About NASANEWS

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Public Affairs Offices

Each NASANEWS item originates at one (or sometimes more) of the following organizations:

Abbreviation   Name
    ARC        Ames Research Center
    DFRC       Dryden Flight Research Center
    GISS       Goddard Institute for Space Studies
    GSFC       Goddard Space Flight Center
    HQ         NASA Headquarters
    JPL        Jet Propulsion Laboratory
    JSC        Johnson Space Center
    KSC        Kennedy Space Center
    LARC       Langley Research Center
    LERC       Lewis Research Center
    MSFC       Marshall Space Flight Center
    SSC        Stennis Space Center
    STScI      Space Telescope Institute
    WFF        Wallops Flight Facility