Introduction to the Sciences & Exploration Directorate
INTRODUCTION TO THE DIRECTORATE
The Sciences and Exploration Directorate (SED), located at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in suburban Maryland, USA, is a national resource for research in the Earth and Space Sciences. It also leads technology development in support of its scientific endeavors. The Directorate performs this work in partnership with colleagues in the national and international scientific communities.
The SED plans, organizes, implements, and evaluates a broad program of scientific research, both theoretical and experimental, in the study of the Earth-Sun system, the solar system and the origins of life, and the birth and evolution of the universe. The program ranges from modeling and basic research, to flight experiment development, and to data analysis and communication of results.
See also Organization Mission Statements [ MS Word ].
NASA Fact
Landsat was the series of revolutionary satellites that were first launched in 1972 for the purpose of systematically photographing the surface of the Earth from space.
