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History of the Goddard Space Flight Center information


NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Aerial view of the Goddard Space Flight Center
Agency overview
FormedMay 1, 1959
JurisdictionFederal government of the United States
HeadquartersGreenbelt, MD

Goddard Space Flight Center is NASA's first, and oldest, space center. It is named after Robert H. Goddard, the father of modern rocketry. Throughout its history, the center has managed, developed, and operated many notable missions, including the Cosmic Background Explorer, the Hubble Space Telescope, the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS), the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, and the Solar Dynamics Observatory.

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History of the Goddard Space Flight Center

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Goddard Space Flight Center is NASA's first, and oldest, space center. It is named after Robert H. Goddard, the father of modern rocketry. Throughout...

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Goddard Space Flight Center

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The Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is a major NASA space research laboratory located approximately 6.5 miles (10.5 km) northeast of Washington, D...

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Goddard Institute for Space Studies

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The Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) is a laboratory in the Earth Sciences Division of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center affiliated with the...

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Space Network

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Earth vicinity. The SN Project Office at Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) manages the SN, which consists of: The geosynchronous Tracking and Data Relay...

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Marshall Space Flight Center

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The George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), located in Redstone Arsenal, Alabama (Huntsville postal address), is the U.S. government's civilian...

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Johnson Space Center

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Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, but reported organizationally to the Goddard Space Flight Center just outside Washington, D.C. To meet the growing...

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Spacecraft Tracking and Data Acquisition Network

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Operations Control Center (NOCC) at the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, Maryland. Consisting of parabolic dish antennas and telephone...

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Orlando Figueroa

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Science at NASA Headquarters and the Deputy Center Director for Science and Technology of the Goddard Space Flight Center. He has since retired in 2010 from...

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Manned Space Flight Network

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(RKV) Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Range Tracker (ship) (RTK) The Manned Space Flight Network (MSFN) during the Apollo era was also known as the Apollo...

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James Webb Space Telescope

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main agencies: the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). The NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Maryland managed telescope...

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Kennedy Space Center

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Goddard Space Flight Center, and more to manage the launch of NASA and NOAA robotic missions. Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and VAFB are the primary...

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NASA

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typically involved NASA cost caps of $350M. The Explorer program office is based at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. The NASA Discovery program develops...

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Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

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been decided to use a halo orbit around L2. The project is led by a team at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. On 30 November 2018...

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Wallops Flight Facility

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east of the Delmarva Peninsula and approximately 100 miles (160 km) north-northeast of Norfolk. The facility is operated by the Goddard Space Flight Center...

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Lissette Martinez

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of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) where she is responsible for the testing of ground and flight hardware. She is a notable alumni at the University...

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Space Flight Operations Facility

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The Space Flight Operations Facility (SFOF) is a building containing a control room and related computing and communications equipment areas at the Jet...

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Armstrong Flight Research Center

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The NASA Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC) is an aeronautical research center operated by NASA. Its primary campus is located inside Edwards...

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The Earth Institute

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Catherine LaSota. The NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies was established in 1961 as the Goddard Space Flight Center Institute for Space Studies. It is...

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Flight controller

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Flight controllers are personnel who aid space flight by working in such Mission Control Centers as NASA's Mission Control Center or ESA's European Space...

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Near Earth Network

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under NASA's SOMD (Space Operations Mission Directorate), interoperating with the SCaN Program offices. The Goddard Space Flight Center Ground Network Project...

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Museum of Flight

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-122.297 The Museum of Flight is a private non-profit air and space museum in the Seattle metropolitan area. It is located at the southern end of King County...

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Timeline of spaceflight

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NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. "Space Calendar". NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.[dead link] "Space Information...

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Rob Strain

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Robert D. "Rob" Strain is the former Director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Strain held that post from August 4, 2008, through March 5, 2012...

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Michelle Thaller

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Thaller is the assistant director for Science Communication at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. From 1998 to 2009 she was a staff scientist at the Infrared...

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NASCOM

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and television signals. It is managed out of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The NASCOM network comprises microwave links,...

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Langley Research Center

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is the oldest of NASA's field centers. LaRC has focused primarily on aeronautical research but has also tested space hardware such as the Apollo Lunar...

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