Volpe and Senator Margaret Chase Smith headed a delegation which exerted particularly strong political pressure, prompting a personal inquiry to Webb from President Kennedy. During these visits, Massachusetts Governor John A. The team visited all 23 sites between August 21 and September 7, 1961.
San Francisco, California ( Benicia Arsenal) Īnother 14 sites were then added, including two additional Houston sites chosen because of proximity to the University of Houston and Rice University. Corpus Christi, Texas ( Naval Air Station Corpus Christi). Victoria, Texas ( FAA Airport former Foster Air Force Base). 
Houston, Texas ( San Jacinto Ordnance Depot). Shreveport, Louisiana ( Barksdale Air Force Base). Tampa, Florida ( MacDill Air Force Base). Jacksonville, Florida ( Green Cove Springs Naval Air Station). The team initially came up with a list of 22 cities based on the climate and water criteria, then cut this to a short list of nine with nearby federal facilities: Edward Campagna, the constructionĮngineer for the STG. Parsons to head a site-selection team, which included Philip Miller, Wesley Hjornevik, and I. In August 1961, Webb asked Associate Director of the Ames Research Center John F. These included: access to water transport by large barges, a moderate climate, availability of all-weather commercial jet service, a well-established industrial complex with supporting technical facilities and labor, close proximity to a culturally attractive community in the vicinity of an institution of higher education, a strong electric utility and water supply, at least 1,000 acres (400 ha) of land, and certain specified cost parameters. A set of requirements for the new site was drawn up and released to the Congress and general public. In 1961, Congress held hearings and passed a $1.7 billion 1962 NASA appropriations bill which included $60 million for the new crewed spaceflight laboratory. Kennedy set the goal to put a person on the Moon by the end of the decade, it became clear Gilruth would need a larger organization to lead the Apollo Program, with new test facilities and research laboratories. Webb), recommending a new site be chosen. On January 1, 1961, he wrote a memo to his yet-unnamed successor (who turned out to be James E. Keith Glennan, realized that the growth of the US space program would cause the STG to outgrow the Langley and Goddard centers and require its own location. In 1959, the center added 32 Canadian engineers put out of work by the cancellation of the Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow project. The STG originally reported to the Goddard Space Flight Center organization, with a total staff of 45, including 37 engineers, and eight secretaries and human "computers" (women who ran calculations on mechanical adding machines). Gilruth directed Project Mercury and follow-on crewed space programs. 
Starting on November 5, 1958, Langley Research Center engineers under Robert R.
Johnson Space Center has its origins in NASA's Space Task Group (STG). Gilruth, leader of the Space Task Group, became NASA's first director of the Manned Spacecraft Center in 1961.
Today, JSC is one of ten major NASA field centers. This was constructed in 19 on land donated by the Humble Oil company through Rice University, and officially opened its doors in September 1963. To meet the growing needs of the US human spaceflight program, plans began in 1961 to expand its staff to its own organization, and move it to a new facility. The STG was based at the Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, but reported organizationally to the Goddard Space Flight Center just outside Washington, D.C. Gilruth that was formed to coordinate the US crewed spaceflight program. The original Manned Spacecraft Center grew out of the Space Task Group (STG) headed by Robert R. It is popularly known by its radio call signs "Mission Control" and "Houston". Mission Control Center, which has provided the flight control function for every NASA human spaceflight since Gemini 4 (including Apollo, Skylab, Apollo–Soyuz, and Space Shuttle). The center is home to NASA's astronaut corps, and is responsible for training astronauts from both the US and its international partners. It consists of a complex of 100 buildings constructed on 1,620 acres (660 ha) in the Clear Lake Area of Houston, which acquired the official nickname "Space City" in 1967. Johnson, by an act of the United States Senate on February 19, 1973. It was renamed in honor of the late US president and Texas native, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center ( JSC) is NASA's center for human spaceflight (originally named the Manned Spacecraft Center), where human spaceflight training, research, and flight control are conducted.
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