Shawn Domagal-Goldman

From the beginning, this was a high-risk, high-reward mission,

• Shawn Domagal-Goldman, director of Nasa’s astrophysics division, said in a statement
  Guardiantheguardian.com/science/2026…Sep 25, 16:38

We were all hoping for more science from Swift,

• said Shawn Domagal-Goldman, director of the Astrophysics Division at NASA headquarters in Washington, DC
  CNNcnn.com/2026/08…Aug 19, 20:59

This is a lot of firsts stacked on top of each other,

• Shawn Domagal-Goldman, director of NASA's astrophysics division, told reporters days before the launch
  Deutsche Welledw.com/en/nasa…Jul 3, 19:59
  ABP Livenews.abplive.com/science/nasa…Jul 4, 06:42
• Shawn Domagal-Goldman, director of NASA’s astrophysics division, told reporters on Tuesday
  Aljazeeraaljazeera.com/news/2026…Jul 3, 21:05
• Shawn Domagal-Goldman, director of NASA's astrophysics division, told reporters Tuesday
  The Manila Timesmanilatimes.net/2026/07…Jul 4, 00:00

We didn’t want to set the precedent that anything that comes out of orbit has to be boosted, but this was not just any spacecraft, this is an observatory with unique capabilities for astrophysics,

• said Shawn Domagal-Goldman, division director of astrophysics at NASA, during a June 17 news conference
  CNNcnn.com/2026/07…Jul 3, 10:38

The risk of us losing Swift — if we hadn’t done this — the odds were 100 percent,

• said Shawn Domagal-Goldman, director of NASA’s astrophysics division
  The New York Timesnytimes.com/2026/06…Jun 29, 17:00

This is a lot of firsts stacked on top of each other,

• said Shawn Domagal-Goldman, the director of NASA's astrophysics division, during a recent call with reporters
  The News Internationalthenews.com.pk/latest/1407603…Jun 30, 07:25