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George C. Marshall Space Flight Center

Marshall Space Flight Center
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Aerial view of the test area at MSFC
Agency overview
Formed July 1, 1960
Preceding agency
Jurisdiction U.S. federal government
Headquarters Redstone Arsenal, Madison County, Alabama
34°39′3″N 86°40′22″W / 34.65083°N 86.67278°W / 34.65083; -86.67278
Agency executive
  • Todd May, Center Director
Parent agency NASA
Website Marshall Space Flight Center

Coordinates: 34°38′49″N 86°40′27″W / 34.64688°N 86.67416°W / 34.64688; -86.67416

The Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) is the U.S. government's civilian rocketry and spacecraft propulsion research center. The largest NASA center, MSFC's first mission was developing the Saturn launch vehicles for the Apollo moon program. Marshall has been the agency's lead center for Space Shuttle propulsion and its external tank; payloads and related crew training; International Space Station (ISS) design and assembly; and computers, networks, and information management. Located on the Redstone Arsenal near Huntsville, Alabama, MSFC is named in honor of General of the Army George Marshall.

The center also contains the Huntsville Operations Support Center (HOSC), a facility that supports ISS launch, payload and experiment activities at the Kennedy Space Center. The HOSC also monitors rocket launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station when a Marshall Center payload is on board.


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