13 orbit-"https:" "https:" "https:" "https:" "https:" research jobs at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Understand physical processes governing ice-ocean interactions in ice-shelf cavities

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | Pasadena, California | United States | 22 days ago

. Depending on the water masses that reach the deepest locations of the ice shelf, called the grounding line, ice shelves can be broadly classified as warm or cold (Fricker et al, 2025). Different processes

Investigations of the Lunar Polar Regions

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | Greenbelt, Maryland | United States | about 19 hours ago

geophysical modeling. A wide range of research is possible, from the analysis of existing lunar datasets, to the development of new modeling approaches, and to simulations of possible future measurements

Moon Interior Structure from Gravity Analysis

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | Greenbelt, Maryland | United States | about 19 hours ago

. Description: This project will focus on the analysis of Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) and Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) data to improve our understanding of the Moon's interior structure

Coupled Water-Cycle Retrieval: Linking Precipitation and Soil Moisture Across NASA Microwave Missions

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | Pasadena, California | United States | 22 days ago

products where consistent in situ networks do not exist — a critical need as NISAR-era products reach resolutions that conventional validation cannot address. The participant may research and analyze one

Algorithm Development for Deriving Stratospheric Aerosol Properties from Satellite Limb Sensors

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | Greenbelt, Maryland | United States | 22 days ago

. NASA’s Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) Limb Profiler on board the Suomi NPP and NOAA-21 satellites acquire solar light scattered from the atmospheric limb across a wide range of UV, VIS, and NIR

Impacts of wildfires on atmospheric composition and the Earth system

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | Pasadena, California | United States | 22 days ago

to accurately quantify their effects in these areas both in the past and into the future. The current fleet of low earth orbiting (LEO) and geostationary (GEO) satellites provide a powerful mechanism to this end

Laboratory Studies of Interstellar, Planetary, and Lunar Ices

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | Pasadena, California | United States | 22 days ago

interactions, physical chemistry on icy surfaces, radiolytic/photolytic processing, and solid-to-gas phase transitions. We welcome NPP applicant projects addressing a wide range of ice environments, including

Dragonfly Mass Spectrometer Analog Studies

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | Greenbelt, Maryland | United States | 22 days ago

of the Dragonfly Mass Spectrometer (DraMS). Potential research projects will explore the range of available analogs, which could encompass a range of synthesized laboratory products, natural field samples, and

Quantum Solid State Magnetometers and other Quantum Sensors (Silicon Carbide, NV Diamond)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | Pasadena, California | United States | 23 days ago

. Description: Magnetometry plays a crucial role in a wide range of remote sensing applications. On Earth, it aids in GPS-denied navigation, geological surveying, and submarine detection. In space, it contributes

Laboratory Chemistry Investigations of Planetary and Exoplanet Atmospheres

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | Pasadena, California | United States | 23 days ago

chemical ionization). The apparatuses can operate over a range of temperatures and pressures. Research focused on reactions that drive particle and haze formation, radical chemical cycles, and auto-oxidation