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.
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.
Interviews conducted by Texas State students
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.