EDITORIAL INFORMATION

This beautifully illustrated history of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center is a useful book for those interested in how space science and Earth science gets done at this Field Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. It covers Goddard's origins at the Naval Research Laboratory and other facilities at the beginning of the space age. The Goddard Space Flight Center was NASA's first Field Center devoted to space exploration. Since its start in 1959, it has been involved in the design, construction, and operations of over 200 Earth-orbiting spacecraft. Goddard has also grown from humble beginnings to a sprawling campus employing 11,000 people. Managers at the Goddard Space Flight Center are also responsable organizationally for the launches and other activities at the Wallops Flight Facility. Dreams, Hopes, Realities is recommended reading for students, scholars, journalists, and all who are interested in spaceflight history.

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GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

-Table of Contents.

-Foreword. A.V. Diaz.

-Preface.

-Goddard's First Forty: The Quest to Learn.

-A Place for Science.

-The Tools.

-Exploring the Heavens.

-Exploring the Earth.

-The Endless Frontier.

-References.

-Bibliographic Essay.

-Appendix A: Glossary of Acronyms.

-Appendix B: Goddard Launches.

-Appendix C: Directors of the Goddard Space Flight Center 1959-1998.

-Acknowledgements.

-Index.
-The NASA HIstory Series.
-About the Author.