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GIFT Keeps On Giving
Posted On: September 13, 2019Comments: No Responses
The Goddard Instrument Field Team (GIFT) performs research campaigns at geologic areas that are similar to locations on other planets and moons. In August, as the team took measurements of lava tubes and landscapes formed by the Mauna Loa volcano, SESDA’s Molly Wasser traveled with them and created Twitter and Facebook posts sharing their science […]
The Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) Mission in Mixed Reality
Posted On: April 15, 2019Comments: No Responses
SESDA education and outreach staff supporting the MMS mission and NASA’s Space Science Education Consortium (NSSEC) joined forces with NASA EDGE at Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia to produce a demonstration dubbed the “Mixed Reality” live show. By utilizing virtual reality (VR) and a new compositing technique called Mixed Reality, this innovative live show […]
High-speed network demonstrated at SuperComputing 2018
Posted On: March 1, 2019Comments: No Responses
SESDA’s HECN team collaborated with various partners (Mid-Atlantic Crossroads (MAX), Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), StarLight optical network exchange facility, CenturyLink, SCinet) to create a multi-100-GigE network topology for live demos at SuperComputing 2018 (SC18) in Dallas, TX. This included 4×100-GigE network paths between NASA Goddard and SC18, 2×100-GigE network paths between StarLight and SC18, and […]
SESDA Engineers Help Deliver an Early Xmas Present
Posted On: December 27, 2018Comments: No Responses
On 7 December 2018, the VISIONS-2 suborbital rocket pair successfully launched from Svalbard, Norway. The two rockets launched two minutes apart with sophisticated instrumentation designed to study ion outflow in the geomagnetic cusp. SESDA engineers in the Heliophysics Science Division played multifaceted roles in ensuring the success of the mission that ranged from designing and […]
Voyager 2 May Soon Be Joining Its Twin in Interstellar Space
Posted On: October 29, 2018Comments: No Responses
In 2012, Voyager 1, one of a pair of deep-space probes launched in 1977, crossed into a part of space no other spacecraft had ever seen: the interstellar medium. At over 11 billion miles from the Sun, crucial changes were detected in the data Voyager 1 was sending back to Earth – key observations to […]
SESDA Scientist Spots a Rare Rectangular Iceberg
Posted On: October 25, 2018Comments: No Responses
NASA’s longest-running aerial survey of polar ice flew over the northern Antarctic Peninsula on Oct. 16, 2018. During the survey, designed to assess changes in the ice height of several glaciers draining into the Larsen A, B and C embayments, IceBridge senior support scientist Jeremy Harbeck spotted a very sharp-angled, tabular iceberg floating among sea […]
SESDA Team Supports New Immersive Scientific Visualization System
Posted On: October 23, 2018Comments: No Responses
The Heliophysics Science Division (HSD) recently unveiled a new immersive projection system for displaying scientific visualizations. The system (dubbed the WoW room) provides a valuable new resource for showcasing the diverse projects performed within the HSD to visitors and management. The room consists of a 180 degree, 10×20 foot floor to ceiling curved screen along […]
Parker probe “first light”
Posted On: September 21, 2018Comments: No Responses
Launched in August 2018, the Parker Solar Probe will travel closer to the Sun than any previous spacecraft and will greatly aid in our understanding of solar processes. All instruments have now been powered-on, and the four instrument suites onboard have been confirmed to be working well. A SESDA programmer participated in this “first-light” event […]
SESDA Heliophysics Outreach Team Join Historic Journey to Touch the Sun
Posted On: August 27, 2018Comments: No Responses
Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls The Parker Solar Probe mission successfully launched at 3:31 a.m. EST on August 12 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. This ambitious mission will use seven gravity assists from Venus to ultimately travel within 4 million miles of the Sun’s surface to obtain unique observations of the corona. SESDA Heliophysics outreach staff supporting the […]
Goddard Division Awards
Posted On: July 10, 2018Comments: No Responses
Haley Reed received a Goddard Code 100 Peer Award from the Center Director on July 10, 2018. Here is an excerpt from her citation: “Haley is a team player and capable manager, even when she’s faced with new or intensified situations. During the Parker Solar Probe Media Day, Haley’s resourcefulness and can-do attitude ensured a […]
