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NASA Facilities
Each National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) facility has its own special area of responsibility. Please refer to the appropriate center for information on a specific topic.
NASA HEADQUARTERS Washington, D.C. 20546
NASA Headquarters formulates policy, coordinates the activities, and controls the NASA programs of the space flight centers, research centers, and other installations which comprise NASA.
AMES RESEARCH CENTER Moffett Field, California 94035
Ames Research Center conducts laboratory and flight research in space missions and in aeronautics. The fields of space interest include atmosphere entry research, planetary atmospheres (Mars and Venus), fundamental physics, materials, guidance and control, chemistry, and life sciences. Ames aeronautical research includes the areas of supersonic flight, vertical/short take-off and landing (V/STOL) aircraft, and operational problems. As lead Center for helicopter research, Ames provides overall direction to the program and conducts research in aeromechanics, which includes technology integration and large-scale testing and simulation. Ames’ space flight projects include management of scientific probes and satellites, and payloads for flight experiments. Project Pioneer is managed by Ames.
ARC DRYDEN FLIGHT RESEARCH FACILITY Edwards, California 93523
The Dryden Flight Research Facility is concerned with manned flight inside and outside the atmosphere, including low-speed, supersonic, hypersonic, and reentry flight; general aviation; and high-performance aircraft and spacecraft, such as the F-15. Space vehicle programs are typified by studies such as flight behavior of lifting bodies and flight systems, and structural characteristics of aeronautical and space vehicles. In biotechnology, man-machine integration problems are studied. Some of the research aircraft previously tested at Dryden include the X-l, D-558, X-3, X-4, X-5, XB-70, and the X-15, which was piloted to world speed and altitude records of4500 mph and 350,000 feet The approach and landing tests (ALT), designed to verify the aerodynamics and landing abilities of the Space Shuttle Orbiter, were conducted at Dryden, and several of the Orbiter landings following Earth-orbital flights were made there.
GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER Greenbelt, Maryland 20771.
The Goddard Space Flight Center, named for rocket pioneer Dr. Robert H. Goddard, is responsible for the development and management of a broad variety of unmanned Earth-orbiting satellite and sounding rocket experiments. Among its major projects are orbiting observatories, and Explorer, Tiros 4, Nimbus, and Landsat (formerly Earth Resources Technology) satellites. Goddard is the nerve center for the worldwide tracking and communications network for both manned and unmanned satellites and the hub of the NASA Communications Network (NASCOM) for the Space Shuttle. Goddard’s responsibilities for the Space Station Program include the Space Station platforms, attached payload accommodations, robotic servicer, and NASA’s role in servicing. Goddard is also responsible for scientific instrumentation, mission operations, and data reduction of the Space Telescope.
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY Pasadena, California 91109
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a research, development, md flight center operated for NASA by the California Institute of Techmu)gy. The Laboratory’s primary role is the investigation of the planets thrmgh the use of automated scientific spacecraft. Jet Propulsion Laboratory is also responsible to NASA for supporting research and advanced development related to flight projects and the design and operation of the D«p Space Network. This network communicates with and commands sparecraft on lunar, interplanetary, and planetary missions, including th* Viking-Mars, Mariner, Voyager, Galileo, and Venus Orbiting Imagirg Radar (VOIR) projects.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON SPACE CENTER Houston, Texas 77058
The Johnson Space Center (JSC) is responsible for the design, development and operation of manned spacecraft, which incudes the development, production, and delivery of the Spacn Shuttle Orbiters; testing of manned spacecraft associated systems; development and integration of experiments for space flight activities; applies tioc of space technology and supporting scientific engineering and medical research; the selection and training of astronauts; and operation of manaed space flights. Mission Control for manned space flights is at the Johnson Space Center. JSC is also responsible for the external truss, distributed subsystems, EVA systems, manned space systema, components and hardware in the habitat module, airlock, and resource node outfitting of the Space Station.
