The Inauguration Committee for President-elect Barack Obama officially extended an invitation Wednesday for NASA to be part of the 56th Inaugural Parade on Jan. 20.
Goddard played host to The Discovery Channel's "Young Scientist Challenge" program in October. That program is scheduled to air on Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009.
Ames Researcher Develops "New Nose" for NASA
Sixty-two years ago today, Jack Boyd, senior advisor to the Ames director, first reported to work at Moffett Field, the home of NASA's Ames Research Center.
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.
Joe Zawodny will be in front of his television next Thursday night, watching "SciTrek: Mining the Moon" on the Discovery Channel and looking for pictures that he took.
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.
"I suddenly find myself on the last night before which I’ll no longer be considered part of the crew on the Space Station. This is a very strange feeling indeed."
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.
The two NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station joined millions of Americans Monday in casting their ballots before Election Day.