The Goddard Space Flight Center has developed more planetary instruments than any other institution on Earth.

The Landsat Program is a series of Earth-observing satellite missions jointly managed by NASA Goddard and the U.S. Geological Survey.

The Goddard Space Flight Center operates spaceflight tracking and data acquisition networks, and develops and maintains space and Earth science data information systems for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The Goddard Space Flight Center has built and operated more research satellites dedicated to the study and protection of our home planet than any other institution in the world.

The Goddard Space Flight Center is the largest combined organization of scientists and engineers dedicated to increasing knowledge of the Earth, the Solar System, and the Universe via observations from space in the U.S.

The Goddard Space Flight Center is NASA's first, and oldest, field center.

The Goddard Space Flight Center was named for Dr. Robert H. Goddard, considered the father of modern rocketry.