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The Goddard Visitor Center

Visit us to see exciting model rocket launches, hear informative lectures and watch the awe-inspiring "Science on a Sphere" exhibit.

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Contact Information

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Get in Touch with NASA Goddard

This page contains contact information, maps and driving directions to the Goddard Space Flight Center and its affiliated facilities.

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Robert H. Goddard

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Who Was Dr. Goddard?

Learn more about the American rocketry pioneer for whom the Goddard Space Flight Center is named.

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Goddard in HD

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Hi-Def Video

View, download and order high-definition video and animations from the Goddard Space Flight Center.

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Return to Hubble

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Hubble Servicing Mission 4

Read about the upcoming Servicing Mission 4, scheduled to be the last time astronauts visit the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Featured Stories

NASA's Swift Spies Comet Lulin

Swift image of comet Lulin taken Jan. 28
02.20.09

While waiting for high-energy outbursts and cosmic explosions, NASA's Swift Gamma-ray Explorer satellite is monitoring Comet Lulin as it closes on Earth.

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NASA and Google Release CO2 Map

Still of video: Sources of CO2 Emissions in the U.S.
02.19.09

Interactive maps that detail carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion are now available on the popular Google Earth platform.

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Fermi Sees Most Extreme Gamma-ray Blast Yet

X ray afterglow of GRB 080916C
02.19.09

The first burst to be seen in high-res by the Fermi telescope had the greatest total energy, the fastest motions and the highest-energy initial emissions ever seen.

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Scientists Find Black Gold Amidst Overlooked Data

This wide area view of the Gulf of Mexico was taken by the Terra satellite on May 13, 2006.
02.18.09

Scientists recently found black gold bubbling up from an otherwise undistinguished mass of ocean imagery.

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