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  • Erwin Zaretsky

    Temporary Position or Exceptional Career?

    When Erwin Zaretsky interviewed with NACA in Cleveland in 1957, he was looking for a temporary position. More than 50 years later, he's a NASA Glenn chief engineer.

  • Apollo 8 spacecraft

    This Month in Exploration - December

    Forty years ago the crew of Apollo 8 transmitted the first image of Earth from space. Read more historical facts in This Month in Exploration.

  • Earl Hanes

    Standing the Test of Time

    Earl Hanes started to work at NASA through the apprentice program in 1953. Today he's doing research that will send us back to the moon.

  • X-15 in flight.

    Final Flight of the X-15 Left a Legacy of Success

    Research pilot William H. "Bill" Dana completed his cockpit checklist in preparation for a flight in the rocket-powered X-15.

  • Richard Cavicchi

    On NASA's Team Until the Final Inning

    When the National Aeronautics and Space Administration came into being in 1958, Richard Cavicchi already had 14 years of service with the federal government.

  • X28 solar flare

    This Month in Exploration - November

    Five years ago scientists observed the largest solar flare in recorded history. Read more historical facts in This Month in Exploration.

  • Norm Crabill.

    From Taxidriver to Virginia's Aeronautics Hall of Fame

    A freshly minted engineer from Catholic University was looking for a job in a new field when he first came to Langley Research Center. Norm Crabill had seen a helicopter land in Washington, D.C., and decided that he wanted to work on those new flying machines.

  • Bernhard Anderson

    Tools of the Trade

    Bernhard Anderson began his career using a slide rule. Today this engineer utilizes sophisticated computer software to help NASA discover new approaches to achieving technology breakthroughs.

  • Dr. James Head

    Apollo Springboards Planetary Geology Fascination

    As a kid in Wythe, Va., James W. Head was mesmerized by Sputnik. It was the beginning of his fascination with planetary geology that led him to a job with NASA and the Apollo program.

  • Ethiraj Venkatapathy of NASA Ames, Betsy Pugel of NASA Goddard and Hanna Szczepanowska of the National Air and Space Museum Conservator, examine the 1966 Apollo test vehicle heat shield. Credit: NASA GSFC/Debbie McCallum

    Apollo Heat Shield Helps New Crew Vehicle Design

    NASA scientists developing the next generation of exploration vehicles and heat shields for NASA's Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle experienced "Christmas in July" when they uncrated the heat shields used on the Apollo missions some 35 years ago.