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Which Goddard Mission Are You? Take a screenshot and see what you get! GOLD: The planner! GOLD studies the near-space environment, home to satellites & radio signals that guide GPS systems. Like GOLD, you’re ready for any sudden changes. GPM: The team player! GPM combines data from dozens of satellites into one mega dataset of Earth’s precipitation. Like GPM, you work well with friends. Hubble: The workhorse! Like you, Hubble just doesn’t stop. After more than 30 years, Hubble is still doing groundbreaking science. ICESat-2: The jack of all trades! ICESat-2 was built to measure ice, land, & clouds, but it also measures trees, water storage, coral reefs, & more. Like ICESat-2, you do it all. Landsat 9: The archivist! Landsat satellites have been documenting Earth’s land & coastal regions since the 1960s, giving us a long record of change on our planet. LRO: The detail person! LRO maps the Moon in extreme detail – so precisely we can see Apollo landing sites from lunar orbit. Focusing on details lets us make major discoveries! Lucy: The traveler! Lucy is en route to the Trojan asteroids which are as far from us as Jupiter – no short journey. Luckily, Lucy has plenty to do on its way. MAVEN: You do a lot with a little! MAVEN is studying Mars’ atmosphere, which is much thinner & less dense than Earth’s. OSIRIS-REx: The gift-giver! OSIRIS-REx is on its way home with a sample from asteroid Bennu – the perfect gift for scientists studying our solar system’s origins. SDO: The colorful one! SDO sees our Sun in many different wavelengths, which we colorize to enhance features best seen in different kinds of light. Like SDO, you brighten any situation. TESS: You see the big picture! TESS scans nearly the entire sky searching for thousands of exoplanet candidates using the transit method. Webb: Ready to hit the ground running! Like Webb, you don’t let being brand new stop you from major contributions. In Webb’s first few months of science, it’s already changing astrophysics. Video description in comments.

February 03, 2023