In matters regarding space flights, George Marshall Space Flight Center has and still plays a very important role in aiding and supporting activities that directly contribute to the research and development of space science, especially in the United States. The Space Center has from the time of its inception, been a partial or complete factor in assembling space flight components and crew for space missions. The successes of some missions to space have been attributed to Marshall Space Flight Center and it acts as NASA's launch vehicle development center. While this accurately describes some of the center's activities, it does not tell the whole story. The George Marshall Space Flight Center is a very important arm of NASA’s research powerhouses and a multi-project based management, scientific and engineering establishment which requires the skills and management of highly skilled and technical personnel to run its affairs smoothly.

With much emphasis on space flight missions and projects, the Marshall Space Flight Center involves scientific enquiry and the utilization of space knowledge, research and expertise to make all plans and projections be realized without hitches and at a high degree of success. It is so complex in the number and level of processes involved that not everyone is adequately equipped with the necessary abilities to handle the daunting tasks. Problems range from scientific investigations, research work, project execution and supervision and the application of space technology to the enable crew solve problems concerning mankind. This is part of Marshall Space Center's aims and objectives. It is part of aims that will be referenced and reflected in future projects with regards to space flight. Thus making it an indispensable part of any Space station operations especially in the United States.

Marshall Space Flight Center sits comfortably on about one thousand, eight hundred acres of land; right inside the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. The Space Center is also responsible for space flight activities relating to Space laboratory as a modular scientific research facility with state-of-the-art facilities that is also known for providing backup support, aiding and managing Spacelab missions. The George C. Marshall Space Flight Center is largely responsible for other space missions and maintenance projects like space shuttles' main engines, the external tank and the solid rocket boosters. Marshall Space Flight Center has also been given management responsibility for the Hubble Space Telescope, the satellite system and orbital maneuvering; and has other related roles in the development of the space station.

An important arm of Marshall Space Flight Center is the Payload Operations Control Center. The Center is also a NASA facility built for the purpose of monitoring, assisting, coordinating, supporting and controlling operations of Spacelab Payloads. Payloads Operations Control Center is also used for other projects like pre-mission tests and training activities. The Operations Control Center gives users access to ground activities to support and communicate with onboard mission activities. George C. Marshall Space Flight Center's responsibility includes integrated mission-dependent training which requires the development of the Payload Crew Training Complex. The Payload Operations Control Center’s facilities are provided and allowed for use within designated areas and services for instrument monitoring and control and are made available only to authorized users who request for them.

Other space support facilities that provide back up to the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center are Martin Marietta. The facility is directly responsible for supporting George Marshall Space Flight Center in terms of manufacturing of components and uses the Michoud facility based in New Orleans for the design, development, manufacture, test and assembly of space flight equipment. United Space Boosters Inc. is a Production Company with its operations center located in Florida. This company has the task of providing George Marshall Space Flight Center with its solid rocket booster assembly for refurbishment involving space flight components, etc. Morton Thiokol's Division headquartered in Brigham City, Utah is on its part, responsible to George Marshall Space Flight Center for the design, development, test and assembly of the solid rocket booster motors. Generally, this collection of flight centers work hand in hand to provide the necessary logistics used in space flight research and development. The overall purpose is to maintain existing scientific projects while working towards new breakthroughs in the area of space flights.