Minority Professionals at NASA Langley Research Center Samuel J. Scott on the right.

Portrait of Samuel J. Scott working in the Office of Directors for Structures NASA Langley. Photograph taken May 1977.

Portrait of Samuel J. Scott working in the Office of Directors for Structures NASA Langley. Photograph taken May 1977.

Retired NASA astronaut Scott Kelly poses a portrait, Monday, July 8, 2019 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Minority Professionals at NASA Langley Research Center Samuel J. Scott at his desk working in the Office of Director for Structures, Staff Assistant.

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott attends a roundtable discussion among Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana and multi-user spaceport partners at Kennedy’s Saturn V Conference Center on March 15, 2019. The meeting was held to discuss the needs of the space center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott and Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana attend a roundtable discussion among multi-user spaceport partners at Kennedy’s Saturn V Conference Center on March 15, 2019. The meeting was held to discuss the needs of the space center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott and Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana attend a roundtable discussion among multi-user spaceport partners at Kennedy’s Saturn V Conference Center on March 15, 2019. The meeting was held to discuss the needs of the space center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott attends a roundtable discussion among Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana and multi-user spaceport partners at Kennedy’s Saturn V Conference Center on March 15, 2019. The meeting was held to discuss the needs of the space center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Multi-user spaceport partners converse prior to a roundtable discussion with U.S. Sen. Rick Scott and Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana at Kennedy’s Saturn V Conference Center on March 15, 2019. The meeting was held to discuss the needs of the space center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana speaks during a roundtable discussion among U.S. Sen. Rick Scott and multi-user spaceport partners Kennedy’s Space Center Saturn V Conference Center on March 15, 2019. The meeting was held to discuss the needs of the space center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott attends a roundtable discussion among Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana and multi-user spaceport partners at Kennedy’s Saturn V Conference Center on March 15, 2019. The meeting was held to discuss the needs of the space center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana speaks during a roundtable discussion among U.S. Sen. Rick Scott and multi-user spaceport partners at Kennedy’s Saturn V Conference Center on March 15, 2019. The meeting was held to discuss the needs of the space center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott and Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana attend a roundtable discussion among multi-user spaceport partners at Kennedy’s Saturn V Conference Center on March 15, 2019. The meeting was held to discuss the needs of the space center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana and U.S. Sen. Rick Scott walk into the Kennedy Saturn V Conference Center to attend a roundtable discussion among multi-user spaceport partners on March 15, 2019. The meeting was held to discuss the needs of the space center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott converses with multi-user spaceport partners prior to a roundtable discussion among Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana and center partners at Kennedy’s Saturn V Conference Center on March 15, 2019. The meeting was held to discuss the needs of the space center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Multi-user spaceport partners converse prior to a roundtable discussion with U.S. Sen. Rick Scott and Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana at Kennedy’s Saturn V Conference Center on March 15, 2019. The meeting was held to discuss the needs of the space center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Multi-user spaceport partners converse prior to a roundtable discussion with U.S. Sen. Rick Scott and Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana at Kennedy’s Saturn V Conference Center on March 15, 2019. The meeting was held to discuss the needs of the space center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana speaks to U.S. Sen. Rick Scott during a roundtable discussion among multi-user spaceport partners at Kennedy’s Saturn V Conference Center on March 15, 2019. The meeting was held to discuss the needs of the space center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Multi-user spaceport partners converse prior to a roundtable discussion with U.S. Sen. Rick Scott and Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana at Kennedy’s Saturn V Conference Center on March 15, 2019. The meeting was held to discuss the needs of the space center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott and Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana attend a roundtable discussion among multi-user spaceport partners at Kennedy’s Saturn V Conference Center on March 15, 2019. The meeting was held to discuss the needs of the space center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott speaks during a roundtable discussion among Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana and multi-user spaceport partners at Kennedy’s Saturn V Conference Center on March 15, 2019. The meeting was held to discuss the needs of the space center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott and Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana attend a roundtable discussion among multi-user spaceport partners at Kennedy’s Saturn V Conference Center on March 15, 2019. The meeting was held to discuss the needs of the space center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Multi-user spaceport partners converse prior to a roundtable discussion with U.S. Sen. Rick Scott and Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana at Kennedy’s Saturn V Conference Center on March 15, 2019. The meeting was held to discuss the needs of the space center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott and Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana attend a roundtable discussion among multi-user spaceport partners at Kennedy’s Saturn V Conference Center on March 15, 2019. The meeting was held to discuss the needs of the space center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana and U.S. Sen. Rick Scott pose for a photo among multi-user spaceport partners prior to a roundtable discussion on March 15, 2019, at Kennedy’s Saturn V Conference Center. The meeting was held to discuss the needs of the space center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Multi-user spaceport partners converse prior to a roundtable discussion with U.S. Sen. Rick Scott and Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana at Kennedy’s Saturn V Conference Center on March 15, 2019. The meeting was held to discuss the needs of the space center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, left, gives video replies to questions from social media, Wednesday, May 25, 2016, in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, left, gives video replies to questions from social media, Wednesday, May 25, 2016, in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Scott Tingle poses for a portrait, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, in the Blue Flight Control Room at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott shakes hands with a multi-user spaceport partner inside the Kennedy Space Center Saturn V Conference Center prior to a roundtable discussion among Center Director Bob Cabana and center partners on March 15, 2019. The meeting was held to discuss the needs of the space center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott shakes hands with a multi-user spaceport partner inside the Kennedy Space Center Saturn V Conference Center prior to a roundtable discussion among Center Director Bob Cabana and center partners on March 15, 2019. The meeting was held to discuss the needs of the space center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Scott Crossfield speaking at the Centennial of Flight Colloquium held at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center in October, 2003.

