2015 Goddard Annual Report

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SHARE ANALYZE One World-Class Organization ...... 2 TABLE OF Goddard at a Glance ...... 3 Our Legacy ...... 4 Center Director’s Message ...... 6 25 Years of Hubble’s Universe ...... 7 Celebrating Wallops ...... 8 CONTENTS Our Focus Areas ...... 10 2015 in Figures ...... 12 Delivering Your Data from Space ...... 14 Our Organization ...... 16 14 Highlights of 2015 ...... 17 Engaging the Community • Explore@NASAGoddard . . . . .22 Our Leadership ...... 24 Earth Science ...... 26 Astrophysics ...... 28 Heliophysics ...... 30 Planetary Science ...... 32 Space Communications and Navigation ...... 34 Suborbital Programs and Range Services ...... 36 Our Life @ Goddard ...... 38 Institutional Support ...... 40 IT and Communications ...... 41 Public Communication ...... 42 Education ...... 44 Our People • State of the Workforce 2015 ...... 46 Budget ...... 47 Economic Impact ...... 48 Environmental Impact ...... 49 Our Loyalty • Wallops Flight Facility ...... 50 Connections ...... 52 In Memoriam ...... 53

On Earth Day, April 22, 2015, NASA asked: What is your favorite place on Earth? Submissions came from all 50 U.S. states and 145+ coun tries and territories. These images were all shared on social media.

There is truly no place like home.

1 Global ONE WORLD-CLASS ORGANIZATION: AT A GLANCE FIVE UNIQUE SITES Over 13,000 People provider of Plus many other locations worldwide scientific GODDARD 37,000+ GREENBELT CAMPUS INDEPENDENT research, GODDARD MARYLAND VERIFICATION LIVES SAVED INSTITUTE FOR & VALIDATION WORLDWIDE THROUGH SPACE STUDIES FACILITY 100 GODDARD-ENABLED technology, NEW YORK CITY FAIRMONT TERABYTES OF SEARCH & RESCUE NEW YORK WEST VIRGINIA DATA PROVIDED BY HUBBLE and missions NGC 6302, known as the Butterfly Nebula 1976 Greenbelt Visitor Center Opened! that visitors since150,000+ 2012 3,000 Est.1959 COMETSBY DISCOVERED SOHO transform our Est.1961 Est.2000^ WHITE SANDS WALLOPS FLIGHT knowledge COMPLEX FACILITY LAS CRUCES WALLOPS ISLAND 1 of 63 known of Earth and NEW MEXICO Est.1978* Est.1945 VIRGINIA living Moon Trees WEBB planted from approximately *Goddard-managed ground communications stations will be a powerful ^Goddard assumed management ANNIVE time machine with space RSA 450 th R 5 Y infrared vision that seeds taken on 2 will peer back over the Apollo 14 mission Cosmic billion years. Expert in the study of our world, ROBERT H. GODDARD 13.5 THE FATHER OF MODERN ROCKETRY Background the solar system, and beyond, Explorer: NASA Goddard Space Flight (1882–1945) The American engineer, Primetime professor, physicist, and inventor credited launched in 1989 Center (GSFC) has been working with creating and building the world's first led to a Nobel 1EMMY AWARD since 1959 to increase scientific liquid-fueled rocket. Prize in Physics understanding, answer human ity’s big questions, and benefit EDUCAT INSPIR the society and communities we I IN GODDARD’S N G ” serve. The center’s work in sci G “FIRSTS First Live TV Broadcast from the Moon in 1969 ence, engineering, technology, UHURU Mission and communications strengthens ENGAG (1970-1973) IN our ability to envision the origins G UHURU: “Freedom” Years of 1,800 in Swahili, first Students satellite devoted Experience of life, preserve our way of living, to X-Ray Astronomy 40+ Inaugural MDEngaged STEM Festival Managing the and define our place in the uni Development 9,000 National Inventors of NOAA’s verse. We identify requirements Pre-K Through 8 Weather IV&V Rocket Competition Students First spacecraft managed Hall of Fame Satellites and innovations; design, build 900,000+ and launched by a woman: Marjorie Townsend George E. Alcorn and launch spacecraft; and man Facebook Followers (March 12, 1930 - April 4, 2015) 2015: X-ray Imaging Spectrometer age and support entire space D ID YOU K 1.2M+ missions. Our fundamental com NOW G Instagram Followers ? odda rese rd ha munications infrastructure en arch s bu sat ilt a ellite nd s th ope ables NASA and others to bring an rate any d m oth o er re E back knowledge from space, inst art itut h S ion cie in nc share it with diverse customers, th e e w or and apply it to society in count ld. less ways.

2 ONE WORLD-CLASS ORGANIZATION: AT A GLANCE FIVE UNIQUE SITES Over 13,000 People Plus many other locations worldwide GODDARD 37,000+ GREENBELT CAMPUS INDEPENDENT GODDARD MARYLAND VERIFICATION LIVES SAVED INSTITUTE FOR & VALIDATION WORLDWIDE THROUGH SPACE STUDIES FACILITY 100 GODDARD-ENABLED NEW YORK CITY FAIRMONT TERABYTES OF SEARCH & RESCUE NEW YORK WEST VIRGINIA DATA PROVIDED BY HUBBLE NGC 6302, known as the Butterfly Nebula 1976 Greenbelt Visitor Center Opened! visitors since150,000+ 2012 3,000 Est.1959 COMETSBY DISCOVERED SOHO Est.1961 Est.2000^ WHITE SANDS WALLOPS FLIGHT COMPLEX FACILITY LAS CRUCES WALLOPS ISLAND 1 of 63 known NEW MEXICO Est.1978* Est.1945 VIRGINIA living Moon Trees WEBB planted from approximately *Goddard-managed ground communications stations will be a powerful ^Goddard assumed management ANNIVERS time machine with 450 th AR 5 Y infrared vision that seeds taken on 2 will peer back over the Apollo 14 mission Cosmic billion years. ROBERT H. GODDARD 13.5 THE FATHER OF MODERN ROCKETRY Background Explorer: (1882–1945) The American engineer, Primetime professor, physicist, and inventor credited launched in 1989 with creating and building the world's first led to a Nobel 1EMMY AWARD liquid-fueled rocket. Prize in Physics

EDUCA INSPIR TI IN N G GODDARD’S G “FIRSTS” First Live TV Broadcast from the Moon in 1969

UHURU Mission ENGAG (1970-1973) IN G UHURU: “Freedom” Years of 1,800 in Swahili, first Students satellite devoted Experience to X-Ray Astronomy 40+ Inaugural MDEngaged STEM Festival Managing the Development 9,000 National Inventors of NOAA’s Pre-K Through 8 Weather IV&V Rocket Competition Students First spacecraft managed Hall of Fame Satellites and launched by a woman: 900,000+ Marjorie Townsend (March 12, 1930 - April 4, 2015) George E. Alcorn Facebook Followers 2015: X-ray Imaging Spectrometer D ID YOU K 1.2M+ www.nasa.gov/goddard NOW G Instagram Followers ? odda rese rd ha arch s bu sat ilt a 3 ellite nd s th ope an rate any d m oth o er re E inst art itut h S ion cie in nc th e e w or ld. THIS IS WHO WE ARE

OUR LEGACY

4 A Place for NASA Vision Science We reach for new heights and reveal the unknown for the benefit of humankind. For the good of our Nation and the world, Goddard leads scien NASA Mission tific research and exploration that transforms our understanding of Drive advances in science, technology, aeronautics, and space exploration to enhance knowledge, education, innovation, economic Earth and space and enhances the vitality, and stewardship of Earth. lives of people on our home planet.

We advance NASA’s mission NASA’s Strategic Goals by leading scientific research, 1. Expand the frontiers of knowledge, capability, and and by building, launching, and opportunity in space. operating scientific instruments, 2. Advance understanding of Earth and develop technologies spacecraft, and information sys to improve the quality of life on our home planet. tems. As a science center, God 3. Serve the American public and accomplish our mission by dard seeks to understand the effectively managing our people, technical capabilities, and Earth and to explore the universe infrastructure. through a robust program of sci entific research in Earth science, astrophysics, heliophysics, and planetary science. As a space flight center, Goddard utilizes its core technical and programmatic expertise and facility capabilities to execute a broad range of flight missions and field campaigns. We are committed to enabling innovation and developing new technologies that expand the agency’s technical capabilities in support of its overarching mission. Goddard then applies its breakthroughs to society: stimulating economic growth, fostering the education of the next generation, and inspiring the Nation.

5 CENTER DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE

For more than 50 years, NASA’s During the year, we added the disciplines, it is impossible to Goddard Space Flight Center Soil Moisture Active Passive include them all. Please visit our has laid a foundation of scientific spacecraft to our constellation website, www.nasa.gov/god- and technical knowledge that of Earth-monitoring sentinels dard, for greater detail regarding society will apply to its endeav and gained new insights into the our efforts and accomplishments. ors today and in the future. I am climate system with the Global inspired by, and grateful for, the Precipitation Measurement mis As 2016 begins in earnest, we exceptional legacy that forms sion’s first global map of rainfall can look forward to a year that the backbone of our work. Since and snowfall. will produce the next generation its establishment in 1959 as the of missions and technologies that agency’s first spaceflight center, We launched two new missions will further advance our scientific Goddard has been a leader in in 2015—the Magnetospheric capabilities. We plan to launch advancing our understanding Multiscale mission and NOAA’s such missions as Astro-H, Raven, of astrophysics, Earth science, Deep Space Climate Observa OSIRIS-REx, GOES-R, JPSS-1, heliophysics, planetary science, tory—while two other heliophys NICER, and ISS-CREAM, and and engineering and technology. ics missions celebrated their 5th we will continue progress on and 20th anniversaries. The Solar important projects in support of This past year, we celebrated Dynamics Observatory studied a science and human spaceflight. milestones for missions that have sunspot 80,000 miles wide, the made—and continue to make— largest yet of the current solar The challenges ahead of us are countless discoveries in our quest cycle; and the Solar and Helio extraordinary, and we remain to understand Earth, our solar spheric Observatory spotted its extremely proud to do the work system and worlds beyond. All 3,000th comet. that we do. I am privileged to the while, we have remained be part of a group of immensely hard at work developing future As NASA moves forward with its talented and committed indi missions that will carry our legacy Journey to Mars, Goddard con viduals who continue to push the for generations to come. tinues to research the Red Planet boundaries of what is possible in as part of the agency’s goal to the universe. In 2015, we celebrated the 25th send humans to Mars by the Chris Scolese launch anniversary of the Hubble 2030s. The Sample Analysis at Center Director Space Telescope. Similarly, God Mars instrument suite detected dard’s Wallops Flight Facility, organic matter on the planet’s a leader in research and tech surface while the Mars Atmo nology since 1945, marked 70 sphere and Volatile Evolution years in June. Goddard held mission made landmark discover open houses in commemoration ies about the upper atmosphere. of these anniversaries at both Wallops and Greenbelt with an I invite you to explore this an extraordinary turnout for both nual report and learn about these events—evidence of the public’s and many of our other notable overwhelming appreciation for achievements from the past year. our work and the people who With our breadth of work across make it all happen. an extensive portfolio of science

6 25 Years of Hubble’s Universe

Launched in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has made over 1.2 million observations of more than 38,000 celestial objects. • The world’s first large, space- based optical telescope was named after American astrono Launch (STS-31) mer Edwin P. Hubble (1889- 1953). Dr. Hubble confirmed an Deployment APR “expanding” universe, which 1990 provided the foundation for First Image, Star Cluster NGC 3532 MAY the Big Bang theory. 1990 APR Servicing Mission 1 1990 • In its 25-year lifetime, the (STS-61) Dec telescope has made nearly Servicing Mission 2 1993 (STS-82) FEB 137,000 trips around our plan Servicing Mission 3A 1997 (STS-103) DEC et. Hubble’s miles traveled, 3.4 1999 billion, is nearly the average Servicing Mission 3B (STS-109) distance from Pluto to the Sun. MAR Hubble Ultra Deep Field 2002 shows 10,000 galaxies MAR • An average of 829 gigabytes 2004 of Hubble data are added Detects object larger to the archive every month. than Pluto in Kuiper belt DEC Servicing Mission 4 2005 Hubble observations currently (STS-125) MAY produce 10 terabytes of new 2009 data per year, with over 100 Reveals terabytes available for future collision between two asteroids JAN generations of researchers. 2010 • Scientists using Hubble data Makes millionth JUL have published more than observation 2011 12,800 scientific papers, in 10,000th scientific paper using Hubble cluding research that led to a data published DEC 2011 DEC Nobel Prize in Physics. Finds seven 2012 galaxies formed APR 13 billion years ago 2015 25 years in orbit with celebrations worldwide

Hubble Space Telescope Dark energy. Exploding stars. The age of the universe. Contributes to Nobel Hubble has helped solve some of astronomy’s most Prize in Physics pressing questions, and given rise to many new mysteries.

