Space Physics Data Facility (SPDF)
The Space Physics Data Facility (SPDF) leads in the design and implementation of unique multi-mission and multi-disciplinary data services, innovative ground data system concepts, educational programs and cross-cutting data, modeling and visualization research to strategically advance NASA's solar-terrestrial program and our understanding of the Sun-Earth system.
Major SPDF efforts include the multi-mission data and orbit services developed and operating as part of the Sun-Earth Connection Active Archive project, support to the ground systems and science of missions like IMAGE, a wide range of science and technology research efforts and the Sun-Earth Connections Education Forum. The staff supporting SPDF includes scientists, information technology, education and visualization experts.
The SPDF is based at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD U.S.A. It is a component of the Laboratory for Solar and Space Physics in Goddard's Sciences & Exploration Directorate . The Facility is headed by Dr. Robert E. McGuire.