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Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
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Archival materials
Introduction:
NASA: Fifty Years and Beyond represented an unusual collaboration between the Festival and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on the occasion of the agency's fiftieth anniversary in 2008. The NASA program provided a rare opportunity for the public to meet and observe the men and women whose skills, specialized knowledge, and codes of behavior mark them as a very distinctive example of occupational culture. The tents on the Mall featured the following: Aeronautics: air traffic-control designers, flight photographers and videographers, model makers, flight-suit technicians, test pilots, and others conducting research on aviation and aircraft; Earth science: archaeologists, atmospheric scientists, meteorologists, plant pathologists, satellite imagery analysts, and others who investigate the earth's surface, climate, and atmosphere; Foodways: food scientists, nutrition experts, packaging engineers, and researchers who plan and develop the cuisine served onboard spacecraft; Future missions: aerospace engineers, robotics engineers, solar scientists, program managers, and others helping to plan missions to the moon, Mars, and beyond; Human space flight: astronauts, flight engineers, tile inspectors, microgravity experts, software engineers, solar array specialists, space-suit technicians, and others who are involved with the Space Shuttle and International Space Station; Propulsion: mechanical engineers, operations managers, test systems engineers, and others who design and build the engines that power NASA spacecraft; Space art: artists who use canvas, paper, and recycled materials (such as Shuttle tires) to document NASA's work and missions; and Space science: astrobiologists, astromaterials curators, astronomers, astrophysicists, heliophysicists, planetary geologists, and others conducting research in the vast reaches of space. In addition, one tent was devoted to collecting oral histories, not only from the NASA participants, but also from members of the general public, to record their memories of NASA's past as well as their visions for NASA's future. During the ten days of the Festival, roughly 300 recordings were logged and another 200 note cards were posted on the bulletin board. James Deutsch was Program Curator and Dorey Butter was Program Coordinator; Kim Stryker was Family Activities Coordinator. The NASA Coordination Team included: Gale Allen, Beth Beck, Claudette Beggs, Luis Berrios, Rosalie Betrue, Sallie Bilbo, Dawn Brooks, Stacey Brooks, Beth Brown, Fred Brown, Joshua Buck, Todd Cannon, Tara Clopper, Carmel Conaty, Leslee Cork, Anita Davis, David Defelice, Steve Dick, Wanda Dockery, Kristen Erickson, Michelle Ferebee, Debbie Gallaway, Steve Garber, Elaine Gause, Ed Goldstein, Mary Ann Harness, Robert Hopkins, Jim Hull, Winnie Humberson, Cheryl Johnson, Michelle Jones, Dave Lavery, Laura Lewis, Steve Lighthill, Rocky Lind, Dan Lockney, Bonnie McClain, Linda Matthews-Schmidt, Bryon Maynard, Cheri Miller, Ruth Netting, Nora Normandy, Louis Parker, Tom Powers, Debbie Rivera, Carla Rosenberg, Karen Rugg, Bette Siegel, Mary Sladek, Tony Springer, Pam Steel, Jim Stofan, Ann Marie Trotta, Janelle Turner, Bert Ulrich, Erika Vick, Katie Veal Wallace, Derek Wang, Joey Williams, and Dan Woodard. The program was produced in partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Jacobs Technology Inc. was a Donor to the program. Contributors were Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, and United Space Alliance.
Participants:
Aeronautics Tom Benson, 1947-, Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio Glenn Brehm, 1953-, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia Thomas Burns, 1957-, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia Lawrence Cooper, 1948-, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia Rich Coppenbarger, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California Luci Crittenden, 1948-, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia Johnny Ellis, 1951-, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia Robert Everett, Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio Greg Gatlin, 1960-, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia Frank Jones, 1960-, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia Parimal Kopardekar, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California Herbert Lawrence, 1948-, Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio Greg Poteat, Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California Thomas Prevot, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California Ron Reisman, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California Jim Sokolik, 1957-, Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California Robert D. Windhorst, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California Earth Science Brooke Carter, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Lin Chambers, 1963-, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia Jennifer Collings, 1986-, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia Rory Collins, 1981-, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia Roberta DiPasquale, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia Steven Graham, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Irene Ladd, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia Katherine Lorentz, 1979-, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia Louis Nguyen, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia Claire Parkinson, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Margaret Pippin, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia Steve Platnick, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland John Skelly, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania Stephanie Stockman, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland David Westberg, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia Darrel Williams, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Great Observatories Mindy Deyarmin, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Charles Diaz, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Hashima Hasan, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. Maurice Henderson, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Mark Hubbard, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Anita Krishnamurthi, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Renee Leck, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. Jim Perry, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Benjamin Reed, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Marion Riley, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Nzinga Tull, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Russell Werneth, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Food Lab Jennifer J. Brogan, 1981-, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas Vickie Kloeris, 1955-, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas Kimberly Glaus-Läte, 1960-, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas Sylvia Lai, 1951-, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas Thomas Oziomek, 1981-, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas Michele Perchonok, 1955-, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas Future Missions Mitzi Adams, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama Bob Armstrong, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama Stephan Davis, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama Brian Day, 1957-, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California Rajiv Doreswamy, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama Jennifer Heldmann, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California Robert Howard, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas Anthony Lavoie, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama Danielle Moran, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama Keith Robinson, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama Kimberly Robinson, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama Human Spaceflight John Allen, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. Lynn Cline, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. Pamela