7 Hubble Infographic.ai CELEBRATING WALLOPS 1940s 1950s Expanding NASA’s Reach for Science and Technology Since 1945

One of the oldest launch sites in ties at an Open House in celebra support important education initia the world, Wallops Flight Facility tion of this milestone. Today, men tives. Wallops’ lower atmosphere is a key part of Goddard Space and women based at Wallops lead airborne science missions fly 50 Flight Center and NASA’s principal NASA’s suborbital programs, hav percent of NASA’s aircraft science provider of suborbital programs ing launched thousands of rockets, flight hours, with campaigns from and related services supporting released hundreds of scientific Wallops, the Arctic, Antarctica and U.S. aerospace technology and sci balloons, and logged thousands other global sites. ence research needs. The rich his of flight hours in support of scien tory of Wallops includes and even tific investigations. Recent balloon Over the years, the Wallops launch predates the early work of NASA’s missions include the launch of the range has grown to include six launch predecessor, the National Advisory Low-Density Supersonic Decelera pads, assembly facilities and state-of- Council on Aeronautics (NACA). tor in Hawaii and a super pressure the-art instrumentation. In addition, balloon launch from New Zealand. mobile launch facilities enable God June 27, 2015, marked 70 years Recent sounding rocket missions dard and NASA scientists and engi since the first launch, and Wallops enable scientific advances with neers to launch rockets from sites Flight Facility welcomed members launch platforms at Wallops, Alaska around the world. NASA’s Wallops- of the public and various communi and other worldwide sites, and also based aircraft include a P-3B Orion,

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four C-23 Sherpas, a King Air, two Recognized for pioneering inno orbital and suborbital launch tech C-130 Hercules, and a UH-1 Huey, vative government, industry and nologies. NASA and Goddard are supporting the Airborne Science academic collaboration, Wallops indebted to the commitment, ser Program. Wallops also supports is poised to continue as the cur vice, and dedication of the count test flights of Unmanned Aerial rent and future key resource for less people who have contributed Systems (UAS); the Virginia Com operational test, integration and to Wallops Flight Facility’s impor mercial Spaceflight Authority will certification of NASA and com tant work in support of NASA’s soon complete construction of a mercial next-generation, low-cost mission over many decades. 3,000 foot UAS runway. Wallops has NASA’s only owned and operated “We had an incredible 70th Anniversary celebration Saturday, June launch range and research airport. 27, with more than 7,000 guests spending the day with us, learning This facility collaborates on national about our missions and the men and women who make Wallops so missions with the U.S. Coast Guard, successful. I’m enormously grateful to all the volunteers who sup the Department of Defense, and ported the event, as well as the exhibitors and sponsors who came NOAA as well as commercial space out to show their support.” initiatives with the Mid-Atlantic - Bill Wrobel, Director of the Wallops Flight Facility Regional Spaceport.

9 Our FOCUS AREAS

Earth SCIENCE ASTROPHYSICS HELIOPHYSICS

Observes and studies the Earth Investigates the universe Researches the Sun and its ex System, to further scientific un through astronomy, astrophys tended solar system environment derstanding of our home planet, ics, and fundamental physics, (the heliosphere), and interac and to improve predictions of its on issues like dark matter and tions of Earth, other planets, evolving state due to human and energy, life-harboring planets, small bodies, and interstellar gas natural changes. and black holes. with the heliosphere.

CROSS-CUTTING TECHNOLOGIES

Sensor Systems & Large-Scale Scientific In-Space Satellite Instrument Platforms Information Systems, Data Servicing Goddard develops and builds Processing, & Dissemination To enable extended mission missions and instruments, from Goddard designs and imple operations, reconfiguration, and subsystems (detectors and opti ments custom, large-scale data recovery, Goddard’s services in cal elements) to complete instru systems and supercomputing ap clude on-orbit spacecraft refuel ments and instrument suites. plications for high-performance ing and repair, assembling large computing and archiving of a structures in orbit, and modular wide range of science data. designs.

10 PLANETARY SPACE SUBORBITAL SCIENCE COMMUNICATIONS PLATFORMS &

Investigates the planets, moons, and small objects in the solar & NAVIGATION RANGE SERVICES system and beyond, including Systems, technologies and ser Programs and services for sound their evolution, inner structures, vices in support of science, ex ing rockets, balloons, aircraft, and forces that alter them. ploration, and space operations and commercial space including missions that are near-Earth and NASA’s only launch facility, Wal in deep space. lops Launch Range. OTHER ENABLING CAPABILITIES

Program & Project End-to-End Mission Safety & Mission Management Systems Architecture & Assurance Goddard conducts effective, Engineering Goddard is a recognized leader tailored management and cost Goddard addresses the full life in safety and mission assurance, estimation, maintains schedules, cycle of science missions, space with a lengthy history of imple develops technology, manages craft, in situ and remote-sensing menting effective, innovative, risk, and assures outcomes for instruments, and payloads from and cost-effective approaches missions and their supporting advanced concepts through to reduce risk and enable mis elements and services. implementation. sion success.

11 2015 in Figures 3,000+ CIVIL SERVANTS APPYLING ONE GODDARD 6,000+ 5 ONSITE CONTRACTORS TECHNOLOGIES MORE THAN 13,000 PEOPLE MAJOR PROGRAM 1,000s 450 INTERNS OF OTHERS* ACHIEVEMENTS *including off-site contractors, New Technology Reports interns, and Emeritus Technology 213 JAMES HIGHLIGHTED Transfer IN FY 2015 + many more. Software Usage Agreements FEMALE MALE 48 73 180 104 Please visit 38%(Civil Servants) 62% (Civil Servants) WEBB STATES HIGH COLLEGES & Invention SCHOOLS UNIVERSITIES 40 Patent Applications Portfolio SPACE TELESCOPE (24% Minority Serving Institutions) Partnership Strategic Partnerships Development 11 Number of primary mirror segments: 18 BUDGET: $5.0B Joint Agency Satellites 13,750 3,620 2,125

PY15 Budget Received in FY15 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency AIRBORNE COLLEGE AIRCRAFT 3,167 5 SCIENCE HOURS STUDENTS HOURS IN Missions in ON SOUNDING PARTICIPATED SUPPORT ACTIVE Development ROCKET AND IN HANDS-ON OF EARTH PROCUREMENT Direct GSFC BUDGET: $3.5B 3 Landsat 9, GOES-R, JPSS BALLOON FLIGHT SCIENCE MISSIONS PROJECT INSTRUMENTS Operational EXPERIENCES Reimbursable GSFC Budget: $1.5B Missions (In past 18 months) GOES 13-15, Landsat 7 & 8, 70 116 (FROM OTHER GOVERNMENT AND NON-GOVERNMENT ENTITIES) AGENCIES 8 Suomi-NPP, DSCOVR, GPM 16 YEARS 7 SOUNDING OF SOUNDING ROCKET AND WALLOPS ROCKET ORBITAL BALLOON LAUNCHES LAUNCHES MISSIONS PLACES TO WORK IN THE FEDERAL OF 320 AGENCY INNOVATION BestGOVERNMENT RANKING #11 COMPONENTS (In past 3 years) (In past 18 months) 1.5 TERABYTES MISSION 4 588 OF DATA PER DAY SENT FROM THE SOLAR DYNAMICS OBSERVATORY EARTH SCIENCE YEARS OF NASA VIZ NETWORK VISUALIZATION -YEAR HISTORY OF U.S. FOREST DISTURBANCE MAPPED 3.8 EXPLORER APP 300 25 Landsat data were used to produce 25 time-integrated maps Capability: Gbps ASTROPHYSICS 252 depicting forest disturbance across the U.S. These North American Forest Dynamics (NAFD) maps provide the North Total Launches 12 1.5 MILLIONDOWNLOADS American Carbon Program with analyses of U.S. forest Supported: 180 LIVES SAVED health at the scale of local forest management.

PUBLICATIONS ISS Docking, PLANETARY 400 IN THE UNITED STATES Undocking, and ARTICLES SCIENCE FACILITY NASA MISSIONS EVAs Supported: 27 THROUGH GODDARD- 13 SUPPORTED • NSF/Popular Science ENABLED SEARCH IV&V 2015 People’s Choice 200 SEVERITY ONE Figures are for FY 2015 Vizzie Award HELIOPHYSICS & RESCUE 51 ISSUES IDENTIFIED unless noted otherwise.

12 3,000+ CIVIL SERVANTS APPYLING ONE GODDARD 6,000+ 5 ONSITE CONTRACTORS TECHNOLOGIES MORE THAN 13,000 PEOPLE MAJOR PROGRAM 1,000s 450 INTERNS OF OTHERS* ACHIEVEMENTS *including off-site contractors, New Technology Reports interns, and Emeritus Technology 213 JAMES HIGHLIGHTED Transfer IN FY 2015 + many more. Software Usage Agreements FEMALE MALE 104 Please visit 48 73 180 http://jwst.nasa.gov/recentaccomplish.html 38%(Civil Servants) 62% (Civil Servants) WEBB STATES HIGH COLLEGES & Invention SCHOOLS UNIVERSITIES 40 Patent Applications Portfolio SPACE TELESCOPE (24% Minority Serving Institutions) Partnership Strategic Partnerships Development 11 Number of primary mirror segments: 18 BUDGET: $5.0B Joint Agency Satellites 13,750 3,620 2,125

13 DeliverING Your Data from Space

Since 1959, Goddard’s communications networks have served NASA, the Nation, and the world as the backbone for products and services derived from satellite data.

SCIENTIFIC HEALTH Weather Climate TV AND Search and Defense MANY ASPECTS OF DISCOVERY AND MEDICAL EDUCATION FINANCIAL Transportation Forecasting Monitoring Agriculture WATER FIRES GPS TECHNOLOGY CELLULAR Rescue Communications SOCIETY ARE IMPROVED BY SATELLITE DATA

HOW WE DO IT Space Network (SN) A constellation of nine Earth-orbiting Tracking Data Relay Satellites (TDRS) and four ground terminal locations that pro- JUST THREE vide a continuous global link between satellites and the ground. ISS EXAMPLES OF Captures and Human Near Earth Network (NEN) THE MANY WAYS sends data Spaceflight A series of fifteen globally-located NASA-owned and contract- to TDRS ed commercial ground terminals that provide comprehensive WE ARE BRINGING LONG-TERM IMPACT communications services to satellites in near-Earth orbit. SCIENCE HOME! HUBBLE Space Science NASA Communications Network (NASCOM) Hubble Space NASCOM SN (Data transport) GC The central nervous system connected to all of NASA’s commu- Telescope observes the Captures and WSC nications circuits, NASCOM transports and delivers the data to most distant stars and sends data to processes control centers or data centers which process and disseminate galaxies in the universe WSC ground and transmits for the science community, other agencies, and the public. as well as the planets in stations CUSTOMERS PRODUCTS our solar system. The Deep Space Network (DSN) International Space TDRS • NASA • GSFC Station (ISS) collects DATA END NASCOM also provides connectivity to the ground stations of data on global climate, • Government Homepage NASA’s third communications network, DSN, which is managed environmental change, CENTERS USERS • Commercial/ • Astronomy by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. and natural hazards Industry Picture of the Day using crew-operated and automated Earth • International • Earth Observatory DID YOU KNOW? observation payloads. Partners • Ozone Hole • 98% of all NASA data comes through Goddard Aqua is a multi-national • Academia • Direct Readout via SN and NEN. Earth-observing research satellite • SN and NEN collectively transmit 29.5 TB of studying the NASCOM data per day. precipitation, Captures and NEN Ground station (Data transport) GC • NEN supports about 40 NASA and other evaporation, and AQUA sends data to polar processes agency satellites. cycling of water. Earth Science ground station and transmits

KEY FACILITIES

SN WHITE SANDS COMPLEX (WSC) WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY (WFF) GODDARD GREENBELT CAMPUS (GC) NEN The SN ground segment at the White Sands Complex features One of the NASA-owned tracking stations, WFF hosts five NEN antennas that pro- In addition to overall management of SN and NEN, Greenbelt manages the DSN ground terminals that provide the hardware and software neces- vide high-quality, low-cost communications services to supported flight missions. Its NASCOM which handles all data from SN, NEN, and DSN. Its global system of com- sary to guarantee a constant communication link among the cus- Global Monitor and Control Center (GMaCC) provides continual monitoring of munications transmission, switching, and terminal facilities provides Internet Protocol tomer spacecraft, TDRS, and the NASCOM interface to the cus- passes allowing for remotely-controlled, locally unattended station operations at (IP) routed data, high-rate data and video services. Other capabilities include mission tomer control center. other sites, including the nearly completed Launch Communications Stations (LCS) voice communications services, and high volume data transfer among NASA super- at Kennedy Space Center. LCS will provide critical launch communications capabili- computers including the NASA Center for Climate Simulation at Goddard. ties to the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft.

14 Since 1959, Goddard’s communications networks have served NASA, the Nation, and the world as the backbone for products and services derived from satellite data.

KEY FACILITIES

15 OUR ORGANIZATION

OUR DIRECTOR ORGANIZATION NASA Office Equal NASA Independ. of Inspector Opportunity Communications Chief Counsel Verification Programs & Validation General Office

HUMAN CHIEF SAFETY AND EDUCATION CAPITAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT MISSION MANAGEMENT OFFICER OPERATIONS ASSURANCE

APPLIED Suborbital Information FLIGHT ENGINEERING Sciences AND AND Special Technology PROJECTS AND Exploration Orbital AND TECHNOLOGY Projects Communications

16 14 1 2 WEBB HUBBLE

HIGHLIGHTS Next Strategic Astrophysics Celebrating 25 Years Mission Continues Progress of Hubble

James Webb Space Telescope On July 23, 2015, Goddard OF (JWST) again made significant hosted a day of open houses, progress toward its launch events and panel discussions in planned for no earlier than honor of the project team, and 2015 2018. A successful 116 days test they released videos showcasing ing of its heart was conducted key moments in Hubble’s history. inside Goddard’s thermal vac In addition to these recognitions, uum chamber. Two primary test Hubble continued to deliver mirror segments were placed compelling images revealing our onto the support structure. The mysterious universe. Releases in pathfinder telescope, a practice cluded spectacular new views of section of JWST, is now fully the “Pillars of Creation”; super- assembled. The special arms rich galactic neighborhoods; required to set up its secondary young, massive, compact galax mirror in space were tested. The ies; debris-strewn exoplanetary Integrated Science Instrument construction yards; extreme Module (ISIM) successfully un exoplanets; stars ejected from derwent a “gravity sag test” and ancient galaxies; Pluto’s moons; “severe sound” tests. and aurorae on the Moon.

