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New Glenn is a single-configuration, heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle capable of routinely carrying both spacecraft and people to low Earth orbits, geostationary transfer orbits, cislunar orbits (between Earth and the Moon), and beyond via Earth-departure orbits like the one required for ESCAPADE. The vehicle is named after John Glenn, the first American astronaut to orbit Earth.The ESCAPADE mission is managed by the Space Sciences Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, with key partners Rocket Lab, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Advanced Space LLC, and Blue Origin. || ", "hits": 131 }, { "id": 14920, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14920/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-11-13T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Preparing for Martian Explorers: NASA's ESCAPADE Investigates Mars Space Weather", "description": "NASA’s new ESCAPADE mission is launching to Mars to help us better understand the Sun’s influence on Mars’ past and present. Its work could help protect future human explorers from potentially dangerous space weather when they set foot on the Red Planet.For the first time, the mission will use two identical spacecraft to investigate how the solar wind interacts with Mars’ magnetic environment and how this interaction drives the planet’s atmospheric escape. Its observations will reveal the planet’s real-time response to space weather and how the Martian magnetosphere changes over time.The ESCAPADE orbiters build on earlier Mars missions, such as NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) orbiter. The MAVEN mission has one spacecraft that has been studying Mars’ atmospheric loss since arriving at the Red Planet in 2014.ESCAPADE is scheduled to launch no earlier than fall 2025 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Launch Complex 36 in Florida.Find out more about the ESCAPADE mission: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/escapade/ || ", "hits": 150 }, { "id": 14907, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14907/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-09-30T14:00:00-04:00", "title": "What is space weather?", "description": "Though it is almost 100 million miles away from Earth, the Sun influences our daily lives in ways you may not realize.A farmer stops their planting operations due to poor GPS signal for their autonomous tractor. A power grid manager changes the configuration of their network to ensure a blackout doesn’t occur due to voltage instability. A pilot switches to back-up communication equipment due to loss of high-frequency radio. A commercial internet company providing service to the military must change the orbit of their spacecraft to avoid a collision due to increased atmospheric drag.These are a few examples of the ways the Sun influences our everyday lives. This is what we define as space weather – the conditions of the space environment driven by the Sun and its impacts on objects in the solar system. || ", "hits": 180 }, { "id": 14887, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14887/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-09-18T11:00:00-04:00", "title": "NASA Mission to Study Giant ‘Halo’ Surrounding Earth", "description": "In 1972, Apollo 16 astronauts placed an ultraviolet camera on the Moon that captured the first images of Earth’s geocorona, the light emitted by Earth’s outermost atmospheric layer. A new NASA mission bearing the name of the telescope’s creator, Dr. George R. Carruthers, will launch into space to build on that legacy. From a vantage point roughly one million miles closer to the Sun than Earth is, the Carruthers Geocorona Observatory will capture the most comprehensive views of the geocorona to date. The observations will reveal new insights into the structure of our atmosphere, how solar eruptions impact Earth, and how a planet’s surface water can escape to space, aiding the search for habitable planets elsewhere in the universe.Learn more about Carruthers Geocorona Observatory science: https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/heliophysics/new-nasa-mission-to-reveal-earths-invisible-haloLearn more about the Carruthers Geocorona Observatory: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/carruthers-geocorona-observatory/ || ", "hits": 186 }, { "id": 20407, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20407/", "result_type": "Animation", "release_date": "2025-08-01T14:00:00-04:00", "title": "Carruthers Geocorona Animation", "description": "The Carruthers Geocorona Observatory is a SmallSat mission at Lagrange Point 1 (L1) where it will use an advanced ultraviolet imager to monitor Earth’s exosphere — the outermost layer of the atmosphere — and the exosphere’s response to solar-driven space weather. Carruthers is poised to become the first SmallSat to operate at L1 and the first to deliver continuous exospheric observations from this vantage point.In this animation, atomic hydrogen floats in Earth’s exosphere. As the lightest chemical in existence, atomic hydrogen tends to float away, or evaporate, off the top of Earth’s atmosphere. When the Sun shines on these atoms, they scatter that light in all directions, causing a glow around Earth. This fuzzy halo of light that’s given off by those exospheric atoms is called the geocorona. || ", "hits": 67 }, { "id": 14874, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14874/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-07-28T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "STORIE Thermal Vacuum Test at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center", "description": "NASA’s STORIE mission, or Storm Time O+ Ring current Imaging Evolution, has completed its design, build, and testing campaign at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, ahead of its six-month mission onboard the International Space Station (ISS). From its unique vantage point on the ISS, STORIE will use its onboard neutral atom imager to provide an “inside out” view of Earth’s ring current – a region of the magnetosphere where energetic particles are trapped in near-Earth space. In addition to answering fundamental questions about the ring current’s intensity and composition, STORIE will also provide a more detailed understanding of how geomagnetic storms affect Earth.From NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, STORIE will be shipped to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, where it will be integrated onto a pallet to be installed outside the ISS’s Columbus Module. STORIE will head to the ISS aboard a SpaceX commercial resupply flight no earlier than spring 2026. || ", "hits": 109 }, { "id": 14869, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14869/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-07-18T11:00:00-04:00", "title": "STORIE Fit Test at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center", "description": "NASA’s STORIE mission, or Storm Time O+ Ring current Imaging Evolution, has completed its design, build, and testing campaign at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, ahead of its mission onboard the International Space Station (ISS). From its unique vantage point on the ISS, STORIE will use neutral atom imaging to provide an “inside out” view of Earth’s ring current – a region of the magnetosphere where energetic particles are trapped in near-Earth space. In addition to answering fundamental questions about the ring current’s intensity and composition, STORIE will also provide a more detailed understanding of how geomagnetic storms affect Earth.From NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, STORIE will be shipped to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, where it will be integrated onto a pallet to be installed outside the ISS’s Columbus Module. STORIE will head to the ISS aboard a SpaceX commercial resupply flight no earlier than spring 2026. || ", "hits": 47 }, { "id": 20405, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20405/", "result_type": "Animation", "release_date": "2025-07-08T16:00:00-04:00", "title": "Carruthers Atmospheric Layers Animation", "description": "Earth’s atmosphere is divided into five main layers, differentiated by factors such as temperature, chemical composition, and air density. The troposphere is the lowest layer, extending from Earth's surface up to about 10 miles above it, and is where almost all weather phenomena occur. Above the troposphere is the stratosphere, which reaches up to around 31 miles. It contains the ozone layer, which absorbs harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the Sun. Next is the mesosphere, which extends from about 31 to 53 miles above Earth. It is the coldest layer of the atmosphere, and it is where most meteors burn up upon entering. Above the mesosphere is the thermosphere, ranging from about 53 to 375 miles above Earth. Known as the upper atmosphere, this region contains the ionosphere, a region filled with charged particles that enable radio communications and where auroras often occur. The outermost layer is the exosphere, which gradually transitions into outer space. It is extremely thin and composed mainly of hydrogen and helium. Together, these layers form a protective shield that regulates Earth’s energy balance and helps sustain life. || ", "hits": 101410 }, { "id": 5419, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5419/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-06-09T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "The Carruthers Geocorona Observatory at the Earth-Sun Lagrange Point 1", "description": "The Carruthers Geocorona Obervatory observes Earth's exosphere, or geocorona, from the Earth-Sun Lagrange Point 1.", "hits": 97 }, { "id": 14855, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14855/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-06-06T11:00:00-04:00", "title": "Carruthers Geocorona Observatory Beauty Pass Animations", "description": "The Carruthers Geocorona Observatory is a SmallSat mission at Lagrange Point 1 (L1) where it will use an advanced ultraviolet imager to