60 YEARS AND COUNTING

Expert in the study of our world, the solar system, and beyond, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center has been working since 1959 to increase scientific understanding, answer humanity’s big questions, and benefit the society and communities we serve. The center’s work in science, engineering, technology, and communications strengthens our ability to envision the origins of life, preserve our way of living, and chart our place in the universe. We identify requirements and innovations; design, build, and launch spacecraft; and manage and support entire space missions. Our foundational communications infrastructure enables NASA and others to retrieve knowledge from space, share it with diverse stakeholders, and apply it to society in countless ways.

Goddard manages six sites: its main campus in Greenbelt, Maryland; Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Virginia; the Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York; the Katherine Johnson Independent Verification & Validation Facility in Fairmont, West Virginia; the White Sands Complex in Las Cruces, New Mexico; and Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility in Palestine, Texas.