In memory of the brilliant scientist, a major space science laboratory, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, was established on May 1, 1959.

NASA's OZONE STUDIES ... Beginning in the 1960s, NASA pioneered the study of the atmosphere from space. The agency's commitment to environmental research continues with Mission to Planet Earth.

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The largest orbiter sent to Mars in 30 years by NASA, the MRO spacecraft launched on Aug. 12, 2005 with six primary instruments to study the Martian surface, atmosphere and potential...

This NASA Facts explores the history of NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, this country's first civilian aeronautics laboratory.

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Mars Observational Parameters ... Discoverer: Unknown Discovery Date: Prehistoric Distance from Earth Minimum (106 km) 55.7 Maximum (106 km) 401.3 Apparent diameter from ... North Pole of Rotation

Object Name: IC 1396 Globule (Trumpler 37) ; Object Type: Dark globule inside emission nebula ; Position (J2000): RA: 21h38m08.7s Dec: ... About the Object ... Object Name: Messier 81 (NGC 3031;