GSFC Science Building Ground Breaking

The ground breaking ceremony for Goddard Space Flight Center's new Exploration Sciences Building was held Monday, July 16, 2007. When occupied in 2010, it will replace GSFC's decrepit Building 2, which includes my office. The ceremony (top photo) featured several NASA officials, including the Director of GSFC and the Deputy Administrator of NASA, and local dignitaries, such as the Majority Whip of the US House of Representatives, whose district includes GSFC, and the mayor of Greenbelt. After a few short speeches, it was shovels in the ground (photo). A reception (bottom photo) at GSFC's Visitors' Center followed, and the Director of GFSC's Sciences and Exploration Directorate entertained us (photo) with "Science on a Sphere", a new exhibit that uses four synchronized projectors to display animated data on a 6-foot white sphere suspended from the ceiling.

Slaughterhouse Five Book Cover

Part of my son's final English assignment as a junior in high school, was to produce a cover for a novel of their choice. His design is considerably more interesting than the original cover of the novel by Kurt Vonnegut.

NASA Award for Swift Ground System

The Ground System team for the Swift Observatory was recognized with a NASA Group Achievement Award (left photo) at the 2007 Agency Honor Awards Ceremony on May 14, 2007. I had the honor of accepting (right photo) the award from the Director and Deputy Director of Goddard Space Flight Center on behalf of the team.