monitor Earth’s exosphere — the outermost layer of the atmosphere — and the exosphere’s response to solar-driven space weather. Carruthers is poised to become the first SmallSat to operate at L1 and the first to deliver continuous exospheric observations from this vantage point.Led by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the mission is scheduled to launch no earlier than 2025 as a rideshare component of NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission, which will explore the boundaries of the heliosphere, the bubble that is inflated by the solar wind and surrounds the Sun and planets. The Carruthers Geocorona Observatory is a vital addition to NASA’s fleet of heliophysics satellites. NASA Heliophysics Division missions study a vast, interconnected system from the Sun to the space surrounding Earth and other planets to the farthest limits of the Sun’s constantly flowing streams of solar wind. || ", "hits": 78 }, { "id": 14841, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14841/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-05-12T09:00:00-04:00", "title": "Carruthers Geocorona Observatory Assembly & Testing at BAE Systems", "description": "The Carruthers Geocorona Observatory is a SmallSat mission at Lagrange Point 1 (L1) where it will use an advanced ultraviolet imager to monitor Earth’s exosphere — the outermost layer of the atmosphere — and the exosphere’s response to solar-driven space weather. Carruthers is poised to become the first SmallSat to operate at L1 and the first to deliver continuous exospheric observations from this vantage point.Led by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the mission is scheduled to launch no earlier than 2025 as a rideshare component of NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission, which will explore the boundaries of the heliosphere, the bubble that is inflated by the solar wind and surrounds the Sun and planets. The Carruthers Geocorona Observatory is a vital addition to NASA’s fleet of heliophysics satellites. NASA Heliophysics Division missions study a vast, interconnected system from the Sun to the space surrounding Earth and other planets to the farthest limits of the Sun’s constantly flowing streams of solar wind. || ", "hits": 51 }, { "id": 14834, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14834/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-05-12T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Cosmic Dawn: The Untold Story of the James Webb Space Telescope", "description": "For more than three decades, NASA and an international team of scientists and engineers pushed the limits of technology, innovation, and perseverance to build and launch the James Webb Space Telescope, the most powerful space observatory ever created. Cosmic Dawn brings audiences behind the scenes with the Webb film crew, and never-before-heard testimonies revealing the real story of how this telescope overcame all odds. ||", "hits": 387 }, { "id": 14830, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14830/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-04-23T09:00:00-04:00", "title": "Carruthers Geocorona Observatory Images", "description": "The Carruthers Geocorona Observatory is a SmallSat mission at Lagrange Point 1 (L1) where it will use an advanced ultraviolet imager to monitor Earth’s exosphere — the outermost layer of the atmosphere — and the exosphere’s response to solar-driven space weather. Carruthers is poised to become the first SmallSat to operate at L1 and the first to deliver continuous exospheric observations from this vantage point.Led by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the mission is scheduled to launch no earlier than 2025 as a rideshare component of NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission, which will explore the boundaries of the heliosphere, the bubble that is inflated by the solar wind and surrounds the Sun and planets. The Carruthers Geocorona Observatory is a vital addition to NASA’s fleet of heliophysics satellites. NASA Heliophysics Division missions study a vast, interconnected system from the Sun to the space surrounding Earth and other planets to the farthest limits of the Sun’s constantly flowing streams of solar wind. || ", "hits": 161 }, { "id": 14802, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14802/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-03-28T14:31:59-04:00", "title": "Earth to Space: A National Symphony Orchestra Concert", "description": "Explore the vastness of space with music inspired by the planets, stars, and beyond! In anticipation of the upcoming voyage of Artemis II, the National Symphony Orchestra celebrates the discoveries and beauty of space through music and images produced by NASA. Explore this page to learn more about the visuals used in the Kennedy Center's 2025 Earth to Space Festival NSO Family Concert.", "hits": 125 }, { "id": 14803, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14803/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-03-17T09:00:00-04:00", "title": "NASA’s SPHEREX and PUNCH Missions Launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base", "description": "Ignition, and liftoff! At 11:10 p.m. EDT (8:10 p.m. PDT) March 11, 2025, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base’s Space Launch Complex 4 East, carrying NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) and PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) missions.SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) will orbit Earth for a two-year prime mission and create a three-dimensional map of the cosmos. This will help scientists answer major questions about what happened in the first second after the big bang, how galaxies form and evolve, and the origins and abundance of water and other key ingredients for life in our galaxy.Ride-sharing with SPHEREx was NASA’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission, which will study the outer portion of the Sun, the corona, to understand how solar wind forms.For more information on SPHEREx: nasa.gov/spherexFor more information on PUNCH: science.nasa.gov/mission/punch || ", "hits": 208 }, { "id": 14784, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14784/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-02-13T14:00:00-05:00", "title": "PUNCH Mission Media Teleconference", "description": "NASA held a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EST on Tuesday, February 4, to share information about the agency’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission, which is targeted to launch no earlier than Thursday, February 27, 2025.The agency’s PUNCH mission is a constellation of four small satellites. When they arrive in low Earth orbit, the satellites will make global, 3D observations of the Sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona, and help NASA learn how the mass and energy there become solar wind. By imaging the Sun’s corona and the solar wind together, scientists hope to better understand the entire inner heliosphere – Sun, solar wind, and Earth – as a single connected system.The PUNCH mission will share a ride to space with NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) space telescope on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.The Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado, leads the PUNCH mission. The mission is managed by the Explorers Program Office at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington.To learn more about PUNCH, please visit: nasa.gov/punch || ", "hits": 53 }, { "id": 14779, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14779/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-02-11T09:00:00-05:00", "title": "NASA's Illuminate Series (2025)", "description": "NASA's Illuminate is a video series about out-of-this-world images that shine light on our Sun and solar system. || ", "hits": 254 }, { "id": 14773, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14773/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-02-04T10:00:00-05:00", "title": "NASA's PUNCH Mission", "description": "NASA’s Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere, or PUNCH mission, is a constellation of four small satellites in low Earth orbit that will make global, 3D observations of the Sun’s corona to better understand how the mass and energy there becomes the solar wind that fills the solar system.Watch the video to learn how imaging the Sun’s corona and the solar wind together will help scientists better understand the entire inner heliosphere — Sun, solar wind, and Earth — as a single connected system.The PUNCH mission is led by Southwest Research Institute’s office in Boulder, Colorado. The mission is managed by the Explorers Program Office at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate.For more information visit science.nasa.gov/mission/punch || ", "hits": 88 }, { "id": 14776, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14776/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-01-30T14:00:00-05:00", "title": "PUNCH Satellites Integration and Testing", "description": "NASA’s Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere, or PUNCH mission, is a constellation of four small satellites in low Earth orbit that will make global, 3D observations of the Sun's corona to better understand how the mass and energy there becomes the solar wind that fills the solar system.By imaging the Sun’s corona and the solar wind together, scientists hope to better understand the entire inner heliosphere – Sun, solar wind, and Earth – as a single connected system.The PUNCH mission is led by Southwest Research Institute’s office in Boulder, Colorado. The mission is managed by the Explorers Program Office at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate. || ", "hits": 58 }, { "id": 14771, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14771/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-01-24T14:00:00-05:00", "title": "PUNCH Instruments", "description": "NASA’s Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere, or PUNCH mission, is a constellation of four small satellites in low Earth orbit that will make global, 3D observations of the