Working at the Smithsonian Fieldwork: Interview with Don Lopez (senior advisor emeritus, NASM); Interview with Jeff Goldstein (astrophysicist, NASM) by James Deutsch
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Search this
Extent:
1 Sound recording (compact audio cassette)
Type:
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Date:
1995 October 18-1995 November 2
Collection Restrictions:
Access by appointment only. Where a listening copy or viewing copy has been created, this is indicated in the respective inventory; additional materials may be accessible with sufficient advance notice and, in some cases, payment of a processing fee. Older papers are housed at a remote location and may require a minimum of three weeks' advance notice and payment of a retrieval fee. Certain formats such as multi-track audio recordings and EIAJ-1 videoreels (1/2 inch) may not be accessible. Contact the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections at 202-633-7322 or rinzlerarchives@si.edu for additional information.
Collection Rights:
Copyright and other restrictions may apply. Generally, materials created during a Festival are covered by a release signed by each participant permitting their use for personal and educational purposes; materials created as part of the fieldwork leading to a Festival may be more restricted. We permit and encourage such personal and educational use of those materials provided digitally here, without special permissions. Use of any materials for publication, commercial use, or distribution requires a license from the Archives. Licensing fees may apply in addition to any processing fees.
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1996 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Introduction:
The Smithsonian is a cherished symbol of knowledge, a repository for treasures and national memories, a shrine of human accomplishment and natural wonders. The Smithsonian was founded for the "increase and diffusion of knowledge" and took root in an American, democratic society as an organization dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge in the public eye, and for the public good. The Smithsonian celebrated its 150th year with America's Smithsonian - a major exhibition that traveled to twelve cities across the nation - and with television specials and minutes, a birthday celebration on the Mall in August, and a host of other exhibits, World Wide Web programs, and scholarly conferences.
On the occasion of the Smithsonian's 150th anniversary, the 1996 Festival celebrated the culture of the Smithsonian workplace. The Festival had celebrated the folklife of many different occupational groups in the past, from cowboys to trial lawyers. In this program, the focus was not on one occupation, but on the diverse jobs that make up the Institution: from astrophysicists to animal keepers, security officers to exhibit preparators, registrars to administrators. All were involved, one way or another, with carrying out the Smithsonian's mission: the increase and diffusion of knowledge. At the Festival, Smithsonian personnel demonstrated just how they carry out this mission, by turning the Institution "inside out," as scientists, curators, conservators, exhibit makers, security officers, accountants, and administrators showed the public how the Smithsonian works. Their work also testified to the importance of knowledge as a basis for understanding the world, the significance of an educated citizenry, and the civic value of long-lived, high-quality public institutions. Festival visitors, in turn, could contribute their own "Smithsonian Memories" in a special tent.
While each job at the Smithsonian embodies its own skills and culture, it is also necessarily entwined with other complementary jobs. Each worker has his or her "way of knowing" at the Smithsonian, but also must know whom else to rely on to get things done in a proper and timely fashion. And each way of knowing illuminates a different dimension or sector of the Institution as a whole. The mission of the Institution is specific yet broad enough to engage a wide variety of occupational perspectives, imaginations, and aspirations. Indeed, the Smithsonian is part government, part museum, university, and business, and reflects the organizational culture of each. However, whether Festival audiences were listening to workers in jobs such as security officer, transport driver, metalworker, plasterer, curator, or administrator, the same themes emerged: working at the Smithsonian means doing a variety of tasks, or serving a variety of needs, in ways that clearly contribute to the functioning of the whole.
Betty J. Belanus, Emily Botein and Marjorie Hunt were Curators of the program; Peter Seitel was Buildings and Grounds Curator, and Olivia Cadaval and Pam Henson were Smithsonian Memories Curators; Lynn Wojcik was Smithsonian Memories Coordinator.
Working at the Smithsonian was made possible by the Smithsonian Institution 150th Anniversary Committee and with funds from the Smithsonian National Board.
