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About the Goddard Space Flight Center

Greenbelt:

1958: National Aeronautics and Space Administration founded.
1959: Goddard Space Flight Center established as NASA's first space flight center.
1960: TIROS I, first weather observation satellite.


Wallops Island:

1945: Wallops Flight Facility established under the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.
1958: Wallops Station created under the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
1975: Wallops Flight Center established.
1982: Wallops Flight Facility created in consolidation with Goddard Space Flight Center.

The Facility

Greenbelt:

1121 acres of land
50 buildings

Wallops Island:

6188 acres of land
84 major buildings including aircraft hangars
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Author: Lynn Jenner  
Last Revised: 20 December 2000