Black History MonthTahira Allen is a lot of things — Turkish, African American, millennial, young professional — but shy is not one...America’s powerful new deep space rocket, NASA’s Space Launch System, will face harsh conditions and extreme temperatures in flight when...For Women’s History Month, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and NASA leadership honor our shining stars — the women mathematicians of...As a video librarian and technician, Sheva Moore supports the vision of the agency by providing content to production companies,...Stephanie Wilson is a veteran of three spaceflights--STS-120, STS-121 and STS-131--and has logged more than 42 days in space.Christyl Johnson, deputy director for technology and research investments, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, speaks on a panel after a...NASA Deputy System Program Director, GOES-R Sandra Cauffman, left, and NASA SBIR/STTR Program Manager Aprille Ericsson participate in a Women’s...Olivin Witchard at Marshall Space Flight Center on November 27, 1972.Computer Operator Virginia Baker inspecting data print outs from the UNIVAC 1108 Computer on November 27, 1972.Mary Petty (left) and Mable Lake (right) working in the Marshall Photo Laboratory on November 27, 1972.Sarah A. Lacey, a clerk typist assigning serial numbers to federal cataloging actions at Marshall on November 27, 1972.Earnest C. Smith started at NASA Marshall in 1964 as an aerospace engineer in the Astrionics Laboratory. He was instrumental...Doris Agnew came to work as a receptionist in the Director’s Office at Marshall on July 17, 1964. In a...NASA astronaut Alvin Drew participated in the STS-133 mission's first spacewalk.Eat. Breathe. Do ccience. Sleep later. That's the motto of Derrick Pitts, NASA Solar System Ambassador.Clerk-typist, Mary F. Smith in the Technical Materials Division at Marshall on November 27, 1972.Oceola (Ocie) Hall graduated from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and began her career with the United States Department...Oceola (Ocie) Hall graduated from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and began her career with the United States Department...Sandra O’Neal Dickerson accepted a position at Marshall Space Flight Center. Her career was one dedicated to service both at...Robert Curbeam currently holds the record for the most spacewalks during a single spaceflight.Mary Jackson began her engineering career in an era in which female engineers of any background were a rarity.In May 1966, Civil rights leader and the director of the National Urban League, Whitney Young Jr. visited the Marshall...When SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft lifts off on its first operational mission to the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Victor...NASA lost seven of its own on the morning of Jan. 28, 1986, when a booster engine failed, causing the...Guy Bluford, the first African-American astronaut, launched into space on shuttle Challenger's STS-8 mission thirty-five years ago, on August 30,...Engineers Fred Whisnant and Jennifer Vollmer check out communication systems during a big voice test Aug. 21, 2018, at the...July 26 is National Intern Day. See how far these two former interns at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have come!NASA's satellite servicing technologies are opening up a new world where space robots diagnose, maintain and extend a spacecraft’s life.Attendees talk with NASA staff at exhibit booths during Sneak Peek Friday at the USA Science and Engineering Festival, Friday,...Astronauts Joan Higginbotham (foreground) and Suni Williams refer to a procedures checklist as they work the controls of the Canadarm2,...On June 30, 1967, the U.S. Air Force selcted Maj. Robert H. Lawrence, Jr. for the Manned Orbiting Laboratory, Authorized...A native of Huntsville, Alabama, James C. (Jim) Rice, Jr. was the long-time director of the Equal Opportunity Office at...A native of Huntsville, Alabama, James C. (Jim) Rice, Jr. was the long-time director of the Equal Opportunity Office at...Jeanette Scissum joined NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in 1964 after earning bachelor's and master's degrees in mathematics from Alabama...Jeanette Scissum joined NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in 1964 after earning bachelor's and master's degrees in mathematics from Alabama...Dr. Robert Shurney came to MSFC in 1962 and was assigned to the Mass Properties Branch. Later, he transferred to...In June 1975, Marshall management named Clyde Foster to the position of director of the Equal Opportunity Office where he...In June 1975, Marshall management named Clyde Foster to the position of director of the Equal Opportunity Office where he...In this image from 2009, NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson is attired in a training version of her shuttle launch and...In the earliest days of space exploration, most calculations for early space missions were done by “human computers,” and most...
