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Federal Library of the Year Award and Open House at the Goddard Information and Collaboration Center. Robin Dixon and Center Director Chris Scolese

Dr. Nancy Grace Roman visits James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the Hubble Project Team.

Col. Robert Swanson, Air Force at the Joint NASA-NOAA-Air Force Congressional Staff Day Goddard Space Flight Center

Matt McGill, Andrew Kopchock and John Yorks with Cloud Aerosol Transport System (CATS) as it leaves Goddard building 33 for shipment to Space X for installation at the International Space Station

James Green , NASA PLanetary Science Division Director at the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission (MAVEN) ORBIT INSERTION event

Flight Engineer of Expedition 37/38 Visits Goddard, NASA Astronaut Mike Hopkins

Frank Cepollina reitrement and 80th birthday party. George Morrow. Chris Scolese.

ICESat-2 big send off event for the ATLAS laser instrument at the Goddard Recreation Center

NASA Astronaut Rick Mastracchio and JAXA Astronaut Koichi Wakata visit the Earth Science Division at the Goddard Space Flight Center in the GPM control room with James Pawloski

ICESat-2 Friends and Family Day. Tours and activities in Building 7 and 28.

Cutting Edge Magazine - Geronimo Villanueva

International Observe the Moon Night at the Goddard Visitor Center

Flight Engineer of Expedition 37/38 Visits Goddard, NASA Astronaut Mike Hopkins

Cutting Edge Magazine.Will Zhang.Vince Bly.Raul Rivera developing single crystal silicon mirrors

2016 William Nordberg Award and Lecture - Dr. Piers Sellers

NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden at the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission (MAVEN) ORBIT INSERTION event

Frank Cepollina reitrement and 80th birthday party. Chris Scolese.

NASA Deputy Administrator Dr. Dava Newman tours Goddard Space Flight Center with Center Director Chris Scolese. Visit Microspec lab Emily Barrentine; Omid Noroozian; Thomas Stevenson; Ed Wollack

International Observe the Moon Night at the Goddard Visitor Center

Neighborhood Earth Opening at the Visitor Center

NASA Honors awards medal - Exceptional Public Achievement

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Town Hall - Panel question and answer - Bill Ochs; Dr. John Mather; Dr. Eric Smith; Thomas Zurbuchen; Center Director Chris Scolese; NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden.

Cutting Edge magazine - NavCube

International Observe the Moon Night at the Goddard Visitor Center

Solar Eclipse viewing at the Goddard Space Gflight Center Visitor Center

Representative Chris Van Hollen visits NASA Goddard Space Flight Center with Center Director Chris Scolese.

Cutting Edge Magazine.Will Zhang.Vince Bly.Raul Rivera developing single crystal silicon mirrors

International Observe the Moon Night at the Goddard Visitor Center. Moon rocks and microscopes.

Cloud Aerosol Transport System (CATS) leaves Goddard building 33 for shipment to Space X for installation at the International Space Station

International Observe the Moon Night at the Goddard Visitor Center

Veterans Advisory Committee Memorial Day Commemoration Ceremony 2017.

Representative Chris Van Hollen visits NASA Goddard Space Flight Center with Center Director Chris Scolese.

ICESat-2 Friends and Family Day. Tours and activities in Building 7 and 28.

Preston Burch at the Hubble 25th Anniversary event for employees at Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA Honors awards medal - Outstanding Leadership

Veterans Advisory Committee Memorial Day Commemoration Ceremony 2017.

International Observe the Moon Night at the Goddard Visitor Center

International Observe the Moon Night at the Goddard Visitor Center

International Observe the Moon Night at the Goddard Visitor Center

Cutting Edge Magazine.Will Zhang.Vince Bly.Raul Rivera developing single crystal silicon mirrors

2016 William Nordberg Award and Lecture - Dr. Piers Sellers

Cutting Edge magazine - NavCube

White House My Brother's Keeper Program with Administrator Bolden, Center Director Scolese having lunch with Bluford Drew Jemison STEM Academy

Flight Engineer of Expedition 37/38 Visits Goddard, NASA Astronaut Mike Hopkins

White House Office of Science & Technology Policy tours Goddard Space Flight Center. Dr. Jim Irons at the hyperwall.

Center Director Chris Scolese visits displays at Explore@NASAGoddard celebrates the 25th anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope. All areas of Goddard’s research – Earth science, heliophysics, planetary science, astrophysics, and engineering and technology – will be presented, as each discipline plays a critical part in NASA's ongoing journey to reach new heights.

Dr. Nancy Grace Roman visits James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the Hubble Project Team.

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Golden Mirrors artist event.

International Observe the Moon Night at the Goddard Visitor Center

Rick Obenschain at the VIP opening of Solarium exhitbit at the Goddard Visitor Center

Hubble Operations Control Center, NASA Deputy Administrator Dr. Dava Newman tours Goddard Space Flight Center with Center Director Chris Scolese; Kevin Hartnet; Dave Haskins;Patrick Crouse; Dava Newman; Chris Scolese; Jennifer Wiseman; George Morrow

NASA Deputy Administrator Dr. Dava Newman tours Goddard Space Flight Center with Center Director Chris Scolese; Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument Test Bed; Dr. Melissa Trainer

Cutting Edge Magazine - Paul Racette and Matthew Fritts with HyMAS instrument

Veterans Advisory Committee Memorial Day Commemoration Ceremony 2017.

