[Satellite TODAY 03-25-13] The EDGE Innovation Network has announced the opening of its new EDGE Space Innovation Center. This marks the 13th and newest center, housed within the General Dynamics’ Seabrook, Md., facility; less than two miles from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.

    "We look forward to the opening of this new capability just outside our gates and the opportunity to collaborate with other governmental, international and industry innovators to develop the technologies and missions that will mark a new era of discovery," Dr. Christyl Johnson, deputy director of the Goddard Space Flight Center, said on a statement.

    The new Space Innovation Center is expected to connect NASA and other government agency professionals with more than 350 EDGE Innovation Network members from industry and academia. The facility offers meeting rooms and demonstration spaces for new ideas and solutions for next-generation spacecraft, scientific instruments, in-flight operations and the critical ground systems.

    General Dynamics C4 Systems sponsors the EDGE Innovation Network as it continues its work as contractor for NASA’s Space Network Ground Segment Sustainment (SGSS), which is modernizing the space agency’s ground infrastructure systems for their Space Network.