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An aerial photograph of the NASA Goddard Visitor Center, with white and brick rectangular buildings peeking out from among dense green trees behind a tall white rocket. The rocket stands in the center of a tan paved circle and is shaped like a pencil with a long, slim tower and a slight bulge at the top. Several smaller red, white, and yellow rockets are displayed on their sides around the paved circle, with another rocket standing in a smaller, white paved circle near the trees.

A view looking down at Nithin Abraham studies a paint sample in her laboratory.

The Webb Telescope's mirror being tested at Goddard Space Flight Center.

Goddard Space Flight Center

Goddard is NASA’s premier space flight complex and home to the nation’s largest organization of scientists, engineers, and technologists who build spacecraft, instruments, and new technology to study Earth, the Sun, our solar system, and the universe.

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Location

Greenbelt, Maryland

Founded

May 1, 1959

director

Cynthia Simmons (Acting)

From Cabbages to Countdowns: NASA Marks 100 Years of Modern Rocketry

black-and-white photograph of a man in an overcoat and hat standing next to a slender, 11-foot-tall rocket supported by a metal frame

Latest Goddard News

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Focus Areas and Capabilities

Goddard plays a pivotal role across all aspects of NASA missions, from development to de-orbit.

North and South America at nigh

Earth and Climate

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The Sun

Artist illustration of Jupiter partially shaded.

The Solar System

an undulating, translucent star-forming region in the Carina Nebula is shown in this Webb image, hued in ambers and blues; foreground stars with diffraction spikes can be seen, as can a speckling of background points of light through the cloudy nebula

The Universe

Vivek Dwivedi's ALD test chamber - technology

Technology Development

The Antares rocket lifting off Pad 0A, a plume of white smoke underneath.

Launch Range

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Goddard Year in Review

Take a look back at the accomplishments across Goddard.

Dr. Robert Goddard stands next to his rocket in his workshop

History of Goddard

A brief history of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.

Photo of Roman's Optical Telescope Assembly

Goddard Front Door

The Goddard Front Door provides the public with streamlined access to our expertise, resources, opportunities and capabilities.

Latest Videos from Goddard

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People of Goddard

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Carissa Arillo: Testing Spacecraft, Penning the Owner’s Manuals

Systems Engineer Noosha Haghani Prepped PACE for Space

Kyle Helson Finds EXCITE-ment in Exoplanet Exploration

Childhood Snow Days Transformed Linette Boisvert into a Sea Ice Scientist

Rob Gutro: Clear Science in the Forecast

Aaron Vigil Helps Give SASS to Roman Space Telescope

Goddard Space Flight Center

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Goddard Facilities

Goddard Institute for Space Studies

Wallops Flight Facility

Katherine Johnson IV&V Facility

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Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility