Upper Marlboro is the county seat for Prince George's County
Goddard is in Prince George's County
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Near Greenbelt Road (Maryland Route 193) west of Icesat Road, on the right when traveling west.
The Delta placed its first successful payload, ECHO 1A, into orbit on August 12, 1960. Since then, Deltas have lifted over 200 payloads into space, earning it the nickname of "workhorse.' — — Map (db m145673) HM
Near Greenbelt Road (Maryland Route 193) west of Icesat Road, on the right when traveling west.
This runway section was part of a NASA Wallops Island aeronautics study conducted in the 1960s. The study showed that grooved concrete surfaces deter aircraft tire hydroplaning. Now, many state highway departments use similar pavement to reduce car . . . — — Map (db m145689) HM
Near Greenbelt Road (Maryland Route 193) west of Icesat Road, on the right when traveling west.
The Javelin, one of NASA's largest sounding rockets, has been used to study radio astronomy, and ionospheric and magnetospheric phenomena. Javelin can carry a 65 kg payload to a 800 km altitude. NASA's first Javelin was launched in 1959. — — Map (db m145691) HM
Near Greenbelt Road (Maryland Route 193) west of Icesat Road, on the right when traveling west.
This tree grew from a seed carried around the moon by Apollo 14’s Command Module in 1971. The seed was one of many taken aboard Apollo 14 to study the effects of prolonged weightlessness on seed germination and seedling growth. The tree was planted . . . — — Map (db m145696) HM
Near Greenbelt Road (Maryland Route 193) west of Icesat Road, on the right when traveling west.
This is a two-stage sounding rocket used for scientific research. Black Brant represents a family of Canadian-built rockets that date back to 1956. The rocket's name comes from a type of goose that inhabits both Canada and NASA's Wallops Island, . . . — — Map (db m145677) HM
Near Greenbelt Road (Maryland Route 193) west of Icesat Road, on the right when traveling west.
The Nike-Tomahawk's near-constant acceleration and adjustable upper stage fins make it a highly versatile member of NASA's sounding rocket fleet. The Nike-Tomahawk was first launched in 1965. — — Map (db m145693) HM
Near Greenbelt Road (Maryland Route 193) west of Icesat Road, on the right when traveling west.
Defying 30 mph gusts and temperatures down to minus 22 F, NASA's new polar rover recently demonstrated in Greenland that it could operate completely autonomously in one of Earth's harshest environments. The robot known as GROVER, which stands for . . . — — Map (db m145674) HM
Near Greenbelt Road (Maryland Route 193) west of Icesat Road, on the right.
Sounding rockets are effective, low cost, research tools used for direct atmospheric measurements and for a variety of experiments in space science, applications, and technology. They also flight test materials, instruments, and experiments for . . . — — Map (db m145692) HM