Former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly speaks during an event at the United States Capitol Visitor Center, Wednesday, May 25, 2016, in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly speaks during an event at the United States Capitol Visitor Center, Wednesday, May 25, 2016, in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly speaks during an event at the United States Capitol Visitor Center, Wednesday, May 25, 2016, in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly speaks during an event at the United States Capitol Visitor Center, Wednesday, May 25, 2016, in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly speaks during an event at the United States Capitol Visitor Center, Wednesday, May 25, 2016, in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly speaks during an event at the United States Capitol Visitor Center, Wednesday, May 25, 2016, in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly speaks during an event at the United States Capitol Visitor Center, Wednesday, May 25, 2016, in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

iss054e022823 (Jan. 23, 2018) --- NASA astronaut Scott Tingle is pictured during a spacewalk to swap out a degraded robotic hand, or Latching End Effector, on the Canadarm2.

iss054e022341 (Jan. 18, 2018) --- NASA astronaut Scott Tingle wears a U.S. spacesuit inside the Quest Airlock preparing for his first spacewalk.

NASA astronaut Scott Tingle speaks to students about his time onboard the International Space Station, Friday, Sept. 14, 2018 at McKinley Technology High School in Washington, DC. Tingle spent 168 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expeditions 54 and 55. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronaut Scott Tingle speaks to students about his time onboard the International Space Station, Friday, Sept. 14, 2018 at McKinley Technology High School in Washington, DC. Tingle spent 168 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expeditions 54 and 55. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronaut Scott Tingle speaks to students about his time onboard the International Space Station, Friday, Sept. 14, 2018 at McKinley Technology High School in Washington, DC. Tingle spent 168 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expeditions 54 and 55. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronaut Scott Tingle speaks to students about his time onboard the International Space Station, Friday, Sept. 14, 2018 at McKinley Technology High School in Washington, DC. Tingle spent 168 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expeditions 54 and 55. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronaut Scott Tingle speaks to students about his time onboard the International Space Station, Friday, Sept. 14, 2018 at McKinley Technology High School in Washington, DC. Tingle spent 168 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expeditions 54 and 55. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

ISS046e025801 (01/27/2016) --- NASA astronaut Scott Kelly relocates spacewalk hardware and suits inside the Quest airlock on Jan. 27, 2016.