Fieldworkers and photographic support:
Fieldworkers
Susan Arshack, Betty Belanus, Carla Borden, Emily Botein, James Deutsch, John Franklin, Marjorie Hunt, Rich Kennedy, Richard Kurin, Rebecca Maksel, Carmina Mortillaro, Michael Murray, Diana Baird N'Diaye, Diana Parker, Erin Roth, Bob Sayers, Peter Seitel, Beverly Simons, Barbara A. Strickland, Egle Zygas
Photographic support
Lori Aceto, Bill Baxter, Joan Boudreau, Joanna Britto, Mark Bryan-Brown, David Burgevin, Tim Cannon, Chip Clark, Jessie Cohen, Jim Cornell, Elsie Cunningham, Courtney DeAngelis, Pam Dewey, John Dillaber, Harold Dorwin, Doc Dougherty, John Eisenberg, Mike Fetters, Paula Fleming, Cathy Flynn, Howard Gillette, Mark Haddon, Ed Keating, Martha Knouss, Chrisley McCarson, Scott Miller, Douglass Mudd, Laura Nash, Evi Oehler, Julie Piraino, Melissa Reiser, Mary Rice, David Romanowski, Frances Rowsell, Lynn Sahaydak, Stephanie Smith, Ann Stetser, Carolyn Thome, John Tsantes, Rick Vargas, Anne Wagner, Helena Wright, Barbara Wolanin, Amanda Young
Presenters:
Andrew Connors, James Deutsch, Erin Roth, Tom Vennum
Participants:
Anacostia Museum
Harold Dorwin
Robert Hall
Portia James
Steve Newsome
Sharon Reinckens
Wade Stuart
Center for Folklife Programs & Cultural Studies
Karin Hayes
Richard Kurin, 1950-
Jeff Place
Reynald Searles
Anthony Seeger
Kenn Shrader
Conservation Analytical Laboratory
Mary Baker
Harriet Beaubien
Ron Bishop
David Erhardt
Martha Goodway
Carol Grissom
Marion Mecklenburg
Charles Tumosa
Noreen Tuross
Dianne Van Der Reyden
Pam Vandiver
Lambertus van Zelst
Melvin Wachowiak
Don Williams
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
Konstanze Bachmann
Joanne Kosuda-Warner, 1956-
Barbara Livenstein
Cordelia Rose
Alfred Simon
Stephen H. Van Dyk, 1950-
Freer Gallery of Art & Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Jeffrey Baxter
John Bradley
Thomas Chase
Scott Coleman
Louise Allison Cort, 1944-
Vidya Dehejia
Cornell Evans
Richard Franklin
Colleen Hennessey
James Horrocks
Craig Korr
Thomas Lentz
Lucia Pierce
Patrick Sears
Richard Skinner
Francis Smith
James Smith
Martha Smith
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
William Adams
Leland Aks
Sidney Lawrence, 1948-
Christopher Wilson
Museum Support Center
Vince Wilcox
National Air and Space Museum
Mark Balmer
Bruce Allan Campbell, 1964-
Geoffrey Chester
Ian Cooke
Robert Craddock
Thomas Crouch
Michael Fetters
Louis Fleming
Frank Florentine
Jeff Goldstein
Mary Henderson
Gary Houston
Patricia Jacobberger-Jellison
William Jacobs
Peter Jakab
Andrew Johnston
Melissa Keiser
Cathleen S. Lewis, 1958-
Kim Martin
Ted Maxwell
Helen McMahon
Valerie Neal
David Paper
Dominick Pisano, 1943-
David Romanowski
Rosemary Steinat
Priscilla Strain
Suvinee Vanichkachorn
Amanda Young
James Zimbelman