National Air and Space Museum (NASM) event sponsored by Goddard Space Flight Center and the Maryland Space Business Roundtable (MSBR).

Frank Cepollina reitrement and 80th birthday party

International Observe the Moon Night at the Goddard Visitor Center. Moon rocks and microscopes.

Veterans Advisory Committee Memorial Day Commemoration Ceremony 2017.

NASA Associate Administrator Robert Lightfoot and Deputy Associate Administrator Lesa Roe at All Hands in the Noels Hinners Auditorium

ICESat-2 Friends and Family Day. Tours and activities in Building 7 and 28.

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Town Hall -

Representative Chris Van Hollen visits NASA Goddard Space Flight Center with Center Director Chris Scolese.

Beating the Odds Student Success/ Leadership Program tours the Goddard Space Flight Center.

Ray Rubilotta receives the Blue Marble Award

Dr. Nancy Grace Roman visits James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the Hubble Project Team. Center Director Chris Scolese

George Alcorn

Beating the Odds Student Success/ Leadership Program tours the Goddard Space Flight Center. Judy Bruner, Director of Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate gives a Science on a Sphere Presentation.

James Webb Space Telescope Mirror Reveal

Federal Library of the Year Award and Open House at the Goddard Information and Collaboration Center

Rob Garner (left) and then-Goddard News Chief Ed Campion celebrating the latter's retirement in 2018. Aloha shirt Fridays were a mainstay of Campion's tenure.

Representative Steny Hoyer visits Goddard Space Flight Center and participates in a Town Hall and visits the imprint of dinosaur tracks found on the grounds of the Center.

Representative Steny Hoyer visits Goddard Space Flight Center and participates in a Town Hall and visits the imprint of dinosaur tracks found on the grounds of the Center.

Dr. Nancy Grace Roman visits James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the Hubble Project Team. Dr. John Mather.

2017 NASA Earth Day at Union Station, Washington DC

Neighborhood Earth Opening at the Visitor Center

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Town Hall - Panel question and answer - Bill Ochs; Dr. John Mather; Dr. Eric Smith; Thomas Zurbuchen; Center Director Chris Scolese; NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden.

OSIRIS-REx Launch Event at Goddard Visitor Center. NASA's first asteroid sampling mission launched into space at 7:05 p.m. EDT Thursday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida beginning a journey that could revolutionize our understanding of the early solar system. Lucy McFadden

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Town Hall - Bill Ochs JWST Project Manager; NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden; Goddard Center Director Chris Scolese

Paul Richards

Dr. Tom Moore discusses the MMS mission objectives, Engage series,

ICESat-2 Friends and Family Day. Tours and activities in Building 7 and 28.

Solar Eclipse viewing at the Goddard Space Gflight Center Visitor Center

Cutting Edge Magazine.Will Zhang.Vince Bly.Raul Rivera developing single crystal silicon mirrors

Distinguished Service Award ceremony for Dr. Piers Sellers. Deputy Director George Morrow

Center Director Chris Scolese with Sobe Restaurant owners Tony and Josette Simpson and Nichelle Schoultz. Explore@NASAGoddard celebrates the 25th anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope. All areas of Goddard’s research – Earth science, heliophysics, planetary science, astrophysics, and engineering and technology – will be presented, as each discipline plays a critical part in NASA's ongoing journey to reach new heights.

Dr. Nancy Grace Roman visits James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the Hubble Project Team.

This image shows the Modulated X-ray Source, a key component in NASA’s first-ever demonstration of X-ray communication in space. Credits: NASA/W. Hrybyk

ICESat-2 big send off event for the ATLAS laser instrument at the Goddard Recreation Center

NASA Administrator Charle Bolden, Dr. John Grunsfeld, Dr. Piers Sellers, Goddard Center Director Chris Scolese and MSBR president Ms. Yang hold a meet and greet with Wounded Warriors from Fort Belvoir, MSBR Final Frontier Students and STEM Partners from Summer of Innovation local camps at Vital Signs: Taking the Pulse of Our Planet - Annual NASA reception and lecture hosted by the National Air and Space Museum and Sponsored by the Maryland Space Business Roundtable

Representative Steny Hoyer visits Goddard Space Flight Center and participates in a Town Hall and visits the imprint of dinosaur tracks found on the grounds of the Center.

Frank Cepollina reitrement and 80th birthday party

Grand Opening of the new Goddard Information and Collaboration Center - Center Director Chris Scolese with Robin Dixon

Several Goddard technologists are involved in a new CubeSat technology-demonstration mission called SNoOPI, which employs a novel remote-sensing technique for measuring soil-moisture levels. From left to right: Jeffrey Piepmeier, Chase Kielbasa, who is holding a first-generation prototype circuit board for the SNoOPI instrument, Joseph Knuble, Manuel Vega, Michael Coon, and Derek Hudson.

Federal Library of the Year Award and Open House at the Goddard Information and Collaboration Center

NCCS Discover Supercomputer

ICESat-2 big send off event for the ATLAS laser instrument at the Goddard Recreation Center

OSIRIS-REx Launch Event at Goddard Visitor Center. NASA's first asteroid sampling mission launched into space at 7:05 p.m. EDT Thursday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, beginning a journey that could revolutionize our understanding of the early solar system.