Goddard is one of NASA's largest research centers with the largest cadre of scientists in Maryland. The Center has been at the forefront of exploration and technological achievement. And there's more ...
Saturday, May 30th - Exploring 'Maryland's Place in Space' at the Baltimore Convention Center
Goddard is one of NASA's largest research centers with the largest cadre of scientists in Maryland. The Center has been at the forefront of exploration and technological achievement. And there's more ...
Did you know that GSFC inventions are being used to help people here on Earth? Discover some of the most exciting examples of space program technologies that have had spinoffs into new areas: Health a...
Dr. John C. Mather of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center has won the 2006 Nobel Prize for Physics. Mather shares the prize with George F. Smoot of the University of California for their collaborative ...
Goddard's 86,000 square-foot facility contains one of the largest "clean rooms" in the world and special chambers for environmental testing of spacecraft and instruments.
Dr. Robert Hutchings Goddard is considered the father of modern rocket propulsion. It is in his memory that NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland was established on May 1, 1959.
Goddard is responsible for Hubble Space Telescope (HST) project management, including mission and science operations, servicing missions, and all associated development activities.
Since 1959 the Goddard Space Flight Center has had 11 extraordinary individuals serve as center directors.