National Air and Space Museum, Garber Facility, Silver Hill
Gail Everson
Steve Hemlin
Stacey Kluck
Tamura Moore
James Oakley
Richard Siday
Martin White
National Museum of African Art
Leasa Farrar-Frazer
Christraud Geary
Alan Knezevich
Edward Lifschitz, 1945-
Steve Mellor
Dana Moffett
Peter Pipim
Roslyn Walker
National Museum of American Art
Fern Bleckner
Andrew Connors
Ann Creager
Merry Foresta
Jerry Hovanec
Martin Kotler
Kate Maynor
John Reuter
John Zelenik
National Museum of American Art, Renwick Gallery
Jeremy Elwell Adamson, 1943-
Allen Bassing, 1932-
National Museum of American History
Peter Albritton
Richard Barden
Howard Bass
Jeanne Benas
Dwight Bowers
Harold Closter
Camilla Clough
Terry Conable
Spencer R. Crew, 1949-
Pete Daniel
Smita Dutta
Bernard S. Finn, 1932-
Jane Gamble
Marion Gill
Hank Grasso
John Edward Hasse, 1948-
Ellen Hughes
Reuben Jackson
Stephen Jones
Claudia Kidwell
Carolyn Long
Edith Mayo
Charlie McGovern
Susan Myers
Stan Nelson
Scott Odell, 1935-
Donald Phillips
Beth Richwine
Ann Rossilli
Rodris Roth
Ed Ryan
Anne Serio
Tony Skowron
Barbara Clark Smith
Lonn Taylor, 1940-
Tom Tearman
Suzanne Thomassen-Krauss
David Todd
Jim Weaver
Polly Willman
Bill Withuhn
Omar Wynn
National Museum of the American Indian
Kathleen Ash-Milby
Eulalie Bonar
Douglas E. Evelyn, 1941-
Andrea Hanley
Charlotte Heth
George Horsecapture
Marty Kreipe De Montaño
Mary Jane Lenz
Scott Merritt
Tim Ramsey
Alyce Sadongei, 1959-
Tanya Thrasher
Jim Volkert
Rick West
Sonya Wolf
National Museum of Natural History
Marjorie Akins
Joallyn Archambault, 1942-
Mary Jo Arnoldi
Carole Baldwin
Maria Ballantyne
Deborah Bell
Mike Braun
Matthew Cane
Jonathan Coddington
Margaret Collins
Elisabeth Craft
Don Davis
Elizabeth Dietrich
Carla Dove
Chisato Dubreuil
David Dubreuil
Nate Erwin
Natalie Firnhaber
Richard Fiske
William W. Fitzhugh, 1943-
Vicki A. Funk, 1947-
James Glenn
Frank Greenwell
Charles Overton Handley, 1924-
Greta Hanson
Don Harvey
Betty Hays
Gary Hevel
Lee Hitchcock
Elaine R.S. Hodges, 1937-2006
Jake Homiak, 1947-
Deborah Hull-Walski
Adrienne Kaeppler
Bebe Katims
Thomas Killion
Victor Kranz
Conrad Labandeira, 1950-
Roxie Laybourne
Stephen Loring, 1950-
Sally Love
Vichai Malikul
Carolyn Margolis
Roy McDiarmid
Laura McKie
Rosemary Monagan
Keiko Moore
Dan Henry Nicolson, 1933-
Beth Norden
Doug Owsley
Lynne Parenti
David Leo Pawson, 1938-
Glenn Rankin
Clyde F.E. Roper, 1937-
Tim Rose
Molly Ryan
Mary Sangrey
Janna Scherer
Margaret Schweitzer
Lorena Selim
Rita Sharon
Bryan Sieling
Theresa Singleton
Bruce Smith
Dennis Stanford
William Sturtevant
Alice Tangerini
Paul Taylor
Thomas Thill
Richard Thorington
Gus Willard Van Beek, 1922-
George Venable
Michael Wise
Priscilla Williams
Stanley Yankowski
Ellis Leon Yochelson, 1928-2006
Melinda Zeder
