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Goddard's Organizations and Projects

Updated 09.09.08

> Latest Organization chart dated November 2008

NOTE: Some of the URLs below are internal to Goddard and will not be available for viewing.

100 - Office of the Director

100 - Office of the Chief Technologist
101 - New Opportunities Office
110 - Office of Human Capital Management
- 110.1 - Business, Planning and Strategic Alignment Office
- 111 - Organization, Leadership and Culture Office
- 112 - Organization Capability Office
- 113 - Talent Acquisition Office
- 114 - Talent Cultivation Office
- 115 - Performance and Work-Life Office
120 - Equal Opportunity Programs Office
130 - Office of Public Affairs
140 - Office of Chief Counsel
150 - Office of the Chief Financial Officer
170 - Office of Mission Success
180 - NASA IV&V Facility
190 - Office of Inspector General

200 - Management Operations Directorate

201 - Institutional Support Office
210 - Procurement Operations Division
- 210H - Office for Headquarters
- 210I - Office for Institutional Programs
- 210M - Office for Mission Enabling Program
- 210S - Office for Space Sciences
- 210Y Office for Earth Sciences
220 - Facilities Management Division
- 221 - Planning Office
- 222 - Customer Service Office
- 224 - Engineering Branch
- 224.1 - Design Section A
- 224.2 - Design Section B
- 224.3 - Technical Policy Section C
- 227 - Construction, Operations, and Maintenance Branch
- 227.1 - Electrical Distribution Section
- 227.2 - Mechanical Maintenance Section
- 227.3 - Central Power Plant Section
- 227.4 - Climatic Control Section
- 227.6 - Construction Management Group
- 228 - Facilities Management Branch
240 - Security Division
250 - Safety and Environmental Division
270 - Information and Logistics Management Division

300 - Safety and Mission Assurance

300.1 - Directorate resource Management Office (DRMO)

301 - Systems Review Office (SRO)
302 - Institutional Support Office (ISO)
305 - Resource Analysis Office (RAO)
320 - Mission Support Division (MSD)
- 321 - Systems Safety Branch (SSB)
- 322 - Reliability and Risk Analysis Branch (RRAB)
- 323 - Mission Assurance Branch (MAB)
- 324 - Institutional Assurance Branch (IAB)
- Constellation Support
- Software Assurance

400 - Flight Projects Directorate

401.0 - Advanced Concepts and Formulation Office (ACFO)
401.1 - Rapid Spacecraft Development Office (RSDO)
403.0 - Flight Projects Directorate (FPD) Business Management Office (FPRO)
405.0 - Integrated Enterprise Management Projects (IEMP) Office (formerly IFMP)
407.0 - Earth, Science Technology Office (ESTO)
410.0 - Explorers Division Office (EXP)
417.0 - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R Series (GOES-R) Project Office
443.0 - James Webb Space Telescope Project Office
420.0 - Earth Science Projects Division (ESPD)
- 420.1 - NPOESS IPO Support Office (NISO)
- 422.0 - Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Project Office
- 423.0 - Earth Science Data and Information Systems Project
- 424.0 - Geostationary Operational Environment Satellite (GOES) N-P Project Office
- 480.0 - Polar Operational Environmental Satellites (POES) Project Office
- 426.0 - GLORY Project Office
- 427.0 - Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) Project Office
- 428.0 - Earth Science Mission Operations (ESMO) Project
- 429.0 - NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) Office
430.0 - Planetary Science Projects Division (PSPD)
- 431.0 - Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) Project Office
440.0 - Astrophysics Projects Division Office (APDO)
- 441.0 - Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Operations Project Office
- 442.0 - Hubble Space Telescope Development Project Office
- 444.0 - Space Science Mission Operations (SSMO) Project Office
- 445.0 - Constellation-X (CON-X) Project Office
- 446.0 - Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) Project Office
- 447.0 - Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) Project Office
450.0 - Exploration, Operations, Communications and Navigation Systems (EOCNS) Division
- 450.1 - Networks Integration Management Office
- 450.2 - Ground Systems Management office
- 450.3 - Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) Network Integration and Engineering Office
- 451.0 - Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Project Office
- 452.0 - Space Network Project
- 453.0 - Ground Network Project Office
- 454.0 - Tracking & Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) Project Office
- 455.0 - Exploration Systems Projects
- 456.0 - Space Network Expansion (SNE) Project Office
- 457.0 - Robotic Lunar Exploration Program Mission-2 (RLEP-2) Project Office
- 458.0 - Space Network Ground Segment Sustainment (SGSS) Project
- 459.0 - Exploration and Operations Flight Systems (EOFS) Project Office
460.0 - Heliophysics Projects Division
- 461.0 - Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) Project Office
- 462.0 - Space Environment Testbeds (SET) Project Office
- 463.0 - Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) Project Office
- 464.0 - Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) Project Office
- 466.0 - Geospace/Radiation Belt Storm Probe (RBSP) Project Office
- 469.0 - Space Technology-5 (ST-5) Project Office

500 - Applied Engineering and Technology Directorate (AETD)

