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NASA Center Namesakes

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The founders and figureheads of NASA's 10 field centers

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Samuel Pierpont Langley and Charles M. Manly
Samuel P. Langley
The Langley Aerodrome
George Lewis, NACA Director of Research
Dr. Robert Goddard
Dr. Robert Goddard at Clark University
Goddard with Vacuum Tube Device
Robert Goddard with his Double Acting Engine Rocket in 1925
Dr. Robert H. Goddard at His Launch Control Shack
Dr. Robert H. Goddard
Hugh L. Dryden
Dr. Hugh L. Dryden seated at desk
Dryden Flight Research Center Dedication
JPL Key Figures
Theodore von Karman
John Glenn, Mercury -- Heads to the Launch Pad
Friendship 7
Astronaut U.S. Senator John Glenn
JFK Tour of KSC
General George C. Marshall
General George C. Marshall
Center named for Senator John C. Stennis
Sen. John C. Stennis celebrates a successful Space Shuttle Main Engine test
John Glenn and Scott Carpenter
Spiro Agnew and Lyndon Johnson Watch the Apollo 11 Liftoff
Mariner photos presented to President Johnson
Mercury Astronauts Receiving the Collier Trophy
Seamans, von Braun and President Kennedy at Cape Canaveral
Collier Trophy presentation 1929
President Kennedy Addresses Congress May 25, 1961
Joseph Ames
Dr. Goddard Observes Launch Site
Dr. Goddard Transports Rocket
President Kennedy honors Glenn
President Eisenhower with Dryden and Glennan
First Flight of a Liquid Propellant Rocket
President Kennedy - We Choose to Go to the Moon
Dr. Robert Goddard
"Hidden Figures Way" Dedication
4'x4' Supersonic Pressure Tunnel Staff
NACA Executives at Ames Aeronautical Research Laboratory