Liz Zimmer
National Portrait Gallery
Amy Henderson
Ellen Gross Miles, 1941-
National Postal Museum
Wendy Aibel-Weiss
Jim Bruns
Linda Edquist
Nancy Pope
Daisy Ridgway
National Zoological Park
Jonathan Ballou
Benjamin Beck
Judith Block
Melanie Bond
Daryl Boness
Johnny Brown
Wayne Callender
Richard Cambre
Larry Collins
Robert Davis
Lynn Dolnick
Chuck Fillah
Jim Fitzpatrick
Robert Fleischer
Marie Galloway
Edwin Gould, 1933-
Roscoe Harper
Eugene Hicks
Rick Hider
Robert Hoage
Carl Jackson
David Jenkins
Peggy Johns-Shiflett
David Kessler
Devra Kleiman
John Lehnhardt
Kathy Lehnhardt
Jim Machuga
Dale Marcellini
Bruce Miller
Harry Miller
Richard Montali
Linda Moore
Mike O'Brien
Olav Oftedal
Alan Peters
Charles Pickett
Earl Pinkney
Scott Posey
Miles Roberts
Mike Schwartz
Prince Seabron
John Seidensticker
Miles Simmons
Lisa Stevens
Ben Turner
Billy Turner
Robin Vasa
Louis "Trooper" Walsh
Stuart Wells
Christen Wemmer
Carl Wheatley
Chuck Woolf
Bill Xanten
Office of Architectural History and Historic Preservation
Amy Ballard
Cynthia Field
Michael Hendron
Peter Muldoon
Richard Stamm
Office of the Comptroller
Blanchard White
Justin Estoque
Office of Environmental Management and Safety
Walter Bailey
Office of Exhibits Central
Harry Adams
Susan Arshack
Nina Awkard-Capers
Hugh Bennett
Mary Bird
Harold Campbell
James Carr
Diana Cohen
Daniel Fielding
Seth Frankel
Mike Headley
Veronica Jenkins
George Johnson
Paula Kaufman
Mike Kelton
Richard Kilday
Tina Lynch-Safreed
Eve MacIntyre
Reed Martin
Rolando Mayen
Lora Moran-Collins
Carol Anne Otto
Rick Pelasara
Robert Perantoni
George Quist
Rosemary Regan
Chris Reinecke
Carol Reuter
James Reuter
Paul Rhymer
John Siske
Liz Smalls
Tim Smith
Susan Smith-Pinelo
Carolyn Thome
Anthony Valentine
William Walton
Eric Washington
Mary Wiedeman
Dwight Wilson
Debbie Yang
Rachel Young
Jon Zastrow
Office of the General Council
Lauryn Grant
Office of Government Relations
Palita Abeyta
Manuel Melendez
Office of Health Services
Avelina Rose
Anne Shepard
Sharon Striker
Juanita Tutt
Office of Human Resources
Monte Cones
Office of International Relations
Francine Berkowitz
Leonard Hirsch
Office of Physical Plant
Nancy Bechtol
Tom Blair
Joseph Brice
Thomas Brown
Robert Burgess
Thomas Cacciatore
Gregory Carpenter
James Clark
Ron Coombs
Francis Cooper
Judie Cooper
Jesse Cox
Greg Culler
Bob Davis
Victoria Di Bella
John Dickerson
Kurt Donaldson
Randy Dudley
Ray Dudley
Jerry Estep
Barbara Faust
Deborah Ferris
Don Grambling
Dennis Greive
Barry Gullixon
Mark Hardin
Shelly Harlan
Stanley Hilton
Thomas Hollister
Young Ok Hong
Walter Howell
Meredith Hubel
Donald Johnson
Sean Jones
Sung Kim
Patrick Larkin
Meyer Laskin
Joel Lemp
Paul Lindell
Derrell Lyles
Vincenzo Marinucci
Robert Marshall
Paula McCloskey
Christopher McGill, Sr.
