
Hortense Diggs, director of the Communication and Public Engagement directorate at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, relays her appreciation and thanks to volunteers and docents during an appreciation event on Nov. 1, 2019. The event honored the efforts of NASA retirees, current civil servant and contractor employees, and docents for their tireless efforts and volunteer hours spent sharing the NASA story with the public and members of the media.

Hortense Diggs, director of the Communication and Public Engagement directorate at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, relays her appreciation and thanks to volunteers and docents during an appreciation event on Nov. 1, 2019. The event honored the efforts of NASA retirees, current civil servant and contractor employees, and docents for their tireless efforts and volunteer hours spent sharing the NASA story with the public and members of the media.

Crystal Jones, Ground and Mission Operations lead for SpaceX in the Commercial Crew Program, speaks to volunteers and docents during an appreciation event at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 1, 2019. The appreciation event, hosted by the center’s Communication and Public Engagement directorate, honored the efforts of NASA retirees, current civil servant and contractor employees, and docents for their tireless efforts and volunteer hours spent sharing the NASA story with the public and members of the media.

Crystal Jones, Ground and Mission Operations lead for SpaceX in the Commercial Crew Program, speaks to volunteers and docents during an appreciation event at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 1, 2019. The appreciation event, hosted by the center’s Communication and Public Engagement directorate, honored the efforts of NASA retirees, current civil servant and contractor employees, and docents for their tireless efforts and volunteer hours spent sharing the NASA story with the public and members of the media.

The City of Huntsville hosted a celebration of the Apollo 11 Moon landing with a street party on the downtown square with exhibits from the Marshall Space Flight Center and contributing contractors. The event was kicked off with remarks from Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle, Marshall Space Flight Center's Director Jody Singer, and U.S. Space and Rocket Center's Director Deborah Barnhart with the Polaris replica of the Lunar Moon Buggy in the foreground. The Polaris Lunar Rover development team poses with retired NASA personnel who also volunteer as docents at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center.