Integrated Design Center
Yesterday’s Dream, Today’s Concept, Tomorrow’s Reality
Enabling Future Space Exploration through Innovative Design Solutions
The Integrated Design Center (IDC) is a multi-disciplinary, concurrent Engineering
Facility that specializes in rapid conceptual mission and instrument design.
Rapid Space System Analysis
and Conceptual Design
The Center has two dedicated facilities located at NASA Goddard in Greenbelt and one located at Wallops Flight Facility. At these ETD lab facilities, design teams and customers collaborate in an environment that promotes rapid development and efficient trade studies of space system architectures, applications and concepts. The Mission Design Lab (MDL) offers conceptual end-to-end mission design and analysis while the Instrument Design Lab (IDL) offers conceptual design and analysis of instrument systems are located in Greenbelt, Maryland. The Mission Planning Lab (MPL), located at Wallops Flight Facility, offers conceptual end-to-end suborbital and small satellite mission design and analysis and offers a capabilities catalog unique to the lab.
Benefits of the IDC
The IDC labs design the next generation space flight missions and instruments for Goddard, the Agency and the Nation. The IDC was created in 1997 to address the need to perform conceptual engineering, test the feasibility of competitive proposals, and provide credibility of the conceptual design. With several decades of collaborative design experience, honing the process and products via continuous improvement, the IDC provides customers with:
- Early risk assessments and trade space exploration
- Infusion of systems engineering into initial concepts
- Independent technical assessment
- Access to engineering support
- Rapid development cycles
Strategic Focus Areas
The IDC Serves the Following Science Mission Directorate and Enabling Technologies
Space Communications and Navigation
IDL and MDL
Heliophysics
Planetary & Lunar Science
Cross-cutting Technology & Capabilities
Earth Science
Astrophysics
MPL
Suborbital Programs & Range Services
IDC Lab Facilities
The Instrument Design Lab (IDL), Mission Design Lab (MDL) and Mission Planning Lab (MPL) support collaborative,
rapid development and efficient analysis for space system architectures, applications, and concepts.
Meet the Team
Each of our labs has a dedicated Core Staff of Team Leads and a Lead Systems Engineer.
Studies are staffed by subject matter experts from across the Engineering and Technology Directorate (ETD).
Liz Matson
Integrated Design Center Manager
Craig Stevens
Mission Design Lab
Team Lead
Kan Yang
Instrument Design Lab Team Lead
Beth Paquette
Instrument Design Lab Deputy Team Lead
Ben Cervantes
Mission Planning Lab Team Lead
Contact The IDC Team For A Study
Use the form below to solicit an IDC Study, or for further information on the IDC Team, process, or product options.