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NASA Leadership

Biographies of the administrator, deputy administrator, and other top agency officials.

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NASA Astronauts

Learn about the men and women who travel to space on journeys of exploration and discovery.

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Latest Features

Galloway, Who Helped Create NASA, Dies at Age 102

05.04.09

Eilene Galloway helped write the law that brought NASA into being.

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Glenn Engineer Puts a NASA Spin on Baseball

04.06.09

Tom Benson teaches students the physics of flight by comparing airplanes and rockets to baseball.

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NASA Honors Lovell With Moon Rock

04.03.09

NASA honored astronaut James Lovell for his contributions to the U.S. space program at a ceremony on Friday, April 3.

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April Fool! What's in Kevin Petersen’s Parking Space!

Retiring Dryden director Kevin Petersen got an April Fool's Day surprise--an HiMAT remotely piloted aircraft sitting in his parking space.
NASA Dryden's Starr Ginn – Engineer, Pilot, Mentor

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 Honors Mattingly With Moon Rock

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.
This Month in Exploration - April

Fifty years ago the first American astronauts were selected for Project Mercury. Read more historical facts in This Month in Exploration.
This Month in Exploration - March

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.

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News Releases

Students from NASA Explorer Schools Nationwide Meet in Houston

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.
NASA TV to Air U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Induction May 2

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.