Goddard Space Flight Center was created in 1959.

Thomas Stengle has written:

'Flight Dynamics Analysis Branch end of fiscal year 1999 report' -- subject(s): Aerodynamics, Airplanes, Astrodynamics, Control systems, Flight control, Guidance, Navigation, & Control Center (Goddard Space Flight Center), Guidance, Navigation, & Control Center (Goddard Space Flight Center). Flight Dynamics Analysis Branch, Rockets (Aeronautics)

Yes, it is unmanned. The HST is controlled from the ground by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, USA.

Robert H. Goddard

Although often called the Montreal Earth Observatory, the space observatory is owned and operated by NASA. The observatory is at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.