National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has been the subject of an enormous amount of history-writing, ranging from literature oriented toward children to scholarly studies. This page cannot begin to offer an adequate organization of the history of NASA or its many facilities and research programs. It serves only to interlink figures included in ACAP who have worked for NASA.
Administrators
"Administrator" is the title of the head of NASA. See the NASA History Division page on NASA's Administrators for further information
- 1958–1961: T. Keith Glennan
- 1961–1968: James Webb
- 1968–1970: Thomas Paine
- 1971–1977: James Fletcher
- 1977–1981: Robert Frosch
- 1981–1985: James Beggs
- 1986–1989: James Fletcher
- 1989–1992: Richard Truly
- 1992–2001: Daniel Goldin
- 2001–2005: Sean O'Keefe
- 2005–2009: Michael Griffin
- 2009–present: Charles Bolden
Staff
- 1958–1962: Robert T. Jones, Research Scientist, Ames Research Center
- 1958–1965: Hugh Dryden, Deputy Administrator
- 1960–1963: William Kaula, Geophysicist and Geodesist, Celestial Mechanics and Planetary Interiors, Goddard Space Flight Center
- 1960–1967: Tony Maxworthy, Group Supervisor, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- 1962–1963: John Marburger III, Staff Physicist, Goddard Space Flight Center
- 1970–1996: Robert T. Jones
- 1970–1981: Senior Staff Scientist, Ames Research Center
- 1981–1996: Research Associate, Ames Research Center
- 1971–1977: James Fletcher, Administrator
- 1974–present: John Mather
- 1974–1976: NRC Fellow in Astrophysics, Goddard Institute for Space Studies
- 1976–1988: Study Scientist, Far IR Absolute Spectrophotometer (FIRAS), Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE), Goddard Space Flight Center
- 1988–1998: Project Scientist, Far IR Absolute Spectrophotometer (FIRAS), Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE), Goddard Space Flight Center
- 1995–present: Project Scientist, James Webb Space Telescope, Goddard Space Flight Center
- 2007–2008: Chief Scientist, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters
- 1977–1981: Robert Frosch, Administrator
- 1977–1994: William Raney
- 1977–1978: Chief Engineering, Office of Space and Terrestrial Applications
- 1978–1984: Assistant Associate Administrator, Office of Space and Terrestrial Applications
- 1984–1987: Director, Utilization and Performance Requirements Division, Office of Space and Terrestrial Applications
- 1987–1994: Special Assistant to the Associate Administrator, Office of Space Station
- 1978–1980: Parviz Moin, NRC Fellow, Ames Research Center
- 1981–present: Neil Gehrels
- 1981–1983: Research Associate, Goddard Space Flight Center
- 1983–1995: Astrophysicist, Goddard Space Flight Center
- 1995–present: Chief, Astroparticle Physics Laboratory, Goddard Space Flight Center
- 1982–1986: Parviz Moin, Research Scientist, Ames Research Center
- 1984–2004: Charles Bennett
- 1984–2004: Astrophysicist, Goddard Space Flight Center
- 1993–1994: Acting Head, Infrared Astrophysics Branch, Goddard Space Flight Center
- 1994–2000: Head, Infrared Astrophysics Branch, Goddard Space Flight Center
- 1986–1989: James Fletcher, Administrator
- 1994–1996: Victoria Kaspi, Hubble Postdoctoral Fellow, Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC)
