Goddard Space Flight Center

Summary

Goddard Space Flight Center is a NASA facility^[1]. It draws 178 Wikipedia views per month (nasa_facility category, ranking #8 of 12).^[2]

Key Facts

• Goddard Space Flight Center's field of work was Earth science^[3].
• Goddard Space Flight Center's field of work was heliophysics^[4].
• Goddard Space Flight Center's field of work was astrophysics^[5].
• Goddard Space Flight Center's field of work was astronautics^[6].
• Goddard Space Flight Center's field of work was artificial satellite^[7].
• Goddard Space Flight Center's field of work was exploration^[8].
• Goddard Space Flight Center was a member of LIGO Scientific Collaboration^[9].
• Goddard Space Flight Center is located in Prince George's County^[10].
• Goddard Space Flight Center is in the country of United States^[11].
• Goddard Space Flight Center's video is recorded as NASA Goddard's Innovation.ogv^[12].
• Goddard Space Flight Center's image is recorded as NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Aerial view 2010 facing south.jpg^[13].
• Goddard Space Flight Center's instance of is recorded as NASA facility^[14].
• Goddard Space Flight Center's instance of is recorded as research institute^[15].
• Goddard Space Flight Center's instance of is recorded as research center^[16].
• Goddard Space Flight Center's instance of is recorded as space center^[17].
• Goddard Space Flight Center's founder is recorded as United States Congress^[18].
• Goddard Space Flight Center's item operated is recorded as Hubble Space Telescope^[19].
• Goddard Space Flight Center's item operated is recorded as INTEGRAL^[20].
• Goddard Space Flight Center's item operated is recorded as OSIRIS-REx^[21].
• Goddard Space Flight Center's item operated is recorded as MAVEN^[22].
• Goddard Space Flight Center's item operated is recorded as Solar and Heliospheric Observatory^[23].
• Goddard Space Flight Center's item operated is recorded as Solar Dynamics Observatory^[24].
• Goddard Space Flight Center's item operated is recorded as Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory^[25].
• Goddard Space Flight Center's operator is recorded as National Aeronautics and Space Administration^[26].
• Robert H. Goddard is named after Goddard Space Flight Center^[27].

Body

Founding

Goddard Space Flight Center's founder is recorded as United States Congress^[18]. +1959-05-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it^[28].

Identity

Goddard Space Flight Center's part of is recorded as Eastern Range^[29]. Its short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'GSFC'}^[30].

Operations

Goddard Space Flight Center's headquarters location is recorded as Greenbelt^[31]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as National Aeronautics and Space Administration^[32]. Subsidiaries include Astrophysics Science Division^[33], a laboratory^[34], in United States^[35]; Goddard Institute for Space Studies^[36], a laboratory^[37], in United States^[38], founded in 1961^[39], headquartered in New York City^[40]; Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology^[41], a research institute^[42], in United States^[43], founded in 1995^[44]; Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center^[45], a research center^[46], in United States^[47]; Space Physics Data Facility^[48], a research institute^[49], in United States^[50], headquartered in Goddard^[51]; and Wallops Flight Facility^[52], a spaceport^[53], in United States^[54], founded in 1945^[55]. Its operator is recorded as National Aeronautics and Space Administration^[26].

Industry

Fields of work include Earth science^[3], a branch of science^[56]; heliophysics^[4], an academic discipline^[57]; astrophysics^[5], a branch of astronomy^[58]; astronautics^[6], a branch of science^[59]; artificial satellite^[7]; and exploration^[8].

Why It Matters

Goddard Space Flight Center draws 178 Wikipedia views per month (nasa_facility category, ranking #8 of 12).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[60] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[61]