Goddard at 60

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.

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

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center