Sun's corona to better understand how the mass and energy there becomes the solar wind that fills the solar system. By imaging the Sun’s corona and the solar wind together, scientists hope to better understand the entire inner heliosphere – Sun, solar wind, and Earth – as a single connected system.Three of the PUNCH satellites will carry a Wide Field Imager (WFI), and the fourth will carry the Narrow Field Imager (NFI).The Narrow Field Imager (NFI)The Narrow Field Image (NFI) is a coronagraph, a type of device that blocks out the bright light from the Sun to better see details in the Sun's outer atmosphere, or corona. The coronagraph will have a similar field of view as the SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph (LASCO) C3 field, from 6 to 32 solar radii on the sky, and it will view the corona in both polarized and unpolarized light.Wide Field Imager (WFI)The Wide Field Imager (WFI) is a heliospheric imager, a device that provides views from 18 to 180 solar radii (45 degrees) away from the Sun in the sky. Heliospheric imagers use an artificial “horizon” and deep baffles to view the very faint outermost portion of the solar corona and the solar wind itself. The instrument reduces direct sunlight by over 16 orders of magnitude, which is like the ratio between the mass of a human and the mass of a cold virus. The wide-field imaging optics are based on the design of the famous Nagler eyepieces, which are known among observational astronomers for their clarity, low distortion, wide field, and achromatic focus. Three of the PUNCH spacecraft will carry a WFI instrument. || ", "hits": 61 }, { "id": 14770, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14770/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-01-24T09:00:00-05:00", "title": "PUNCH Satellites Test Operations at Vandenberg Space Force Base", "description": "NASA’s Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere, or PUNCH mission, is a constellation of four small satellites in low Earth orbit that will make global, 3D observations of the Sun's corona to better understand how the mass and energy there becomes the solar wind that fills the solar system.By imaging the Sun’s corona and the solar wind together, scientists hope to better understand the entire inner heliosphere – Sun, solar wind, and Earth – as a single connected system.The PUNCH mission is led by Southwest Research Institute’s office in Boulder, Colorado. The mission is managed by the Explorers Program Office at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate. || ", "hits": 38 }, { "id": 14768, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14768/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-01-23T17:00:00-05:00", "title": "PUNCH Satellites Solar Array Deployment Test", "description": "NASA’s Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere, or PUNCH mission, is a constellation of four small satellites in low Earth orbit that will make global, 3D observations of the Sun's corona to better understand how the mass and energy there becomes the solar wind that fills the solar system.By imaging the Sun’s corona and the solar wind together, scientists hope to better understand the entire inner heliosphere – Sun, solar wind, and Earth – as a single connected system.The PUNCH mission is led by Southwest Research Institute’s office in Boulder, Colorado. The mission is managed by the Explorers Program Office at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate. || ", "hits": 58 }, { "id": 14767, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14767/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-01-23T16:00:00-05:00", "title": "PUNCH Satellites Arrival at Vandenberg Space Force Base", "description": "NASA’s Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere, or PUNCH mission, is a constellation of four small satellites in low Earth orbit that will make global, 3D observations of the Sun's corona to better understand how the mass and energy there becomes the solar wind that fills the solar system.By imaging the Sun’s corona and the solar wind together, scientists hope to better understand the entire inner heliosphere – Sun, solar wind, and Earth – as a single connected system.The PUNCH mission is led by Southwest Research Institute’s office in Boulder, Colorado. The mission is managed by the Explorers Program Office at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate. || ", "hits": 56 }, { "id": 14765, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14765/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-01-23T15:00:00-05:00", "title": "PUNCH Assembly and Testing", "description": "NASA’s Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere, or PUNCH mission, is a constellation of four small satellites in low Earth orbit that will make global, 3D observations of the Sun's corona to better understand how the mass and energy there becomes the solar wind that fills the solar system.By imaging the Sun’s corona and the solar wind together, scientists hope to better understand the entire inner heliosphere – Sun, solar wind, and Earth – as a single connected system.The PUNCH mission is led by Southwest Research Institute’s office in Boulder, Colorado. The mission is managed by the Explorers Program Office at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate. || ", "hits": 49 }, { "id": 14739, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14739/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-01-03T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "From the Moon, NASA’s LEXI Will Reveal Earth’s Magnetic Shield", "description": "NASA’s next mission to the Moon will carry an instrument called LEXI (the Lunar Environment Heliospheric X-ray Imager), which will provide the first-ever global view of the magnetic environment that shields Earth from solar radiation.From the surface of the Moon, LEXI will capture wide-field images of Earth's magnetic environment, or magnetosphere, in low-energy (or \"soft\") X-rays. LEXI will study changes in the magnetosphere and help us learn more about how it interacts with a stream of particles from the Sun called the solar wind, which can pose hazards for Artemis astronauts traveling to the Moon.Learn more about LEXI and its CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) flight to the Moon from Hyunju Connor, LEXI co-investigator at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.More on LEXI: https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/heliophysics/nasas-lexi-will-provide-x-ray-vision-of-earths-magnetosphere/ || ", "hits": 119 }, { "id": 14741, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14741/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2024-12-27T13:00:00-05:00", "title": "Parker Solar Probe: Humanity’s Closest Encounter with the Sun", "description": "Controllers have confirmed NASA’s mission to “touch” the Sun survived its record-breaking closest approach to the solar surface on Dec. 24, 2024.Breaking its previous record by flying just 3.8 million miles above the surface of the Sun, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe hurtled through the solar atmosphere at a blazing 430,000 miles per hour — faster than any human-made object has ever moved. A beacon tone received in the late evening hours of Dec. 26 confirmed the spacecraft had made it through the encounter safely and is operating normally.This pass, the first of more to come at this distance, allows the spacecraft to conduct unrivaled scientific measurements with the potential to change our understanding of the Sun. || ", "hits": 477 }, { "id": 14736, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14736/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2024-12-16T09:00:00-05:00", "title": "NASA's #3point8 Challenge", "description": "On Dec. 24, 2024, NASA's Parker Solar Probe will fly approximately 3.8 million miles from the solar surface — the closest solar approach in history — while traveling about 430,000 miles per hour — the fastest any human-made object ever has traveled.To celebrate, join Parker's journey with a digital quest of your own: Each day from Dec. 17 - 24, 2024, we're hiding a new custom \"3.8\" digital sticker on a secret NASA webpage. Solve our puzzles to find them! || ", "hits": 62 }, { "id": 14730, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14730/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2024-12-10T14:00:00-05:00", "title": "NASA Thanks Heliophysics Big Year Citizen Scientists", "description": "During the Heliophysics Big Year from October 2023 to December 2024, volunteers around the world contributed to numerous NASA science projects, helping to seek answers to some of the most fundamental questions about the Sun and its connections to our planet and the entire solar system.NASA Heliophysics Division Director Joseph Westlake expresses his appreciation for the passion, commitment, and tireless efforts of these volunteers, which will continue to profoundly impact NASA research and inspire future generations of explorers for years to come. || ", "hits": 39 }, { "id": 14706, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14706/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2024-11-08T13:00:00-05:00", "title": "NASA's Illuminate Series (2024)", "description": "NASA's Illuminate is a video series about out-of-this-world images that shine light on our Sun and solar system. || ", "hits": 100 }, { "id": 14685, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14685/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2024-10-15T15:00:00-04:00", "title": "What is Solar Maximum?", "description": "The Sun is stirring from its latest slumber. As sunspots and flares bubble from the Sun’s surface, representatives from NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA), and the Solar Cycle Prediction Panel announced on Tuesday, September 24, 2024, the Sun has reached its solar maximum period.The solar cycle is the natural cycle of the Sun as it transitions between low and high activity. During the most active part of the cycle, known as solar maximum, the Sun can unleash immense explosions of light, energy, and solar radiation — all of which create conditions known as space