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At NASA Goddard, we build space telescopes

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to explore the evolution of galaxies, stars and planets

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that make up our universe.

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We develop autonomous spacecraft navigation

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using millisecond pulsars as celestial beacons

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to further deep space exploration

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into our solar system and beyond.

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We discover planets around other stars

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and investigate whether they could support life

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and what that life might look like.

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At NASA Goddard, we investigate

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the possibility of past or present life on Mars.

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We imagine, then engineer, far-out missions

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to answer questions about how galaxies and planets

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formed and evolved over time.

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We build instruments that visit every planet in the solar system

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and recreate planetary environments here on Earth.

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At NASA Goddard, we study the sun’s dynamic behavior

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and the space weather that it generates so we can protect astronauts

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and satellites in space as well as our technology on the ground.

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We use the Earth’s magnetic field as a laboratory

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to understand the processes that drive giant explosions

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across the whole universe.

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At NASA Goddard, we use the data from a constellation of satellites

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to generate global maps of rain and snow pummeling the Earth

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to monitor how greenhouse gases move through the atmosphere

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and to model all of Earth’s systems to create

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a dynamic portrait of our planet.

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We survey Earth’s forests, ice sheets and oceans

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from air, ground, sea and space

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and collect data to examine changes

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in the environment to inform

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and improve the lives of every human being.

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We develop high-powered lasers to map

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our own planet and other bodies deep into the solar system.

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At NASA Goddard, we launch balloons with

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an 8,000-pound suspended mass soaring into the atmosphere

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for weeks at a time to study black holes and gamma-ray bursts.

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We launch small rockets carrying university-developed

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experiments into space

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and provide low-cost space platforms

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for testing new instrument concepts

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and engineering techniques.

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At NASA Goddard, we develop and maintain communication links

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between Earth and spacecrafts in orbit.

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We evaluate and improve system software

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to reduce risk in our missions, large and small.

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We take the search out of search and rescue

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by developing technologies for global distress systems.

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At NASA Goddard, we ensure every craft is space-ready.

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We blast noise and shake instruments to simulate stresses at launch.

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We expose them to the unforgiving vacuum of space

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and to the powerful magnetic fields.

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At NASA Goddard, we innovate robotic technologies

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to extend satellite lifespans.

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We mentor thousands of students each year

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who will become the next scientists and engineers.

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Innovation and science never sleep