Patrick Miller
Lauranne Nash
Debra Nauta-Rodriquez
Robert Nicholson
Donnie Pierce
Pat Ponton
Rod Prady
Richard Price
Rosa Proctor
Michael Riordan
Ardell Robinson
Jeff Schneider
Anthony Smith
Karen Swanson
Ted Tieff
Sally Tomlinson
Teddy Villapando
Howard Wink
Tom Winston
Holly Wright
Office of Planning and Budget
Margaret Gaynor
Office of Printing and Photographic Services
Carl Hansen
Eric Long
Hugh Talman
Rick Vargas
Office of Protection Service
William Adams
Paul Blair
Carvester Booth
Martha Cavanaugh
Emanuel Chase
Lawrence Chatman
Ronald Colaprete
Myron Curtis
William Gaghan
Elease Hall
Harold Hancock
Preston Herald
Charles Johnson
William Johnson
James Kelly
William Lassiter
Dave Liston
Jerome Luczak
Peter Mac Kessy
Henry McFadden
Frank Navarro
Antonio Quintos
Eric Scott
Ray Sebulsky
Adolph Smith
Kenneth Thomas
Deborah Watkins
Ricardo Williams
James Wooten
Office of the Provost
Wilton Dillon
Mary Lynne McElroy
Michael Lang
Mary Tanner
Office of Public Affairs
Mary Combs
Hamlet Paoletti
Linda St. Thomas
Office of Special Events and Conference Service
Ted Anderson
Office of Wider Audience Development
Marshall Wong
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Nathaniel Carleton
James Cornell, 1938-
Alexander Dalgarno
Linda French
Robert P. Kirshner, 1949-
Myron Lecar
Ursula Marvin
Jonathan Williams
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
David Correll
Bert Garrison Drake, 1935-
Candy Feller
Mark Haddon
Anson Hines
Thomas Jordan
James Lynch
Patrick Neale
Geoffrey Parker
Greg Ruiz
Richard Smucker
Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Martin Kalfatovic
Sherry Kelley
Nancy Matthews
Rhoda Ratner
Barbara Smith
Valerie Wheat
Marca Woodhams
Smithsonian Institution Press
Frances Roswell
Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service
Vivien Ta-Ying Chen
Anna R. Cohn, 1950-
Matou Goodwin
Liz Hill
Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
Russ Greenberg
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Stanley Rand
Raineldo Urriola
Travel Services Office
Carol Ailes
Judy Petroski
Visitor Information and Associates' Reception Center
Richard Anderson
Greta Brown
Roberta Buchanan
Sheila Harris
Judy Peterman
Mary Grace Potter
Katherine Ridgely
Louise Steele
Gilmer Vanpoole
Former and Retired Smithsonian Workers
Renee Altman
Bruce Beehler
A.C. Clarke
Jackie Dulaney
Maria Christina Garcia
Elaine Heumann Gurian, 1937-
Donald S. Lopez, 1923-
Jeffrey LaRichie
David McFadden
Louis Purnell
Margaret Santiago
Steptoe Wren
Agnes Yore
Collection Restrictions:
Access by appointment only. Where a listening copy or viewing copy has been created, this is indicated in the respective inventory; additional materials may be accessible with sufficient advance notice and, in some cases, payment of a processing fee. Older papers are housed at a remote location and may require a minimum of three weeks' advance notice and payment of a retrieval fee. Certain formats such as multi-track audio recordings and EIAJ-1 videoreels (1/2 inch) may not be accessible. Contact the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections at 202-633-7322 or rinzlerarchives@si.edu for additional information.
Collection Rights:
Copyright and other restrictions may apply. Generally, materials created during a Festival are covered by a release signed by each participant permitting their use for personal and educational purposes; materials created as part of the fieldwork leading to a Festival may be more restricted. We permit and encourage such personal and educational use of those materials provided digitally here, without special permissions. Use of any materials for publication, commercial use, or distribution requires a license from the Archives. Licensing fees may apply in addition to any processing fees.
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1996 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
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Collection Citation:
Jacob Lawrence and Gwendolyn Knight papers, 1816, 1914-2008, bulk 1973-2001. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for the 2007 processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art. Funding for the 2018 processing of this collection was provided by the Henry Luce Foundation.
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Type:
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
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