Marshall Space Flight Center
The George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) is the U.S. government's civilian rocketry and spacecraft propulsion research center. The largest NASA center, created in 1960, MSFC's first mission was developing the Saturn launch vehicles for the Apollo moon program. Marshall has been the agency's lead center for Space Shuttle propulsion and its external tank; payloads and related crew training; International Space Station (ISS) design and assembly; and computers, networks, and information management. MSFC houses the ISS Payload Operations Integration Center which is the ground control center for the science experiments on the ISS. Located on the Redstone Arsenal near Huntsville, Alabama, MSFC is named in honor of General of the Army George Marshall.
Located at MSFC is the U.S. Space and Rocket Center Museum and NASA's Space Camp.
Read MoreLocated at MSFC is the U.S. Space and Rocket Center Museum and NASA's Space Camp.
U.S. Space and Rocket Center - The Space Shuttle Orbiter Pathfinder (honorary Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-098) is a Space Shuttle test simulator made of steel and wood, constructed by NASA in 1977
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