NASA SET TO CLOSE RESEARCH LIBRARY

NASA is to close its most extensive research library at the Goddard Space Flight Center.

- BY HANNAH BROUGHTON

The vast library in Maryland is one of the most historic hubs of American space exploration, with 100,000 volumes at risk of being discarded.

It is unclear which books, scientific journals, and archival documents will be retained and which will be discarded. Many of these are not digitised and cannot be found elsewhere.