: NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft LCROSS IMPACT EVENT at Goddard Space Flight Center. Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite More

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft LCROSS IMPACT EVENT at Goddard Space Flight Center

The original finding aid described this as: Description: NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft LCROSS IMPACT EVENT at Goddard Space Flight Center. Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite More

2009 ASTRONAUT CANDIDATES TOUR OF GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER

The original finding aid described this as: Description: 13 ASTRONAUT CANDIDATES TOUR ENVIRONMENTAL + ENGINEERING TEST FACILITIES AT GODDRAD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER. ALSO: WORKERS LIFTING HELIUM SHROUD. Photograp More

GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER MAIN GATE CONSTRUCTION

The original finding aid described this as: Description: GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER MAIN GATE CONSTRUCTION Photographer: DEBBIE McCALLUM Date: 1/29/2010 Job Number: 2011-00755-2 Preservation Copy: .tif 2011

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft LCROSS IMPACT EVENT at Goddard Space Flight Center

The original finding aid described this as: Description: NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft LCROSS IMPACT EVENT at Goddard Space Flight Center. Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite More

2009 ASTRONAUT CANDIDATES TOUR OF GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER

The original finding aid described this as: Description: 13 ASTRONAUT CANDIDATES TOUR ENVIRONMENTAL + ENGINEERING TEST FACILITIES AT GODDRAD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER. ALSO: WORKERS LIFTING HELIUM SHROUD. Photograp More

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft LCROSS IMPACT EVENT at Goddard Space Flight Center

The original finding aid described this as: Description: NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft LCROSS IMPACT EVENT at Goddard Space Flight Center. Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite More

Dr. Robert Goddard at Clark University

Full Description: Dr. Robert H. Goddard at a blackboard at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1924. Goddard began teaching physics in 1914 at Clark and in 1923 was named the Director of the Physic More

Dr. Robert Goddard, NASA history collection

Description: (c. 1932) The Goddard Space Flight Center was named in honor of Dr. Robert Goddard, a pioneer in rocket development. Dr. Goddard received patents for a multi-stage rocket and liquid propellants in More

Dr. Robert H. Goddard, NASA history collection

Full Description: Dr. Robert Hutchings Goddard (1882-1945). Dr. Goddard has been recognized as the father of American rocketry and as one of the pioneers in the theoretical exploration of space. Robert Hutching More

Syncom, the First Geosynchronous Satellite

By 1960, Hughes, RCA and ATT were urging NASA to develop a different type of communications satellite. Hughes believed that geosynchronous satellites, which orbit Earth 22,300 miles (35,900 km) above the ground More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Firing Room at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Steven Hoyle, left, and Russ Brucker, center, receive a VIP award for their efforts associated with the STS-125 mission and NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Hoyle is the payload test operations manager with NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center; Brucker is the Atlantis payload project manager with United Space Alliance. A crew of seven launched today on space shuttle Atlantis to service Hubble. Liftoff was on time at 2:01 p.m. EDT. Atlantis' 11-day flight will include five spacewalks to refurbish and upgrade the telescope with state-of-the-art science instruments that will expand Hubble's capabilities and extend its operational lifespan through at least 2014. The payload includes a Wide Field Camera 3, fine guidance sensor and the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2009-3074

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Firing Room at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Steven Hoyle, left, and Russ Brucker, center, receive a VIP award for their efforts associated with the STS-125 mission and N More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Merritt Island Launch Annex (MILA) Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network Station at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Patrick Air Force Base Color Guard folds the U.S. flag for the last time at a closing ceremony recognizing the station's 45 years of service. The station was originally established by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center as one of 17 Space Flight Tracking and Data Network stations around the world. Commissioned for the Apollo Program, the first launch it supported was the Apollo/Saturn 203 test flight from Launch Complex 37 on July 5, 1966. It also provided orbital support for low earth-orbiting scientific satellites. In recent history, the station has been used almost exclusively for space shuttle launch and landing support. Following the final launch and landing of the Space Shuttle Program in July 2011, the MILA station is officially decommissioned. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/pdf/167424main_MILA-08C.pdf. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2011-5999

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Merritt Island Launch Annex (MILA) Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network Station at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Patrick Air Force Base Color Guard folds the U.S. f More