Universe Universe

17 3 4 5 SWIFT/XMM-NEWTON GPM TERRA/AQUA

Revealing the Destructive First Global Rainfall, Snowfall Battling Wildfires Nature of Black Holes Map from Mission from Space

The Swift Gamma-ray Burst Ex The Global Precipitation Mea NASA satellites have been add plorer, Chandra X-ray Observa surement (GPM) mission has ing to the firefighters’ toolkit by tory, and XMM-Newton joint produced its first global map of providing a clearer view of these mission with ESA are helping rainfall and snowfall. Launched threats with new satellite-based scientists solve an astronomical on February 27, 2014, the NASA/ tools to better detect fires and puzzle concerning forces that JAXA mission unifies precipita predict their behavior. Aqua spot rip apart stars near black holes tion measurements from a net ted multiple fires in California, called tidal disruption. One such work of 12 satellites. The result is including the Rough fire—the event, called ASASSN-14li, was NASA’s Integrated Multi-satellite largest in the state. Terra captured found in the center of a galaxy Retrievals for GPM data product, Alaskan wildfires in the 2015 290 million light-years away. This called IMERG. GPM Core Obser fire season which surpassed the observation has given researchers vatory has provided a worldwide 5-million-mark for the number of an extraordinary opportunity to tour of global precipitation by acres burned. Aqua also captured understand these extreme envi taking snapshots every 30 min an image of dozens of wildfires ronments. Results from the Nov. utes that are available in hours. across the Alaska wilderness. In 2014 All-Sky Automated Survey In addition, GPM is engaging citi addition, NASA satellites cap for Supernovae (ASAS-SN) were zen scientists to validate ground tured the smoke from wildfires published in the Oct. 22, 2015 and satellite data. in the skies over Alaska, Canada, issue of Nature. and the U.S. Great Lakes.

UNIVERSE EARTH EARTH

18 6 7 8 ICESat-2 PACE-OCI MAVEN

Measuring the Height of New NASA Mission to Study MAVEN Extends Mars Earth from Space Ocean Color Exploration Heritage

The Ice, Cloud, and land Eleva NASA is beginning work on a The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile tion Satellite-2 (ICESat-2), slated mission to extend critical cli EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission for launch in 2017, will continue mate measurements of Earth’s continues our exploration of Mars, the important observations of oceans and atmosphere, and which began 50 years ago with icesheet elevation change, sea-ice advance studies of the impact Mariner 4. Since its arrival at Mars freeboard, and vegetation canopy of environmental changes on in September 2014, the results height begun by ICESat in 2003. ocean health, fisheries and the have been stunning. MAVEN has Together, these datasets will allow carbon cycle. Tentatively sched discovered diffuse auroras that for continent-wide estimates in the uled to launch in 2022, the occur intermittently and observed change in volume of the Greenland Plankton-Aerosol Clouds and a temporary layer of metal ions, and Antarctic ice sheets over a ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission formed from dust left by comet 15-year period, and long-term will study Earth’s aquatic ecology Siding Spring. Four “deep-dip” trend analysis of sea-ice thickness. and biogeochemistry. PACE will campaigns have investigated the Testing continued on ICESat-2’s be managed by Goddard, which lower end of the upper atmosphere. laser-based light detection and will also build the Ocean Color MAVEN’s observations are being ranging (LIDAR) sensor called the Instrument (OCI) to measure used to determine how quickly Advanced Topographic Laser Al ocean color and observe clouds Mars is losing its atmosphere timeter System, or ATLAS. and tiny airborne particles like today—to better understand its dust, smoke and aerosols. changing climate.

EARTH Earth SOLAR SYSTEM

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OSIRIS-REx Meets Key Satellite Camera Provides Historic Mission Launches, Milestones “EPIC” View of Earth Flies in Formation

Origins, Spectral Interpretation, In July 2015, a NASA camera In November 2014, all four of Resource Identification and Se on the Deep Space Climate the Magnetospheric Multiscale curity-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS- Observatory (DSCOVR) satel (MMS) spacecraft had arrived at REx) is the first U.S. asteroid lite returned its first view of the NASA’s pre-launch processing sample return mission, planned entire sunlit side of Earth from facility in Florida to begin prepara for launch in Sept. 2016. It passed one million miles away. The color tions for launch. On March 12, this the Mission Operations Review images from NASA’s Earth Poly unprecedented mission launched in July 2015. That June marked chromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) to study magnetic reconnection, the delivery of an instrument to are generated by combining a phenomenon that drives effects measure the asteroid’s mineral three separate images to create all over the universe. On July 9, and chemical abundances, and a photographic-quality image. MMS completed a major mile temperature. Shortly after, two The satellite, a multi-agency col stone with the planned execution more instruments were delivered: laboration (NOAA, USAF, and of maneuvers to begin formation the instrument to explore the NASA), was launched in February. flying in a 160 km spaced tetra surface of the asteroid for water Data from EPIC will be used to hedron. On September 1, MMS and organic materials, and the measure ozone and aerosol lev entered the Mission Operations suite of cameras. These three of els in Earth’s atmosphere, cloud and Science Data Analysis phase the five mission instruments were height, vegetation properties and (E), with numerous publications integrated by September. the ultraviolet reflectivity of Earth. to follow.

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20 12 13 14 SPACE NETWORK WALLOPS 70th Explore@NASAGoddard

Initial Implementation of New Wallops Celebrates 70 Years Record Crowds Visit Ground Terminal of Aerospace Innovation Open House

The Blossom Point Remote Sta In 2015, Wallops hosted several On September 26, Goddard’s tion now provides customer events commemorating the his main campus in Greenbelt, MD support and is fully operational toric date of its first test launch opened for the first time in four with the first of two TDRS anten on June 27, 1945. The Wallops years in celebration of Hubble’s nas, giving the Space Network 70th Anniversary Lecture Series 25th anniversary. Over 20,000 (SN) additional capability in the began in March, and Wallops people attended the event. Visi Atlantic Ocean Region. Blossom held a contest on “Art & the tors participated in over 130 Point began as a green field en Cosmic Connection.” The facil science, engineering and tech vironment, with no SN antennas ity hosted an opening reception nology activities; and interacted or supporting ground system. In for the youth art exhibit on June with experts like Nobel laure a few years, the SN installed three 26th. Winners selected from over ate John Mather and astronaut antennas, three radomes and a 300 submissions were displayed John Grunsfeld, a veteran of suite of hardware and software through September. On June 27, the Hubble servicing mission. systems to manage TDRS and Wallops opened its doors to en Over 10 buildings were opened, provide customer services. The gage the public with celebrating including the spacecraft integra ground system implementation and recognizing its significant tion and test facility, and the High effort in particular took a short contributions to NASA and the Bay Clean Room. Hundreds of the 14 months from start to finish. Nation, ending with a 5K run on center’s staff explained Goddard’s the facility runways. work to attendees.

COMMUNICATIONS SUBORBITAL OUTREACH

21 Engaging the Community

• 20,000 Attendees • 1,600 Staff (Volunteers, Pre senters, Exhibitors, Partners, Performers, Facilities Personnel) • 37 Presentations • 21 Local Food Vendors • 13 Facility Tours • 108 Goddard Exhibits • 22 External Exhibitors • 14 Open Buildings • 12 Science Demonstrations and Performances

http://www.nasa.gov/explorenasagoddard-2015 NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, opened its doors for the first time in four years to give the public a chance to explore the center’s Earth science, heliophysics, plan etary science, astrophysics, and engineering and technology. In celebration of the Hubble Space Telescope’s 25th anniversary, this year’s event highlighted the theme “Celebrating Hubble and the Spirit of Exploration.”

Organizers at Goddard said some 20,000 attended the Explore@ NASAGoddard event for an ex clusive look at the center’s work.

22 23 THIS IS WHAT WE DO

OUR LEADERSHIP

24 A Place for SUCCESS

At Goddard, we launch science. We help answer crucial science questions through complex missions that depend on dedi cated, innovative teams to de velop pioneering technologies. Goddard is one of the few orga nizations worldwide to manage a mission from concept through operations, which utilize internal, partner, and industry expertise and resources and cover subor bital to planetary missions.

The depth and expertise of our scientists, engineers, tech nologists, project managers, support personnel, and facili ties form the foundation of our unique strength. With our lead ership in scientific research as well as instruments and space craft development, the center has a notable capability to con ceive and manage advanced science, technology, and space systems through the entire mis sion life cycle.

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Combined Budget $2.1B CombinedCombined Budget GSFC $2.1B43% GSFC Budget Percentage 3 FACILITIES Combined GSFC 43% GSFC Budget Percentage Greenbelt WFF GISS 3 FACILITIES 26% Reimbursable Greenbelt WFF GISS 26% Reimbursable 13 LABORATORIES/OFFICES FY 2015 has yielded a number of 17% Non-Reimbursable 13 LABORATORIES/OFFICES accomplishments for Goddard 17% Non-Reimbursable STAFF Remaining GSFC 1,267 Earth Science. CATS was launched 57% Civil Service, Contract, Other STAFF Remaining GSFC 1,267 to the ISS where it began observ 57% Civil Service, Contract, Other ing clouds and aerosols; DSCOVR was launched into deep space (Lagrange Point 1) for a constant view of the entire sunlit hemisphere, MISSIONS IN DEVELOPMENT OPERATIONAL MISSIONS or “blue marble”; and SMAP was • GEDI (GlobalMISSIONS Ecosystem IN DEVELOPMENT Dynamics • Aqua OPERATIONAL MISSIONS launched into low Earth orbit where Investigation) • Aquarius •• GEDIGOES (Global (Geostationary Ecosystem Operational Dynamics •• AuraAqua Environmental Satellite – R Series)* the GSFC-built passive microwave Investigation) •• EO-1Aquarius (Earth Observing-1) •• GOESICESat-2 (Geostationary (Ice, Cloud, and Operational land •• CATSAura (Cloud-Aerosol Transport System) radiometer preserved the main Elevation Satellite-2) Environmental Satellite – R Series)* •• DSCOVREO-1 (Earth (Deep Observing-1) Space Climate Observatory)* objective of measuring global soil • JPSS (Joint Polar Satellite System)* • ICESat-2 (Ice, Cloud, and land •• GOES-13*,CATS (Cloud-Aerosol GOES-14*, Transport GOES-15* System) moisture. GEDI, GOES-R, JPSS, • ElevationPACE (Pre-Aerosol, Satellite-2) Clouds, and • GPM (Global Precipitation Measurement)* Ocean Ecosystem) • DSCOVR (Deep Space Climate Observatory)* and ICESat-2 all made significant • JPSS (Joint Polar Satellite System)* •• LandsatGOES-13*, 7*, LandsatGOES-14*, 8*, Landsat GOES-15* 9* • PACE (Pre-Aerosol, Clouds, and •• Suomi-NPPGPM (Global (Suomi-National Precipitation Measurement)* Polar-orbiting progress towards launches in 2016 Ocean Ecosystem) Partnership)* •• SMAPLandsat (Soil 7*, Moisture Landsat 8*,Active-Passive) Landsat 9* and 2017. Early 2020s flagship mis •• SORCESuomi-NPP (Solar (Suomi-National Radiation and Climate Polar-orbiting Experiment) Partnership)* sions Landsat 9 and PACE/OCI were • Terra • SMAP (Soil Moisture Active-Passive) *Joint Agency Satellite • TRMM (Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission) formally directed to Goddard and • SORCE (Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment) began formulation. Unprecedented • Terra *Joint AgencyNASA Satellite Strategic Objective 2.2:• Advance TRMM (Tropical knowledge Rainfall Measuring of Earth Mission) as a data products emerged in 2015 system to meet the challenges of environmental change and to including: a first-ever global map of improve life on our planet. precipitation every 30 minutes from GPM Integrated Multi-Satellite Re PORTFOLIO trievals; a global map of root-zone soil moisture from a synthesis of SMAP data with the Goddard Earth ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION Observing System Model, Version 5 (GEOS-5); and a Modern Era- Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications (MERRA) resulting HYDROSPHERIC PROCESSES from the assimilation of satellite data into GEOS-5 to produce a refined simulation of Earth’s climate CARBON CYCLE & ECOSYSTEMS system. In addition, GISS continues to monitor global temperatures and helped establish 2015 as the warm CLIMATE & WEATHER est year on record.

