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NASAs Organization
National Aeronautics andSpace Administration
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NACA was founded in 1915
it was disestablished with thecreation of NASA in 1958
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NASA Centers
NASA Centers
Ames Research Center
Dryden Flight ResearchCenter
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Johnson Space Center
Stennis Space Center
Marshall Space Flight Center
Kennedy Research Center
Langley Research CenterWallops Flight Facility
NASA Headquarters
Goddard Space Flight Center
Lewis Research Center
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NASA Headquarters
Washington DC
1,800 civil servants
Formulates policy controls the budget andprovides management
oversight for programs
conducted at 9 NASA Field Centers, thecontractor-operated Jet
Propulsion Laboratory,and the Wallops Facility under the direction
ofGoddard Space Flight Center.
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NASA HQ
Interfaces with the executive and legislativebranches
Coordinates a broad range of international
cooperation
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Ames Research CenterMoffett Field, CA
1,700 civil servants
Founded in 1939 as an aircraft researchlaboratory, conducts
computer science and
information systems development and space,earth, and life
sciences
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ARC
Flight simulation Wind tunnel development and operation
Supercomputing and advanced computer basedmodeling
The origins of life in the universe
Airborne sciences
Advanced life support systems
Helicopters and advanced rotorcraft Artificial intelligence
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Dryden
Research Supports:
High-performance aircraft and spacecraft
General aviation
Flight research through and above the
atmosphere
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Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 3,500 civil servants
Named for rocket propulsion pioneer RobertGoddard in 1959.
Diverse responsibilities ranging from research in
Earth science and astrophysics to satellitetracking and
control.
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Goddard Directs development of the Earth Observing
System (EOS) Manages and operates the Hubble Space
Telescope
Operates the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite
System (TDRSS) NASAs primary satellitecommunications network
Operates most Earth-orbiting robotic spacecraft
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena, CA
6,000 civil servants Government-owned facility since 1944.
Operated by the California Institute ofTechnology under a NASA
contract.
Provides historic center of excellence inplanetary science
Home of the worldwide Deep Space Network oflarge ground-based
satellite communications
dishes.
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JPL Designs and operates spacecraft to explore the
Solar System. Including Spirit and Opportunitymissions to
Mars.
Supports research in automated spacecraftoperations and related
computer science
Develops advanced technology in spacecraftand science instrument
miniaturization
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Johnson Space CenterHouston, TX
3,200 civil servants
Established in 1961 as the
Center for activities related toU.S. human spaceflight
Manages the Space Shuttleand the International SpaceStation
(ISS)
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JSC Shuttle mission control and operations planning
Selection and training of astronauts
Applied medical and life sciences research
Studies of lunar samples returned by the Apollo
program
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Kennedy Space Center
Cape Canaveral, FL
2,400 civil servants Created in the early 1960s as a launch site
for
Apollo
Launch and primary landing facility for the
Space Shuttle and expendable rockets
KSFC
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KSFC Prepares three Space Shuttle orbiters for launch and
services them upon return
Provides and maintains the Shuttle launch pads andcontrol
center
Provides the primary landing site for the Shuttle
Operates the Space Station Processing Facility wherecomponents
of the ISS will be packaged for launch
Langley Research Center
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Langley Research Center
Hampton, VA 2,800 civil servants
Established in 1917 as the nations first aeronautical
research laboratory
Responsible for some of the most important
aeronautical advances of the 20th century Performs research and
development in aeronautics
and space technology
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Langley Aircraft safety and avionics
Aerodynamics
Hypersonic flight
Space systems and instrumentation
Advanced composite materials and their non-destructive
testing
Vertical/short-take-off and landing flightresearch
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Lewis Research CenterCleveland, OH
2,500 civil servants
International leader in jet engine research since1941
Expertise in advanced space propulsion andspace power
systems
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Lewis Electrical power solar arrays for the ISS
Combustion research
Aircraft engine noise and emissions reduction
Chemical and electric rocket propulsion
Advanced turbojet aircraft engines
Marshall Space Flight Center
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Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville, AL 3,330 civil servants
Originally part of the Army Ballistic MissileAgency, transferred
to NASA in 1960
U.S. home of Wernher von Braun and otherGerman rocket
pioneers
Provides expertise for rocket enginedevelopment
Responsibilities in ISS, astrophysics,microgravity, and
technology transfer
MSFC
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MSFC Manages the main rocket engines, external fuel
tank and solid-fuel boosters for the Space
Shuttle program Develops the pressurized living and working
modules for the ISS
Manages the development of the Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics
Facility astronomy satellite
Leads the development of the new generation ofreusable launch
vehicles
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Michoud Assembly Facility
New Orleans, LA
Development site for the Space Shuttles
propulsion system
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Stennis Space Center
MS
200 civil servants
Premier U.S. Center for testing large rocketpropulsion
systems
Supports the Space Shuttle program
Fosters the commercialization of Earthobservation data
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Stennis
Maintains and operates a range of engine test-firing stands
Issues grants and provides expertise in land-use
planning and other applications of Earth remote-sensing data
Wallops Flight Facility
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Wallops Flight Facility
Wallops Island, VA
350 civil servants One of the worlds original rocket launch
sites
founded in 1945
Manages NASAs suborbital sounding rocket
program and scientific balloon flights to Earthsupper
atmosphere.
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