Rocketry and spacecraft propulsion research center
Marshall Space Flight Center
Aerial view of MSFC in 2016. Note that the building on the right has been demolished.[1]
Agency overview
Formed
July 1, 1960
Preceding agency
Redstone Arsenal
Jurisdiction
U.S. federal government
Headquarters
Redstone Arsenal, Madison County, Alabama 34°39′3″N86°40′22″W / 34.65083°N 86.67278°W / 34.65083; -86.67278
Employees
6,000, including 2,300 civil servants[2]: 1
Annual budget
$2 Billion[2]: 1
Agency executive
Joseph Pelfrey, Center Director
Parent agency
NASA
Website
Marshall Space Flight Center
The George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), located in Redstone Arsenal, Alabama (Huntsville postal address),[3] is the U.S. government's civilian rocketry and spacecraft propulsion research center.[2] As the largest NASA center, MSFC's first mission was developing the Saturn launch vehicles for the Apollo program. Marshall has been the lead center for the Space Shuttle main propulsion and external tank; payloads and related crew training; International Space Station (ISS) design and assembly; computers, networks, and information management; and the Space Launch System. Located on the Redstone Arsenal near Huntsville, MSFC is named in honor of General of the Army George C. Marshall.
The center contains the Huntsville Operations Support Center (HOSC), also known as the International Space Station Payload Operations Center. This facility supports ISS launch, payload, and experiment activities at the Kennedy Space Center. The HOSC also monitors rocket launches from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station when a Marshall Center payload is on board.
^"Building 4200". NASA. 2022-10-30. Archived from the original on 2022-10-30. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
^ abc"Marshall Space Flight Center Fact Sheet" (PDF). NASAfacts. NASA. November 3, 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 31, 2017. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
^"Access to Redstone Arsenal" (PDF). NASA. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-10-06. Retrieved 2022-08-01. Linked from this page Archived 2022-08-11 at the Wayback Machine; that page states "NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center is situated on the U.S. Army's Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama." but in fact it is outside the city limits.
Compare the map to: "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Redstone Arsenal CDP, AL" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-12-15. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
Also compare to: "Huntsville Development 2017 to Present (05/22)" (PDF). City of Huntsville, Alabama. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-08-01. Retrieved 2022-08-01. - Linked from this page Archived 2023-07-21 at the Wayback Machine - Despite the "Huntsvlle, AL" address the site is just outside the city limits.
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