NASA Oral History

Established in 1996, the goal of the NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Project (JSC OHP) is to capture history from the individuals who first provided the country and the world with an avenue to space and the moon. Participants include managers, engineers, technicians, doctors, astronauts, and other employees of NASA and aerospace contractors who served in key roles during the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, and Shuttle programs.

From 1990-2001, NASA partnered with History students at Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State) to conduct interviews with former employees who lived in the Central Texas area.  Over the three years of the project, Texas State graduate students conducted approximately 60 interviews with NASA retirees. 

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Documentary: In the Shadow of the Moon

Created In association with the History Department at Southwest Texas State  University (now Texas State), the film tells the story of the space program though extensive use of oral history interviews.

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Ballinger, Leon  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Barnes, Charles M.  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Barry, Thomas D.  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Bell III, David  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Bernhard, Marvin  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Berthiaume, Sheridan  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Bigham, James  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Bizzell, Robert M.  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Bullock, Edward  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Chapko, Elaine  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Craig, Betty  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Craig, Jerry W.  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Crow, O'Dell  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Dalke, Edgar A.  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Davis, Hubert P.  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

DeAtkine, Joseph  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Deiterich, Charles  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Engert, Max  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Gibson, Cecil  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Gray, Emerson  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Griffin, Richard L.  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Hannigan, James  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Hector, Garland  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Houck, O. Karl  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Huntley, Maynard R.  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Hyle, Charles  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Irwin, Ray Mune  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Joerns, Jack  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Kimball, Garner  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Kimball, Marilyn  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Lake, Michael  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Levy, Charles  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Lowrimore, Clyde and Carolyn  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Mangieri, Dan  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

McBryar, Hoyt  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

McCraw, David Lloyd  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Medina, Pete  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Merrifield, Robert  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Moser, Thomas  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Nelson, Raymond  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Normand, Ann  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Patnesky, Andrew  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Perez, Jose  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Petrash, Edward  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Piotrowski, Richard  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Pirtle, Joe  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Reim, Milton  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Rose, Rodney  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Shannon, James J.  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Smith, Emery E.  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Stafford, Donald  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Thirolf, Robert  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Townsend, Neil  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Vincze, John  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Vogt, Robert A.  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Walters, Clyde  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Watkins, Glenn  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Whelan, Patrick J.  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Wind, Lars Irvin  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

Wood, Herschel J.  Transcript: PDF or HMTL

 

Please visit the Johnson Space Center (JSC) Oral History Project page to view transcripts for all of the interviews conducted as part of this project, including those competed by SWT (Texas State) students.  The JSC Oral History Project page allows researchers to identify content by a specific project, search by name of interviewees, or see a list of all oral history interviews conducted to date.