TIROS, America's First Meteorological Satellite

It is hard to imagine the evening news without satellite imagery. But in 1960, space-based meteorology was in its formative stages, still to be proven. One of the earliest groups to transfer to the newly organi More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Merritt Island Launch Annex (MILA) Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network Station at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Patrick Air Force Base Color Guard presents the U.S. flag which flew over the station to David Carter, Near Earth Network project manager at Goddard Space Flight Center, during a closing ceremony recognizing the station's 45 years of service. The flag will be displayed in a Network Integration Center display cabinet at Goddard. The station was originally established by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center as one of 17 Space Flight Tracking and Data Network stations around the world. Commissioned for the Apollo Program, the first launch it supported was the Apollo/Saturn 203 test flight from Launch Complex 37 on July 5, 1966. It also provided orbital support for low earth-orbiting scientific satellites. In recent history, the station has been used almost exclusively for space shuttle launch and landing support. Following the final launch and landing of the Space Shuttle Program in July 2011, the MILA station is officially decommissioned. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/pdf/167424main_MILA-08C.pdf. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2011-6000

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Merritt Island Launch Annex (MILA) Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network Station at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Patrick Air Force Base Color Guard presents the U.S More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the clean room of the Payload Hazardous Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, a worker from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center uses black light inspection for a thorough cleaning of the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph, or COS. Black light inspection uses UVA fluorescence to detect possible particulate microcontamination, minute cracks or fluid leaks. The COS will be installed on the Hubble Space Telescope on space shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission. COS will be the most sensitive ultraviolet spectrograph ever flown on Hubble and will probe the "cosmic web" - the large-scale structure of the universe whose form is determined by the gravity of dark matter and is traced by galaxies and intergalactic gas. The COS far-ultraviolet channel has a sensitivity 30 times greater than that of previous spectroscopic instruments for the detection of extremely low light levels. Launch of Atlantis on the STS-125 mission is targeted for Oct. 8. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-08pd2325

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the clean room of the Payload Hazardous Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, a worker from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center uses black light inspection for a thorough More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the high bay of the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, a worker from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center removes the protective wrapping from the Orbital Replacement Unit Carrier for the Hubble Space Telescope. The Orbital Replacement Unit Carrier, or ORUC, is one of four carriers supporting hardware for space shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission to service the telescope. The Super Lightweight Interchangeable Carrier, or SLIC, and the Flight Support System, or FSS, have also arrived at Kennedy. The Multi-Use Lightweight Equipment carrier will be delivered in late July. The carriers will be prepared for the integration of telescope science instruments, both internal and external replacement components, as well as the flight support equipment to be used by the astronauts during the Hubble servicing mission, targeted for launch Oct. 8. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-08pd2081

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the high bay of the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, a worker from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center removes the protective wrapping from the Orbit More

Nancy Roman, Space Poineer, NASA history, Goddard space flight center

Description: (1962) Dr. Nancy Roman, one of the nations top scientists in the space program, is shown with a model of the Orbiting Solar Observatory (OSO). ..Roman received her PhD in astronomy from the Univers More

Explorer XVII Satellite, NASA history, Goddard space flight center

Weighing 405 lbs. (184 kg), this 35-inch (89-cm) pressurized stainless steel sphere measured the density, composition, pressure and temperature of Earth's atmosphere after its launch from Cape Canaveral on Apri More

Dr. Robert H. Goddard at His Launch Control Shack

Full Description: Dr. Robert H. Goddard observes the launch site from his launch control shack while standing by the firing control panel. From here he can fire, release, or stop testing if firing was unsatisfa More

Dynamic Test Chamber at Goddard Space Flight Center

(1964) In this image, a Goddard Space Flight Center photographer is assembling a camera system inside the dynamic test chamber at the Center's test and evaluation facilities. Thorough testing in facilities that More

Gemini IV Mission Image - Baja California, Colorado river and Sonora Desert

S65-34673 (3-7 June 1965) --- This photograph shows the north end of the Gulf of California at the mouth of the Colorado River as it was seen from the Gemini-4 spacecraft during orbital flight June 3-7, 1965. T More

Atlas-Centaur Orbiting Astronomical Observatory Shroud Test

Researchers at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Lewis Research Center conducted a series of shroud jettison tests for the second Orbiting Astronomical Observatory (OAO-2) in the Space Po More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the airlock of the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, workers from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center prepare to remove the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph, or COS, from its transportation canister. The COS will be installed on the Hubble Space Telescope on space shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission. COS will be the most sensitive ultraviolet spectrograph ever flown on Hubble and will probe the "cosmic web" - the large-scale structure of the universe whose form is determined by the gravity of dark matter and is traced by galaxies and intergalactic gas. COS's far-ultraviolet channel has a sensitivity 30 times greater than that of previous spectroscopic instruments for the detection of extremely low light levels. Launch of STS-125 is targeted for Oct. 8. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-08pd2184

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the airlock of the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, workers from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center prepare to remove the Cosmic Origins Spectrograp More

Applications Technology Satellite Test, NASA history, Goddard space flight center

