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Goddard at 60

Released on April 29, 2019

On July 29, 1958, President Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, establishing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. When it began operations on October 1, 1958, NASA consisted mainly of the four laboratories and some 80 employees of the government's 46-year-old research agency, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). Goddard Space Flight Center was established on May 1, 1959 as NASA's first space flight center.

In celebration of its 60th year, we look back at the innovations and scientific impacts the women and men of Goddard have made throughout its history.

Goddard End Tag Version. This version uses a Goddard specific animation ending.

Music: "Downloading Landscapes," "Virtual Memory," "Momentum," "History in Motion," Killer Tracks Music

Complete transcript available.

Speakers in order of appearance:

James Kupperian, Jr., Orbiting Astronomical Observatories Project Scientist

John Mather, COBE Principal Investigator

Jean Olivier, HST Deputy Project Manager

Douglas Broome, HST Program Manager

David Leckrone, HST Project Scientist

Barbara Mikulski, US Senator, Maryland

Claire Parkinson, Aqua Project Scientist

Marshall Shepard, TRMM Project Scientist

Michael Mumma, Planetary Scientist

George Simnett, SOHO/LASCO Scientist

Charles Bennett, WMAP Principal Investigator

Jennifer Wiseman, HST Program Scientist

Cathy Peddie, LRO Deputy Project Manager

Jennifer Eigenbrode, Mars Science Laboratory Scientist

Eric Christian, IBEX Mission Scientist

Julie McEnery, Fermi Project Scientist

C. Alex Young, SDO Scientist

Jim Garvin, GSFC Chief Scientist

Eugene Parker, Astrophysicist

Amber Straughn, JWST Deputy Project Scientist

Neil Gehrels, Swift Principal Investigator

Michelle Thaller, NASA Astrophysicist

Temilola Fatoyinbo, Research Scientist

Piers Sellers, Earth Science Division Director

Chris Scolese, Goddard Center Director<>

John F. Clark, Goddard Center Director

Source Material

Credits

Ryan Fitzgibbons (USRA): Lead Producer
Swarupa Nune (InuTeq): Lead Producer
Wade Sisler (NASA/GSFC): Lead Project Support
Bailee DesRocher (USRA): Lead Animator
Alexander Velle (SAIC): Project Support
Robert C. Garner (USRA): Project Support
Genna Duberstein (USRA): Project Support
Sophia Roberts (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.): Project Support
Scott Wiessinger (USRA): Project Support
John Mather (NASA/GSFC): Interviewee
Jennifer Wiseman (NASA/GSFC): Interviewee
Cathy Peddie (NASA/GSFC): Interviewee
Claire Parkinson (NASA/GSFC): Interviewee
J. Marshall Shepherd (University of Georgia): Interviewee
Charles Bennett (Johns Hopkins University): Interviewee
Eric R. Christian (NASA/GSFC): Interviewee
Julie McEnery (NASA/GSFC): Interviewee
Piers Sellers (NASA/GSFC): Interviewee
Amber Straughn (NASA/GSFC): Interviewee
David Leckrone (NASA): Interviewee
James Garvin (NASA, Chief Scientist Goddard): Interviewee
C. Alex Young (NASA/GSFC): Interviewee
Neil Gehrels (NASA/GSFC): Interviewee
Michelle Thaller (NASA/GSFC): Interviewee
Jennifer Eigenbrode (NASA/GSFC): Interviewee
Michael Mumma (NASA/GSFC): Interviewee
Temilola Fatoyinbo (NASA/GSFC): Interviewee

Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center