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 Oct. 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 in Greenbelt, Maryland, was established on May 1, 1959, as NASA's first spaceflight 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. Music: "Downloading Landscapes," "Virtual Memory," "Momentum," "History in Motion," Killer Tracks Music Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Swarupa Nune Music: "Downloading Landscapes," "Virtual Memory," "Momentum," "History in Motion," Killer Tracks Music Complete transcript available. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center 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 (AIMM): 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