NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center

Joseph H. Rothenberg, Acting Director

The mission of the Goddard Space Flight Center is to expand knowledge of the Earth and its environment, the solar system and the universe through observations from space. To assure that our nation maintains leadership in this endeavor, the Center is committed to excellence in scientific investigation, in the development and operation of space systems and in the advancement of essential technologies.

See the map of the Center and directions to GSFC.

About Goddard Space Flight Center
Goddard events and employee organizations
Goddard X.500 Personnel Directory

GSFC via World Wide Web

100 - Office of the Director

• 160 - Office of University Programs

• Homer E. Newell Memorial Library

• 310 - Assurance Technologies Division
• 312 - NASA Electronic Packaging and Processes Branch
• Electrical, Electronic and Electromechanical (EEE) Parts Information Management System (EPIMS)

• Space Environment Information Service (EnviroNET)
• 410 - Explorers Project

• 520 - Data Systems Technology Division (DSTD)
• 530 - Networks Division
• 550 - Flight Dynamics Division
  • 552 - Software Engineering Lab (SEL)

• 630 - Space Science Data Operations Office (SSDOO)
  • 631 - Astrophysics Data Facility (ADF)
    • SSDOO Archives Access to NDADS
    • STELAR Project (GSFC)
    • Astronomical Data Center (ADC)
  • 632 - Space Physics Data Facility (SPDF)
    • Space Physics Data System (Access to the distributed system)
  • 633 - National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC)
• 660 - Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics (LHEA)
  • Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE)
  • Compton Gamma Ray Observatory Science Support Center (CGROSSC)
  • High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC)
• 680 - Laboratory for Astronomy and Solar Physics (LASP)
  • International Halley Watch Large Scale Phenomenon Network
  • International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE)
  • Medium Scale Anisotropy Measurement (MSAM)
  • Solar Data Analysis Center (SDAC)
  • Solar Extreme Ultraviolet Rocket Telescope and Spectrograph (SERTS)
  • Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)
  • Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UIT)
• 690 - Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics (LEP)
  • ISTP Science Planning and Operations Facility

• 704 - Systems Engineering Office
• 710 - Space Technology Division
  • 712 - Guidance and Control Branch
    • FUSE Guidance and Control
  • 713 - Cryogenics, Propulsion and Fluid Systems Branch
• 720 - Mechanical Systems Division
  • 721 - Systems Analysis Branch
• 730 - Electrical Engineering Division
  • 735.1 - Radiation Effects and Analysis Section
  • 737 - Microwave Technology Branch
• 740 - Special Payloads Division
  • Small Explorer Program (SMEX)
  • 740.3 - Space Shuttle Small Payloads Project (SSPP)
  • 743 - Instrumentation Branch
  • 745 - Attitude Control and Stabilization Branch
• 750 - Engineering Services Division

900 - Earth Sciences Directorate

• Earth Observing System (EOS) Project Science Office
• 902 - Global Change Data Center (GCDC)
  • Goddard Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC)
  • TRMM Science Data and Information System (TSDIS)
  • Sea Viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SEAWIFS) Science Data and Information System (SeaSDIS)
  • AVHRR Pathfinder
  • Global Change Master Directory
• 910 - Laboratory for Atmospheres
  • 910.1 - Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Office
  • 910.3 - Data Assimilation Office (DAO)
  • 910.4 - Satellite Data Utilization Office (SDUO)
  • 913 - Climate and Radiation Branch
    • MODIS Airborne Simulator (MAS)
  • 916 - Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Branch
    • Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (SSBUV) Instrument
    • Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS)
• 920 - Laboratory for Terrestrial Physics
  • Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)
  • 920.1 - Space Geodesy and Altimetry Projects Office (SGAPO)
  • 920.2 - Computing Systems Office
    • Crustal Dynamics Data Information System (CDDIS)
  • 921 - Geodynamics Branch
  • 923 - Biospheric Sciences Branch
    • Boreal Ecosystem - Atmosphere Study (BOREAS)
    • Forest Ecosystems Dynamics (FED)
  • 924 - Experimental Instrumentation Branch
• 930 - Space Data and Computing Division (SDCD)
  • Digital Library Technology Project (DLT)
  • HPCC Earth and Space Science Applications Project (ESS)
  • NASA Center for Computational Sciences (NCCS)
  • 933 - Computer Network and Security Branch
    • Minority University SPace Interdisciplinary Network (MU-SPIN)
• 940 - Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) / New York City /
• 970 - Laboratory for Hydrospheric Processes
  • 970.2 - SeaWiFS Office
  • 971 - Oceans And Ice Branch
  • 972 - Observational Science Branch
  • 974 - Hydrological Sciences Branch

Other GSFC-based Services

• Goddard Center Networking Environment (CNE)
• CDF (Common Data Format distribution site)
• Global Change Master Directory
• GSFC Gopher
• Homer E. Newell Memorial Library
• IDL Astronomy Library
• NSSDC Online Data and Information Service (GSFC)
• NDADS (NSSDC archives)
• Goddard Procurement
• Software Assurance Technology Center

Additional NASA Services

• NASIRC NASA Automated Incident Response Capability
• NASA Technical Report Server
• NASA Research Announcements
  e.g., Astrophysics Data Program in nra_93-OSS-05
• IUE 19th Episode Proposal Instructions
• NASA Master Directory
• NASA Gopher Servers
• NASA Telnet Services
• NASA Directory of WAIS Servers
• NASA Discipline Data Systems
  • Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
    (See also ADS' journal abstract service)
  • Planetary Data System (PDS)
  • Space Physics Data System(SPDS)

NASA WWW Home Page

Information on WWW (including where to get documentation and software).