STS-120 Mission Specialists Scott Parazynski (left) and Paolo Nespoli talk before their return to flight to Houston. A welcoming ceremony for the crew is planned at NASA's Hangar 276 on the south end of Ellington Field in Texas. On the 15-day mission, the STS-120 crew continued the construction of the station with the installation of the Harmony Node 2 module and the relocation of the P6 truss. They landed Nov. 7 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

NASA astronaut Scott Tingle presents a montage for Washington, DC's Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education to Ahnna Smith, Interim Deputy Mayor for Education, prior to speaking to students about his time onboard the International Space Station, Friday, Sept. 14, 2018 at McKinley Technology High School in Washington, DC. Tingle spent 168 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expeditions 54 and 55. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronaut Scott Tingle presents a montage for McKinley Technology High School to Principal Louise Jones before speaking to students about his time onboard the International Space Station, Friday, Sept. 14, 2018 at McKinley Technology High School in Washington, DC. Tingle spent 168 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expeditions 54 and 55. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

iss054e001441 (Dec. 19, 2017) --- Newly arrived Flight Engineers Scott Tingle and Anton Shkaplerov float into the Zvezda Service Module during an International Space Station tour and safety briefing.

S64-34357 (22 Oct. 1964) --- Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter. NOTE: Commander M. Scott Carpenter, USN, resigned September 1967, and transferred to the U.S. Navy Project Sealab.

ISS044E000290 (06/14/2015) --- NASA astronaut Scott Kelly on the Internationa Space Station prepares another scientific experiment on June 16, 2015. Scott works with his fellow station crew members Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka, and Mikhail Kornienko.

JSC2001-00957 (10 April 2001) --- Astronaut Scott J. Horowitz, mission commander.

SCOTT PHILLIPS STANDS NEAR HIS LATEST WOODWORKING CREATION FEATURING A SHUTTLE MODEL AND ALL OF THE MISSION PINS FROM PREVIOUS LAUNCHES.

S71-52276 (1971) --- Astronaut David R. Scott

S64-31472 (1964) --- Astronaut David R. Scott. Photo credit: NASA

S99-05705 (May 1999) --- Astronaut Scott J. Kelly.

S99-02362 (February 1999) --- Astronaut Scott D. Altman, pilot.

S62-04047 (24 May 1962) --- Close-up of astronaut M. Scott Carpenter inside his Aurora 7 spacecraft before the launch of the Mercury-Atlas 7 (MA-7) mission. Photo credit: NASA

JSC2004-E-32185 (5 May 2004) --- Astronaut Scott D. Altman, commander

G60-02737 (May 1960) --- Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter. Photo credit: NASA

From left to right; Gilbert A. Haynes holding the NTA Fred C. Downs Special Event Award and Samuel J. Scott with award for their participation in the local Hampton Roads Chapter of the (NTA) National Technical Association. The guidance and counseling of minority youth is one of NTA's prime objectives. Formed in 1925, NTA has 15 chapters comprised of architects,engineers, scientists, and educators. NTA activities are directed toward encouraging and assisting public and private institutions in identifying potential minority technical talent.

S62-05538 (October 1962) --- Portrait of astronaut M. Scott Carpenter in civilian clothes holding picture of the Boy Scout Emblem. Photo credit: NASA

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Community leaders, business executives, educators, and state and local government leaders were updated on NASA Kennedy Space Center programs and accomplishments during Center Director Bob Cabana’s Center Director Update at the Debus Center at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. From left, Scott Thurston, Kennedy deputy of the spacecraft office of the Commercial Crew Program, talks with Scott Colloredo, director of the Center Planning and Development Directorate. Attendees talked with Cabana and other senior Kennedy managers and visited displays featuring updates on Kennedy programs and projects, including International Space Station, Commercial Crew, Ground System Development and Operations, Launch Services, Center Planning and Development, Technology, KSC Swamp Works and NASA Education. The morning concluded with a tour of the new Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit at the visitor complex. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/kennedy. Photo credit: NASA/Daniel Casper

G. Scott Hubbard, Ames Director held a informal discussion and question-and-answer session with Bay Area news media on the space exploration vision announced President George W. Bush earlier in the day.

