Dreams, Hopes, Realities Nasas Goddard Space Flight Center The First Forty Years

Traces the legacy of the Goddard Space Flight Center over its first 40 years. It has played an important role in developing commun's., weather, & Earth resources satellites. Its Wallops Island facility has been central to sounding rocket, balloon, & aircraft research. Its tracking & data networks involved up to 24 countries, & it managed numerous international projects in earth & space science. It also launched over 200 scientific satellites. Its work covered every aspect of space science experiments, from developing theory to building the spacecraft, instruments, & launch vehicles; to operating & tracking the satellite in space; & finally, collecting, analyzing, & disseminating the data to the international scientific community. Oversize. Color photos.Wallace, Lane E. is the author of 'Dreams, Hopes, Realities Nasas Goddard Space Flight Center The First Forty Years' with ISBN 9780756732622 and ISBN 075673262X.