A test model of the Applications Technology Satellite (ATS) is seen during checkout activity in Chamber A of the Space Environment Simulation Laboratory at the Johnson Space Center (JSC) to see if the satellite More

FRANK SNOW, NASA history, Goddard space flight center

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Frank Snow has been a member of the NASA Explorer Program at Goddard Space Flight Center since 1992. He was the Ground Manger for the Advanced Compositi More

FRANK SNOW, NASA history, Goddard space flight center

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Frank Snow has been a member of the NASA Explorer Program at Goddard Space Flight Center since 1992. He was the Ground Manger for the Advanced Compositi More

FRANK SNOW, NASA history, Goddard space flight center

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Frank Snow has been a member of the NASA Explorer Program at Goddard Space Flight Center since 1992. He was the Ground Manger for the Advanced Compositi More

FRANK SNOW, NASA history, Goddard space flight center

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Frank Snow has been a member of the NASA Explorer Program at Goddard Space Flight Center since 1992. He was the Ground Manger for the Advanced Compositi More

FRANK SNOW, NASA history, Goddard space flight center

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Frank Snow has been a member of the NASA Explorer Program at Goddard Space Flight Center since 1992. He was the Ground Manger for the Advanced Compositi More

FRANK SNOW, NASA history, Goddard space flight center

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Frank Snow has been a member of the NASA Explorer Program at Goddard Space Flight Center since 1992. He was the Ground Manger for the Advanced Compositi More

FRANK SNOW, NASA history, Goddard space flight center

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Frank Snow has been a member of the NASA Explorer Program at Goddard Space Flight Center since 1992. He was the Ground Manger for the Advanced Compositi More

FRANK SNOW, NASA history, Goddard space flight center

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Frank Snow has been a member of the NASA Explorer Program at Goddard Space Flight Center since 1992. He was the Ground Manger for the Advanced Compositi More

FRANK SNOW, NASA history, Goddard space flight center

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Frank Snow has been a member of the NASA Explorer Program at Goddard Space Flight Center since 1992. He was the Ground Manger for the Advanced Compositi More

FRANK SNOW, NASA history, Goddard space flight center

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Frank Snow has been a member of the NASA Explorer Program at Goddard Space Flight Center since 1992. He was the Ground Manger for the Advanced Compositi More

FRANK SNOW, NASA history, Goddard space flight center

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Frank Snow has been a member of the NASA Explorer Program at Goddard Space Flight Center since 1992. He was the Ground Manger for the Advanced Compositi More

FRANK SNOW, NASA history, Goddard space flight center

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Frank Snow has been a member of the NASA Explorer Program at Goddard Space Flight Center since 1992. He was the Ground Manger for the Advanced Compositi More

FRANK SNOW, NASA history, Goddard space flight center

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Frank Snow has been a member of the NASA Explorer Program at Goddard Space Flight Center since 1992. He was the Ground Manger for the Advanced Compositi More

FRANK SNOW, NASA history, Goddard space flight center

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Frank Snow has been a member of the NASA Explorer Program at Goddard Space Flight Center since 1992. He was the Ground Manger for the Advanced Compositi More

PLASMA DIAGNOSTIC PACKAGE (PDP) (STS-3) - GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (GSFC), MD

Art Concept of the PDP being held aloft by the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) during the STS-3 Mission from GSFC. 1. ART CONCEPTS - PDP (STS-3) 2. SHUTTLE - EXPERIMENTS (PDP) GSFC, MD

Hole in the Ozone Layer Over Antarctica

In 1985, a British scientist working in Antarctica discovered a 40 percent loss in the ozone layer over the continent. When Goddard Space Flight Center researchers reviewed their data, they confirmed the ozone More

View of the Shuttle Columbia's payload bay and payloads in orbit

61C-39-002 (12-17 Jan 1986) --- This view of the cargo bay of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia reveals some of the STS 61-C mission payloads. The materials science laboratory (MSL-2), sponsored by the More

Artist concept of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) after STS-31 deployment

Artist concept shows the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) placed in orbit above the Earth's distorting layer of atmosphere by Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, during mission STS-31. Tracking and data relay sate More

Space Shuttle Projects, Marshall Space Flight Center

The primary payload for Space Shuttle Mission STS-35, launched December 2, 1990, was the ASTRO-1 Observatory. Designed for round the clock observation of the celestial sphere in ultraviolet and X-ray astronomy, More

Pegasus Engine Ignites after Drop from B-52 Mothership

Description: Against the midnight blue of a high-altitude sky, Orbital Sciences' Pegasus winged rocket booster ignites after being dropped from NASA's B-52 mothership on a July 1991 flight. A NASA chase plane f More