Marshall Space Flight Center
The Marshall Center’s unique expertise and experience are being used to develop and operate the space systems America needs to journey into low Earth orbit and beyond.Located on Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala., Marshall provides the multidiscipline engineering expertise behind propulsion and transportation systems such as the space shuttle and Ares rockets. Marshall continues to enable scientific discovery through development of hardware and instruments for projects including the Chandra X-ray Observatory, the GLAST Gamma-ray Burst Monitor, and Gravity Probe B. The center develops, integrates, and operates major components and systems on the International Space Station and supports its operations around the clock.
Since it was established in 1960, Marshall has used its engineering and scientific expertise to build launch vehicles, spacecraft, and scientific instruments that enable the United States to explore and discover.The U.S. Space Exploration Policy calls for NASA to maintain a balanced portfolio of science, aeronautics, and exploration; continue to fly the space shuttle fleet safely; complete the International Space Station; and return humans to the moon,laying the groundwork for exploration missions to Mars and beyond.Marshall Space Flight Center plays a vital role in these efforts, developing safe, affordable technologies to explore the solar system and return benefits to the people of Earth.
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