501 - Business Management Office
503 - Office of Patent Counsel
504 - Innovative Partnerships Program Office
540 - Mechanical Systems Division
- 541 - Materials Engineering Branch
- 542 - Mechanical Systems Analysis & Simulation Branch
- 543 - Mechanical Engineering Branch
- 544 - Electro-Mechanical Systems Branch
- 545 - Thermal Engineering Branch
- 546 - Contamination and Coatings Engineering Branch
- 547 - Advanced Manufacturing Branch
- 548 - Mechanical Systems Branch at WFF
- 549 - Environmental Test Engineering and Integration Branch
  - 549.1 - Environmental Project Engineering Section
  - 549.2 - Structural Dynamics Test Engineering Section
  - 549.3 - Electromagnetic Test Engineering Section
  - 549.4 - Space Simulation Test Engineering Section
550 - Instrument Systems & Technology Division
- 551 - Optics Branch
- 552 - Cryogenics and Fluids Branch
- 553 - Detector Systems Branch
- 554 - Laser & Electro- Optics Branch
- 555 - Microwave Instrument Technology Branch
- 556 - Instrument Systems Branch
560 - Electrical Engineering Division
- 561 - Flight Data Systems and Radiation Effects
- 562 - Parts, Packaging, and Assembly Tech Office
- 563 - Power Systems Branch
- 564 - Microelectronics and Signal Processing Branch
- 565 - Electrical Systems Branch
- 567 - Microwave & Communication Systems Branch
- 568 - Flight Systems Integration and Test Branch
- 569 - Wallops Electrical Engineering Branch
580 - Software Engineering Division (SED)
- 581 - Software Systems Engineering Branch
- 582 - Flight Software Systems Branch
- 583 - Ground Software Systems Branch
- 584 - Mission Validation and Operations Branch
- 585 - Computing Environments and Collaborative Technologies Branch
- 586 - Science Data Management Branch
- 587 - Science Data Applications
- 589 - Wallops Systems Software Engineering Branch
590 - Mission Engineering and Systems Analysis Division
- 591 - GN&C Systems Engineering Branch
- 592 - Systems Engineering Services and Advanced Concepts Branch
- 595 - Flight Dynamics Analysis Branch
- 596 - Component Hardware Systems Branch
- 597 - Propulsion Branch
- 598 - GN&C Mission Systems Engineering Branch
- 599 - Mission Systems Engineering Branch

600 - Science and Exploration Directorate

601 - Associate Director for Science Engineering
- 603 - Administration and Resources Management Office
- 604 - Office of Science Utilization
  - Level-II Geospatial Interoperability Office (GIO) Program
- 605 - Science Proposal Support Office
- 606 - Computational & Information Science and Technology Office
  - 606.1 - Networks and Security
  - 606.2 - High-Performance Computing
  - 606.3 - Information Science & Technology Research
610 - Earth Sciences Division
- 611 - Goddard Institute for Space Studies
- 613 - Laboratory for Atmospheres
  - 613.1 - Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes
  - 613.2 - Climate and Radiation
  - 613.3 - Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics
- 614 - Hydrospheric and Biospheric Science Laboratory
  - 614.1 - Cryospheric Sciences
  - 614.2 - Ocean Sciences
  - 614.3 - Hydrological Sciences
  - 614.4 - Biospheric Sciences
  - 614.5 - Terrestrial Information Systems
  - 614.6 - Instrumentation Sciences
660 - Astrophysics Science Division
- 661 - Astroparticle Physics Laboratory
- 662 - X-ray Astrophysics Laboratory
- 663 - Gravitational Astrophysics Laboratory
- 665 - Observational Cosmology Laboratory
- 667 - Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics Laboratory
670 - Heliophysics Science Division
- 671 - Solar Physics Laboratory
- 672 - Heliospheric Physics Laboratory
- 673 - Geospace Physics Laboratory
- 674 - Space Weather Laboratory
690 - Solar Systems Exploration Division
- 690.1 - Solar System Exploration Data Services Office
- 691 - Astrochemistry Laboratory
- 693 - Planetary Systems Lab
- 694 - Laser Remote Sensing Laboratory
- 695 - Planetary Magnetospheres Lab
- 698 - Planetary Geodynamics Lab
- 699 - Atmospheric Experiments Lab

700 - Information Technology and Communications Directorate

Chief Information Officer
Code 702 – Strategy & Planning Office
Code 703 - Business & Investment Management Office
Code 740 – Program Integration & Management Division
Code 750 - Enterprise Solutions Division
Code 760 - Communications & Security Services Division
Code 761 - Communications Services Branch
Code 762 – Engineering & Security Services Branch
Code 763 – WFF IT & Communications Branch

800 - Suborbital and Special Orbital Projects Directorate (Wallops Flight Facility)

801 - Resources Management Office
802 - Advanced Projects Office
803 - Safety Office
810 - Sounding Rockets Program Office
820 - Balloon Program Office
830 - Aircraft Office
840 - Range and Mission Management Office

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