EARTH SURFACE & INTERIOR

26 UNDERSTANDING OUR DYNAMIC PLANET

Proposals MAKING HEADLINES (to NASA Research Announcements) Suomi NPP Satellite Can Total – 151 Publications Detect Holiday Lights PI – 73 From Cities Co-I – 78 (peer reviewed) — Dec 16, 2014, TIME Win Rate – 29% Refereed (total) – 588 First Author – 35 It’s Official: 2014 Was the TBD – 42% Hottest Year in Recorded History AWARDS — Jan 16, 2015, Washington Post Total – 44 Internal – 27 Watch How NASA Monitors Sand Flying From the Sahara External – 17 to the Amazon accomplishments — Feb 25, 2015, TIME

NASA and the Nation are indebted Risk of American to two Earth Science missions that ‘Megadroughts’ for concluded in June 2015. Decades, NASA Warns — Mar 4, 2015, CNN • The NASA/JAXA TRMM mission delivered a 17-year dataset of tropical rainfall and lightning. NASA Releases Images of the Moon Passing in Front • Spacecraft SAC-D, which carried of the Earth From a Million the Aquarius instrument, studied Miles Away ocean surface salinity. — Aug 5, 2015, Newsweek

NASA Animation Shows World’s Garbage — Aug 24, 2015, The Weather Channel

NASA Warns Sea Levels Have Already Risen and ‘It’s Not Going To Stop’ — Aug 26, 2015, Forbes

NASA Satellite Spies Hurricane Joaquin Replacing an Eye HIGHLIGHTS — Oct 2, 2015, Yahoo

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Budget $933.6M GSFC Budget GSFC PercentageBudget 19% 2 $933.6M FACILITIES GSFC Budget Greenbelt WFF GSFC Percentage 19% 2 FACILITIES 19% Astrophysics Greenbelt5 WFF LABORATORIES/OFFICES 19% Astrophysics 5 STAFF Hubble Space Telescope’s return LABORATORIES/OFFICES• 104 civil servant scientists and engineers • 115 contractors (administrative and 81% Remaining GSFC 372 engineers) on investment has been priceless, • 78 cooperative agreement scientists • 44 postdoctoralSTAFF fellows • 31 graduate• 104 studentscivil servant scientists and with twenty-five years of extraor engineers • 115 contractors (administrative and 81% Remaining GSFC 372 engineers) dinary imagery and data helping • 78 cooperative agreement scientists • 44 postdoctoral fellows us better understand the universe. • 31 graduate students

Swift satellite has marked 10 years of game-changing astrophysics, MISSIONS IN DEVELOPMENT OPERATIONAL MISSIONS and remains the only satellite • Astro-H (with JAXA) • ACE (Advanced Composition • NuSTAR (Nuclear capable of precisely locating the • BETTII (Balloon Experimental Twin Explorer) Spectroscopic TelescopeMISSIONS for Infrared IN DEVELOPMENT • CREAM (CosmicOPERATIONAL Ray MISSIONSTelescope Array) universe’s most powerful explo Interferometry) Energetics and Mass)(ISS) • STEREO (Solar • Astro-H (with JAXA) • DXL• ACE (Diffuse (Advanced X-rays from Composition the Terrestrial • NuSTAR (Nuclear sions and monitoring them before • CALET (CALorimetric Electron Local galaxy) (rocket) Relations • Telescope)BETTII (Balloon Experimental Twin Explorer) Spectroscopic they fade from view. • Fermi• CREAM Gamma-ray (Cosmic Space Ray Observatory)Telescope Array) • JWSTTelescope (James for Webb Infrared Space Telescope) Telescope • Super-TIGER Energetics and Mass)(ISS) • STEREO (Solar • Micro-XInterferometry) (sounding rocket) • HAWC+ (High-resolution (Super Trans-Iron Airborne• DXL (Diffuse Wideband X-rays Camera) from the GalacticTerrestrial Element Looking ahead, the next Decadal •• NICERCALET (Neutron (CALorimetric star Interior Electron Local galaxy) (rocket) Relations Telescope) on SOFIA (Stratospheric Recorder) (balloon) Composition ExploreR) Observatory• Fermi Gamma-ray for Infrared Space • SuzakuObservatory) (with JAXA) Survey strategic astrophysics mis •• PIPERJWST (Primordial(James Webb Inflation Space Telescope) Astronomy)Telescope • Swift• Super-TIGER sion—JWST—has met significant • PolarizationMicro-X (sounding Explorer) rocket) (balloon) • HEASARC• HAWC+ (High (High-resolution Energy • XQC (X-ray(Super Trans-Iron AstrophysicsAirborne ScienceWideband Archive Camera) Quantum Galactic Element •• TESSNICER (Transiting (Neutron Exoplanet star Interior Survey integration and test milestones Satellite) Researchon SOFIA Center) (Stratospheric Calorimeter)Recorder) (balloon) Composition ExploreR) • HSTObservatory (Hubble Space for Telescope) Infrared (rocket)• Suzaku (with JAXA) over the past year. JWST Program • WFIRST (Wide-Field Infrared Survey and its instruments Wide Field • XMM-Newton • Telescope)PIPER (Primordial – pre-formulation Inflation Astronomy) • Swift remains on schedule and within Polarization Explorer) (balloon) Camera-3• HEASARC and STIS(High (Space Energy (X-ray• XQCMulti-Mirror) (X-ray TelescopeAstrophysics Imaging Science Archive(with ESA)Quantum • TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Spectrograph) budget. Satellite) Research Center) Calorimeter) • HST (Hubble Space Telescope) (rocket) • WFIRSTNASA (Wide-Field Strategic Infrared Objective Survey 1.6: Discoverand its instruments how the Wide universe Field • XMM-Newtonworks, Telescope) – pre-formulation Designed as the first all-sky survey, explore how it began and evolved,Camera-3 and andsearch STIS (Spacefor life on planets(X-ray Multi-Mirror) Telescope Imaging (with ESA) the TESS mission was also cleared around otherSpectrograph) stars. for the next development phase of its mission to search the sky for PORTFOLIO planets outside our solar system.

The X-ray timing instrument NICER PHYSICS OF THE COSMOS has made progress toward an

October 2016 launch to ISS. How does the universe work? Probe the origin and destiny of our universe, including the nature of black holes, dark energy, dark matter, and gravity. Astro-H flight hardware is assem bled and has completed testing COSMIC ORIGINS with a launch date scheduled for late 2015. How did we get here? Explore the origin and evolution of the galaxies, stars, and planets that WFIRST Study and Science Defi make up our universe. nition Teams completed a mis sion concept report and engaged EXOPLANET EXPLORATION the community with a request for Are we alone? Discover and study planets around information. other stars and explore whether they could harbor life.

28 SEEING THE COSMOS IN A NEW LIGHT Proposals

• 51 ROSES proposals MAKING HEADLINES • 17 selected, 5 pending selection decisions Forget Interstellar, Watch • 37% win rate Milestones from NASA Publications Swift’s 10 Years in Space — Nov 30, 2014, Newsweek

300 refereed scientific papers annually Gorgeous ‘Pillars of Creation’ Shine In New 20 press releases Hi-Def Hubble Photos — Jan 6, 2015, The Huffington Post

AWARDS Hubble Telescope at 25— Hubble’s Greatest Hits • 2015 IUPAP Young Scientist — April 2015, National Geographic Prize in Astrophysics Magazine • John C. Lindsay Award The Best Fireworks in • Honorary Doctor of Science the Galaxy Are Coming from University College, Dublin to Earth — Jul 4, 2015, Gizmodo • 2 Agency Outstanding Leadership Medals • 2 Agency Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medals

HIGHLIGHTS

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BudgetBudget $289.9M$289.9M GSFC BudgetBudget 6%6% GSFCGSFC PercentagePercentage 3 3 FACILITIES FACILITIES GreenbeltGreenbelt WFFWFF GISSGISS

HeliophysicsHeliophysics In addition to the major accom 6%6% 44 LABORATORIES/OFFICESLABORATORIES/OFFICES plishments related to MMS and DSCOVR, 2015 marked a year of 94%94% RemainingRemaining GSFC GSFC 300STAFFSTAFF key milestones for Goddard He 300Civil Service, Contract, Other Civil Service, Contract, Other liophysics. In December 2014, the Wind mission marked 20 years of characterizing the constant stream of particles from the sun. Nearing MISSIONSMISSIONS ININ DEVELOPMENTDEVELOPMENT OPERATIONALOPERATIONAL MISSIONS MISSIONS ten years of service, the Solar and • GOLDGOLD (Global-scale(Global-scale Observations Observations • •ACE ACE (Advanced (Advanced • SDO• SDO (Solar (Solar Dynamics Dynamics of thethe LimbLimb andand Disk) Disk) CompositionComposition Explorer) Explorer) Observatory)Observatory) • AIM (Aeronomy of Ice in • SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) • ICONICON (Ionospheric(Ionospheric Connection Connection • AIM (Aeronomy of Ice in • SOHO (Solar and Explorer) thethe Mesosphere) Mesosphere) HeliosphericHeliospheric discovered its 3,000th comet on Explorer) • CAPS (Cassini Plasma Observatory) • Solar Orbiter •Spectrometer) CAPS (Cassini Plasma • STEREOObservatory) (Solar • Solar Orbiter Spectrometer) • STEREO (Solar Sept. 13, 2015, cementing its • Solar Probe Plus • CINDI (Coupled Ion Neutral Terrestrial Relations • Solar Probe Plus •Dynamic CINDI (Coupled Investigation), Ion Neutral Observatory)Terrestrial Relations standing as the greatest comet VEFIDynamic (Vector Investigation), Electric Field • THEMISObservatory) (Time Instrument)VEFI (Vector on ElectricC/NOFS Field History• THEMIS of Events (Time finder of all time. In operation (Communications/NavigationInstrument) on C/NOFS andHistory Macroscale of Events Outage(Communications/Navigation Forecasting System) Interactionsand Macroscale during for five years, the Solar Dynamic • ClusterOutage Forecasting System) Substorms)Interactions during • •DSCOVR Cluster (Deep Space • TIMEDSubstorms) Observatory (SDO) observed a •Climate DSCOVR Observatory)* (Deep Space (Thermosphere• TIMED • GeotailClimate Observatory)* Ionosphere(Thermosphere sunspot 80,000 miles across—the • •Hinode Geotail (formerlySolar-B) MesosphereIonosphere largest active region seen in the •(with Hinode JAXA) (formerlySolar-B) EnergeticsMesosphere and • IBEX(with (Interstellar JAXA) Boundary Dynamics)Energetics and current solar cycle, which began •Explorer) IBEX (Interstellar Boundary • TWINSDynamics) (Two Wide- • IRISExplorer) (Interface Region Angle• TWINS Imaging (Two Wide- in 2008. •Imaging IRIS (Interface Spectrograph) Region Neutral-AtomAngle Imaging • MESSENGERImaging Spectrograph) (MErcury Spectrometers)Neutral-Atom •Surface, MESSENGER Space ENvironment, (MErcury • UlyssesSpectrometers) GeochemistrySurface, Space and ENvironment, Ranging) • Van• Ulysses Allen Probes In addition, NASA officially con • MMSGeochemistry (Magnetospheric and Ranging) (formerly• Van Allen RBSP Probes - firmed the Ionospheric Connection •Multiscale) MMS (Magnetospheric Radiation(formerly Belt RBSP - • RHESSIMultiscale) (Reuven Ramaty StormRadiation Probes) Belt High Energy Solar • Voyager Explorer (ICON) mission, clearing *Joint Agency Satellite • RHESSI (Reuven Ramaty Storm Probes) SpectroscopicHigh Energy Imager)Solar • Wind• Voyager it to move forward into the devel *Joint Agency Satellite Spectroscopic Imager) • Wind opment phase. ICON will explore NASA Strategic Objective 1.4: Understand the Sun and its inter actions with Earth and the solar system, including space weather. a swath of Earth’s atmosphere where weather close to the ground PORTFOLIO impacts the dynamic space envi ronment. The EXOCUBE CubeSat successfully launched, providing SOLAR PHYSICS flight validation of the mini-Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometer (mini-INMS) instrument. Finally, HELIOSPHERIC PHYSICS Goddard CubeSat instruments are slated to demonstrate NASA firsts in 2016 on a small satellite called Dellingr which is taking its GEOSPACE PHYSICS developers just one year to design, build, and integrate. SPACE WEATHER

30 OBSERVING AND LIVING WITH Publications OUR STAR

~200 publications in scientific journals

More than 100 primary news MAKING HEADLINES articles and interviews, including The NYTimes; Washington Post; LA Times; ABC, Solar Flair: NASA Mission CBS, and NBC news accomplishments Provides Mesmerizing Images of the Sun • MMS launched successfully, science — Feb 16, 2015, CNN operations underway. • Goddard built/managed the largest and WATCH as a Massive most capable plasma instrumentation in history. Eruption of Incandescent • Won numerous Heliophysics research Plasma Explodes Far Into proposals and a CubeSat (CUSPP+) Space from the Sun • EXOCUBE CubeSat Launch: mini-INMS — May 5, 2015, Discover Magazine validated and operating successfully under difficult conditions. • Contact continues with Firefly ACE Solar Observatory (Goddard’s first CubeSat) after two to Make 3,000th Comet years. Its design life was only three Discovery AWARDS months. — Aug 17, 2015, Discovery.com Solar Flares From 80,000- • AGU’s Athelstan Spilhaus Award Mile Wide Sunspot Threaten Earth • 6 NASA Agency Honor Awards — Oct 24, 2015, Tech Times

• Goddard IRAD Innovator of the Year

• 9 Goddard Honor Awards, including the Robert H. Goddard Award of Merit HIGHLIGHTS