JOHN F. KENNEDY SPACE CENTER Kennedy Space Center, Florida 32899
The Nation’s first spaceport, the John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC), makes preflight tests, and prepares and launches manned and unmanned space vehicles for NASA. Manned Apollo and Skylab	the
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP), and Space Shuttle missions have been launched at KSC. In addition, unmanned planetary and interplanetary missions, and scientific meteorological and communications satellites are launched at KSC. Some launches are from the Pacific Coast; these are conducted by the KSC Western Test Range Operations Division at Lompoc, California. The Space Shuttle is launched like a conventional spacecraft from a KSC launch pad, but, like a jetliner, it lands on a runway at KSC or at the Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER Hampton, Virginia 23665-5225
Oldest of the NASA centers, Langley has the task of providing technology for manned and unmanned exploration of space and for improvement and extension of performance, utility, and safety of aircraft. The major technical areas of Langley are theoretical and experimental dynamics of flight through the entire speed range, flight mechanics, materials a^d structures, space mechanics, instrumentation, solid rocket technology, and advanced hypersonic engine research. The Center conceives, develops, and operates simulators for aircraft and spacecraft, andPoo.
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conducts vertical/short take-off and landing (V/STOL) flight research in structures and materials, and avionics and noise. The Center is charged with overall project management for Viking. The Long-Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) is a product of the Langley Research Center.
LEWIS RESEARCH CENTER Cleveland, Ohio 44135
The major missions of Lewis are aircraft and rocket propulsion and space power generation. Other fields of investigation include materials and metallurgy, and the problems in the use of extremely high- and low-temperature materials. Other areas of research are combustion and direct energy conversion; chemical, nuclear, and electric rocket propulsion systems; advanced turbojet power plants; fuels and lubricants; plasma and magnetohydrodynamics; aircraft noise reduction; and engine pollution reduction. Lewis also maintains a data bank of research information about aerospace safety. Lewis has technical management of such rocket stages as the Atlas-Agena, Atlas-Centaur, and Thor-Agena. Lewis has responsibility for the power system of Space Station.
GEORGE C. MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER Huntsville, Alabama 35812
The development, production, and delivery of the solid rocket boosters, the external tank, and the Orbiter main engines for the Space Shuttle are the responsibility of Marshall. Launch vehicles essential to Apollo and other major missions were designed and developed by Marshall scientists and engineers. The Center is also concerned with payloads and experiments for assigned space flight activities. The Spacelab Program Office has responsibility for the technical and programmatic monitoring of Spacelab design and development activities in Europe. Marshall also has overall responsibility for management of the first three Spacelab missions, and project management for the Space Telescope. Marshall’s Space Station responsibilities include the laboratory, habitation, and logistics modules; engine elements of the Space Station’s propulsion system; and the resource node structure.
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JOHN C. STENNIS SPACE CENTER Stennis Space Center, Mississippi 39529-6000
Stennis Space Center is the prime NASA installation for static test firing of large rocket engines and propulsion systems. In addition, the installation plays an important role in the Nation’s space and environmental technology efforts. For the Space Shuttle Program, Stennis operates and maintains dedicated Space Shuttle facilities used for testing of Space Shuttle main engines and the Orbiter main propulsion program. These facilities include a high pressure industrial water facility, emergency power capabilities, high pressure gas facilities, propellant and cryogenic facilities, meteorological and acoustic facilities, and support laboratories and shops. In terrestrial applications programs, the focus of the installation’s capability is in its Earth Resources Laboratory (ERL), which is engaged in remote sensing technology research and development in three interrelated areas: (1) research investigations for improved knowledge and information extraction techniques; (2) research and development of low-cost, efficient data processing systems; and (3) specially designated test and evaluation projects for the application of remote sensing to current resources management requirements.
WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY Wallops Island, Virginia 23337
Wallops Flight Facility, located on Virginia’s eastern shore, is one of the oldest and busiest ranges in the world. Some 300 experiments are sent aloft each year on vehicles which vary in size from small meteorological rockets to the four-stage Scout with orbital capability. The launches increase knowledge of the upper atmosphere and the space environment. A sizeable portion of Wallops’ effort is devoted to aeronautical research and development and in exporting this Nation’s space technology to the international community.
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