One more day of early-season heat will grip the Northeastern U.S. today from New England to the Mid-Atlantic. A few more record highs are possible and heat advisories remain in effect from Boston to Philadelphia. Also, a cold front arriving into the East may produce strong to severe storms and heavy rain, which may result in flash flooding, from New England to the Southeast and Gulf Coast. Read More >
About Our Office
Thank you for visiting the NWS Spaceflight Meteorology Group (SMG). The National Weather Service (known as the Weather Bureau before 1970) has provided direct weather support to NASA for the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Space Shuttle, International Space Station, Orion and other programs. When the Manned Space Center opened in 1962 a contingent of the Weather Bureau came to Houston to provide spacecraft recovery weather support. In the 1960's and 1970's, the Spaceflight Meteorology Branch (SMB) of the Weather Bureau and National Weather Service consisted of offices at the Johnson Space Center in Houston; Cape Canaveral, Florida; and at local offices in Miami, Honolulu and Washington DC. In the late 1970's NASA allowed each center to select their weather support structures. At that time the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) opted to use the US Air Force for launch and ground weather support services. JSC retained the National Weather Service for landing weather support.
SMG staffing size has waxed and waned with the manned spaceflight program. Current SMG staffing consists of one NWS meteorologist. A small group of NASA software and hardware contractors manage the Meteorological Information Data Display System (MIDDS). The NWS Houston/Galveston Office provides support for NWS-owned Advanced Weather Information Processing System II (AWIPS II) software and hardware.
Current SMG Staff
Adjunct Staff
Past SMG Staff and Staff Photos (links create popup window)
Incomplete List of Former SMGers
SMG Chiefs
Lead Forecasters (Senior Meteorologists)
Techniques Development Meteorologists
Adminstrative Assistants, Coops and Students
Non-JSC SMG (SMB) Personnel