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Budget $349.2M$349.2M GSFC Budget 7% GSFCGSFC Percentage 7% 1 1 FACILITY FACILITY GreenbeltGreenbelt 7%7% PlanetaryPlanetary Science Science 88 LABORATORIES/OFFICESLABORATORIES/OFFICES In 2015, Planetary Science at Goddard continued its leadership 93%93% RemainingRemaining GSFC GSFC 375 STAFFSTAFF 375Civil Service, Contract, Other related to MAVEN and OSIRIS-REx. Civil Service, Contract, Other MAVEN completed its first year in orbit, observing an unexpected high-altitude dust cloud and an MISSIONS ININ DEVELOPMENTDEVELOPMENT OPERATIONALOPERATIONAL MISSIONS MISSIONS • OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral • LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) aurora that reached deep into the • OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral • LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) Interpretation, Resource Identification, • MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) atmosphere. OSIRIS-REx continues Interpretation,Security-Regolith Resource Explorer) Identification, • MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) Security-Regolith Explorer) on schedule for a 2016 launch, with INSTRUMENTSINSTRUMENTS ININ DEVELOPMENTDEVELOPMENT OPERATIONALOPERATIONAL INSTRUMENTS INSTRUMENTS • LVIS (Land, Vegetation, and Ice • Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS) for Cassini its three primary scientific instru • LVISSensor) (Land, conversion Vegetation, to NASA and Ice • •LEISA Composite (Linear InfraredEtalon Imaging Spectrometer Spectral (CIRS) Array) for for CassiniNew ments integrated onto the space Sensor)facility instrument conversion to NASA •Horizons’ LEISA (Linear Ralph Etaloncamera Imaging Spectral Array) for New • facilityMagnetometers instrument for Solar Probe • LOLAHorizons’ (Lunar Ralph Orbiter camera Laser Altimeter) for LRO craft. Additional milestones include • MagnetometersPlus for Solar Probe • •Magnetometer LOLA (Lunar Orbiterfor DSCOVR Laser (Deep Altimeter) Space for Climate LRO • PlusMass Spectrometer for MOMA •Observatory)* Magnetometer for DSCOVR (Deep Space Climate the mapping of methane on the • Mass(Mars SpectrometerOrganic Molecule for MOMA • MagnetometersObservatory)* for Juno, MAVEN, Van Allen Probes, surface of Pluto by our infrared in (MarsAnalyzer) Organic on ExoMars Molecule •and Magnetometers Voyager for Juno, MAVEN, Van Allen Probes, • Analyzer)NASA Space on GeodesyExoMars Network • MLAand (Mercury Voyager Laser Altimeter) for MESSENGER strument on New Horizons. Earlier •• NASAOVIRS Space(OSIRIS-REx Geodesy Visible Network and • •NGIMS MLA (Mercury (Neutral GasLaser and Altimeter) Ion Mass for Spectrometer) MESSENGER for • OVIRSInfrared (OSIRIS-REx Spectrometer) Visible and •MAVEN NGIMS (Neutral Gas and Ion Mass Spectrometer) for • Precision Orbit Determination for GRACE (Gravity in the year, the DSCOVR mission • InfraredTIRS (Thermal Spectrometer) Infrared Sensor) MAVEN for Landsat 9 •Recovery Precision and Orbit Climate Determination Experiment) for GRACE (Gravity launched with a Goddard magne • TIRS (Thermal Infrared Sensor) • SAM (Sample Analysis at Mars) Instrument Suite on for Landsat 9 Recovery and Climate Experiment) tometer on board. In December •Curiosity SAM (Sample Rover Analysis at Mars) Instrument Suite on • SatelliteCuriosity Laser Rover Ranging 2014, our Sample Analysis at Mars • •TIRS Satellite (Thermal Laser Infrared Ranging Sensor) for Landsat 8 • Very Long Baseline Interferometry *Joint Agency Satellite (SAM) suite on the Curiosity Rover • TIRS (Thermal Infrared Sensor) for Landsat 8 NASA Strategic Objective 1.5:• VeryAscertain Long Baseline the content, Interferometry origin, *Joint and Agency Satellite made the first detection of organic evolution of the solar system and the potential for life elsewhere. matter on the Red Planet. PORTFOLIO As we look toward the future, work continues on the mass spectrom MASS SPECTROMETRY eter for the MOMA instrument on Sampling on the Spot the ExoMars mission and on mag INFRARED SPECTROMETRY netometers for Solar Probe Plus. Remote Sensing In addition, our team was chosen this year to develop the thermal MAGNETOMETRY The Influence of Planets infrared sensor for Landsat 9 as well as a high-resolution infrared spectrometer for the Lunar Ice LASER AND LIDAR Cube, a mission selected under Precision Measurements NASA’s Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships. ASTROBIOLOGY Origins of Life

SPACE GEODESY Next-Generation Mapping

32 EXPLORING OTHER FAST FACT WORLDS

MAVEN arrived at Mars shortly before the flyby of comet Siding Spring... MAKING HEADLINES the closest recorded approach of any Mars May Have Had an comet to a planet in DID YOU KNOW? Ocean Comparable to the solar system. Earth’s Atlantic Goddard leads NASA’s Space — Mar 6, 2015, CNN Geodesy Network, which provides state-of-the-art Mystery Dust Cloud and positioning measurements Aurora Spotted on Mars needed for nearly all space- — Mar 18, 2015, Nature based Earth observations and interplanetary navigation. NASA’s Curiosity Rover Finds Fresh Signs of Ingredients for Life on Mars Leadership — Mar 23, 2015, Los Angeles Times Our scientists hold leadership OSIRIS-REx Asteroid roles in the: Sampler Enters Final • Goddard Center for Astrobiology* Assembly • DREAM2 Center for Space — Apr 1, 2015, Universe Today Environments** • NExSS (Nexus for Exoplanet Systems Why This Tuesday is Going Science) to be Exactly One Second • Remote In Situ and Synchrotron Studies Longer for Science and Exploration** — June 29, 2015, People • Solar System Exploration Data Services Office The Many Ices of Pluto’s • In addition, we published 180 Surface, in Living Color papers and won 30 research — July 15, 2015, Wired grants in 2015

*A node of the NASA Astrobiology Institute **Part of NASA’s Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute This Shoebox-sized Probe Will Hunt for Ice on the Moon — Aug 4, 2015, Popular Mechanics

How NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Deals With a Supermoon Eclipse HIGHLIGHTS — Sept 23, 2015, BBC Newsbeat

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Budget $291.5M GSFC Budget 6% GSFC PercentageBudget $291.5M 3 FACILITIES GSFC Budget 6% Greenbelt WFF WSC GSFC Percentage 3 FACILITIES Space Communications 6% and Navigation Greenbelt WFF WSC Space Communications 3 LABORATORIES/OFFICES 6% and Navigation 3 LABORATORIES/OFFICES 94% Remaining GSFC NASA’s Communications Networks 94% Remaining GSFC provide reliable and secure voice, video, and data services to support development, launch, and space craft operations. Critical applica tions include: telemetry, commands, MISSIONS IN DEVELOPMENT OPERATIONAL MISSIONS OPERATIONAL MISSIONS acquisition, tracking, and raw sci • LCRD (LaserMISSIONS Communications IN DEVELOPMENT • TDRS-C-L (Tracking Data Relay Satellite) ence data. Goddard continued its • RelayLCRD Demonstration)(Laser Communications • TDRS-C-L (Tracking Data Relay Satellite) Relay Demonstration) reliability and strong performance, • TDRS-M (Tracking and Data Relay • Satellite)TDRS-M (Tracking and Data Relay coordinating the critical communi Satellite) cations support coverage through NASA Strategic Objective 1.1: Expand human presence into SN and TDRS of the test flight of the solar system and to the surface of Mars to advance exploration, science, innovation, benefits to humanity, and International collaboration. the Orion spacecraft and its Delta IV rocket in December. This year, the NASA Strategic Objective 1.2: Conduct research on the International Space Station (ISS) to enable future space SN debuted a new ground terminal exploration, facilitate a commercial space economy, and in Blossom Point, MD, increasing its advance the fundamental biological and physical sciences capability. The SN also performed for the benefit of humanity. at 99.97% proficiency, and NEN NASA Strategic Objective 3.2: Ensure the availability and operated above 99.1% proficiency. continued advancement of strategic, technical, and programmatic capabilities to sustain NASA’s mission. The NEN and SN worked together to implement the McMurdo TDRSS Relay System in time for the SMAP PORTFOLIO launch, allowing for low latency data transfer. New strides in new SATELLITE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SN: Four ground terminals to support 9 TDRS service capabilities included an spacecraft. NEN: 15 ground terminal locations with 50% of services by commercial providers. optical communications laboratory, network upgrades for the future of LASER COMMUNICATIONS Engineering lead and operations coordinator for human spaceflight, and major stud three optical stations. ies to map the future of space relay satellites. The innovative Navigator SEARCH AND RESCUE Architecture and engineering support for 75 led navigation with GEONS flight International GEO/LEO Local User Terminals. software, demonstrating GPS at a record 43,500 miles above Earth, SATELLITE LASER RANGING SLR: Operations and maintenance for 8 stations and performing as the fastest (over worldwide. ILRS: Global network of 40+ ground stations. 22,000 mph) operational GPS re ceiver in space. We also continued SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT Identification of mission parameters and frequencies leadership in Search and Rescue within radio spectrum allocations for communications operations, and led crash tests at or data transfer. NASA Langley which strengthened NAVIGATION our position as the technical lead in Life cycle trajectory designs, orbit, estimation, and associated space/ground system development. the international arena.

34 BRINGING KNOWLEDGE SMALL SATELLITES BACK TO Earth

Continuing to develop a new communications architecture and allocated spectrum space to enable the small satellite community to MAKING HEADLINES use NASA’s communications network assets. The Space Goddard Monitors Orion Communications and Navigation community EFT-1 Test Flight stands ready to support HIGHLIGHTS — Dec 12, 2014, NASA.gov these new satellites in an efficient manner. • 252 lives saved in the United States in FY 2015 NASA Technology is Behind Air, Sea and Land Rescues • New patent on cyber — July 16, 2015, NASA.gov security protocol requiring cryptanalysis awarded Why NASA Crash Testing • 25 interns focused on Small Planes Could Space Communications Someday Save Lives and Navigation HIGHLIGHTS — July 30, 2015, cbsnews.com

• 300 Mbps increase to ISS data NASA Awards Launch return being developed Services for Next Tracking, Data Relay Satellite • 60% increase in monthly data yield — Oct 30, 2015, NASA.gov collected by NASA SLR stations • 100% successful SN communications support for EFT-1 • Provided communications services for FEATURE launches by NASA, other Federal government agencies, commercial Marking 50 Years of providers, and other countries Satellite Laser Ranging • NEN consistently above 99.1% — On Nov. 13, 1964, NASA announced the first successful tracking of a • TDRS-M awarded launch vehicle satellite using brand new laser technology, a technique now standard for precisely determining satellite orbits. The “Goddard Laser” or GODLAS was fired at Explorer 22, a small satellite measuring charged particles in the ionosphere. By 1970, 5 stations in the United States and France were equipped for laser ranging. Now, more than 40 stations are located on every continent HIGHLIGHTS except Antarctica.

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Budget $144.5M GSFC Budget GSFC Budget 3% GSFCGSFC Percentage 3% 2 2FACILITIES FACILITIES WFFWFF WSCWSC

Suborbital Programs andSuborbital Range ServicesPrograms 3% and Range Services 6 6NASA AIRCRAFT NASA AIRCRAFT FY 2015 featured support across 97% RemainingRemaining GSFCGSFC the full spectrum of NASA’s mis 1,000+STAFFSTAFF 1,000+Civil Service, Contract, Other Civil Service, Contract, Other sions. LDSD-2 support included a balloon launch, systems testing and range/safety for all mission events. In addition to 10 annual missions, MISSIONS IN DEVELOPMENT OPERATIONAL MISSIONS the Balloon Program achieved a MISSIONS IN DEVELOPMENT OPERATIONAL MISSIONS • LDSD (Low-Density Supersonic • ARISE (Arctic Radiation IceBridge Sea and Ice super pressure balloon launch and • Decelerator)LDSD (Low-Density Supersonic • Experiment)ARISE (Arctic Radiation IceBridge Sea and Ice • GreenDecelerator) Propellant Demonstration • CARVEExperiment) (Carbon Artic Reservoir Vulnerability month-long flight from New Zea • NAAMESGreen Propellant (North Atlantic Demonstration Aerosols • Experiment)CARVE (Carbon Artic Reservoir Vulnerability land. More than 20 sounding rocket • AndNAAMES Marine (North Ecosystems Atlantic Study) Aerosols • CREAMExperiment) (Cosmic-Ray Energetics and Mass) (ISS) And Marine Ecosystems Study) •• OperationCREAM (Cosmic-Ray IceBridge Energetics and Mass) (ISS) missions flew from sites world-wide. • Operation IceBridge The Hurricane and Severe Storm NASA Strategic Objective 1.7: Transform NASA missions and Sentinel completed its third year of advance the Nation’s capabilities by maturing cross-cutting and Earth Venture flights. Sensing Haz innovative space technologies. ards with Operational Unmanned NASA Strategic Objective 1.1: Expand human presence into the solar Technology (SHOUT) is a NASA/ system and to the surface of Mars to advance exploration, science, NOAA effort with NASA Ames innovation, benefits to humanity, and International collaboration. using a GSFC instrument and WFF runway/range services to study At NASA Strategic Objective 2.1: Enable a revolutionary transformation for safe and sustainable U.S. and global aviation by advancing lantic basin weather. As part of the aeronautics research. Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership, WFF is enabling UAS capabilities by NASA Strategic Objective 3.4: Ensure effective management of NASA programs and operations to complete the mission hosting a Virginia-owned UAS run safely and successfully. way on Wallops Island. ISS-CREAM systems integration was supported in advance of expected launch PORTFOLIO in FY 2016. The Wallops Incident Response Team and Safety Office provided assessment and support SOUNDING ROCKETS to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Space port as pad repairs were completed and tested for return to flight by spring 2016. Aircraft activities BALLOONS included Operation IceBridge as well as continuation of CARVE. The National Geospatial Intelligence AIRCRAFT Agency tested laser systems and equipment on WFF research range. RANGE/MISSION MANAGEMENT

