Goddard to Add $100M Space Sciences Structure

GREENBELT, MD-NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center has taken a step forward in the first phase of its facilities master plan with the recent solicitation notice for designers of its new 200,000-sf Space Sciences Directorate facility. The project, which will enable GSFC to consolidate pertinent administrative and lab activities currently conducted in six different buildings, could cost as much as $100 million.

Located near Route 295 less than 15 miles outside of Washington, DC, GSFC’s sprawling 1,000-acre campus currently consists of 33 major structures accounting for over three million sf of research, development and office space. Upon consolidating the Directorate’s activities, GSFC will be able to house the relevant laboratories, computer rooms, and offices for 900 employees into a singular location. But this proposed building is just one facet of GSFC’s Facilities Master Plan, which is a 20-year endeavor consisting of new road and building construction that will update the center’s facilities and allow the scientists to conduct their research in the most effective and efficient way possible.