weather. Space weather can affect satellites and astronauts in space, as well as communications systems — such as radio and GPS — and power grids on Earth. || ", "hits": 274 }, { "id": 14683, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14683/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2024-10-15T13:30:00-04:00", "title": "NASA, NOAA Announce That the Sun Has Reached the Solar Maximum Period", "description": "In a teleconference with reporters on Tuesday, October 15, 2024, representatives from NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA), and the Solar Cycle Prediction Panel announced the Sun has reached its solar maximum period.The solar cycle is the natural cycle of the Sun as it transitions between low and high activity. Roughly every 11 years, at the height of the solar cycle, the Sun’s magnetic poles flip — on Earth, that’d be like the North and South Poles swapping places every decade — and the Sun transitions from sluggish to active and stormy.During the most active part of the cycle, known as solar maximum, the Sun can unleash immense explosions of light, energy, and solar radiation — all of which create conditions known as space weather. Space weather can affect satellites and astronauts in space, as well as communications systems — such as radio and GPS — and power grids on Earth. When the Sun is most active, space weather events become more frequent. Solar activity, such as the storm in May 2024, has led to increased aurora visibility and impacts on satellites and infrastructure in recent months.Listen to the media telecon.Read NASA's article about the news. || ", "hits": 1247 }, { "id": 14686, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14686/", "result_type": "B-Roll", "release_date": "2024-09-18T11:00:00-04:00", "title": "Eclipse Ballooning Project Featuring the University of Maryland", "description": "The NASA-sponsored Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning Project (NEBP) immerses teams of STEM learners from a wide range of higher education institutions in an innovative NASA-mission-like adventure in data acquisition and analysis through scientific ballooning during the Oct. 14, 2023, annular and April 8, 2024, total solar eclipses.NEBP includes development and implementation of two learner-centered activity tracks – engineering and atmospheric science. At sites along the eclipse path, student teams in the engineering track use innovative larger balloon systems to live stream video to the NASA eclipse website, observe in situ perturbations in atmospheric phenomena, and conduct individually designed experiments. Atmospheric science track teams make frequent observations by launching hourly radiosondes on helium-filled weather balloons. Student participants work with atmospheric science experts throughout the project and will publish results in peer-reviewed journals.The project fully supports 53 teams divided into nine pods to facilitate effective education. NEBP provides a learning environment that uses evidence and equity-based practices to make certain the 750+ participants are (and feel) supported, engaged, and valued. In addition, NEBP provides infrastructure tools and best practices to help participating institutions build collaborations that could continue far beyond the scope of this project.Learn more: https://science.nasa.gov/sciact-team/nationwide-eclipse-ballooning-project/ || ", "hits": 48 }, { "id": 14675, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14675/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2024-09-03T17:00:00-04:00", "title": "ESCAPADE Testing and Integration", "description": "The Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or ESCAPADE, will use two identical spacecraft to investigate how the solar wind interacts with Mars’ magnetic environment and how this interaction drives the planet’s atmospheric escape.The spacecraft were designed, built, integrated, and tested by Rocket Lab at their Spacecraft Production Complex and Headquarters in Long Beach, California. Based on Rocket Lab’s Explorer spacecraft, a configurable, high delta-V interplanetary platform, the duo features Rocket Lab-built components and subsystems, including solar panels, star trackers, propellant tanks, reaction wheels, reaction control systems, radios, and more.The ESCAPADE mission is managed by the Space Sciences Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, with key partners Rocket Lab, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Advanced Space LLC, and Blue Origin. || ", "hits": 80 }, { "id": 14664, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14664/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2024-08-23T16:00:00-04:00", "title": "ESCAPADE Mission Trailer", "description": "The Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or ESCAPADE, will use two identical spacecraft to investigate how the solar wind interacts with Mars’ magnetic environment and how this interaction drives the planet’s atmospheric escape.The first coordinated multi-spacecraft orbital science mission to the Red Planet, ESCAPADE’s twin orbiters will take simultaneous observations from different locations around Mars to reveal the planet’s real-time response to space weather and how the Martian magnetosphere changes over time.ESCAPADE will analyze how Mars’ magnetic field guides particle flows around the planet, how energy and momentum are transported from the solar wind through the magnetosphere, and what processes control the flow of energy and matter into and out of the Martian atmosphere. The data returned from the ESCAPADE spacecraft will provide new insight into the evolution of Mars’ climate, contributing to the body of research investigating how Mars began losing its atmosphere and water system.The ESCAPADE mission is managed by the Space Sciences Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, with key partners Rocket Lab, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Advanced Space LLC, and Blue Origin. || ", "hits": 101 }, { "id": 14667, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14667/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2024-08-22T14:00:00-04:00", "title": "ESCAPADE Instrument Build and Testing", "description": "The Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or ESCAPADE, will use two identical spacecraft to investigate how the solar wind interacts with Mars’ magnetic environment and how this interaction drives the planet’s atmospheric escape.The first multi-spacecraft orbital science mission to the Red Planet, ESCAPADE’s twin orbiters will take simultaneous observations from different locations around Mars to reveal the planet’s real-time response to space weather and how the Martian magnetosphere changes over time.ESCAPADE will analyze how Mars’ magnetic field guides particle flows around the planet, how energy and momentum are transported from the solar wind through the magnetosphere, and what processes control the flow of energy and matter into and out of the Martian atmosphere. The data returned from the ESCAPADE spacecraft will provide new insight into the evolution of Mars’ climate, contributing to the body of research investigating how Mars began losing its atmosphere and water system.The ESCAPADE mission is managed by the Space Sciences Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, with key partners Rocket Lab, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Advanced Space LLC, and Blue Origin. || ", "hits": 138 }, { "id": 14665, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14665/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2024-08-21T09:00:00-04:00", "title": "ESCAPADE Spacecraft Development Images", "description": "The Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or ESCAPADE, will use two identical spacecraft to investigate how the solar wind interacts with Mars’ magnetic environment and how this interaction drives the planet’s atmospheric escape.The first coordinated multi-spacecraft orbital science mission to the Red Planet, ESCAPADE’s twin orbiters will take simultaneous observations from different locations around Mars to reveal the planet’s real-time response to space weather and how the Martian magnetosphere changes over time. The data returned from the ESCAPADE spacecraft will provide new insight into the evolution of Mars’ climate, contributing to the body of research investigating how Mars began losing its atmosphere and water system.The ESCAPADE mission is managed by the Space Sciences Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, with key partners Rocket Lab, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Advanced Space LLC, and Blue Origin.The spacecraft were designed, built, integrated, and tested at Rocket Lab’s Spacecraft Production Complex and headquarters in Long Beach, California. Based on Rocket Lab’s Explorer spacecraft, a configurable, high delta-V interplanetary platform, the duo features Rocket Lab-built components and subsystems, including solar panels, star trackers, propellant tanks, reaction wheels, reaction control systems, radios, and more. || ", "hits": 91 }, { "id": 14640, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14640/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2024-08-13T08:00:00-04:00", "title": "Touching the Sun with Solar Stones", "description": "In August 2024, the Heliophysics Big Year theme is Kids and Education. In collaboration with NASA’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission and the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind, Creative Technology and Design students at the ATLAS Institute at University of Colorado Boulder have developed tactile representations of what many scholars believe to be the earliest known record of solar observations. Titled “Solar Stones,” the exhibit displays two famous petroglyphs, or rock carvings, found in Chaco Culture National Historical Park located in northwestern New Mexico. One petroglyph is believed to represent a total solar eclipse occurring on July 11, 1097, and the other a solar marker that indicates the annual equinoxes and solstices. The project is on display at Fiske Planetarium located on the University of Colorado Boulder campus.The Heliophysics