Goddard Engineering and Technology Directorate

Partnerships Stories

  • Flight Dynamics Facility team in mission room supporting successful launch of Boeing Starliner

    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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  • Engineer at work in the Detector Development Lab (DDL) which is a microelectronics fabrication facility dedicated to the development of advanced detectors, micro-electrical-mechanical-systems (MEMS), nano-scale devices, circuits, and components for NASA’s missions.

    Detector Development Lab (DDL)

    The DDL is a microelectronics fabrication facility dedicated to the development of advanced detectors, micro-electrical-mechanical-systems (MEMS), nano-scale devices, circuits, and components for NASA’s missions. The laboratory is built around a 4,800 square foot, ISO 5…

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  • The Roman Space Telescope Mosaic Plate assembly. The plate has 18 detectors, each no larger than a sticky note, that together will capture the widest views of the universe ever taken from space.

    Detector Characterization Lab (DCL)

    The DCL is a flight qualified facility for complete optical and electrical characterization from individual detectors to large format focal plane arrays operating from the UV and Visible to the far-IR spectrum and from sub-Kelvin to ambient…

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  • From a control center at Goddard, a lead roboticist commands a robot from more than 800 miles away. Credit NASA/Chris Gunn

    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…

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  • Photonically integrated Cs cold atom source and three-dimensional magneto optical trap cooling chamber

    Quantum Engineering and Sensing Technology Laboratory (QuEST)

    Goddard’s QuEST Lab provides unique testbeds and world-class experimental facilities to perform research and development and technology maturation of atomic sensors and laser subsystems for space science. Goddard has established a laboratory facility to enable…

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  • Five engineers working on the Integration of the LRO Avionics Module

    Flight Systems Integration and Test (I&T)

    Flight Systems I&T is responsible for leading the integration and test activities for flight science instruments, special payloads, carriers, and spacecraft. Components and/or subsystems are received after completing their respective verification programs, ready for integration…

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  • Ocean Color Instrument MUSTANG Instrument Command and Data Unit

    Modular Unified Space Technology Avionics for Next Generation (MUSTANG)

    MUSTANG is a small integrated Avionics system including Command and Data Handling (C&DH), Power System Electronics (PSE), Attitude Control Interfaces (ACS), and Propulsion Electronics. Decades of experience…

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  • Dragonfly Mass-Spectrometer (DraMS) LASER-Electronics-Unit (LEU) Engineering Model (EM). The DraMS LEU is a fully integrated electrical subsystem that includes a Controller, Energy Monitor, Diode-Driver, and High-Voltage Pulse Driver

    High Voltage Instrument Electrical Systems

    The power systems engineers at Goddard Space Flight Center, Building 20 specialize in the electrical system architecture, design, development and implementation of high-reliability and high-fidelity state-of-the-art Instrument Power and Control Electronics/Avionics for aerospace missions. This team continues building on their Space High-Voltage (HV) design legacy…

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