This morning I went to Goddard for a tour they offered to informal educators. I was the only one who had traveled any distance; everyone else was local. After the tour there was a showcase of program ideas and resources, and that’s what I was really there for.
But the tour was still interesting. We learned how they test anything that goes into space to make sure it can survive the noise and vibration of takeoff, and the temperatures extremes of space. This picture is of one of the many “clean rooms”; this object is going to be sent up this fall (hopefully) and it will be gathering information about the sun.