Marshall Space Flight Center,located in Redstone Arsenal,Alabama,is the U.S. government's civilian rocketry and spacecraft propulsion research center. As the largest NASA center,MSFC's first mission was developing the Saturn launch vehicles for the Apollo program. Marshall has been the lead center for the Space Shuttle main propulsion and external tank;payloads and related crew training;International Space Station (ISS) design and assembly;computers,networks,and information management;and the Space Launch System. Located on the Redstone Arsenal near Huntsville,MSFC is named in honor of General of the Army George C. Marshall.
The Rogers Commission Report was written by a Presidential Commission charged with investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster during its 10th mission,STS-51-L. The report,released and submitted to President Ronald Reagan on June 9,1986,determined both the cause of the disaster that took place 73 seconds after liftoff,and urged NASA to improve and install new safety features on the shuttles and in its organizational handling of future missions.
Henry Warren Hartsfield Jr. was a United States Air Force Colonel and NASA astronaut who logged over 480 hours in space. He was inducted into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame in 2006.
Nancy Jan Davis is a former American astronaut. A veteran of three space flights,Davis logged over 673 hours in space. She is now retired from NASA.
The Space Shuttle Pathfinder is a Space Shuttle test simulator made of steel and wood. Constructed by NASA in 1977 as an unnamed facilities test article,it was purchased in the early 1980s by the America-Japan Society,Inc. which had it refurbished,named it,and placed it on display in the Great Space Shuttle Exhibition in Tokyo. The mockup was later returned to the United States and placed on permanent display at the U.S. Space &Rocket Center in Huntsville,Alabama,in May 1988.
The John C. Stennis Space Center (SSC) is a NASA rocket testing facility in Hancock County,Mississippi,United States,on the banks of the Pearl River at the Mississippi–Louisiana border. As of 2012,it is NASA's largest rocket engine test facility. There are over 50 local,state,national,international,private,and public companies and agencies using SSC for their rocket testing facilities.
The U.S. Space &Rocket Center in Huntsville,Alabama is a museum operated by the government of Alabama,showcasing rockets,achievements,and artifacts of the U.S. space program. Sometimes billed as "Earth's largest space museum",astronaut Owen Garriott described the place as,"a great way to learn about space in a town that has embraced the space program from the very beginning."
Miguel Rodríguez is the Chief of the Integration Office of the Cape Canaveral Spaceport Management Office.
Alexander A. McCool Jr. was manager of the Space Shuttle Projects Office at the NASA George C. Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville,Alabama. During his career,McCool contributed to several space developments including the Apollo Program,Skylab and the Space Shuttle program.
William Ray Lucas was the fourth Director of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. He served as director from June 15,1974,to July 3,1986.
James Robert Thompson Jr.,known as J.R. Thompson,was the fifth director of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center located in Huntsville,Alabama. He served as director from September 29,1986,to July 6,1989. Thompson also served as NASA's deputy director from July 6,1989,to November 8,1991.
Gene Porter Bridwell was the seventh director of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center located in Huntsville,Alabama. He served as director from January 6,1994,to February 3,1996.
Jerrol Wayne Littles was the eighth director of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center located in Huntsville,Alabama. He served as director from February 3,1996,to January 3,1998.
David Arnold King is an American engineer who was the tenth Director of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville,Alabama.
Jay F. Honeycutt is an American engineer. He served as the director of NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center from 1995 to 1997.
Axel Roth was born in Darmstadt,Germany,on October 25,1936. He was the son of Ludwig Roth,an original member,of the German Rocket Team. He survived World War II,RAF bombing of rocket development facility at Peenemünde,Germany,August 17–18,1943,known as Operation Crossbow. He arrived in the US in New York City,NY in 1946,a year after his father arrived there as part of Operation Paperclip,aboard a converted troop transport. He moved first to Ft. Bliss,Texas,and then to Huntsville,Alabama in 1950 when the German Rocket Team was relocated to Redstone Arsenal,Alabama.
There are NASA facilities across the United States and around the world. NASA Headquarters in Washington,DC provides overall guidance and political leadership to the agency. There are 10 NASA field centers,which provide leadership for and execution of NASA's work. All other facilities fall under the leadership of at least one of these field centers. Some facilities serve more than one application for historic or administrative reasons. NASA has used or supported various observatories and telescopes,and an example of this is the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility. In 2013 a NASA Office of the Inspector General's (OIG) Report recommended a Base Realignment and Closure Commission (BRAC) style organization to consolidate NASA's little used facilities. The OIG determined at least 33 of NASA's 155 facilities were underutilized.
Arthur Eugene "Gene" Goldman is the executive director for Aerojet's Southeast Space Operations division. Before retiring from NASA in August 2012,he last served as acting director of the Marshall Space Flight Center located in Huntsville,Alabama. He was appointed as acting director effective March 5,2012,following the promotion of the previous director,Robert M. Lightfoot,Jr.,to Acting Associate Administrator of NASA.
Robin Neely Henderson is the Associate Director,Management,of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center located in Huntsville,Alabama. She was named to become the center's Acting Director effective August 3,2012,following the retirement of the previous director,Arthur E. Goldman,to take a private sector position. On September 25,2012,NASA named Patrick Scheuermann as the center's new permanent director.
Patrick Scheuermann is the former Director of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center located in Huntsville,Alabama. He was named to become the center's twelfth director on September 25,2012. He succeeds Robin Henderson,who had served as acting director for the preceding two months. Scheuermann served as the director of the John C. Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis,Mississippi from March 2010 until his appointment to Marshall. Earlier in his NASA career,he served as legislative fellow to Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott.
