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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR CODE 440 SPACE SCIENCE AND MISSION OPERATIONS PROJECT AND
THE OSIRIS-REX TEAM ON THE AWARD OF THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS ASSOCIATION COLLIER
TROPHY!

This prestigious Robert J. Collier Trophy is awarded annually “for the greatest
achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in America, with respect to improving
the performance, efficiency, and safety of air or space vehicles, the value of
which has been thoroughly demonstrated by actual use during the preceding year.”
Under the leadership of Rich Burns and Michael Moreau, the team successfully
returned over a cup of material from the asteroid Bennu that will give clues to
whether asteroids colliding with Earth billions of years ago brought water and
other key ingredients for life here on earth. Previous honorees include the
Wright Brothers and astronauts of Apollo 11 as well as our own division member,
the James Webb Space Telescope team (honored just last year). Once again,
congratulations to all involved for this esteemed recognition of their dedicated
work.



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PHYSICS OF THE COSMOS (PHYSCOS)

Mysteries abound when we look at physics on a cosmic scale. How does gravity
work near black holes? What can we learn from the leftover glow of the Big Bang?
What strange “dark energy” is speeding up the expanding universe? The Physics of
the Cosmos program works to reveal the hidden mechanisms of the universe.


COSMIC ORIGINS (COR)

All of the galaxies, stars, and planets —everything we know— evolved from a hot
soup of particles following the Big Bang. From the rise of the first stars to
the role played by elusive dark matter, the COR program strives to discover how
we arrived at the complex universe of today.




JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE

Webb is a premier observatory, serving thousands of astronomers worldwide. It
will study every phase in the history of our Universe, ranging from the first
luminous glows after the Big Bang, to the formation of solar systems capable of
supporting life on planets like Earth, to the evolution of our own Solar System.


HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE

Hubble, the observatory, is the first major optical telescope to be placed in
space, the ultimate mountaintop. Above the distortion of the atmosphere, far far
above rain clouds and light pollution, Hubble has an unobstructed view of the
universe. Scientists have used Hubble to observe the most distant stars and
galaxies as well as the planets in our solar system.


HABITABLE WORLDS OBSERVATORY (HWO)

HWO is a large infrared/optical/ultraviolet space telescope recommended by the
National Academies’ Pathways to Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics for the
2020s. This will be the first telescope designed specifically to search for
signs of life on planets orbiting other stars.


SPACE SCIENCE MISSION OPERATIONS (SSMO)

SSMO manages Phase E / mission operations of space science satellite missions
assigned to it. SSMO is also involved in mission operations concept development,
ground system development, integration and testing, and operations readiness
preparations.










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