Goddard Space Flight Center

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NASA field center space research laboratory

Goddard Space Flight Center is a major NASA research laboratory in Maryland that leads scientific spacecraft development, Earth and space observation missions, and related technology.

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Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NASA field center → space research laboratory →
affiliatedWith	Goddard Institute for Space Studies → Independent Verification and Validation Facility → Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation Facility → Wallops Flight Facility →
country	United States →
developed	Aqua satellite → Aura satellite → Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope → Global Precipitation Measurement mission core observatory → Goddard Earth Observing System Data Assimilation System → ICESat missions → Landsat satellites → Solar Dynamics Observatory → Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission → Terra satellite →
employs	engineers → scientists → technicians →
established	1959 →
hasFacility	Goddard Space Flight Center Integration and Test Facility → Goddard Spacecraft Operations Control Center → Goddard Visitor Center →
hasMission	Earth observation missions → planetary missions support → space astronomy missions → technology development for spaceflight →
headquartersLocation	Greenbelt, Maryland →
locatedIn	Greenbelt, Maryland → Maryland → Prince George's County, Maryland → United States →
manages	Goddard Earth Observing System models → Hubble Space Telescope operations → James Webb Space Telescope operations →
namedAfter	Robert H. Goddard →
operator	NASA →
parentOrganization	National Aeronautics and Space Administration →
partOf	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center complex →
responsibleFor	NASA Earth Observing System project science → NASA space and ground communications networks management → Near Earth Network → Space Network → Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System →
specializesIn	Earth observation → Earth science → Earth system modeling → astrophysics → heliophysics → planetary science → remote sensing → satellite operations → space communications → space science → spacecraft engineering →

Referenced by (39)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Goddard Earth Observing System models ("NASA Goddard Space Flight Center") → Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph ("NASA Goddard Space Flight Center") → NICER ("NASA Goddard Space Flight Center") → Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph ("NASA Goddard Space Flight Center") → Wide Field Camera 3 →	developedBy
Aqua ("NASA Goddard Space Flight Center") → Goddard Visitor Center ("NASA Goddard Space Flight Center") → Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory ("NASA Goddard Space Flight Center") → Solar Dynamics Observatory ("NASA Goddard Space Flight Center") →	operator
Goddard Space Flight Center ("NASA Goddard Space Flight Center complex") → High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center ("NASA Goddard Space Flight Center") → Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation Facility ("NASA Goddard Space Flight Center") → Wallops Flight Facility ("NASA Goddard Space Flight Center") →	partOf
ICESat missions ("NASA Goddard Space Flight Center") → Space Network ("NASA Goddard Space Flight Center") → Wallops Flight Facility →	managedBy
Goddard Institute for Space Studies ("NASA Goddard Space Flight Center") → NICER ("NASA Goddard Space Flight Center") →	operatedBy
STEREO mission ("NASA Goddard Space Flight Center") → Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite ("NASA Goddard Space Flight Center") →	spaceAgency
Prince George’s County, Maryland ("NASA Goddard Space Flight Center") →	contains
SAM ("NASA Goddard Space Flight Center") →	contributedBy
Space Telescope Science Institute ("NASA Goddard Space Flight Center") →	coordinatesWith
SAM ("NASA Goddard Space Flight Center") →	designedBy
Cosmic Origins Spectrograph ("NASA Goddard Space Flight Center") →	developedForAgency
NASA field center network ("NASA Goddard Space Flight Center") →	hasComponent
Goddard Space Flight Center ("Goddard Space Flight Center Integration and Test Facility") →	hasFacility
Greenbelt, Maryland ("NASA Goddard Space Flight Center") →	hasMajorEmployer
Lanham, Maryland ("NASA Goddard Space Flight Center") →	hasNearbyFederalAgency
Goddard Visitor Center ("NASA Goddard Space Flight Center") →	locatedOnFacility
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope ("NASA Goddard Space Flight Center") →	managingCenter
Solar Dynamics Observatory ("NASA Goddard Space Flight Center") →	manufacturer
Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph →	namedAfter
Laurel, Maryland ("NASA Goddard Space Flight Center") →	near
Ball Aerospace ("NASA Goddard Space Flight Center") →	notableCustomer
NASA →	operates
Goddard Institute for Space Studies →	parentOrganization
Baltimore–Washington Parkway ("NASA Goddard Space Flight Center") →	passesNear
Global Precipitation Measurement mission core observatory ("NASA Goddard Space Flight Center") →	sponsor