Goddard Space Flight Center
Goddard is NASA’s premiere 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.
Location
Greenbelt, Maryland
Founded
May 1, 1959
People
10,000+
Director
Dr. Makenzie Lystrup
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Visit Goddard
Explore exhibits of spacecraft and technology at the Goddard Visitor Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
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Focus Areas and Capabilities
Goddard plays a pivotal role across all aspects of NASA missions, from development to de-orbit.
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History of Goddard Space Flight Center
Pioneering spaceflight and innovation
Named for American rocketry pioneer Dr. Robert H. Goddard, the center was established May 1, 1959, as NASA's first space flight complex.
Dr. Robert Hutchings Goddard (1882-1945) is considered the father of modern rocket propulsion. A physicist of great insight, Goddard also had a unique genius for invention. It is in memory of this brilliant scientist that NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, was established on May 1, 1959.
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