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History
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JSC Celebrates 40 Years of Human Space Flight
The Johnson Space Center has been home to the nation's human space flight programs. Review the past, glimpse into the future and download imagery of the past 40 years here.
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JSC Turns 40: A Review in Photos
View and download imagery that traces the history of the Johnson Space Center and America's human space flight programs over the past four decades.
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Press Release
Manned Space Flight Laboratory Location dated Sept. 19, 1961.
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Memorandum for Staff
Memo written Sept. 19, 1961, signed by Center Director Robert Gilruth.
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Memorandum for Assistant Director for Administration
Memo written Oct. 19, 1961, signed by Center Director Robert Gilruth.
Image Feature
Image above: U.S. President John F. Kennedy pays tribute to astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. for his February 1962 flight aboard Friendship 7. The Mercury-Atlas 6 mission marked the free world's first orbital manned flight. Vice-President Lyndon Baines Johnson (for whom the Manned Spacecraft Center was later to be named), NASA Administrator James Webb and Glenn family members are among others also in the scene. Credit: NASA
