Johnson History Resources
Explore the history of NASA’s Johnson Space Center through these links to the past. The available sites offer access for researchers, including oral history transcripts, NASA archives, and hundreds of the agency’s history -related sites.
Johnson Space Center History Resources
Johnson Space Center History
Only a few months after President John F. Kennedy’s proclamation in 1961 that the U.S. would send a man to the Moon by the end of the decade, NASA announced Houston would be the site of a new center dedicated to achieving that goal.
JSC Oral Histories
Established in 1996, the goal of the NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Project was to capture history from the individuals who first provided the country and the world with an avenue to space and the Moon.
JSC Center Directors, 1961 – 2021
Read more about the Johnson Space Center Directors, the men and women who led NASA's Houston center, the home of Mission Control and astronaut training, through the most challenging events in human spaceflight history.
NASA Center and Facility History
Born in 1958 when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, the agency is spread across the country and comprised of multiple centers and facilities specializing in all aspects of spaceflight.
NASA Archives
The public search option for the NASA Archive holdings, including the Johnson Space Center Roundups, Mission Transcripts, and News Releases will be available soon! For more information or questions about the Johnson collection, contact history@mail.nasa.gov.
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