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At NASA Goddard,we
build space telescopes

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to explore the evolution of
galaxies, stars

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and planets that make up our
universe.

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We develope 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 and investigate whether

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they could support life and
what that life might look like.

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At NASA Goddard, we investigate
the possibility of past or

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present life on Mars.

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We imagine, then engineer,
far-out missions to answer

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questions about how galaxies and
planets formed

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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

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so we can protect
astronauts and

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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 across

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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

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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 a

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dynamic portrait of our planet.

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We survey Earth's forests,
ice sheets and oceans from air,

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ground, sea and space,

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and collect data to examine
changes in the environment

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to inform and improve the lives
of every human being.

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We develop high-powered lasers
to map our own planet and other

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bodies deep into
the solar system.

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At NASA Goddard, we launch
balloons with an 8,000-pound

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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 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 to reduce risk in our

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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

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and shake instruments to
simulate stresses at launch.

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We expose them to the
unforgiving vacuum of space and

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to 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

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and new discoveries never get
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at NASA Goddard.