Marshall Space Flight Center

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Marshall Space Flight Center is a major NASA field center in Huntsville, Alabama, responsible for developing space launch systems, propulsion technologies, and other key spaceflight hardware.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA field center
space research and development center
abbreviation MSFC
affiliation United States federal government
coordinatesWith Johnson Space Center
Kennedy Space Center
Stennis Space Center
country United States of America
employer NASA civil servants
contractor workforce
focusesOn microgravity science payloads
space propulsion technologies
space systems engineering
space transportation systems
hasFacility Neutral Buoyancy Simulator (historical)
Payload Operations Integration Center
Propulsion Research Laboratory
Space Environmental Effects Laboratory
Test Stand 116
Test Stand 4670
Test Stand 4693
hasProgram Human Landing System support activities
Space Launch System Program
Technology demonstration missions
inception 1960
locatedIn Alabama
Madison County, Alabama
locatedOn Redstone Arsenal
location Huntsville, Alabama
namedAfter George C. Marshall
Wernher von Braun
notableFor development of Saturn V rocket
management of Space Launch System for Artemis program
operator NASA
partOf NASA Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate
primaryFunction space launch system development
space propulsion research
spacecraft systems integration
responsibleFor Chandra X-ray Observatory program management
Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission support
ISS Payload Operations Integration Center
International Space Station payload operations integration
Saturn I launch vehicle development
Saturn IB launch vehicle development
Saturn V launch vehicle development
Skylab orbital workshop development
Space Launch System
rocket engine testing
space propulsion test facilities
website https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/marshall

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
NASA Space Shuttle program ("NASA Marshall Space Flight Center")
Saturn V ("NASA Marshall Space Flight Center")
Space Transportation System ("NASA Marshall Space Flight Center")
developedBy
Huntsville, Alabama ("NASA Marshall Space Flight Center")
Redstone Arsenal ("NASA Marshall Space Flight Center")
hosts
Marshall Space Flight Center ("MSFC")
abbreviation
U.S. Space & Rocket Center
affiliatedWith
Alabama ("NASA Marshall Space Flight Center")
containsResearchCenter
Space Shuttle Main Engines ("NASA Marshall Space Flight Center")
designAgency
Wernher von Braun
employer
NASA field center network ("NASA Marshall Space Flight Center")
hasComponent
United States rocket program
keyFacility
Apollo program ("NASA Marshall Space Flight Center")
managedBy
Chandra X-ray Observatory ("NASA Marshall Space Flight Center")
operatedBy
NASA
operates
Saturn I ("NASA Marshall Space Flight Center")
operator
Juno ("NASA Marshall Space Flight Center")
spaceAgency
Starship Human Landing System ("NASA Marshall Space Flight Center")
spaceAgencyPartner
Stennis Space Center ("NASA Marshall Space Flight Center")
supportsAgency

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