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USRA Scientists and Engineers Contribute to NASA's Xray Polarimetry Explorer
December 22, 2021
USRA Scientists and Engineers Contribute to NASA's Xray Polarimetry Explorer

NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) launched successfully on December 9, 2021 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It was a “picture perfect” launch, according to Principal Investigator Dr. Martin Weisskopf of the NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, with the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket performing nominally and nature providing ideal weather conditions.

Bringing Earth Data to Life
August 17, 2021
Bringing Earth Data to Life

Ms. Tondapu's work featured in an article on the NASA Applied Sciences website.

Pollution Studies during COVID-19 Lockdown
April 13, 2021
Pollution Studies during COVID-19 Lockdown

View the WIRED article discussing Dr. Gupta's year-long study for pollution in India during the COVID-19 lock down.

Magnetar Eruptions in Nearby Galaxies
January 13, 2021
Magnetar Eruptions in Nearby Galaxies

Dr. Oliver Roberts was part of a large international effort that recently published results on an intriguing high-energy transient called GRB 200415A, which was detected on April 15th last year by the Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor on the International Space Station and the Interplanetary Network of satellites.

USRA IRAD FY21 Award
November 6, 2020
USRA IRAD FY21 Award

Dr. Corinne Fletcher (PI) and Dr. Adam Goldstein (Co-I) were awarded an FY21 USRA IRAD to provide publicly available standardized toolkit for determining and improving the location of gamma-ray transients on the sky using multiple instruments in various orbits.

Virtual NASA ARSET Training
October 30, 2020
Virtual NASA ARSET Training

Dr. Pawan Gupta, along with others on the NASA ARSET team, recently completed an advanced online training titled MODIS to VIIRS Transition for Air Quality Applications

Virtual Air Quality Training for the Thai Pollution Control Department
October 30, 2020
Virtual Air Quality Training for the Thai Pollution Control Dept.

Pawan Gupta (USRA/MSFC) delivered a virtual training in August 2020 to the Thai Pollution Control Department (PCD) and Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Agency (GISTDA) on Satellite Remote Sensing for Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting.

MoonBEAM selected for Concept Study
May 15, 2020
MoonBEAM selected for Concept Study

MoonBEAM selected for a 12-month concept study through the Astrophysics Science SmallSat Studies Call (AS3). 

August 1, 2020
STI Telework

Marshall Space Flight Center is currently at a Stage 3 response to COVID-19 which requires mandatory telework.  

Pollution Levels in Northern India
April 21, 2020
Pollution Levels in Northern India

Analysis of MODIS data shows how aerosol levels in Northern India are decreasing during the country’s COVID-19 lockdown.