Eilene Galloway helped write the law that brought NASA into being.
Tom Benson teaches students the physics of flight by comparing airplanes and rockets to baseball.
NASA honored astronaut James Lovell for his contributions to the U.S. space program at a ceremony on Friday, April 3.
Retiring Dryden director Kevin Petersen got an April Fool's Day surprise--an HiMAT remotely piloted aircraft sitting in his parking space.
NASA engineer Starr Ginn lives an aviation-filled life. Ginn is deputy branch chief of the Engineering Directorate's Aerostructures Branch at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, an accomplished private pilot and aircraft owner.
NASA honored astronaut Astronaut Thomas K. "Ken" Mattingly II for his contributions to the U.S. space program at a ceremony on Thursday, March 26.
Fifty years ago the first American astronauts were selected for Project Mercury. Read more historical facts in This Month in Exploration.
Forty years ago, the first docking of two manned American spacecraft occurred during the Apollo 9 mission. Read more historical facts in This Month in Exploration.
04.28.09 - Students and teachers from throughout the nation will be gathering at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston April 29-May 1 to present research results to fellow students and NASA scientists and engineers.
04.27.09 - NASA Television will provide live coverage of the 2009 U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Saturday, May 2, at 3 p.m. EDT.