Project News

Framework for NASA’s Roman Spacecraft Moves to Goddard Clean Room

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • Project News • April 26th, 2023

The primary structure that will serve as the “bones” of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has moved into the big clean room at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The spacecraft bus, Roman’s primary support element, will now be built upon this skeletal framework.

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Goddard Team Builds, Tests Calibrator for NASA’s Roman in Record Time

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • Project News • April 19th, 2023

A vital subsystem for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope was recently delivered to Ball Aerospace in Boulder, Colorado, and installed in the spacecraft’s Wide Field Instrument (WFI). Called the Simplified Relative Calibration System (sRCS), this component will allow astronomers to measure...

Keck Planet Finder First Data Release & Moving Object Search Available in PyKOA

Keck Observatory Archive • Project News • April 11th, 2023

KOA announces the first release of Keck Planet Finder (KPF) data, and the Moving Object Search Service (MOSS) is now accessible through the Python client PyKOA.

NEOWISE 2023 Data Release

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • Project News • March 22nd, 2023

The Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) and IPAC at the California Institute of Technology announce the NEOWISE 2023 Data Release.

Millions of Galaxies Emerge in New Simulated Images From NASA's Roman

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • Project News • March 8th, 2023

Scientists have created a gargantuan synthetic survey that shows what we can expect from the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s future observations. Though it represents just a small chunk of the real future survey, this simulated version contains a staggering number of galaxies – 33 million of...

How NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Will Rewind the Universe

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • Project News • March 1st, 2023

High-Gain Antenna for NASA’s Roman Mission Clears Environmental Tests

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • Project News • February 6th, 2023

Engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, have finished testing the high-gain antenna for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. When it launches by May 2027, this NASA observatory will help unravel the secrets of dark energy and dark matter, search for and image...

IRSA 2022 Highlights

Infrared Science Archive • Project News • January 30th, 2023

IRSA continued with a number of milestones, releases and updates in 2022. ZTF data abounded, and the community contributed a number of data sets.

2023 Sagan Exoplanet Summer Hybrid Workshop Characterizing Exoplanet Atmospheres: The Next Twenty Years

NASA Exoplanet Science Institute • Project News • January 30th, 2023

Observations of an exoplanet’s atmosphere provide the best hope for distinguishing the makeup of its outer layers, and the only hope for understanding the interplay between formation, natal composition, chemical and disequilibrium processes, and dynamics & circulation. This year’s workshop will...

Celebrating IRAS, NASA's First Infrared Space Telescope

Infrared Astronomical Satellite • Project News • January 25th, 2023

300 Days of Data That Spawned 40 Years of Infrared Astronomy

Framework for NASA’s Roman Spacecraft Moves to Goddard Clean Room

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • April 26th, 2023

The primary structure that will serve as the “bones” of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has moved into the big clean room at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in...

Goddard Team Builds, Tests Calibrator for NASA’s Roman in Record Time

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • April 19th, 2023

A vital subsystem for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope was recently delivered to Ball Aerospace in Boulder, Colorado, and installed in the spacecraft’s Wide Field...

Keck Planet Finder First Data Release & Moving Object Search Available in PyKOA

Keck Observatory Archive • April 11th, 2023

KOA announces the first release of Keck Planet Finder (KPF) data, and the Moving Object Search Service (MOSS) is now accessible through the Python client PyKOA.

NEOWISE 2023 Data Release

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • March 22nd, 2023

The Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) and IPAC at the California Institute of Technology announce the NEOWISE 2023 Data Release.

Millions of Galaxies Emerge in New Simulated Images From NASA's Roman

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • March 8th, 2023

Scientists have created a gargantuan synthetic survey that shows what we can expect from the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s future observations. Though it represents just a...

How NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Will Rewind the Universe

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • March 1st, 2023

High-Gain Antenna for NASA’s Roman Mission Clears Environmental Tests

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • February 6th, 2023

Engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, have finished testing the high-gain antenna for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. When it launches...

IRSA 2022 Highlights

Infrared Science Archive • January 30th, 2023

IRSA continued with a number of milestones, releases and updates in 2022. ZTF data abounded, and the community contributed a number of data sets.

2023 Sagan Exoplanet Summer Hybrid Workshop Characterizing Exoplanet Atmospheres: The Next Twenty Years

NASA Exoplanet Science Institute • January 30th, 2023

Observations of an exoplanet’s atmosphere provide the best hope for distinguishing the makeup of its outer layers, and the only hope for understanding the interplay between...

Celebrating IRAS, NASA's First Infrared Space Telescope

Infrared Astronomical Satellite • January 25th, 2023

300 Days of Data That Spawned 40 Years of Infrared Astronomy