Big Year is a global celebration of the Sun’s influence on Earth and the entire solar system. From Oct. 14, 2023, to Dec. 24, 2024, we are challenging you to participate in as many Sun-related activities as you can.For each month from October 2023 to December 2024, the Heliophysics Big Year will celebrate under a theme, sharing opportunities to participate in many solar science events from watching eclipses to joining citizen science projects. During the Heliophysics Big Year, participation isn’t limited to science – NASA invites everyone to celebrate the Sun with activities including dance, fashion, sustainability, and more. || ", "hits": 45 }, { "id": 14643, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14643/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2024-08-09T09:00:00-04:00", "title": "How to Make Solar Oven S’mores", "description": "National S’more Day on August 10th celebrates one of history’s most iconic campfire treats. But what if you don’t have a campfire? No problem! All you need is a few household items and the Sun’s power to create this ultimate snack. Watch the demo to see just how easy it is to make your very own solar oven.In August 2024 the Heliophysics Big Year theme is Back to School. The Heliophysics Big Year is a global celebration of the Sun’s influence on Earth and the entire solar system. From October 14, 2023, to December 24, 2024, the Heliophysics Big Year will celebrate under a theme, sharing opportunities to participate in many solar science events and activities. During the Heliophysics Big Year, participation isn’t limited to science – NASA invites everyone to celebrate the Sun with as many Sun-related activities as they can. || ", "hits": 71 }, { "id": 14642, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14642/", "result_type": "Infographic", "release_date": "2024-07-30T15:00:00-04:00", "title": "ESCAPADE Spacecraft Specifications", "description": "The Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) mission, led by Rob Lillis at the University of California, Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory (UCBSSL), is a twin-spacecraft science mission that will orbit two spacecraft around Mars to understand the structure, composition, variability, and dynamics of Mars' unique hybrid magnetosphere. The mission will leverage its unique dual viewpoint on the Mars environment to explore how the solar wind strips atmosphere away from Mars to better understand how its climate has changed over time. ESCAPADE is being developed under NASA’s Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration (SIMPLEx) program in the Science Mission Directorate (SMD). The mission is led by UCBSSL with spacecraft design provided by Rocket Lab.The spacecraft were designed, built, integrated, and tested at Rocket Lab’s Spacecraft Production Complex and headquarters in Long Beach, California. Based on Rocket Lab’s Explorer spacecraft, a configurable, high delta-V interplanetary platform, the duo features Rocket Lab-built components and subsystems, including solar panels, star trackers, propellant tanks, reaction wheels, reaction control systems, radios, and more. || ", "hits": 240 }, { "id": 14635, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14635/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2024-07-22T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "ESCAPADE Mission Spacecraft Beauty Passes", "description": "NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) mission will study the interaction between the solar wind and Martian atmosphere. Two identical spacecraft will orbit around the Red Planet to understand the structure, composition, variability, and dynamics of Mars’ unique hybrid magnetosphere, including its real-time response to space weather.The mission will leverage its unique dual viewpoint on the Mars environment to explore how the solar wind strips atmosphere away from Mars to better understand how its climate has changed over time — so much that Mars no longer supports liquid water on its surface. The pair will be the first coordinated multi-spacecraft orbital science mission to Mars.ESCAPADE is part of the NASA Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration (SIMPLEx) program. The mission is managed by the University of California Berkeley’s Space Sciences Laboratory, with key partners Rocket Lab, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Advanced Space LLC, and Blue Origin. || ", "hits": 123 }, { "id": 14633, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14633/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2024-07-16T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "Do It Yourself Sun Prints", "description": "In May 2024, the Heliophysics Big Year theme is Visual Art. Use the Sun’s ultraviolet light to create art! Solar paper, also known as sun print paper, is coated with chemicals that react to ultraviolet (UV) light from the sun. When exposed to UV light, the chemicals in the paper break apart and form new molecules, which changes the paper's color. Areas of the paper that are covered by objects don't react to the light and remain their original color, while the rest of the paper changes.The Heliophysics Big Year is a global celebration of the Sun’s influence on Earth and the entire solar system. From Oct. 14, 2023, to Dec. 24, 2024, we are challenging you to participate in as many Sun-related activities as you can.For each month from October 2023 to December 2024, the Heliophysics Big Year will celebrate under a theme, sharing opportunities to participate in many solar science events from watching eclipses to joining citizen science projects. During the Heliophysics Big Year, participation isn’t limited to science – NASA invites everyone to celebrate the Sun with activities including dance, fashion, sustainability, and more. || ", "hits": 45 }, { "id": 14622, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14622/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2024-07-03T13:00:00-04:00", "title": "Annular Solar Eclipse Broadcast Packages", "description": "Watch NASA's live broadcast as a “ring of fire” eclipse travels across the United States on Oct. 14, 2023, from Oregon to Texas. This event occurs when the Moon passes directly in front of the Sun, but appears too small to completely cover the Sun’s surface – resulting in what appears as a ring of fire in the sky. It’s also known as an annular solar eclipse. Everyone in the contiguous 48 states had the opportunity to see at least a partial eclipse on Oct. 14, 2023.Below is the collection of packages created for NASA's annular eclipse broadcast. || ", "hits": 51 }, { "id": 14588, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14588/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2024-05-09T09:00:00-04:00", "title": "May 2-10, 2024 : A Busy Week of Flares", "description": "Produced VideoWatch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.Music Credit: “Halos” from the album Burning Clouds. Written and produced by Lars Leonhard. https://ultimae.bandcamp.com/track/halos || 14588_FlareRecap_thumbnail.jpg (1280x720) [205.8 KB] || 14588_FlareRecap_X.mp4 (1920x1080) [138.1 MB] || 14588_FlareRecap_YT.mp4 (1920x1080) [337.5 MB] || 14588FlareRecapCaptions.en_US.srt [1.5 KB] || 14588FlareRecapCaptions.en_US.vtt [1.4 KB] || 14588_FlareRecap_ProRes.mov (1920x1080) [3.2 GB] || ", "hits": 151 }, { "id": 14552, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14552/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2024-03-27T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "Volunteers Help ESA & NASA Mission to Discover 5,000 Comets", "description": "The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), a joint mission of ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA, has discovered its 5,000th comet, thanks to the help of volunteer comet hunters participating in the NASA-funded Sungrazer Project.The sungrazing comet was spotted in SOHO images on March 25, 2024, by Hanjie Tan in the Czech Republic, who has participated in the Sungrazer Project since he was 13 years old. The comet is small and has a short orbital period around the Sun. It belongs to the “Marsden group” of comets, which are thought to be related to the larger comet 96P/Machholz. The group is named after the late scientist Brian Marsden, who first recognized the group using SOHO observations.To learn more about the discovery and SOHO, visit: https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/heliophysics/esa-nasa-solar-observatory-discovers-its-5000th-comet/Since the early 2000s, the Sungrazer Project has allowed anyone with a computer to search for comets in images taken by the SOHO spacecraft.To learn more about the Sungrazer Project, visit: https://science.nasa.gov/citizen-science/the-sungrazer-project/ || ", "hits": 85 }, { "id": 14557, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14557/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2024-03-21T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "How to Photograph a Total Solar Eclipse", "description": "On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will soar over the heads of more than 30 million people across North America. This astronomical event is a unique opportunity for scientists studying in the shadow of the Moon, but it’s also a perfect opportunity to capture unforgettable images. Whether you’re an amateur photographer or a selfie master, try out these tips for photographing the eclipse. To learn more about eclipses visit science.nasa.gov/eclipses || ", "hits": 56 }, { "id": 14540, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14540/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2024-03-12T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "Eclipse Megamovie", "description": "Eclipse Megamovie is a NASA-funded citizen science project that engages photographers across the United States to capture images of the Sun’s outermost atmosphere – the corona – during the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. Volunteers will use DSLR cameras on mounts that will track the Sun’s position in the sky to record changes in the Sun’s corona during the eclipse.Eclipse Megamovie is one of many participatory science