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NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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Greenbelt, Maryland, United States
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Maxar’s 1300-class platform has been selected for NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s OSAM-1 mission and will host NASA’s Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) instrument.

Mentioned as: NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterOrg RelationshipApr 13, 2022Maxar Has Delivered The Spacecraft Bus for NASA’s Psyche Mission

Apogee Semiconductor technology can be offered as bare die, standard components, mil-temperature screened integrated circuits, MIL-PRF-38535 qualified plastic encapsulated microcircuits (NASA/Goddard Space EEE-INST-002, Level 2 PEMs), or MIL-PRF-38534 qualified hermetic integrated circuits.

Mentioned as: NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterNarrative GeneralMar 15, 2022Apogee Semiconductor Appoints Micross Components, Inc. As Global Distributor

Laurie Leshin joined NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in 2005 as director for science and exploration and became deputy director for science and technology in 2008.

Mentioned as: Goddard Space Flight CenterTechnical ProductJan 28, 2022Leshin to be next director of JPL

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center built the TIRS-2 instrument for Landsat 9.

Mentioned as: NASA's Goddard Space Flight CenterTechnical ProductNov 7, 2021The First Light Images From Landsat 9 Are Released By NASA

The 2021-11-05 speech at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center was Vice President Kamala Harris’s first speech devoted to space since taking office.

Mentioned as: NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterNarrative GeneralNov 6, 2021Harris says National Space Council will develop “comprehensive framework” for space priorities

Vice President Kamala Harris will hold the first meeting of the National Space Council on 2021-12-01 during a visit to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland.

Mentioned as: Goddard Space Flight CenterTechnical ProductNov 5, 2021Harris to convene first National Space Council meeting Dec. 1

Landsat 9 was launched on 2021-09-27 and its first images will be reviewed during the Goddard visit.

Mentioned as: NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterNarrative GeneralNov 5, 2021Harris to convene first National Space Council meeting Dec. 1

DART received support from NASA centers including the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Goddard Space Flight Center, Johnson Space Center, Glenn Research Center, and Langley Research Center.

Mentioned as: Goddard Space Flight CenterOrg RelationshipOct 22, 2021NASA’s DART Journeys To Vandenberg Space Force Base For Launch

Space Systems Command’s Launch Enterprise Mission Manifest Office worked with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center during integration of the Landsat 9 Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Secondary Payload Adapter (L9EFS).

Mentioned as: Goddard Space Flight CenterOrg RelationshipSep 27, 2021UPDATE 2: NASA’s Landsat 9 Mission Successfully Launched By ULA From Vandenberg Space Force Base, Plus, US Space Force Reports On Their Involvement

The Thermal Infrared Sensor 2 (TIRS-2) instrument was designed and built by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) to measure thermal radiance emitted from the Earth’s surface.

Mentioned as: NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterNarrative GeneralSep 27, 2021Ball Aerospace’s Land Imaging Instrument Aboard The Successful Launch of Landsat 9

Teams from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland built and tested the TIRS-2 instrument.

Mentioned as: goddard space flight centerTechnical ProductSep 27, 2021New Mission From NASA To Monitor The Earth Successfully Launched By ULA From Vandenberg Space Force Base

Arlindo da Silva is a research meteorologist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center collaborating with Jun Wang on developing a new approach to map fire combustion efficiency from space.

Mentioned as: Goddard Space Flight CenterOrg RelationshipAug 30, 2021UI Engineer Wins NASA Funding To Study Effects Of Wildfires

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center awarded Ball Aerospace the contract to design and build the SWFO-L1 spacecraft on 2020-06-25, on behalf of NOAA.

Mentioned as: NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterOrg RelationshipJul 29, 2021Ball Completes The PDR For NOAA’s SWFO-L1 Spacecraft… On To the Critical Design Phase

Avo Photonics is producing more than 20 next generation laser seed sources to support NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and ESA’s Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission.

Mentioned as: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight CenterTechnical ProductJul 26, 2021Ultra-Low Noise Lasers Being Produced By Avo Photonics For NASA + ESA’s LISA Mission

The University of Illinois is working with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and multiple universities on the VISORS program, including the Georgia Institute of Technology, Stanford University, Washington State University, the Ohio State University, Purdue University, the University of California San Diego, New Mexico State University, Montana State University, and the University of Colorado.

Mentioned as: NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterOrg RelationshipMay 12, 2021University of Illinois taps Blue Canyon for scientific cubesat mission

The Mission Manifest Office used strategic partners NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Wallops Flight Facility, and numerous industry participants for the TDO-3 and TDO-4 effort.

Mentioned as: NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterTechnical ProductMay 10, 2021USAFA’s TDO-3 + TDO-4 Smallsats Ready For Integration Aboard USAF’s SBIRS GEO-5 Mission

Maxar is working to complete the main body assembly of OSAM-1 in summer 2021 followed by about a year of Reference Performance Testing on all subsystems prior to shipping the spacecraft to NASA’s Goddard Spaceflight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.

Mentioned as: NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterOrg RelationshipMay 6, 2021Critical Design Review For The OSAM-1 Mission Successfully Completed by Maxar

After arrival at Goddard, Maxar and NASA teams will complete installation of the Maxar-built SPIDER robotic arm and the Tethers Unlimited-built MakerSat to the OSAM-1 spacecraft bus.

Mentioned as: NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterOrg RelationshipMay 6, 2021Critical Design Review For The OSAM-1 Mission Successfully Completed by Maxar

Dr. Raha Hakimdavar completed a Presidential Management Fellowship appointment at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

Mentioned as: NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterTechnical ProductApr 14, 2021Ball Aerospace’s Two New Washington D.C. Directors’ Experience Will Support Washington Operations

NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) calculated that the 2020 globally averaged temperature was 1.84 degrees Fahrenheit (1.02 degrees Celsius) warmer than the 1951–1980 mean.

Mentioned as: NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterNarrative GeneralMar 25, 2021NASA Reveals 2020 Tied for Warmest Year on Record
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