36 ENABLING SCIENCE AND EXPLORATION SUBORBITAL Missions MAKING HEADLINES Arctic AND Antarctic missions Alaska Shows No Signs of FAST FACTS Rising Arctic Methane 7 balloon launches The new result shows that the changes in this part of the Arctic have not yet sounding rocket launches Norway and Alaska 16 had enough impact to affect the global methane budget. campaigns 2125 aircraft hours in — Nov 17, 2014, Phys.org support of Earth Science Sounding Rocket Hopes 7 orbital launches of to Learn What Makes Up expendable launch vehicles a Supernova Remnant (In past 3 years) “OGRESS” will study the X-rays streaming from a supernova remnant called Cygnus Loop and assess what the debris from the 20,000-year-old explosion is made of. Developments — May 2, 2015, NASA.gov

• 50K launcher relocation and site NASA’s LDSD Project construction work on Pad 2 has Completes Second continued with installation of Experimental Test Flight siding to the roller shelter. A high-altitude balloon carrying the LDSD test vehicle launched from • Safety Systems Engineering the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) on Kauai. As planned, Projects: SureTrack In the vehicle separated from the balloon Government (STING), Linux at about 120,000 feet above the ocean. RADAC, Distance Focusing An onboard rocket motor then took Overpressure (DFO). the vehicle to 180,000 feet, where the first braking technology, the Supersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (SIAD), deployed at about Mach 3. — June 9, 2015, NASA.gov

NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility to Hold Open House For Public NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility is holding an open house for the public to celebrate its 70th anniversary. The event will be held on Saturday. Wallops launched its first rocket on HIGHLIGHTS June 27, 1945. — June 22, 2015, The Washington Times

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Our Life @ Goddard

38 A Place for SERVICE

Our talented people, driven by passion toward a common and worthy purpose, have made possible countless improvements to our knowledge and way of life. We safeguard the long- term public trust by cultivating our workforce, ensuring a safe and sustainable workplace, ef fectively meeting our mission commitments, and applying our scientific breakthroughs to stimu late economic growth, foster education, inspire the Nation, and impact the world. All of this is accomplished through a broad spectrum of institutional support It is difficult to say what is efforts, including: impossible, for the dream of • Legal yesterday is the hope of today • Procurement • Information technology and the reality of tomorrow. • Financial management • Human capital management – Robert H. Goddard • Equal opportunity programs • Diversity and inclusion • Conflict management (alter native dispute resolution, anti-harassment) • Protective services • Environmental and medical management • Facilities management and transportation • Logistics • Knowledge and information management • Government and community relations • Proposal development • Education and public outreach • Public communication

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NASA Strategic Objective 3.1 Attract and advance a highly skilled, competent, and diverse workforce, cultivate an innovative work environment, and provide the facilities, tools, and services needed to conduct NASA’s missions. THE 2015 HIGHLIGHTS OF CENTER SUPPORT ENABLING GODDARD’S Paving the MISSION INCLUDE: With over 3,167 active procurement instruments, Goddard has 1 one of the agency’s most diverse acquisition portfolios and leads the agency in number of procurement transactions. In FY 2015, Goddard completed 7,454 procurement actions. To ensure that road to the center meets its customer needs and agency commitments, Goddard also completed 15 major contract awards. In addition, Goddard exceeded its FY 2015 small business obligations at mission 26.5% against a goal of 22.1%.

Planned and executed more than $129.5M of construction, in- 2 cluding a new Goddard integration and testing complex, a new success program and project management facility, a new mission command center, and utility system upgrades for enhanced center facility readiness and reliability. Goddard is committed to providing comprehensive center support services for its workforce and missions Provided program security support for the opening of the Track- of today as well as transforming and 3 ing and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS) Blossom Point preparing the center for the missions Facility located in Southern Maryland, and conducted necessary of tomorrow. Overall institutional background investigations for 180 people needing access to the support includes procurement op- OSIRIS-REx mission technology. erations, facilities management, protective services, medical and environmental management, and in- Consistent with the center’s focus on Earth science, Goddard’s 4 Site Sustainability Plan has helped reduce Goddard’s energy formation and logistics management. consumption intensity by 26% from 2003 to 2015. Goddard also leads the agency on coastal resilience initiatives including the Wal- Throughout 2015, Goddard provided lops shoreline restoration program and the Mid-Atlantic Coastal a safe and reliable workplace for its Resilience Institute (MACRI). community, and enhanced the quality of work-life for all employees through new badging kiosks, upgrades to the Critical electrical, electronic, and electromechanical parts acquisi- Goddard Child Development Center, 5 tions ($20M) and custom shipping operations were provided for and upgrades to the Visitor Centers missions including Webb, GPM, ICESat-2, MMS, OSIRIS-REx, and and Educator Resource Centers of Operation IceBridge. Greenbelt and Wallops.

Provided comprehensive institutional support for International 6 Space Station resupply missions from the Wallops Flight Facility.

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failure by burying exposed cables ONGOING PROJECTS: and improving the cable plant • Mission Network: Goddard is infrastructure to support range leading the deployment of the and launch facilities on the south next generation of NASA mission end of Wallops Island. Goddard’s networks through two Agency Solutions for Enterprise-Wide projects: the Mission Next Gen Procurement (SEWP) Program re eration Architecture (MNGA) and Advancing leased SEWP 5, a government-wide the Mission Backbone Transition acquisition vehicle for IT products (MBT). These projects will provide and solutions with a total value of improved and expanded capa $20 billion over five years. SEWP’s bilities to support spaceflight and NASA’s Work effective management resulted in other mission customers, while the lowest fees of any government- improving security, accelerating wide acquisition contract. Goddard service delivery and reducing made progress on the Federal Data recurring backbone circuit costs Through IT Center Consolidation Initiative by by an anticipated $2M annually. consolidating two data centers at • Web Services: Goddard is work Greenbelt, reducing power con ing with center web site owners Goddard works diligently to pro sumption and improving disaster to move to IPv6, the next version vide its workforce with the Informa recovery and security. Goddard of the internet protocol. This tion Technology and Communica also made progress against OMB’s project will make web browsing tions needed to achieve the center’s requirement to use PIV smartcards faster and more secure. science and technology mission in for authentication by enabling em • Cybersecurity: Goddard continues support of NASA’s goals. FY 2015 ployees to use their smartcards to to focus on security, providing featured many related accomplish log into their Windows 7 machines, continuous diagnostics and miti ments that provided positive impact resulting in both a more secure gation to address incidents and to the Goddard community, con environment and an enhanced user vulnerabilities and work proac tributed to an effective workplace, experience with fewer passwords tively with customers to improve and enabled mission success.The to remember. the center’s security posture. Next Generation Voice project re placed Goddard’s aging telephone NASA Strategic Objective 3.3: Provide secure, effective, and affordable information technology and services that enable system with a modern, IP-based NASA’s mission. system that provides greater scal ability, mobility, and cost savings. PORTFOLIO It allows employees to make and receive calls from their desk phone numbers even when working off- MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS site. The Wireless Upgrade Project expanded wireless service to more INFORMATION SECURITY buildings across Goddard’s Green COMMUNICATIONS belt campus, providing faster net work speeds and more consistent END USER SERVICES access to employees. The Mission Launch Command Center (MLCC) APPLICATIONS project limited costly damage to Wallops Flight Facility’s IT infra DATA CENTER structure from the Antares launch

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NASA Strategic Objective 3.1: Attract and advance a highly skilled, competent, and diverse workforce, cultivate an innovative work environment, and provide the facilities, tools, and services needed to conduct NASA’s missions.

Social Media FANS/FOLLOWERS/SUBSCRIBERS TOTAL VIEWS Date Facebook Instagram Twitter Twitter (photo) YouTube YouTube Flickr Social media services link Goddard’s websites, news, activities, and 12/31/2014 611,606 709,342 207,838 144,315 223,938 70,515,363 140,282,123 outreach efforts, and provide a direct line of communication with the center’s customers and the broader online community. 12/30/2015 926,098 1,295,961 294,214 253,802 326,807 105,977,693 182,444,180 Sharing Growth 51.4% 82.7% 41.6% 75.9% 45.9% 50.3% 30.1%

The Stories We Tell Top 10 Articles Views 1 Hubble’s High-Definition Panoramic View of the Andromeda Galaxy 851,092 NASA with In calendar year 2015, Goddard published 1,034 articles on its website. 2 From a Million Miles Away, NASA Camera Shows Moon Crossing Face of Earth 644,043 Here are the top ten. 3 NASA Study: Mass Gains of Antarctic Ice Sheet Greater than Losses 452,136 4 Goddard’s Homepage 426,412 the World 5 Views of Pluto Through the Years 398,215 Multimedia and Television Production Top 13 Videos of 2015 Plays Scientific exploration leads to new 1 SDO: Year 5 4,616,984 knowledge, technology, and capa During 2015, 109 multimedia videos were created. The top 13 videos of 2 Thermonuclear Art – The Sun In Ultra-HD (4K) 4,286,637 bilities that Goddard then extends the year amount to 25 million plays, a quarter of the 100+ million total 3 Supermoon Lunar Eclipse 3,951,531 to industry and the public as ulti for Goddard’s YouTube account. The four top videos of this year are 4 Massive Black Hole Shreds Passing Star 3,393,443 also in Goddard’s all-time top 10, spanning nearly 10 years on YouTube. mate customers and beneficiaries. 5 A View From The Other Side 2,297,461 6 Jupiter in 4k Ultra HD 2,040,268 Through efforts in communication 7 5 Year Time-lapse of the Sun 760,039 and outreach, Goddard is commit ted to engaging these stakeholders in shaping and sharing the experi • Total attendance for FY 2015 at the Visitor Center was 56,600, which includes 20,000 attendees of Explore@NASAGoddard. Visitor Center and Tours • 16,686 people attended tailored meetings, events, and programs at the Visitor Center in FY 2015. ence, benefits, and importance of • For FY 2015, 368 tour groups were conducted for a total of 9,806 attendees. exploration and discovery related Visiting stakeholders and community groups experienced Goddard’s • The Visitor Center debuted two major exhibits in 2015: 1) The “Solarium” art installation derived from SDO imagery was also installed at other locations to Earth and space. compelling missions, facilities, and people first-hand. nationwide and highlighted by ArchitecturalDigest.com, National Geographic, andSpace.com; 2) A ribbon-cutting ceremony unveiled the James Webb Space Telescope exhibit. As Webb’s assembly continues and its 2018 launch date approaches, space enthusiasts can learn about the premier observatory through this dynamic, interactive exhibit. The external website, www.nasa. gov/goddard, is Goddard’s most accessible and centralized com Media Resources 12 Live Shot Campaigns 338 Interviews munication tool and gateway to the • Comet Siding Spring • Hubble Space Telescope Celebrates 25 Years • 302 Satellite Interviews center’s latest images, videos, news, These resources include products, activities, and access to Goddard • Sunspot • NASA’s “Flying Saucer” Ready for Test Flight (LS for HQ) • 17 In-person Interviews • 2014 Warmest Year on Record • Historic New Horizons Pluto Flyby • 6 Print Interviews and resources. facilities and experts that enable external organizations to acquire and • Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Pre-launch Campaign • A Tale of Two Extremes: Droughts and Floods share knowledge about the NASA. • Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) Mission Pre-launch Campaign • Sea Level Rise • 13 Radio Interviews • New Global Precipitation Map - GPM IMERG • Rare Supermoon Eclipse

• VIP Center Facility Tours were held 105 times throughout the year serving 1,544 participants. Outreach Events • The 16th Annual Goddard Fall Reception and Lecture was held at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM) on September 30, 2015, presented by the Maryland Space Business Roundtable (MSBR) and Goddard. Outreach events led by both the center and the agency engage the pub • Maryland Day 2015 was organized by the University of Maryland, College Park, to engage the public with the school and local community. Goddard lic and stakeholders with specific NASA missions and accomplishments. engaged attendees with NASA science and technology. In addition to the open houses at Greenbelt and Wallops this year, the • Celebration of the 45th Earth Day involved employees agency-wide. Goddard contributed with hyperwall presentations, demonstrations, and hands-on center participated in the following notable engagement activities. activities during events on the National Mall and Union Station in Washington, DC.

