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National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Goddard Space Flight Center

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Mission

The Instrument Systems and Technology Division (ISTD) is located within the Applied Engineering and Technology Directorate at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The Division provides instrument engineering expertise for the full life cycle of instrument development. With over 180 engineers and technicians, the Division provides the expertise to develop innovative new measurement techniques, advanced instrument concepts, scientific instrument proposals, and instrument systems analysis and implementation to enable advanced state-of-the-art Earth science, space science, and exploration missions.

Division Chief: Ken Hinkle
Associate Division Chief: Pete Maymon
Associate Division Chief: Cathy Long

Main Office: (301) 286-7531