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
Latest Goddard News
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Can Solar Wind Make Water on Moon? NASA Experiment Shows Maybe
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NASA’s Hubble Tracks a Roaming Magnetar of Unknown Origin
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NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Prepares Second Asteroid Encounter
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With NASA’s Webb, Dying Star’s Energetic Display Comes Into Full Focus
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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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Carissa Arillo: Testing Spacecraft, Penning the Owner’s Manuals
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Systems Engineer Noosha Haghani Prepped PACE for Space
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Kyle Helson Finds EXCITE-ment in Exoplanet Exploration
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Childhood Snow Days Transformed Linette Boisvert into a Sea Ice Scientist
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Rob Gutro: Clear Science in the Forecast
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Aaron Vigil Helps Give SASS to Roman Space Telescope
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Goddard Facilities
Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Wallops Flight Facility
Katherine Johnson IV&V Facility
