MILNET: NASA Research Facilities
| Facility | Location | Mission |
| Ames Research Center (AMES) | Moffett, CA | Aeronautics/Space R&D |
| Dryden Flight Research Fac. | Edwards, CA | Manned Flight, Atmosphere/Space |
| Goddard Space Flight Center | Greenbelt, MD | Wholly Integrated Spacecraft |
| Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) | Pasadena, CA | C.I.T., Automated Space Missions |
| Johnson Space Center | Hoston, TX | Space R&D, Astronaut Training |
| Kennedy Space Center | Florida | The Major U.S. Launch Facility |
| Langley Research Center | Hampton, VA | R&D Aircraft Performance |
| Lewis Research Center | Cleveland, OH | Full Scale Aircraft Engine R&D |
| Marshall Space Flight Center | Huntsville, AL | Space Propulsion & Payloads |
| National Space Technology Labs | St.Louis,MS | Principal Liquid Fuel Static Test |
| Wallops Flight Facility | Wallops Island, VA | Sub-orbital Sounding Rockets |
Located in Moffett Field, California, on land adjoining Lockheed Aircraft Company and NAS Moffett.
Also, Dryden serves as the Western Landing site for the Space Shuttle. Dryden is part of Ames Research Laboratory, which is located in Sunnyvale, California, right next NAS Moffett.
Dryden itself is located on Edwards, AFB, Northeast of Los Angeles, California, int he Movaje Desert.
The facility is name after Dr. Hugh L. Dryden, former director of NACA until 1965, then Deputy Administrator of NASA.
Named after Dr. Robert H. Goddard, a founder in the science of rocketry. Goddard is located in Greenbelt, Maryland.
JSC is also responsible for the design, development, and testing of manned spacecraft as well as definition of in-flight biomedical experiments and research into space conducted life sciences experiments.
The center is named after the late U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson of Texas, and is located in Houston, Texas.
Tracking and Data Acquisition expertise is also found at JPL
JPL is located in Pasadena, California.
Spacelab and the payloads associated with it as well as upper stage ground processing are also among the tasks performed at Kennedy. Expendable launch vehicles both for NASA and the US Air Force are prepared and inspected at Kennedy, with some of these being launched there as well as Air Force Launches of these vehicles at Vandenburg AFB in California.
Kennedy is located on the southeastern shore of the Florida Pennisula.
The center dwelves into the development of future aircraft and spacecraft, and their systems. There is research in Acoustics, structures and materials, aerodynamics, aeroelasticity (as in in-flight wing changes), flight dynamics and control systems.
Performance, range, as well as safety and environmental effects are the primary emphasis.
The center is named after Samuel P. Langley pioneer in light than air aircraft and is located in Hampton, Virgina.
Lead center for aeronautical propulsion systems, and is known for their full scale engine test facilities. There are studies in chemical rocket engines, and electric propulsion.
The center also has facilities for the testing of terrestial power generation systems as well as space communications systems.
Lewis is named after Dr. George W. Lewis, the Director of Aeronautical Research at NACA from 1924 to 1947, and is located in Cleveland Ohio.
Responsible for the development, testing, and ongoing production of
the Space Shuttle main engines, and is the primary propulsion
development center for NASA. Manages and directs SpaceLab missions
from the onsite control facility, as well as plans and builds living
and laboratory modules. Also deals with the orbital verification of
the Hubble Space Telescope.
Material processing facilities on site as well as Michould
Assembly plant in New Orleans. Also manages the Slidell Computer
Complex in Slidell, LA.
The center is named after Gen. George C. Marshall, World War II
Army Chief of staff, and later a Nobel Peace Prize winner. The center
is located in Huntsville, Alabama.
Studies and testing in remote sensing, Environmental sciences and system development.
The NSTL is in the same facilities as other research facilities representing DoD, Dept. of Interior, Dept. of Commerce, EPA, and Dept. of Transportation.
NSTL is located in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.Wallops Flight Facility
Responsible for managing NASA's suborbital sounding rocket projects. This includes mission and flight planning as well as landing and recovery operations.
Payload design, tracking and data acquisition, and launch operations are also part of the Wallops responsibility. Also operates the National Scientific Ballon Facility at Palestine, Texas. The center is located on Wallops Island, Virginia.
Dryden Flight Research Facility
Responsible for the study of flight both in the atmosphere and in space. Studies in both low, sub-sonic to hypersonic speeds. Reentry as well as normal flight operations are of interest as well. HIMAT (Highly Maneuverable Aircraft Technology), RPRV (Remotley Piloted Research Vehicles, pivot wing aircraft, and fly-by-wire technolgy are currently under study. Also of commercial interest is wake-vortex (also known as wake-turbelence) alleviation methods.
Goddard Space Flight Center
Studies Space Science applications. Primarily tasked with development of fully integrated space systems such a complete spacecraft and launch system. Also of interest is the development and operation of the ground Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System.
Johnson Space Center
One major resonsibility is the selection and training of Astronauts for the services as well as for NASA. Johnson is well known during launches as Mission Control for all manned space flight. Operational planning, crew selection, and flight control experimentation are also of great importance.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JPL's primary responsiblity is unmanned, automated space flight operations. JPL is operated under contract with the California Institute of Technology. Missions include deep space exploration, advanced spacecraft propulsion, spacecraft automation, guidance, and other control systems. Also, various deep space mapping experiments, including the Deep Space Network. Planetary exploration is the most visible of their efforts with spacecraft in the Explorer, Mariner, and Voyager series, mapping the planets, and most recently fly bys to the outer planets known as the "Grand Tour".
Kennedy Space Center
Known around the world as the U.S.'s primary space launch facility and the only active Space Shuttle facility. The center also performs launch preperation and refurbishes the shuttle after landing and transportation back to Kennedy. Air Force missions are worked on at nearby Patrick AFB.
Langley Research Center
Lewis Research Center
Marshall Space Flight Center
National Space Technology Laboratories
Tasked with development and acceptance testing of major components of the propulsion systems of NASA spacecraft and launch vehicles, including the Shuttle main engines. This center houses the primary static test facility for large liquid propellant rocket engines.