G. Scott Hubbard, Ames Director held a informal discussion and question-and-answer session with Bay Area news media on the space exploration vision announced President George W. Bush earlier in the day.

G. Scott Hubbard, Ames Director held a informal discussion and question-and-answer session with Bay Area news media on the space exploration vision announced President George W. Bush earlier in the day.

G. Scott Hubbard, Ames Director held a informal discussion and question-and-answer session with Bay Area news media on the space exploration vision announced President George W. Bush earlier in the day.

G. Scott Hubbard, Ames Director held a informal discussion and question-and-answer session with Bay Area news media on the space exploration vision announced President George W. Bush earlier in the day.

G. Scott Hubbard, Ames Director held a informal discussion and question-and-answer session with Bay Area news media on the space exploration vision announced President George W. Bush earlier in the day.

G. Scott Hubbard, Ames Director held a informal discussion and question-and-answer session with Bay Area news media on the space exploration vision announced President George W. Bush earlier in the day.

G. Scott Hubbard, Ames Director held a informal discussion and question-and-answer session with Bay Area news media on the space exploration vision announced President George W. Bush earlier in the day.

G. Scott Hubbard, Ames Director held a informal discussion and question-and-answer session with Bay Area news media on the space exploration vision announced President George W. Bush earlier in the day.

G. Scott Hubbard, Ames Director held a informal discussion and question-and-answer session with Bay Area news media on the space exploration vision announced President George W. Bush earlier in the day.

G. Scott Hubbard, Ames Director held a informal discussion and question-and-answer session with Bay Area news media on the space exploration vision announced President George W. Bush earlier in the day.

G. Scott Hubbard, Ames Director held a informal discussion and question-and-answer session with Bay Area news media on the space exploration vision announced President George W. Bush earlier in the day.

G. Scott Hubbard, Ames Director held a informal discussion and question-and-answer session with Bay Area news media on the space exploration vision announced President George W. Bush earlier in the day.

G. Scott Hubbard, Ames Director held a informal discussion and question-and-answer session with Bay Area news media on the space exploration vision announced President George W. Bush earlier in the day.

S96-14778 (1996) --- Astronaut Scott Kelly.

CINDY AZZARITA AND CHARLIE SCOTT, 3D PRINT OPERATIONS LEAD, WRITE THE CREW PROCEDURES FOR ON ORBIT INSTALL AND STOW OF 3D PRINTER

S64-36908 (1962) --- Portrait view of astronaut M. Scott Carpenter, wearing Mercury pressure suit, posing for pictures during astronaut training at the Cape Canaveral, Florida. Photo credit: NASA

B59-00723 (1959) --- Close-up of astronaut M. Scott Carpenter, prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 7 (MA-7) mission, during centrifuge training. (M-199) Photo credit: NASA

Expedition 45/46 Commander, Astronaut Scott Kelly along with his brother, former Astronaut Mark Kelly speak to news media outlets about Scott Kelly's 1-year mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Date: January 19, 2015. Location: Building 2. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

Expedition 45/46 Commander, Astronaut Scott Kelly along with his brother, former Astronaut Mark Kelly speak to news media outlets about Scott Kelly's 1-year mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Date: January 19, 2015. Location: Building 2. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

Expedition 45/46 Commander, Astronaut Scott Kelly along with his brother, former Astronaut Mark Kelly speak to news media outlets about Scott Kelly's 1-year mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Date: January 19, 2015. Location: Building 2. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

Expedition 45/46 Commander, Astronaut Scott Kelly along with his brother, former Astronaut Mark Kelly speak to news media outlets about Scott Kelly's 1-year mission aboard the International Space Station. Photo Date: January 19, 2015. Location: Building 2. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

S92-44926 (September 1992) --- Astronaut Scott E. Parazynski, mission specialist.