42 the Gateway to Goddard 2015 Public Communication Highlights

FANS/FOLLOWERS/SUBSCRIBERS TOTAL VIEWS Date Facebook Instagram Twitter Twitter (photo) YouTube YouTube Flickr 12/31/2014 611,606 709,342 207,838 144,315 223,938 70,515,363 140,282,123 12/30/2015 926,098 1,295,961 294,214 253,802 326,807 105,977,693 182,444,180 Growth 51.4% 82.7% 41.6% 75.9% 45.9% 50.3% 30.1%

Top 10 Articles Views Top 10 Articles Views 1 Hubble’s High-Definition Panoramic View of the Andromeda Galaxy 851,092 6 NASA Scientist Sheds Light on Rare Sept. 27 Supermoon Eclipse 328,698 2 From a Million Miles Away, NASA Camera Shows Moon Crossing Face of Earth 644,043 7 Hubble Goes High-Definition to Revisit Iconic “Pillars of Creation” 309,173 3 NASA Study: Mass Gains of Antarctic Ice Sheet Greater than Losses 452,136 8 NASA Mission Reveals Speed of Solar Wind Stripping Martian Atmosphere 292,177 4 Goddard’s Homepage 426,412 9 NASA Releases New High-Resolution Earthrise Image 239,865 5 Views of Pluto Through the Years 398,215 10 Hurricane Patricia 214,716

Top 13 Videos of 2015 Plays Top 13 Videos of 2015 Plays 1 SDO: Year 5 4,616,984 8 Measuring Mars’ Ancient Ocean 712,780 2 Thermonuclear Art – The Sun In Ultra-HD (4K) 4,286,637 9 Solar Wind Strips Martian Atmosphere 660,496 3 Supermoon Lunar Eclipse 3,951,531 10 Satellite Tracks Saharan Dust to Amazon in 3-D 581,341 4 Massive Black Hole Shreds Passing Star 3,393,443 11 2014 Continues Long-Term Global Warming 576,038 5 A View From The Other Side 2,297,461 12 Arching Eruption 420,015 6 Jupiter in 4k Ultra HD 2,040,268 13 Earth and Moon Photobomb SDO 299,929 7 5 Year Time-lapse of the Sun 760,039

• Total attendance for FY 2015 at the Visitor Center was 56,600, which includes 20,000 attendees of Explore@NASAGoddard. • 16,686 people attended tailored meetings, events, and programs at the Visitor Center in FY 2015. • For FY 2015, 368 tour groups were conducted for a total of 9,806 attendees. • The Visitor Center debuted two major exhibits in 2015: 1) The “Solarium” art installation derived from SDO imagery was also installed at other locations nationwide and highlighted by ArchitecturalDigest.com, National Geographic, andSpace.com; 2) A ribbon-cutting ceremony unveiled the James Webb Space Telescope exhibit. As Webb’s assembly continues and its 2018 launch date approaches, space enthusiasts can learn about the premier observatory through this dynamic, interactive exhibit.

12 Live Shot Campaigns 338 Interviews • Comet Siding Spring • Hubble Space Telescope Celebrates 25 Years • 302 Satellite Interviews • Sunspot • NASA’s “Flying Saucer” Ready for Test Flight (LS for HQ) • 17 In-person Interviews • 2014 Warmest Year on Record • Historic New Horizons Pluto Flyby • 6 Print Interviews • Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Pre-launch Campaign • A Tale of Two Extremes: Droughts and Floods • Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) Mission Pre-launch Campaign • Sea Level Rise • 13 Radio Interviews • New Global Precipitation Map - GPM IMERG • Rare Supermoon Eclipse

• VIP Center Facility Tours were held 105 times throughout the year serving 1,544 participants. • The 16th Annual Goddard Fall Reception and Lecture was held at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM) on September 30, 2015, presented by the Maryland Space Business Roundtable (MSBR) and Goddard. • Maryland Day 2015 was organized by the University of Maryland, College Park, to engage the public with the school and local community. Goddard engaged attendees with NASA science and technology. • Celebration of the 45th Earth Day involved employees agency-wide. Goddard contributed with hyperwall presentations, demonstrations, and hands-on activities during events on the National Mall and Union Station in Washington, DC.

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Educator Professional Develop- • Twenty high school educators ment programs train educators from Maryland, Virginia, New to nurture NASA’s STEM stu York, New Jersey, Georgia, Penn dents through in-person institutes, sylvania and Delaware successfully partner-delivered workshops, completed the Wallops Rocket online- and distance-learning, as Academy for Teachers & Students. Inspiring well as local, state, and regional community programs. Institutional Engagement builds the academic and research capacity • Goddard partnered with Mary of partner institutions to increase land, Pennsylvania, West Virginia the participation of minorities and the Future and Virginia education agen underrepresented communities in cies to increase in-service, pre- NASA-related STEM. service, and informal educators’ ability to deliver NASA STEM • Goddard’s Maryland Historically We are driven by NASA’s education content and inspire completion Black Colleges and Universities vision: “To advance high quality of STEM degrees. (HBCU) Pre-Service Education Science, Technology, Engineering, Network is a collaboration with and Mathematics (STEM) education • Four week-long solar system Bowie State University, Coppin using NASA’s unique capabilities.” exploration education workshops State University, Morgan State As a result, Goddard education is brought 148 middle school edu University and the University of grounded in the work of NASA’s cators from the U.S. and India to Maryland Eastern Shore. The Goddard. A fifth workshop en missions, projects, engineering, network developed STEM content gaged 31 librarians from DC and and IT services to provide excep modules, trained 32 pre-service Prince George’s County, MD. teachers, and delivered content tional opportunities for learners, to 175 middle and high school educators, and institutions across • GISS, the Intrepid Sea, Air & students at community-based an 11-state service region and Space Museum and Queens Col summer camps. nationwide through four lines of lege, City University of New York business. The following represent supported three days of GLOBE • Thirty-nine high school students, a few notable highlights from 2015. training, expert talks, and activi counselors, and faculty from the ties for teachers in New York City. Morehouse College and Clark NASA Internships, Fellowships, and Scholarships invest in NASA’s workforce of tomorrow through competitive awards and financial assistance that enable real-world learning opportunities for students pursuing STEM careers today. • In 2015, 450 high-school through doctoral-level interns and fellows worked alongside Goddard scien tists, engineers, and technologists at Greenbelt, GISS, IV&V, WSC, and Wallops. Approximately 36% of interns were from underrepre sented populations. • A year-long Climate Change Research Initiative pilot program launched at GISS, involving teams NASA Strategic Objective 2.4: Advance the Nation’s STEM of GISS scientists; high school edu education and workforce pipeline by working collaboratively cators; and graduate, undergradu with other agencies to engage students, teachers, and faculty in ate, and high-school students. NASA’s missions and unique assets.

44 Atlanta University learned about learning opportunities and NASA • Five undergraduate students, NASA engineering, aviation and challenges. a graduate assistant, and a STEM careers at Wallops. faculty member of Stony Brook • Goddard provided heliophysics University’s School of Journalism • The week-long Summer Institute education expertise in support accompanied a Goddard-led in Science, Technology, Engi of the White House Astronomy field team to Hawaii to docu neering, and Research (SISTER) Night, showcasing Mars and MMS ment NASA research through Program engaged 40 middle content for 400 participants. scientific reporting. This solar school girls with STEM activities • Female Goddard professionals system education effort pro and female professionals. from many technical areas and vided unique experience and • Goddard staff and the center’s center organizations supported enhanced understanding of National Society of Black Engi the U.S. Department of State NASA missions. neers chapter helped organize the International Visitor Leadership • Goddard hosted 67 U.S. and HBCU Week Conference (1200 Program by meeting with 15 international students from the attendees) and the 2015 Confer female educators, researchers, National Student Leadership ence of the National Society of and scientific leaders from 14 Conference for Engineering. Black Physicists (600 attendees). different countries. They toured the Greenbelt cam • This year’s RockOn-RockSat-C • Eighty-three high school soph pus and learned about NASA workshops at Wallops in col omore Virginia Space Coast careers. laboration with the Colorado and Scholars (VSCS) participated in • Over 1,200 students, faculty, and Virginia Space Grant Consortia a week-long residential summer visitors were engaged with Wal included students from Tribal Col STEM academy that covered lops content during the Virginia leges and Universities. mission activities at Wallops Science Festival and the Virginia and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Polytechnic Institute and State STEM Engagement opportunities Spaceport. University Family Weekend. increase awareness, involvement, • IV&V Program’s equipment loan • As part of Physics of the Cosmos and interest of learners of all program, which certifies educators and Cosmic Origins education ages by connecting them to in the use of 29 NASA and STEM- programs, the first episode of NASA-unique resources through based educational kits, served a Space Forensics interactive public events, experiential over 15,000 students in 2015. educational game has been released, allowing solvers to investigate the mystery of ex ploding stars. • Goddard extended facility tours and NASA content to 100 mid dle and high school boys par ticipating in the College Success Foundation’s HERO (Higher Ed ucation Readiness Opportunity) Summer Leadership Academy that provides scholarships and mentoring to low-income, high potential students. • IV&V Educator Resource Center and Fairmont State University collaborated with 7 robotics programs, with 16 tournaments hosted by 12 unique partners. More than 200 K-16-level teams are participating in over 30 West Virginia counties.

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Current state of the workforce 2015

GODDARD CIVIL SERVANTS by Age Group GODDARD CIVIL SERVANTS by Gender 29 & Under 198 6.1% 38% Female 62% Male 30-39 544 16.8% 40-49 719 22.2%

50-59 1,238 38.2% GODDARD CIVIL SERVANTS by Duty Location 60-69 469 14.5%

70 & Over 71 2.2% Greenbelt WFF IV&V GISS WSC TOTAL 2881 279 44 28 7 3239 GODDARD CIVIL SERVANTS by Disability

Targeted Non-Targeted 88.9% 8.6% 1.4% 0.9% 0.2% 100% Disability 2% 5% Disability 67 159

GODDARD CIVIL SERVANTS by Ethnicity GODDARD CIVIL SERVANTS by Skill Mix 16.55% African American 51% AST Engineers 8.03% Asian 0.12% Hawaiian Pacific Islander 11% AST Scientists 5.50% Hispanic 3% Clerical 0.86% Multi-Racial 5% Non-AST 0.31% Native American Engineers/Scientists 30% Professional 68.63% Non-Minority Administrative

BEST PLACES Scores By Category 2015 Rank 2015 2010 2005 Overall 11 of 320 78.6 79.5 73.9 TO WORK in Teamwork 11 of 319 80.6 77.4 79.6 Innovation 4 of 318 79.9 78.8 N/A the Federal Effective Leadership 6 of 318 72.4 70 64.6 Support for Diversity 4 of 319 76.4 77.2 76.5 GovernmenT Training and Development 13 of 319 76.5 75.5 72.5 Employee Skills-Mission Match 8 of 319 84.8 84.7 80.5 Work-Life Balance 29 of 319 71.2 67.7 67.8 Performance-Based Rewards & Advancement 6 of 318 65.4 64.2 60.9 http://bestplacestowork.org

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GSFC Program Year 2015 BUDGET Categorized by Lines of Business (as of 9/30/15) Chart is in $Ms

Reimbursable (Other) • Reimbursable (Earth Science) • $139.8 • 2.8% $1,314.9 • 26.3% Heliophysics • $289.9 • 5.8%

Human Exploration & Earth Science • Operations • $125.2 • 2.5% $827.8 • 16.6% Management & Operations • Cross-Cutting $491.1 • 9.8% Technologies & Capabilities • $90.2 • 1.8%

Communications & Planetary & Lunar Science • Navigation • $291.5 • 5.8% $349.2 • 7.0% Suborbital Platforms & Range Astrophysics • $933.6 • 18.7% Services • $144.5 • 2.9%

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Goddard’s success in enabling ability to stimulate and strengthen and spinoff activities. NASA missions and applying these economic activity by: • Broadening small business op scientific achievements to society • Expending goods and services to portunities through its robust is evident. Each of Goddard’s five perform its mission. contracting program. locations supports the center’s • Generating technology transfer

GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER Greenbelt, Maryland

Goddard Budget Direct: ...... $3.5 B Reimbursable: ...... $1.5 B Annapolis Total: ...... $5.0 B PY15 Budget Received in FY15 FPDS-NG data excludes all Interagency Acquisitions and transactions under the micro purchase threshold ($3,500) such as bankcards, purchase orders, and outside procurement transactions.

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS FY15 OBLIGATIONS Maryland MD-1: Harris $329,605 Obligations by MD-2: Ruppersberger $3,091,089 Maryland County MD-3: Sarbanes $1,830,055 Anne Arundel $4,237,583 WALLOPS FLIGHT MD-4: Edwards $14,181,337 Baltimore $1,811,650 Baltimore City $137,071,203 FACILITY Wallops Island, MD-5: Hoyer $1,350,952,158 Calvert $11,100 Virginia MD-6: Delaney $1,067,180 Carroll $412,282 Charles -$7,263 MD-7: Cummings $139,340,672 Frederick $48,105 Harford $149,293 MD-8: Van Hollen $3,144.872 Howard $1,925,524 Montgomery $3,951,997 Virginia Prince Georges $1,364,299,247 VA-2: Rigell $143,330,983 Washington $14,387 Goddard invests over 80 cents of every Wicomico $11,860 ALL DISTRICTS $1,513,936,968 dollar it receives in American businesses, Total $1,513,936,968 academia, and nonprofit organizations. Goddard’s Top Contractors 1. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION $463.7 M 9. BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION $116.6 M 2. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SPACE AND $402.4 M 10. GENERAL DYNAMICS C4 SYSTEMS, INC. $116.3 M MISSION SYSTEMS CORPORATION 11. HONEYWELL TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS INC. $87.1 M 3. RAYTHEON COMPANY $328.8 M 12. INUTEQ, LLC $67.5 M 4. EXELIS INC. $307.0 M 13. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA $62.0 M 5. SGT, INC. $235.8 M 14. LJT & ASSOCIATES, INC. $60.3 M 6. ORBITAL SCIENCES CORPORATION $165.2 M 15. SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INCORPORATED $55.9 M 7. AS AND D, INC. $149.6 M All numbers are based on NPDV and FPDS obligation data for FY14 as of 3/26/15. 8. ASSOC UNIV RESEARCH ASTRONOMY $137.0 M Not based total contract value.

