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- NASA was born out of the race to be the foremost spacefaring nation in the world. The Soviets snatched leadership in space with the 1957 launch of Sputnik, the first successful satellite in orbit. It was in that atmosphere that the Goddard Space Flight Center was formed on May 1, 1959. With about 160 researchers from the Naval Research Lab (project Vanguard) the Goddard Space Flight Center began. A tract of land was identified near the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center and its ownership was negotiated between the Federal Government and the State of Maryland.
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