projects happening during the 2024 total solar eclipse. Read more: https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/skywatching/eclipse-photographers-help-study-sun-during-disappearing-act/ || ", "hits": 109 }, { "id": 14541, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14541/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2024-03-12T09:00:00-04:00", "title": "Dynamic Eclipse Broadcast (DEB) Initiative", "description": "In visible wavelengths of light, the Sun’s surface is much brighter than its corona. During a total solar eclipse, however, observers can see the corona – and scientists can investigate how solar material moves out from the Sun to form the solar wind, an ever-flowing particle stream that impacts Earth and our entire solar system.The Dynamic Eclipse Broadcast (DEB) Initiative, led by Bob Baer and Matt Penn of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, organizes volunteers as they capture images of the corona during the 2024 eclipse. Using identical instruments at more than 70 different locations across North America, participants document the moment-by-moment appearance of the corona throughout the eclipse. Comparing these images across locations, scientists track plumes of solar material in the difficult-to-study inner corona, estimating their speed and rate of acceleration and linking these observations to those from NASA spacecraft.The project expands on the team’s efforts during the 2017 total solar eclipse, this time including observation sites outside the path of totality, where part of the solar disk will remain visible. Images from these locations will reveal the source of solar material later observed as outflows in the corona, allowing the team to trace them back to their origins on the Sun.DEB Initiative is one of many participatory science projects happening during the 2024 total solar eclipse. Click here to learn more. || ", "hits": 83 }, { "id": 14542, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14542/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2024-03-05T10:00:00-05:00", "title": "Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer (EZIE)", "description": "Slated to launch in 2025, NASA’s Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer (EZIE) will be the first mission to image the magnetic fingerprint of the auroral electrojets — intense electric currents flowing high above Earth’s poles that are central to the electrical circuit coupling the planet’s magnetosphere to its atmosphere.Led by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), EZIE will use a trio of small satellites to characterize and record the electrojets’ structure over space and time. It will fill gaps in our understanding of this space weather phenomenon and provide findings that scientists can apply to other magnetized planets, both within and outside our solar system. || ", "hits": 182 }, { "id": 14534, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14534/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2024-02-27T11:00:00-05:00", "title": "NASA's Heliophysics Division Director Joe Westlake", "description": "Meet NASA’s new heliophysics division director, Joe Westlake.Joe has more than 18 years of scientific, technical, management, and programmatic experience in heliophysics, astrophysics, and planetary science. Throughout his career he has made several significant contributions to NASA missions including the Magnetospheric Multiscale mission, the Van Allen Probes, Parker Solar Probe, the Interstellar Boundary Explorer mission, the Juno mission, Cassini, and the European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer mission.Prior to joining NASA, Joe served as a researcher and project scientist for the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe mission and principal investigator for the Plasma Instrument for Magnetic Sounding instrument at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory. || ", "hits": 54 }, { "id": 14532, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14532/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2024-02-26T10:00:00-05:00", "title": "Different Ways to Safely View a Solar Eclipse", "description": "Do you know how to safely view a solar eclipse? There are more ways than one! To protect your eyes while looking at a solar eclipse, always use proper eye protection for solar viewing – such as solar viewing glasses (often called “eclipse glasses”) or a handheld solar viewer – when any part of the bright solar disk is visible. To use telescopes or binoculars to look directly at the Sun, you must install a certified solar filter to the front of the instrument. Don’t have eclipse glasses or other equipment? You can use an indirect viewing method to project sunlight onto another surface and see the shape of the Sun throughout the eclipse. There are many ways you can do this from using materials around your house, tree leaves, or even your hands.To learn more about solar eclipse safety, visit: https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/safety/ || ", "hits": 524 }, { "id": 14530, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14530/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2024-02-21T08:00:00-05:00", "title": "Goldstone Apple Valley Radio Telescope (GAVRT) Solar Patrol", "description": "The Goldstone Apple Valley Radio Telescope (GAVRT) is located in Goldstone, California. It is a reconfigured antenna used for teaching purposes.The GAVRT program teaches K-12 students how to calibrate this 34-meter antenna (known as Deep Space Station-28), collect and distribute science data through the Internet and get excited about radio astronomy. Students collaborate with scientists who are working on the same mission and are recognized as part of the science team. Data collected and analyzed by the students is used by NASA in their studies of the solar system.During the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, educators at the Lewis Center for Education Research in Southern California, and participants in the center’s Solar Patrol citizen science program will observe solar “active regions” – the magnetically complex regions that form over sunspots – as the Moon moves over them. The Moon’s gradual passage across the Sun blocks different portions of the active region at different times, allowing scientists to distinguish light signals coming from one portion versus another. The technique, first used during the May 2012 annular eclipse, revealed details on the Sun the telescope couldn’t otherwise detect. || ", "hits": 64 }, { "id": 14509, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14509/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2024-02-15T11:00:00-05:00", "title": "How to Safely Watch a Total Solar Eclipse", "description": "On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will cross North America, passing over Mexico, the United States, and Canada. A total solar eclipse happens when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, completely blocking the face of the Sun. When watching the partial phases of the solar eclipse it is not safe to look directly at the Sun without safe solar viewing glasses (eclipse glasses) or a safe handheld solar viewer. Eclipse glasses are NOT regular sunglasses; regular sunglasses, no matter how dark, are not safe for viewing the Sun. During the short time when the Moon completely obscures the Sun – known as the period of totality – it is safe to look directly at the star without eye protection. However, it’s crucial that you know when to both remove and put back on your safe solar viewing glasses.To learn more about eclipse safety visit go.nasa.gov/EclipseSafety || ", "hits": 182 }, { "id": 14520, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14520/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2024-02-08T08:00:00-05:00", "title": "NASA's 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Broadcast (Official Trailer)", "description": "On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will travel through Mexico, cross the United States from Texas to Maine, and exit North America along Canada’s coast. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth and briefly covers the full disk of the Sun. This reveals the Sun’s wispy, white outer atmosphere, called the corona.Weather permitting, people throughout most of North and Central America, including all of the contiguous United States, will be able to view at least a partial solar eclipse. A partial solar eclipse is when the Moon only covers part of the Sun. People in Hawaii and parts of Alaska will also experience a partial solar eclipse. Click here to learn more about when and where the solar eclipse will be visible: go.nasa.gov/Eclipse2024MapWARNING: Except during the brief total phase of a total solar eclipse, when the Moon completely blocks the Sun’s bright face, it is not safe to look directly at the Sun without specialized eye protection for solar viewing. Indirect viewing methods, such as pinhole projectors, can also be used to experience an eclipse. For more on how to safely view this eclipse: go.nasa.gov/Eclipse2024SafetyNot in the path of the eclipse? Watch with us from anywhere in the world. We will provide live broadcast coverage on April 8 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EDT (17:00 to 20:00 UTC) on NASA TV, NASA.gov, the NASA app, and on YouTube.Learn more about the upcoming total solar eclipse: go.nasa.gov/Eclipse2024 || ", "hits": 194 }, { "id": 14519, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14519/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2024-02-02T16:00:00-05:00", "title": "AMS Media Briefing: The 2024 Total Solar Eclipse & NASA", "description": "On Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, at the 104th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, NASA scientists participated in an informative media briefing about the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse. In this briefing, panelists discussed what viewers can see across the path of totality, how they can safely watch the eclipse, and at-home activities to learn about and watch the eclipse. NASA scientists also shared a unique perspective on what it means