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NASA centers are found across the United States. Color pictures and read about the animals and plants that live on the centers.

A long-eared owl sits in the grass at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Instead of building their own nests, owls use those of squirrels or other birds, such as crows and hawks. › Print and color › See the real picture		NASA's Ames Research Center is a good place for small animals to live. It has a large area of grassland. California ground squirrels use their cheek pouches to collect extra food. They eat mainly seeds, including barley, oats and acorns. › Print and color › See the real picture		NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center is located in Huntsville, Ala. The workers at Marshall designed the Saturn V rocket that carried men to the moon. Wild animals like raccoons make their home at the center. › Print and color › See the real picture
The Aplomado Falcon is an endangered bird. This means that this kind of bird may die out if we don't help protect them. One place the falcons live is at NASA's White Sands Testing Facility in New Mexico. White Sands is NASA's site for testing explosives and materials used in jet and rocket propulsion. › Print and color › See the real picture		Wallops Flight Facility is on the coast of Virginia and is part of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Wallops is mainly a rocket launch site. Loggerhead sea turtles sometimes make their nests on the beaches there. A female loggerhead can lay as many as 170 eggs in one nest! › Print and color › See the real picture		Coyotes live at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif. Coyotes will eat almost anything. They hunt rabbits, fish, frogs and even deer. If those foods cannot be found, coyotes will eat insects, snakes, fruit and grass. Dryden is NASA's main center for studying and using aircraft. › Print and color › See the real picture
Deer live in many places across the United States. This deer is standing in front of an airplane hangar at NASA's Glenn Research Center near Cleveland, Ohio. Scientists and engineers at Glenn design aircraft and spacecraft engines. › Print and color › See the real picture		NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center builds spacecraft, instruments, and new technology to study Earth and space. A bird often seen at Goddard is the Black Vulture. Vultures like to live around people because one of their favorite foods is garbage! › Print and color › See the real picture		Peregrine falcons have nested at Wallops Island since 1983. These falcons can reach speeds of 200 miles an hour in a dive. Satellites have been used to track the birds once they leave Wallops. They have been seen hundreds of miles away. › Print and color › See the real picture
NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, Calif., is located between a mountain range and a forest. Bobcats live in these areas and visit JPL looking for food. › Print and color › See the real picture		Wildflowers bloom in the meadow in front of NASA's Johnson Space Center’s Rocket Park. The Indian Blanket flower is bright yellow and orange. › Print and color › See the real picture		An opossum sits in the grass at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. The opossum is a marsupial. This means the mother carries her babies in a pouch. The opossum is the only marsupial in North America. › Print and color › See the real picture
Water lilies live along the canals on NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The center shares a boundary with the Merritt Island Wildlife Nature Refuge, where more than 1,500 kinds of plants and animals live. › Print and color › See the real picture		NASA's Ames Research Center is at Moffett Field in California, south of San Francisco. Ames works to make air travel safer and less expensive. A herd of goats lives at Ames to help with weed control. › Print and color › See the real picture		Burrowing owls live at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif. The owls dig holes in the ground to use as nests. Dryden is NASA's main center for studying and using aircraft. › Print and color › See the real picture
The red-tailed hawk is a bird of prey that makes its home at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va. › Print and color › See the real picture		NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center is in Greenbelt, Md. Cardinals visit the center year-round. › Print and color › See the real picture		Canada geese spend the winter in a wildlife area near NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. › Print and color › See the real picture
The Longhorn project is at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The project has longhorn cattle, vegetable gardens, a fruit orchard, ponds and a classroom. Johnson is the home of U.S. astronauts. Astronauts from around the world train here. › Print and color › See the real picture		Wild turkeys live all over the United States. Many turkeys live on NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va. Scientists there study Earth's atmosphere. The scientists use what they learn to help make life on Earth better. › Print and color › See the real picture		NASA's Stennis Space Center has tested all the space shuttle main engines before they have pushed the shuttle into orbit. Stennis is in southern Mississippi, where alligators may be seen sunning themselves along the center's canal system. › Print and color › See the real picture
NASA's Johnson Space Center is home to many animals. This frog lives in a butterfly garden. › Print and color › See the real picture		Gray foxes are good tree climbers and often hide in trees. This female fox was found at night near the golf course at NASA's Ames Research Center. She had a litter of five pups. › Print and color › See the real picture		A caterpillar and butterfly share a meal near one of the ponds at NASA's Johnson Space Center. › Print and color › See the real picture
On the grounds of NASA's Kennedy Space Center, a female golden-silk spider repairs her web. The golden-silk spider repairs the webbing each day, replacing half -- but never the whole web -- at one time. › Print and color › See the real picture		An eagle sits near its nest at Plum Brook Station. Plum Brook is part of NASA's Glenn Research Center near Cleveland, Ohio. Scientists and engineers at Glenn design aircraft and spacecraft engines. The same pair of eagles has returned for the past six years to raise their young. › Print and color › See the real picture		Bobcats live on NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif. This mother is feeding her three young kittens. Bobcats eat meat, like to live alone, and hunt at dawn and twilight. Dryden is NASA's main center for studying and using aircraft. › Print and color › See the real picture
		Ospreys also are called fish hawks because they may be seen flying overhead with a fish in their talons. Ospreys build their nests just about anywhere, from trees and telephone poles to rocks or even flat ground. This osprey has built a nest in front of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. › Print and color › See the real picture