The Center for Space Sciences and Technology (CSST) is primarily supported as the UMBC component of Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science & Technology II (CRESST II), a NASA cooperative agreement whose consortium also includes the University of Maryland College Park (UMCP), Catholic University, Howard University and the Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA).CRESST II is a cooperative agreement between the partner institutions and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, Maryland that allows scientists employed by the partners to support projects at GSFC. UMCP is the lead institution. UMCP and UMBC are the two major, equal work-share, partners in CRESST II.The research conducted by the scientists comprising CSST focuses on (i) Astrophysical Data Reduction, Interpretation & Archiving, (ii) Space Science Technology: Development & Calibration, and (iii) Theoretical Astrophysics: Simulations & Software.