to see this eclipse during solar maximum, when the Sun is at a period of high activity, as well as the parallels between space weather and meteorology, and space weather’s impact on Earth. || ", "hits": 49 }, { "id": 14506, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14506/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2024-01-18T09:00:00-05:00", "title": "Total Solar Eclipse Safety GIFs with Nicola Fox", "description": "On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will cross North America. Except during the brief total phase of a total solar eclipse, when the Moon completely blocks the Sun's bright face, it is not safe to look directly at the Sun without specialized eye protection designed for solar viewing. Viewing any part of the bright Sun through a camera lens, binoculars or a telescope without a special-purpose solar filter secured over the front of the optics can cause severe eye injury.These GIFs, featuring Nicola Fox, associate administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, can be used as reminders for safe solar viewing this April.Learn more about how to safely watch the annular solar eclipse: https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/safety/ || ", "hits": 58 }, { "id": 14494, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14494/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2024-01-08T10:00:00-05:00", "title": "Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE) Installation", "description": "On Saturday, Nov. 18, at 2 p.m. EST, installation of NASA’s Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE) was completed on the International Space Station.By remotely controlling the Canadarm2 robotic arm, engineers first extracted AWE from SpaceX’s Dragon cargo spacecraft a couple days after it arrived at the station on Nov. 11. Then, on Saturday, using the Canadarm2 robotic arm again, engineers completed AWE’s installation onto the EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 1, a platform designed to support external payloads mounted to the International Space Station.AWE is led by Ludger Scherliess at Utah State University in Logan, and it is managed by the Explorers Program Office at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Utah State University’s Space Dynamics Laboratory built the AWE instrument and provides the mission operations center.To learn more visit science.nasa.gov/mission/awe || ", "hits": 74 }, { "id": 14475, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14475/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2023-12-13T09:00:00-05:00", "title": "Uncover the Secrets of Our Sun", "description": "We’re celebrating all things Sun with the Heliophysics Big Year and we want YOU to be a part of it! Join Nicola Fox, associate administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, to learn how you can get involved in one of NASA’s many citizen science projects.In October 2023, NASA launched the Heliophysics Big Year – a global celebration of solar science and the Sun’s influence on Earth, our solar system, and beyond. Modeled after the “Big Year” concept from citizen scientists in the bird-watching community, the Heliophysics Big Year challenges everyone to get involved with fun Sun-related activities.Visit https://science.nasa.gov/citizen-science/ to learn more! || ", "hits": 56 }, { "id": 14474, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14474/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2023-12-08T11:00:00-05:00", "title": "A Tour of NASA’s 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Map", "description": "On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will cross North America, passing over Mexico, the United States, and Canada. A total solar eclipse happens when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, completely blocking the face of the Sun. The sky will darken as if it were dawn or dusk, and those standing in the path of totality may see the Sun’s outermost atmosphere (the corona) if weather permits.A map developed using data from a variety of NASA sources shows the total eclipse path as a dark band. Outside this path, purple lines indicate how much of the Sun will become covered by the Moon during the partial eclipse.This video shows different areas of the map, explaining these and other features that describe what observers across the country can expect to see during the total eclipse. Explore and download the eclipse map here. || ", "hits": 110 }, { "id": 14464, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14464/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2023-11-17T14:00:00-05:00", "title": "NASA Mission Catching AWEsome Waves in Earth’s Airglow", "description": "Attached to the International Space Station, NASA’s Atmospheric Waves Experiment, or AWE, is studying airglow, an ethereal radiance at the boundary between Earth’s atmosphere and space, to look for an invisible phenomenon called atmospheric gravity waves.Caused by winds rushing over mountain ranges or severe weather events such as hurricanes, thunderstorms, and tornadoes, atmospheric gravity waves can grow and reach all the way to space, where it interacts with space weather. Find out more about the AWE mission and how it will help us better understand the connection between weather on Earth and weather in space. || ", "hits": 106 }, { "id": 14453, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14453/", "result_type": "B-Roll", "release_date": "2023-11-03T09:00:00-04:00", "title": "Eclipse Safety B-Roll 2023", "description": "It is never safe to look directly at the Sun – even if the Sun is partially obscured. When watching a partial solar eclipse, you must wear eclipse glasses at all times when looking at the Sun, or use an indirect viewing method. This also applies during a total solar eclipse up until the moment when the Sun is completely blocked by the Moon.During the short time when the Moon completely obscures the Sun – known as the period of totality – it is safe to look directly at the star without eye protection. However, it’s crucial that you know when it’s safe to both remove and put back on your safe solar viewing glasses.To learn more about eclipses visit: science.nasa.gov/eclipses. || ", "hits": 98 }, { "id": 14450, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14450/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2023-11-01T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "NASA Annular Eclipse Imagery", "description": "On Oct. 14, 2023, an annular solar eclipse crossed North, Central, and South America. Visible in parts of the United States, Mexico, and many countries in South and Central America, millions of people in the Western Hemisphere experienced this eclipse.An annular solar eclipse happens when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth while it is at or near its farthest point from Earth. Because the Moon is farther away from Earth than usual, it appears smaller than the Sun and does not completely cover the Sun's disk. Because of this, the Sun will appear like a “ring of fire” in the sky for those in the path of annularity.During an annular eclipse, it is never safe to look directly at the Sun without specialized eye protection designed for solar viewing.To learn more about eclipses visit: science.nasa.gov/eclipses. || ", "hits": 238 }, { "id": 14447, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14447/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2023-10-31T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "Eclipse Safety Imagery 2023", "description": "It is never safe to look directly at the Sun – even if the Sun is partially obscured. When watching a partial solar eclipse, you must wear eclipse glasses at all times when looking at the Sun, or use an indirect viewing method. This also applies during a total solar eclipse up until the moment when the Sun is completely blocked by the Moon.During the short time when the Moon completely obscures the Sun – known as the period of totality – it is safe to look directly at the star without eye protection. However, it’s crucial that you know when it’s safe to both remove and put back on your safe solar viewing glasses.To learn more about eclipses visit: science.nasa.gov/eclipses. || ", "hits": 271 }, { "id": 14446, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14446/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2023-10-27T11:00:00-04:00", "title": "The Ring of Fire: 2023 Annular Solar Eclipse (NASA Recap)", "description": "On Oct. 14, 2023, an annular solar eclipse crossed North, Central, and South America. Visible in parts of the United States, Mexico, and many countries in South and Central America, millions of people in the Western Hemisphere were able to experience this “ring of fire” eclipse. NASA’s official broadcast and outreach teams were located in Kerrville, TX, and Albuquerque, NM, to capture the event and celebrate with the communities in the path of annularity. For more information: • Official NASA Broadcast• Interactive Eclipse Map Explorer || ", "hits": 132 }, { "id": 14445, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14445/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2023-10-25T15:00:00-04:00", "title": "Atmospheric Gravity Waves Imagery", "description": "Atmospheric gravity waves are similar to what happens when you drop a stone into a calm pond, but they roll through the air and cloud tops instead of water. Just like waves form in the ocean or a lake when water is disturbed, waves also form in the atmosphere when air is disturbed. They form when air is forced upward by hills or mountains into a layer of stable air in the atmosphere. Gravity causes the air to fall back down, and it begins to oscillate, creating a ripple effect. Wind flowing over the Rocky Mountains, for example, can create gravity waves that are felt as turbulence on an airplane. || ", "hits": 843 }, { "id": 14428, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14428/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2023-10-14T13:00:00-04:00", "title": "Heliophysics Big Year Trailer", "description": "In October 2023, NASA is launching the Heliophysics Big Year – a global celebration of solar