Former NACA test pilot Scott Crossfield at the 1998 "Men of Mach 2" symposium, an event celebrating his work in the 1950's on the D-558-II Skyrocket aircraft.

On March 26, 1976, the NASA Flight Research Center opened its doors to hundreds of guests for the dedication of the center in honor of Hugh Latimer Dryden. The dedication was very much a local event; following Center Director David Scott’s opening remarks, the Antelope Valley High School’s symphonic band played the national anthem. Invocation was given followed by recognition of the invited guests. Dr. Hugh Dryden, a man of total humility, received praise from all those present. Dryden, who died in 1965, had been a pioneering aeronautical scientist who became director of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in 1949 and then deputy administrator of the NACA’s successor, NASA, in 1958. Very much interested in flight research, he had been responsible for establishing a permanent facility at the location later named in his honor. As Center Director David Scott looks on, Mrs. Hugh L. Dryden (Mary Libbie Travers) unveils the memorial to her husband at the dedication ceremony.On March 26, 1976, the NASA Flight Research Center opened its doors to hundreds of guests for the dedication of the center in honor of Hugh Latimer Dryden.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Lt. Governor Jennifer Carroll, chairwoman of Space Florida, addresses the Florida Cabinet during its meeting at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Fla., on Oct. 18. The Cabinet approved a resolution recognizing NASA Kennedy Space Center for its contributions to spaceflight and technological innovation. The Cabinet, seated, is made up of Adam Putnam, left, Agriculture commissioner, Jeff Atwater, chief financial officer, Florida Governor Rick Scott and Pam Bondi, attorney general. Photo credit: NASA_Jim Grossmann

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Florida Cabinet reviews a resolution recognizing NASA Kennedy Space Center for its contributions to spaceflight and technological innovation during its meeting at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Fla., on Oct. 18. The Cabinet, seated, is made up of Adam Putnam, left, Agriculture commissioner, Jeff Atwater, chief financial officer, Florida Governor Rick Scott and Pam Bondi, attorney general. Photo credit: NASA_Jim Grossmann

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Robert Cabana, left, NASA Kennedy Space Center director, greets Florida Governor Rick Scott at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Fla., on Oct. 18, before a meeting of the Florida Cabinet. The Cabinet recognized the center's accomplishments in spaceflight and technological innovation during its meeting. Photo credit: NASA_Jim Grossmann

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Robert Cabana, left, NASA Kennedy Space Center director, addresses the Florida Cabinet on Oct. 18 during a Cabinet meeting at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Fla. The Cabinet, seated, is made up of Adam Putnam, left, Agriculture commissioner, Jeff Atwater, chief financial officer, Florida Governor Rick Scott and Pam Bondi, attorney general. The Cabinet recognized the center's accomplishments in spaceflight and technological innovation during its meeting. Photo credit: NASA_Jim Grossmann

M61-00017 (10 Jan. 1961) --- Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter on flight line with a F-106. Photo credit: NASA

S98-01036 (1 Dec 1997) --- Astronaut Scott E. Parazynski, mission specialist.

ISS045E028258 (09/24/2015) --- NASA astronaut Scott Kelly gives himself a flu shot for an ongoing study on the human immune system. The vaccination is part of NASA’s Twins Study, a compilation of multiple investigations that take advantage of a unique opportunity to study identical twin astronauts Scott and Mark Kelly, while Scott spends a year aboard the International Space Station and Mark remains on Earth.

ISS046e022896 (01/24/2016) --- NASA astronaut Scott Kelly took this image of Japan at night on Jan. 24, 2016. In his tweet Scott said: " GoodEvening #Japan! I look forward to meeting you again someday. #YearInSpace"

B59-00570 (August 1959) --- Astronaut Scott Carpenter trains at the centrifuge procedures trainer at Wright Field, Johnsville, Pennsylvania, for project Mercury. Photo credit: NASA