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Dates: during 2008-2008
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...Since NASA's founding, its various shops have done a remarkably good job of sticking to their assignments. JPL handles most of the unmanned missions. Ames takes on what JPL can't, and often competitively bids against its downcoast colleagues. Huntsville focuses on rockets and propulsion systems. Canaveral still launches and Houston still takes over the moment the engine bells clear the tower. The Goddard Space Flight Center in Beltsville, Md., studies space science, investigating the chemistry and physics of the Earth, the solar system and the universe, most notably with the aid of the Hubble Space Telescope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NASA at 50 | 9/30/2008 | See Source »

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