Covington, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. Richard DeLombard, 1950-, Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio Dave Edwards, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama William Gerstenmaier, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. David Haakenson, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia Nancy Rabel Hall, Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio Michael Hawes, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. William Hill, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. Carol Jacobs, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama Thomas Jones, NASA Astronaut, Retired Humberto Sanchez, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas Timothy Ryan Tawney, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. Pierre Thuot, 1955-, U. S. Navy, Retired Debbie Ramos Trainor, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas Mark Uhran, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. Ron Woods, 1946-, Kennedy Space Center, Brevard County, Florida International Space Station Patrick Buzzard, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas Gary Kitmacher, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas Sam Ortega, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama Kids' Space Bill Anderson, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. Gregg Buckingham, Kennedy Space Center, Brevard County, Florida Launch and Mission Control Christine Chiodo, 1966-, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas Sally Davis, 1958-, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas Tuan Manh Doan, 1964-, Kennedy Space Center, Brevard County, Florida George Haddad, 1960-, Kennedy Space Center, Brevard County, Florida Tiffany Nail, Kennedy Space Center, Brevard County, Florida Lunar Outpost Durlean Leslie Bradford, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama Barbara Cohen, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama Joy Dukemineer, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama Sabrina Pearson, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama Robert Singleterry, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia Tim White, Huntsville Center for Technology, Huntsville, Alabama Karen Whitley, 1957-, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia NASA-derived Technologies Bruce Banks, Alphaport, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio Peter Homer, Southwest Harbor, Maine Sharon Miller, Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio Propulsion Bartt Hebert, Stennis Space Center, Hancock County, Mississippi Casey Kirchner, Stennis Space Center, Hancock County, Mississippi Bryon Maynard, Stennis Space Center, Hancock County, Mississippi Bradley Messer, Stennis Space Center, Hancock County, Mississippi Elizabeth Messer, Stennis Space Center, Hancock County, Mississippi Rosa Obregón, Stennis Space Center, Hancock County, Mississippi Ben Powell, Stennis Space Center, Hancock County, Mississippi Christine Powell, Stennis Space Center, Hancock County, Mississippi Steve Taylor, Stennis Space Center, Hancock County, Mississippi Bill Wrobel, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. Robotics Ken Fernandez, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama Wendy Holforty, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California Harley Thronson, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Space Art -- Chakaia Booker, 1953-, New York, New York Les Bossinas, 1933-, Cleveland, Ohio Nicky Enright, 1971-, New York, New York Mary Edna Fraser, 1952-, Charleston, South Carolina Pat Rawlings, 1955-, Houston, Texas Space Science Arthur Aikin, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Shadan Ardalan, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California Shari Asplund, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California Todd Barber, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California Ron Bastien, Jacobs Engineering and Science Contract Group, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas Dominic Benford, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Max Bernstein, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. Jacob Bleacher, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Lora Bleacher, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Beth Brown, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Ginger Butcher, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. Allan Cheuvront, Lockheed Martin, Denver, Colorado Troy Cline, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland John Cooper, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Emilie Drobnes, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Therese Errigo, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Don Fairfield, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Lisa Fletcher, Jacobs Engineering and Science Contract Group, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas Brenda Franklin, 1943-, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena California Daniel Garrison, Jacobs Engineering and Science Contract Group, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas Kevin Robert Grazier, 1961-, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California Roger Harrington, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas Jeffrey J.E. Hayes, 1957-, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. Paul Hertz, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. Steele Hill, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland David Hurd, 1962-, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, Pennsylvania Terry Hurford, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Daniel Hurley, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California Lindley Johnson, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. Anne Kascak, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas Michael Kelley, 1943-, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. Terry Kucera, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Elaine Lewis, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Colette Lohr, 1975-, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California Lou Mayo, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Aimee Meyer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California Michael Meyer, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. David Mohr, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California Andrea B. Mosie, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas Keiko Nakamura-Messenger, Jacobs Engineering and Science Contract Group, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas Carolyn Ng, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Tam Nguyen, 1948-, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California Sten Odenwald, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Alexei Pevtsov, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. Cecilia Satterwhite, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas Carol Schwarz, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas Thomas See, Jacobs Engineering and Science Contract Group, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas Jim Thieman, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Jack Warren, Jacobs Engineering and Science Contract Group, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas Heather Weir, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Randii R. Wessen, 1958-, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California Michael Zolensky, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas Space Shuttle Dennis Chamberland, 1951-, Kennedy Space Center, Brevard County, Florida Joseph Lavelle, 1947-, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California Maria Lott, Stennis Space Center, Hancock County, Mississippi David Rainer, 1960-, Kennedy Space Center, Brevard County, Florida Nathan Sovik, Stennis Space Center, Hancock County, Mississippi Katie Veal Wallace, Stennis Space Center, Hancock County, Mississippi
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2008 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
CFCH.SFF.2008, Series 3
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Archival Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
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