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title: NASA launches an infrastructure modernization effort.
description: NASA to demolish old facilities. Goddard Space Flight Center Library is closing. NASA selects proposals for the Habitable Worlds Observatory. And more.
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# [NASA launches an infrastructure modernization effort.](https://space.n2k.com/podcasts/t-minus/675)

 Written by [Maria Varmazis](https://space.n2k.com/podcasts/t-minus/author/maria-varmazis) | Jan 6, 2026 8:51:01 PM

Summary

NASA’s Dynamic Test Stand and the Propulsion and Structural Test Facility, known as the T-Tower at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, are due to be demolished. The library at Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland is closing after a number of disruptions and reductions by the Trump administration. NASA has selected industry proposals to advance technologies for the agency’s Habitable Worlds Observatory concept, and more.

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