Who is sponsoring and managing the mission? Who is building and operating the spacecraft?
STEREO is sponsored by NASA Headquarters Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s Solar Terrestrial Probes Program Office, in Greenbelt, Md., manages the mission, instruments and science center. The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md., designed, built and operates the twin observatories for NASA during the 2-year mission.
