NASA chartered the Goddard Space Flight Center on May 1, 1959, at the dawn of the space age. View video and images looking back on the center's 50 years at the links below.
Return to Hubble
Hubble Servicing Mission 4
Read about the upcoming Servicing Mission 4, scheduled to be the last time astronauts visit the Hubble Space Telescope.
Back to the Moon
Climate Change
Featured Stories
Goddard Marks 50th Anniversary
Goddard Celebrates 50 Years of Scientific Excellence
Since May 1, 1959, Goddard Spaceflight Center has been at the forefront of exploration and technological achievement.
"Singing" Electrons Protect and Threaten Your TV and GP...
Electrons – the particles that carry electricity – can both protect and disrupt your satellite TV or GPS navigator with a "song".
NASA's Fermi Explores High-energy "Space Invaders"
Fermi scientists revealed new details about high-energy particles implicated in a nearby cosmic mystery.
Recent News
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NASA Study: Climate Fuels Asian Wildfire Emissions
Fires in equatorial Asia are growing more frequent and having a serious impact on the air as well as the land.
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NASA’s Earth Observatory: A Decade of Imagery
For the last decade, NASA's Earth Observatory has been using stunning satellite imagery to tell the story of our planet and the NASA scientists who are working to help us understand how it works.
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New Gamma-Ray Burst Smashes Cosmic Distance Record
NASA's Swift satellite and an international team of astronomers have found a gamma-ray burst from a star that died when the universe was only 630 million years old.
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NASA Launches James Webb Space Telescope Educational On-Line Game
NASA has developed a flash on-line game about telescopes, featuring NASA's next-generation spacecraft, the James Webb Space Telescope!
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SDO Spins Its Way Closer to Launch
For three days, SDO sat on a slowly spinning "Miller Table" in the Spacecraft Checkout and Integration Area, a "clean room" at Goddard.
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Goddard on Display at U-Md. Open House
Goddard was well represented at the 11th annual Maryland Day open house at nearby University of Maryland on April 25.
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Goddard View showcases people and achievements at Goddard that contribute to transforming human understanding of Earth and space through innovation, exploration and discovery.