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.
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.
The new employees, senior managers and other assorted onlookers in the Reid Conference Center on Tuesday figured they were there to learn about NASA Langley. They didn't know they were going to get a ...
"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 which 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.
"It's very late on a Saturday night, and I was just hanging out by one of the large Japanese windows to watch the sunrise before going to bed."
When the National Aeronautics and Space Administration came into being in 1958, Richard Cavicchi already had 14 years of service with the federal government.
On a Saturday in late May in 1958, Roy Harris graduated from Georgia Tech. A Saturday later, he got married. Two Saturdays after that, he and his new bride rented a small trailer, loaded it and drove to Langley. He left the center 40 years later, 10 years ago.
12.04.08 - NASA astronaut Carl Walz is leaving the agency to take a job in the private sector.
12.03.08 - NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale announced Wednesday her intent to resign from the agency, effective Jan. 17, 2009, in advance of the new administration coming into office.