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Goddard is now implementing the 2015 Sustainability Plan’s strategies at all levels of management and operations, through five objectives:

Reduce energy consumption, associated air emissions, and other 1 environmental impacts. • 26% reduction in Goddard’s energy consumption intensity Green Goddard: With its from 2003 to 2015. unique understanding as a global 26% leader in Earth Science, Goddard • of square footage of Goddard’s buildings is rated LEED is committed to identifying and Silver or better. implementing strategies that ensure continued human progress, produc Manage water impacts including consumption, pollution, and tivity, and prosperity while sustain 2 climate change impacts. ing natural species and systems. • 25 tons of acid rain emissions producing sulfur oxides pre The 2014 Sustainability Report vented each year by replacing fuel oil heat system at Wallops with clean-burning propane-based system. evaluated the relationships among Goddard’s activities and natural systems, resources, and local com Reduce waste through lifecycle materials management from munities. The center then produced 3 source reduction and green purchasing to reuse and recycling. a 2015 Sustainability Plan in re sponse to White House Executive • 23% of Goddard’s energy obtained from renewable sources. Order 13693: Planning for Federal • 20,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions prevented each year Sustainability in the Next Decade. by using landfill gas in place of natural gas at Greenbelt. • Mid-Atlantic Coastal Resiliency Institute (MACRI) - Launched in June 2014, the Promote transportation alternatives to reduce environmental MACRI is a Goddard-led, multi- 4 impacts and promote universal access to the center. state, multi-disciplinary re • Goddard is promoting a bike share program for employee use search collaboration among 12 onsite and has made significant progress in transitioning fleet world-class organizations that vehicles and other institutional support vehicles to hybrid or aims to integrate science and electric power. its applications to support re silience for human and natural coastal communities. Support local ecosystems by caring for the lands that support 5 NASA operations. • Goddard’s Living Laboratory for • Continued Preservation of Maritime Dune Woodland: Planning Coastal Resilience of the North Wallops Island UAS runway prevented unneces - In NASA’s largest shoreline sary impacts to the ecosystem of the rare habitat designated protection program, sand is be the North Wallops Island Conservation Site. ing added to Wallops beach to • A Concerted Effort to Protect Wetlands: Storm water manage ensure ongoing protection of ment, drainage planning for construction, erosion mitigation the agency’s only launch range. practices and pollution prevention are in place to protect the habitat surrounding Wallops. Active climate adaptation sci • Shoreline Protection and Beach Nourishment: Recovery activi ence investigation (CASI) teams ties undertaken in 2012 and immediately following Hurricane are providing science-based Sandy restored large areas of Wallops Island beach, creating analysis and tools. over 150 acres of new beach habitat.

49 2015 WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY th EXTENDING NASA’S REACH FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Dec 70 1981 Nov 2006 Mar 1996 Seventy years of 1970 U.S. Air Force innovation. Open Oct 1959 1961 house draws thousands Wallops Flight Center is Minotaur 1 1954 During a Launched the first of of visitors to celebrate merged into Goddard rocket total solar several Pegasus XL historic milestone. Project Mercury capsules Space Flight Center and its launched Launched Oct eclipse, a vehicles beginning APRIL CELEBRATING JUNE were tested at Wallops in 1974 name is changed to Wallops carrying the the first U.S. total of 32 the High Energy 2013 Jan 1945 1958 support of NASA's manned Flight Facility. It becomes Air Force four-stage sounding 1993 Transient Experiment spaceflight program before NASA's primary facility for Research 2014 rocket, the rockets (HETE) program. First test rocket astronauts were launched. suborbital programs. Laboratory’s Inaugural launched from Nike-T40-T55 NASA begins were Wallops Station TacSat-2 Flight of First official cargo 70 renamed Wallops Wallops to test hypersonic operations. MAR launched The Range Control satellite and Antares. resupply services flight its range assets. heat-transfer National Advisory 1961 during a Flight Center, Center currently NASA’s of Antares/Cygnus. YEARS vehicle. Committee for three-day expanded its 1983 GeneSat-1 OF used for missions JULY Aeronautics’ Goddard Space period. horizons to include like Antares and microsatellite. SEPT INNOVATION Pilotless Aircraft FEB Flight Center Earth studies of 1945 1948 The Balloon Program Office sounding rockets 2013 Research Station 1961 dedication. ocean processes opened. and used its was established and has Tiamat is first research becomes separate Lunar Atmosphere and research airport for flown hundreds of balloons rocket launched. The facility called Explorer IX launches Dust Environment runway surface and from locations around the program lasted until 1948 Wallops Station, from Wallops, first Explorer (LADEE) aircraft noise world in support of scientific with nine more launches. operating under payload launch satellite is the first lunar NASA HQ. into orbit. reduction studies. investigations. launch from Wallops.

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Goddard’s strength is anchored in our proven capabilities, one-of- OUR LOYALTY a-kind facilities, and our dedicated workforce. Goddard employs more than three thousand civil servants, over six thousand onsite contractors, and thousands of others (including off-site contractors, interns, and Emeritus) working in various technical and profes sional administrative positions. Goddard has a diverse and inclusive workforce that inspires creativity, collaboration, and innovation. At our core, we embrace inclusion that opens a broader view and seeks diversity of thought and perspective. We honor individual ity, equality, and human dignity. We are committed to creating an environment that empowers us to be ourselves, contribute through our own experiences, thrive, and do our best work.

NASA’s core values (safety, teamwork, integrity, and excellence) and key priorities are inherent in and embodied by the people who are leading the effort to achieve its mission. At Goddard, we recognize that our workforce is our greatest asset. Together, all facets of the diverse Goddard community are dedicated to the pursuit of the following objectives for the benefit of the agency and the public:

• Conduct NASA’s missions while fully minimizing risk to life, prop erty, communities, and the environment. Safety and environmental stewardship are vital to NASA’s continued success.

• Meet our commitments to the agency and its customers by de livering high-quality products on time and on schedule. It is our

50 2015 WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY th EXTENDING NASA’S REACH FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Dec 70 1981 Nov 2006 Mar 1996 Seventy years of 1970 U.S. Air Force innovation. Open Oct 1959 1961 house draws thousands Wallops Flight Center is Minotaur 1 1954 During a Launched the first of of visitors to celebrate merged into Goddard rocket total solar several Pegasus XL historic milestone. Project Mercury capsules Space Flight Center and its launched Launched Oct eclipse, a vehicles beginning APRIL CELEBRATING JUNE were tested at Wallops in 1974 name is changed to Wallops carrying the the first U.S. total of 32 the High Energy 2013 Jan 1945 1958 support of NASA's manned Flight Facility. It becomes Air Force four-stage sounding 1993 Transient Experiment spaceflight program before NASA's primary facility for Research 2014 rocket, the rockets (HETE) program. First test rocket astronauts were launched. suborbital programs. Laboratory’s Inaugural launched from Nike-T40-T55 NASA begins were Wallops Station TacSat-2 Flight of First official cargo 70 renamed Wallops Wallops to test hypersonic operations. MAR launched The Range Control satellite and Antares. resupply services flight its range assets. heat-transfer National Advisory 1961 during a Flight Center, Center currently NASA’s of Antares/Cygnus. YEARS vehicle. Committee for three-day expanded its 1983 GeneSat-1 OF used for missions JULY Aeronautics’ Goddard Space period. horizons to include like Antares and microsatellite. SEPT INNOVATION Pilotless Aircraft FEB Flight Center Earth studies of 1945 1948 The Balloon Program Office sounding rockets 2013 Research Station 1961 dedication. ocean processes opened. and used its was established and has Tiamat is first research becomes separate Lunar Atmosphere and research airport for flown hundreds of balloons rocket launched. The facility called Explorer IX launches Dust Environment runway surface and from locations around the program lasted until 1948 Wallops Station, from Wallops, first Explorer (LADEE) aircraft noise world in support of scientific with nine more launches. operating under payload launch satellite is the first lunar NASA HQ. into orbit. reduction studies. investigations. launch from Wallops.

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highest priority to uphold the agency’s reputation of scientific distinction and reliability.

• Foster effective collaboration among individuals, teams, and management within the center, across NASA, and externally. God dard’s accomplishments result from these successful relationships as well as numerous strategic partnerships.

• Protect, support, and encourage employees by engaging, en abling, and empowering them in all of their efforts to safeguard the public trust. We maintain a world-class workforce dedicated to the execution of NASA’s mission by: Demonstrating confidence, fairness, honesty, and balance. Providing opportunities for development and mobility. Promoting diversity and inclusion.

• Ensure the success of our missions by supporting and sustaining employee dedication, agility, creativity, and commitment to excel lence at all levels in the organization.

• Promote transparency and accountability by actively sharing our results and activities with customers, stakeholders, and the public, as well as engaging communities who are the ultimate beneficiaries of our work.

• Support NASA’s other overarching approaches to finding new ways of doing business and investing in new technology.

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DONALD CONRAD JOE LOPEZ WARREN CROCKETT JAMES LYNCH MARSHALL CURTIS GEORGE MARECHEK, JR RICKY DAUGHERTY SHERMIN MCCASLIN SEAN DAVIS LESLIE (LES) MEREDITH ANNE DAVIS DONALD MILLER As we celebrate our collective EDWARD DEVINE WILLIAM MISH, SR achievements, we also honor all ROBERT EAVES GRAHAM MOORE SEATON NORMAN of those who have contributed EDWARD EISELE, JR HOWARD ESTEP CARMEN PARSEN to Goddard that are no longer DOUGLAS ESTES, JR BOB PATTERSON with us. CHARLES FALKENHAN VUK PERIC ROBERT FARQUHAR WILLIAM POLAND, JR Your dedication and talent will EDWARD FERN LORREL POPP never be forgotten. THEODORE FERRARO HENRY PRICE, JR ORVILLE FLEMING, JR ROBERT PRINCE *Active civil servants who passed DWIGHT FORTNA EARL QUIREY during 2015 include: HERBERT FULLER WALTER RASKIN INDALECIO GALICINAO RICHARD REEVES ANGELITA KELLY MICHELE (MICKEY) GARRETT HERBERT RICHARD PETER MEDLEY DONALD GIMPEL WILLIAM RICHARDSON HAROLD GOLDBERG BURREE RICHARDSON ‡Contractors, former civil servants, BETTY GROTON MICHAEL ROBERTO, JR and others whose passing oc KENNETH HALLAM ANDREW ROLINSKI curred or was reported during Sep. ROBERT HALLI, SR NANCY MENGEL ROSENSWEIG 2014 – Dec. 2015 include: RUDOLF HANEL KAREN SHANNON CAROLYN HANNA CLIFFORD SHORTER MARY ADKINS BETTY JANE HAYDEN MILTON SING AUGUSTIN (GUS) ALICEA RICHARD HICKS ROGER SMITH EARL ANGULO OTTO HILDEBRAND DEAN SMITH VINCENT ARILLO NOEL HINNERS GEORGE STITT JOHN ARMIGER, JR RUSSELL HOFFMAN ROBERT SULLIVAN DAVID ATLAS BARBARA HOLLAND HELEN THAYER FAYE AUKERMAN RICHARD HOLT OTTO THIELE ALFRED BABECKI GEORGE HOPE ROGER THOMAS JOSEPH BADEN JACK HOWARD MARJORIE TOWNSEND ZEB BARFIELD, SR DAN HUDSON JOHN TRESANSKY ROBERT BARNES JANIE JOHNSON JAMES VETTE EVELYN BAUMANN WILLIAM JOHNSON JOHN VOLPE MOLLIE BERNATOWICZ ALBERT KAMOSA CARL WAGENFUEHRER RONDA BISHOP SAMUEL KELLER KEN WATHAL DANIEL BOWDEN LINDA LETELLIER H. JOHN WOOD III LOUISE BOZMAN CHARLES LIPSETT RICHARD WRIGHT WILL BULLOCK *NOTE: NASA does not have access to this information for former NASA civil servants. The EMMETT BUNDICK report authors have been informally notified of such individuals who have been added to the VALORIE BURR list under contractors and others. MELVIN (MEL) CLARK ‡NASA does not have access to this data for contractors and others affiliated with Goddard. OLIVER CLARK An earnest attempt was made to manually collect this information. However, the nature of the process could result in the list being incomplete. WILLIAM COLEMAN THOMAS COLLINSON Please email omissions to Shanessa Jackson ([email protected]) and copy Mary Pat Hrybyk-Keith ([email protected]) and Peter Hughes ([email protected]). The electronic version of BLANCHE CONNER this report will be updated accordingly. Updated 2.3.2016.

53 There can be no thought of finishing—for aiming at the stars, both literally and figuratively, is the work of generations—but no matter how much progress one makes, there is always the thrill of just beginning. – Robert H. Goddard

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