ETD Capabilities Listing
Versatile Capability Solutions for NASA and Beyond
Beyond meeting the needs of NASA programs, ETD capabilities are applicable to a wide range of activities, both in aerospace and other fields, and are accessible to support various internal and external clients.
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Vacuum Outgassing Database
Vacuum outgassing testing at Goddard Space Flight Center is conducted within Materials Engineering, to evaluate the outgassing emissions of potential flight materials in vacuum. The lab has established a comprehensive database of vacuum outgassing test data collected for over five decades, as a reference for NASA and…
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Radiation Effects and Analysis
The Radiation Effects and Analysis Group (REAG) at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center has provided leadership in radiation effects to NASA, commercial partners, industry leaders, other government agencies, and academia for decades. The team supports in- and out-of-house developments with environmental modelling, radiation assessments and…
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Spaceflight Photonics: Fiber Optics and Optoelectronics
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s Photonics Group is a center of excellence for both fiber optics and optoelectronics since its formation over 30 years ago. They offer a one stop shop for fiber optic system design, production, qualification and integration for space flight and other harsh environments. In addition…
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Finite Element Modeling Continuous Improvement (FEMCI)
Finite Element Modeling Continuous Improvement (FEMCI) is an online archive of mostly NASTRAN (NASA STRuctural ANalysis) based finite element analysis information. Some information can be applied to other finite element analysis programs, such as the…
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Telemetry and Command (T&C) Systems
The Engineering and Technology Directorate (ETD) at Goddard Space Flight Center developed two flagship Telemetry and Command (T&C) systems. ETD engineers designed these systems to meet the evolving needs of NASA’s diverse mission portfolio, leveraging decades of flight operations experience. Through…
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Sub-Kelvin Detector Fabrication and Characterization Capability
Using temperatures below 1 K in detector systems opens access of NASA mission concepts to exquisite performance metrics and instrument designs. A vanishingly narrow superconducting wire can enable photon counting of emanations from faint astrophysical sources. Dense metals can…
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Environmental Test Engineering & Integration
The Environmental Test Engineering and Integration Branch provides comprehensive Integration and Test (I&T) services that enable mission success. We provide projects with cleanrooms and test facilities for building flight hardware and ensuring that it will withstand…
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Flight Dynamics Facility (FDF)
Located at Goddard Space Flight Center as part of the Navigation and Mission Design Branch, the Flight Dynamics Facility (FDF) is a provider of comprehensive flight dynamics services to space communications networks, science and exploration programs, and expendable launch vehicle providers. The FDF’s professional staff…
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Materials Engineering
Materials Engineering provides onsite access to over 20 staffed laboratories supporting materials testing and analysis and specific subject matter expertise in materials and processes (M&P) topics including, but not limited to, metallurgy, composites, failure analysis, tribology, non-destructive evaluation…
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core Flight System (cFS)
The Core Flight Software (cFS) Bundle is a comprehensive, platform-independent software framework designed to support embedded real-time systems. Its architecture is optimized for reuse, rapid development, and portability across diverse mission environments. Built around a dynamic runtime…
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Contamination and Coatings Engineering
Contamination and Coatings Engineering is interwoven into the fabric of support for every mission to provide the technology and support needed to meet the cleanliness, thermal coatings, and planetary protection requirements of spacecraft and instruments…
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Generative Design
The Goddard Flight Facility Center’s Evolved Structures technology uses generative design and digital manufacturing to automate and optimize development of spacecraft and science instrument structures, improving structure performance by 3x and reducing development time…
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Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC)
The Goddard Engineering and Technology Directorate (ETD) has the capability to design, layout, analyze, and model PICs at the system and component level. ETD can characterize performance and integrate into higher level systems, especially for remote sensing instruments for scientific applications…
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Community Coordinated Modeling Center (CCMC)
The Community Coordinated Modeling Center (CCMC) was established to enhance basic solar-terrestrial research and to aid in the development of models for specifying and forecasting conditions in the space environment…
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Optical Alignment, Integration, and Test (AI&T)
The Engineering and Technology Directorate (ETD) specializes in precision engineering — enabling the design, construction, and support through flight of precision devices for space science, especially scientific instrumentation. ETD personnel perform precision…
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Open Source Software
ETD’s Software Engineering teams provide software products, services and expertise to ensure the success of NASA missions and NASA partners. Products, services and expertise include flight, ground and science data systems and technologies, mission environments, software engineering, software systems…