Jerry Elliott, a former NASA physicist and one of the first native americans hired at NASA's Johnson Space Center, speaks during Native American Heritage Month event at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.

The 2019 National Disability Awareness Month program was held in Marshall Space Flight Center's P110 conference room with guest speaker and former NASA Scientist Kantis Simmons. Master of Ceremonies was Matt McSaveney and the National Anthem was performed by MSFC student intern Andrea Brown. Additional remarks were presented by MSFC Associate Director Steve Miley. Additional songs were performed by Georgia Aplin, Cassidie Gorig' Worrell, Danay Jackson, Charli Grace Strawn from the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind. Former NASA scientist Kantis Simmons, an author and speaker, addresses NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center team members Oct. 29 during the National Disability Awareness Month presentation, “The Right Talent, Right Now.” Simmons’ humorous discussion focused on growing up with a birth defect and overcoming the self-doubts that can bring. “Quit looking at what you don’t have and think about all the amazing things you do have,” Simmons said.

Ray Lugo, director of the Florida Space Institute in Orlando and former director of NASA's Glenn Research Center, talks with Jody Singer, director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Oct. 18 following his keynote address at Marshall's annual Hispanic Heritage Month celebration.

NASA ASTRONAUT BUTCH WILMORE SPEAKS TO NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER TEAM MEMBERS DURING HIS NOV. 16 MARSHALL VISIT ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCES LIVING AND WORKING NEARLY SIX MONTHS ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND SERVING AS EXPEDITION 42 COMMANDER. THE "SHARED EXPERIENCES" DISCUSSION SERIES IS A KEY PART OF THE "MISSION SUCCESS IS IN OUR HANDS" INITIATIVE TO STRENGTHEN TEAM MEMBERS' COMMITMENT TO MISSION ASSURANCE AND SAFETY.

BRIAN BAE, EV41, AND JOHN EARL BROWN, U.S. ARMY, CONDUCT KENDO DEMONSTRATION AT ASIAN AMERICANS AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS MONTH CELEBRATION EVENT MAY 31.

WAYNE HALE, (CENTER), INTRODUCES JOHN CHAPMAN (L) TO RETIRED BRIG. GENERAL/ASTRONAUT BOB STEWART

RETIRED ASTRONAUT AND BRIGADIER GENERAL ROBERT STEWART SPEAKS ABOUT SPACE SHUTTLE DESIGN DURING SHARED EXPERIENCES FORUM, 4/28/2016

THOMAS ZURBUCHEN, RIGHT, NASA ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE, SPEAKS WITH DENNON CLARDY, LEFT, DEPUTY MANAGER OF THE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY OFFICE AT NASA’S MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER IN HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, AND SHAWN MCINERY, AFTER HIS KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT THE MARCH 21 LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE MARSHALL ASSOCIATION. ZURBUCHEN, WHO ASSUMED HIS NEW ROLE IN OCTOBER 2016, ALSO TOURED KEY MARSHALL MANUFACTURING AND TEST FACILITIES. THE MARSHALL ASSOCIATION IS THE CENTER’S PROFESSIONAL, EMPLOYEE SERVICE ORGANIZATION.

THOMAS ZURBUCHEN, NASA ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE, ADDRESSES THE MARCH 21 LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE MARSHALL ASSOCIATION IN BUILDING 4200, ROOM P110. ZURBUCHEN, WHO TOOK ON HIS NEW ROLE IN OCTOBER 2016, PROVIDED THE KEYNOTE ADDRESS FOR THE LUNCHEON BEFORE TOURING KEY MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER MANUFACTURING AND TEST FACILITIES. THE MARSHALL ASSOCIATION IS THE CENTER’S PROFESSIONAL, EMPLOYEE SERVICE ORGANIZATION.

BO THAO-URABE, A MEMBER OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA’S COMMISSION ON ASIAN AMERICANS AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS, SPOKE TO TEAM MEMBERS OF NASA’S MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER DURING AN ASIAN AMERICANS AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS MONTH CELEBRATION EVENT MAY 31.

JIMMY YELLOWHORSE, A MEMBER OF THE CHEROKEE TRIBE, PERFORMS A TRADITIONAL SONG DURING THE NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH EVENT AT NASA’S MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER NOV. 29.

DIANE CAIN, STANDING NEAR CENTER, OF NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER'S OFFICE OF HUMAN CAPITAL, SPEAKS TO AN AUDIENCE GATHERED FOR AN AGENCY-WIDE LIVESTREAM PRESENTATION BY AUTHOR MARGOT LEE SHETTERLY FROM NASA'S LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER ON MARCH 7

Warren Cain, an instructor at WuDang Martial Arts Center in Huntsville, leads Marshall Pathways intern Donna Cendana of the Engineering Directorate's Propulsion Systems Department, in a demonstration of tai chi, the noncompetitive Eastern martial arts tradition that evolved over the centuries into a means of alleviating stress and anxiety.