🌱 Patch AM: How Greenbelt engineers are steering NASA’s newest deep-space telescope mission

Good morning Greenbelt! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How Greenbelt engineers are steering NASA's newest deep-space telescope mission
• Greenbelt-based NASA scientist helps decode mysterious radio-disrupting clouds
• How a $1 million union fraud case ended in Greenbelt

Also on today's calendar: 23rd Greenbelt Blues Festival and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why are elevator jokes so good ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Sunny to partly cloudy, with a high of 80 and low of 61 degrees.
• Monday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 80, low: 58.
• Tuesday: Sun mixing with clouds, with a high of 85 and low of 64 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• NASA's Maryland-Built Roman Space Telescope Launches To Explore Hidden Universe (thebaynet.com) — Greenbelt's NASA Goddard campus is at the heart of the new Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which was built, tested, and is now operated from the Greenbelt facility. The mission, launched ahead of schedule, will study dark energy, exoplanets, and billions of galaxies while streaming huge amounts of data back through Greenbelt for scientists and the public to explore.
   

• NASA rocket takes first multi-point look inside radio-disrupting clouds (lakeconews.com) — A NASA-led team, including a researcher from Goddard in Greenbelt, used a sounding rocket and deployable probes to get the first multi-point look inside radio-disrupting sporadic E layers. Their findings show these metallic clouds are far more complex and turbulent than once thought, helping improve understanding of how they interfere with GPS, aviation, and other radio communications.
   

• Former Federal Union President Convicted in $1 Million Fraud Scheme (townhall.com) — A federal jury in Greenbelt convicted a former federal union president for a years-long, $1 million fraud and money laundering scheme involving National Institutes of Health employee grievance funds. Prosecutors say she funneled settlement money through a sham consulting firm and personal purchases, leaving the union broke and in receivership by 2022.
   

📸 Around Greenbelt

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Greenbelt

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday September 6
• Greenbelt Labor Day Festival →
  Greenbelt Aquatic & Fitness Center, 101 Centerway, Greenbelt
  7:30 pm

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Other local events

Monday September 7
• Labor Day (No Trash & Recycling) →
  Greenbelt MD
• No Meeting - Labor Day →
  Greenbelt MD
• Grogan For Sheriff Greenbelt Parade →
  Buddy Attick Lake Park, Greenbelt
  8:00 am
Tuesday September 8
• Advisory Committee on Trees Meeting →
  555 Crescent Road, Greenbelt
  3:00 pm
Wednesday September 9
• Informational Table →
  Planet Fitness, 6100 Greenbelt Rd., Greenbelt
  9:30 am
Thursday September 10
• Move for Reentry Virtual Race →
  Greenbelt MD
• Tool Library Open Hours →
  The Granite Building, 115 Centerway, Greenbelt
  6:30 pm
Friday September 11
• High Holidays at Mishkan Torah →
  Mishkan Torah, 10 Ridge Road, Greenbelt
• Pre-K Story Hour (Bilingual) →
  6101 Cherrywood Lane, Greenbelt
  10:30 am
• Pre-K Story Hour →
  6101 Cherrywood Lane, Greenbelt
  10:30 am
Saturday September 26
• 23rd Greenbelt Blues Festival →
  Roosevelt Center, Centerway, Greenbelt

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Spiniello Companies posted a job opening for Permit Coordinator in Greenbelt. Apply here.
• IKEA posted a job opening for Carts Attendant (12-19 Hours/week) in College Park. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Greenbelt here.

🗞 Nearby News

College Park

• The 10 Best Colleges In Maryland, According To New 2027 Ranking (patch.com)
• Multiple apartment buildings without power as thunderstorm rolls through College Park (dbknews.com)
• New Award Celebrates Advancement at UMD as 'Team… (umd.edu)

Beltsville

• Listing of the Day: 12813 Brickyard Blvd, Beltsville (mocoshow.com)

Ok Greenbelt! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because they work on so many levels ! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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