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 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.
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.
Suddenly Tomorrow Came
Published in 1993, <em>Suddenly Tomorrow Came: A History of the Johnson Space Center</em>, written by Henry C. Dethloff, describes the center's creation and early years.
JSC Space News Roundup
The MSC/JSC newsletter, Space News Roundup, kept employees informed of the latest center news for 58 years. Read the 1961 – 2017 issues.
Mission Transcripts: Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo
The Mission Transcript Collection includes scanned transcripts from recorded air-to-ground transmissions and from tapes recording the words of the astronauts while onboard the Mercury through Apollo missions.
Apollo Mission Control Center Restoration
Completed in July 2019 for the 50th anniversary of the first crewed Moon landing, the Apollo Mission Control Center was restored to its Apollo-era condition.
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.