science and the Sun’s influence on Earth, our solar system, and beyond. Modeled after the “Big Year” concept from citizen scientists in the bird-watching community, the Heliophysics Big Year challenges everyone to get involved with fun Sun-related activities.Visit go.nasa.gov/HelioBigYear to learn more! || ", "hits": 43 }, { "id": 14430, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14430/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2023-10-14T13:00:00-04:00", "title": "Capturing the Sounds of a Solar Eclipse", "description": "In April 2024, volunteers can join the Eclipse Soundscapes project to help NASA scientists better understand how wildlife is impacted by solar eclipses. Volunteers will gather sound recordings, make observations using any of their senses, and even help with data analysis from across the path of the eclipse. This video features interviews from Eclipse Soundscapes experts MaryKay Severino, Dr. William “Trae” Winter III, and Dr. William Oestreich, and highlights natural resource manager Dr. Chace Holzhueser at Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas, who will be conducting a similar study for the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024.Visit https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/citizen-science/ to learn more! || ", "hits": 50 }, { "id": 14420, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14420/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2023-10-02T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Heliophysics Big Year Graphic Elements", "description": "The Heliophysics Big Year is a NASA-led public engagement campaign designed to promote heliophysics broadly, make heliophysics science and information accessible to all, and showcase ongoing efforts to understand the Sun and all that it touches. We are challenging the public to participate in as many Sun science activities as possible from October 2023 to December 2024, leading up to and around solar maximum.This page contains graphic elements for use in promotion and support of the Heliophysics Big Year. Anyone supporting the Heliophysics Big Year effort may use these resources in accordance with the guidance listed in the captions. || ", "hits": 98 }, { "id": 14395, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14395/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2023-08-18T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Find Out if Your Eclipse Glasses Are Safe", "description": "How can you tell if your eclipse glasses are safe? With the annular solar eclipse just around on the corner on Oct. 14, 2023, here is a quick and easy way to make sure your eclipse glasses are safe to use.When watching an annular eclipse directly with your eyes, you must look through safe solar viewing glasses (“eclipse glasses”) or a safe handheld solar viewer at all times. Eclipse glasses are not regular sunglasses – no matter how dark, sunglasses are not safe for viewing the Sun.To learn more about eclipse safety, visit: http://go.nasa.gov/EclipseEyeSafety || ", "hits": 207 }, { "id": 14391, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14391/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2023-08-16T08:00:00-04:00", "title": "How to Make a Box Pinhole Projector", "description": "Want to view a solar eclipse but don’t have eclipse glasses? No problem! An easy way to safely view a solar eclipse is with a box pinhole projector. With a few simple supplies, you can create a safe and fun way to experience the magic of an eclipse from anywhere. Watch this how-to video to see just how easy it is! || ", "hits": 282 }, { "id": 14394, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14394/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2023-08-15T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Annular Eclipse Safety GIFs with Nicola Fox", "description": "On Oct. 14, 2023, an annular solar eclipse will cross North, Central, and South America. The Sun is never completely blocked by the Moon during an annular solar eclipse. Therefore, during an annular eclipse, it is never safe to look directly at the Sun without specialized eye protection designed for solar viewing.These GIFs, featuring Nicola Fox, associate administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, can be used as reminders for safe solar viewing this October.Learn more about how to safely watch the annular solar eclipse: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eclipses/2023/oct-14-annular/safety/ || ", "hits": 70 }, { "id": 14390, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14390/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2023-08-14T08:00:00-04:00", "title": "How to Safely Watch an Annular Eclipse", "description": "On Oct. 14, 2023, an annular solar eclipse will cross North, Central, and South America. Visible in parts of the United States, Mexico, and many countries in South and Central America, millions of people in the Western Hemisphere can experience this eclipse.Eclipses are a wonderful experience, but it’s important to carefully follow safety procedures. During an annular eclipse, there is no period of totality when the Moon completely blocks the Sun. Therefore, it is never safe to look directly at the annular eclipse without proper eye protection specially designed for solar viewing. Do not use standard binoculars or telescopes to watch a solar eclipse without safe solar filters attached to the front of the device. Regular sunglasses are NOT safe for attempting to look directly at the Sun. || ", "hits": 95 }, { "id": 14392, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14392/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2023-08-08T08:00:00-04:00", "title": "Introducing the Heliophysics Big Year", "description": "In October 2023, NASA is launching the Heliophysics Big Year – a global celebration of solar science and the Sun’s influence on Earth, our solar system, and beyond. Modeled after the “Big Year” concept from citizen scientists in the bird-watching community, the Heliophysics Big Year challenges everyone to get involved with Sun-related activities. The Heliophysics Big Year begins in October 2023 and runs through December 2024. || ", "hits": 85 }, { "id": 14348, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14348/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2023-06-13T16:00:00-04:00", "title": "NASA Interview Opportunity: Summer Solstice Leads to an Exciting Year for Our Sun Live Shots", "description": "Quick link to cut b-roll for the LIVE SHOTSQuick link to canned interview with DR. ALEX YOUNG || 2023_summer_solstice.jpeg (1800x720) [257.0 KB] || 2023_summer_solstice_print.jpg (1024x409) [101.3 KB] || 2023_summer_solstice_searchweb.png (320x180) [91.8 KB] || 2023_summer_solstice_thm.png (80x40) [8.2 KB] || ", "hits": 96 }, { "id": 14362, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14362/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2023-06-13T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "High Above Down Under Series", "description": "Around a different star, Earth may never have developed life at all. So what makes a star friendly to life? We joined two rocket teams as they traveled to the remote Northern Territory of Australia to capture light from our closest stellar neighbors to help reveal the answer. Follow their journey in the 6-part video series High Above Down Under. Episodes released weekly starting June 27, 2023. || ", "hits": 86 }, { "id": 14357, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14357/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2023-06-01T14:00:00-04:00", "title": "Sunday Experiment Featuring Heliophysics", "description": "On Sunday, May 21, 2023, the Goddard Visitor Center featured heliophysics - the study of the Sun and its effects across the solar system - as part of the Sunday Experiment series. Activities included solar viewing using Sunspotters, Solarscopes, and solar glasses. Make your own Ultraviolet bead bracelet and Sun art. Attendees enjoyed disscussions and a question-and-answer session with heliophysics subject matter experts as well as eclipse videos playing on a loop throughout the day. || ", "hits": 39 }, { "id": 14333, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14333/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2023-04-17T06:00:00-04:00", "title": "HARP Citizen Science Audified Data", "description": "Audio visualizer featuring audified data from NASA's THEMIS mission. Audified sound files provided by the HARP Citizen Science project. || ", "hits": 87 }, { "id": 14325, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14325/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2023-04-14T08:00:00-04:00", "title": "What Is an Annular Eclipse?", "description": "On Oct. 14, 2023, an annular solar eclipse will cross North, Central, and South America. Visible in parts of the United States, Mexico, and many countries in South and Central America, millions of people in the Western Hemisphere can experience this eclipse. But what is an annular eclipse? Why does it happen? And why does it create a “ring of fire” in the sky? || ", "hits": 95 }, { "id": 14299, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14299/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2023-03-10T10:00:00-05:00", "title": "What is Plasma?", "description": "Plasma makes up 99.9% of the visible universe, but what is it? This video discusses what plasma is, where it lives, and how NASA studies it. || ", "hits": 1085 }, { "id": 5086, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5086/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2023-03-08T14:00:00-05:00", "title": "A Tour of NASA’s Solar Eclipse Map for 2023 and 2024", "description": "The map was updated on March 15, 2023, to correct times in Mexico along the total eclipse path.Two solar eclipses will cross the United States in 2023 and 2024. On October 14, 2023, an annular solar eclipse will create a “ring of fire” in the sky from Oregon to Texas. On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will darken the skies from Texas to Maine. On both dates, all 48 contiguous states in the U.S. will experience a partial solar eclipse. || ", "hits": 180 } ] }