The Moffett Field Hangar 3 website and film have been prepared as mitigation for the Hangar 3 Hazard Remediation Project. The NASA Ames Research Center began the educational outreach project with a survey of the building in 2018 and concluded the project in 2024 with the launch of the website.
Agencies, firms, and individuals involved in the development of the website and film are listed below.
NASA Ames Research Center
Eugene Tu, Center Director
Jonathan Ikan, Cultural Resources Manager
April Gage, Senior Archivist
James Anderson, Ames Historian
Aga Goodsell, PhD, Director, Center Operations Directorate
Elena Hunt, ROAR, Rothe ARES JV
Elena Serna, Account Manager/Business Development Specialist
Trina Meiser, AECOM, NASA Ames Consultant
Planetary Ventures
With special thanks to:
National Park Service
Tom Behrens, Architect, Project Manager, Heritage Documentation Programs
Daniel De Sousa, Architect, Heritage Documentation Programs
Christopher E. Johnson, Historian, Preservation Partnerships Program
Elaine Jackson-Retondo, PhD, Program Manager, Preservation Partnerships and History Program
129th Rescue Wing of the California Air National Guard
Colonel Victor L. Teal Jr., Wing Commander
Colonel Jeremy Guenet, Vice Commander
Lieutenant Colonel Juan Marulanda, Deputy Commander, 129th Mission Support Group
1st Lieutenant Lauryn Ash, Deputy Commander, 129th Civil Engineer Flight
Senior Master Sergeant Chris Dominguez, Maintenance Operations Superintendent
Master Sergeant Ray Aquino, Public Affairs Superintendent
Master Sergeant Donna Ruckdeschel, Propulsion Flight Chief
Technical Sergeant Michael Lloyd, Medical Technician
Moffett Field Historical Society
Captain Tom Spink U.S. Navy (Ret), President
Jeff Wasel, PhD, Executive Director
Herb Parsons, Past President
Bill Stubkjaer, Curator
Nicholas A. Veronico, Author, Historian, Photographer
Consultant Team:
Historic Resources Group
Christine Lazzaretto, Managing Principal
John LoCascio, AIA, Principal Architect
Alexandra Isabel Perlman, Senior Architectural Historian
Robby Aranguren, Planning Associate/GIS Specialist
CJA Creative Collaborations, LLC
Christopher James Alexander, Founding Principal
Happening Studio
Karen Nakada, Partner
Masato Nakada, Partner
Moffett Field: The Legacy of Hangar 3
FILMBYSTEVO, LLC, Production Company
Stevo Chang, Film Director/Cinematographer
Jeff T. Dickson, Camera Team
Fran Ervin, Post Producer
Image and Film Lending Institutions:
129th Rescue Wing of the California Air National Guard
AECOM
Department of the Navy Bureau of Yards & Docks
Fremont Main Library
Historic Resources Group
KPFF
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division
Moffett Field Historical Society Museum
NASA Ames Research Center Archives
NASA Ames Research Center Historic Preservation Office Archives
NASA Ames Research Center Photograph Library Collection
National Archives and Records Administration
National Aviation Hall of Fame
Naval History & Heritage Command
Photovault.com
Santa Clara University Archives & Special Collections
Stephen D. Schafer
The Courier-News (Plainfield, NJ) – USA TODAY NETWORK
The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, California
The Los Angeles Times
U.S. Navy Seabee Museum
University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Special Research Collections
Wright’s Media
Special thanks to the following individuals for their image and film rights assistance:
Drew Cuthbertson, Manager of Customer Success, USA Today Network
Lee Fentress, Los Angeles Times Rights & Permissions
Andrew Gombert, Los Angeles Times Rights & Permissions
Monica Keane, Archives & Special Collections Librarian, Santa Clara University Archives & Special Collections
Wernher Krutein, Photovault.com
Alex Lange, Supervisory Archivist, National Archives & Records Administration Still Picture Branch
Jui-lan Liu, Adult Reference Librarian, Fremont Main Library
Matt R. Proietta, M.S.L.I.S., Cataloging Librarian / Photo Archive P.O.C, Naval History and Heritage Command, Navy Department
Library, Histories and Archives Division
Benjamin Shepard, Rights and Permissions Specialist, Wright’s Media
Bob Thomas, National Naval Aviation Museum, Emil Buehler Library, Research Library Volunteer
William Wade, Branch Chief, National Archives & Records Administration Still Picture Branch
John-Michael Wong, PhD, SE, Associate, KPFF
Moffett Field Historical Society Museum
http://www.moffettfieldmuseum.org/
NASA Ames Research Center
https://www.nasa.gov/ames/
NASA Ames Research Center Historic Preservation Office
https://historicproperties.arc.nasa.gov/siteindex.html
NASA Ames History Archives
https://history.arc.nasa.gov/
129th Rescue Wing of the California Air National Guard
https://www.129rqw.ang.af.mil/
AECOM. Historic Property Survey Report for the Airfield at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, 2013.
https://historicproperties.arc.nasa.gov/downloads/hpsr_airfield.pdf
Bamburg, Bonnie. National Register of Historic Places District Nomination: U.S. Naval Air Station Moffett Field. San Jose, CA, 1994.
https://historicproperties.arc.nasa.gov/downloads/nrhp_registration.pdf
Gleason, Spencer. Moffett Field: From Lighter-Than-Air to Faster-Than-Sound, 1933–1958 Silver Anniversary. NAS Moffett Field, 1958.
Grossnick, Roy, ed. Kite Balloons to Airships ... the Navy's Lighter-than-Air Experience. Washington, D.C.: Deputy Chief of Naval Operations and Commander Naval Air Systems Command, 2004.
Hoover, Rachel. Hangar One Restoration Project. NASA Ames Research Center, April 25, 2022.
https://www.nasa.gov/history/hangar-one-restoration-project/
Ignoffo, Mary Jo. Sunnyvale: From the City of Destiny to the Heart of Silicon Valley. Cupertino, California: California History Center & Foundation, De Anza College, 1994.
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Maritime Heritage Program. “USS Macon Mapping and Survey Expedition 2015,” Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
https://nmssanctuaries.blob.core.windows.net/sanctuaries-prod/media/archive/shipwrecks/macon/macon-factsheet.pdf
NASA. Hangar 1, Moffett Field Naval Air Station, Historic American Engineering Record # CA-335, 2006
https://historicproperties.arc.nasa.gov/downloads/hangar1_haer_ca335.pdf
Page & Turnbull, Inc. Hangar One, Moffett Field, California: Re-Use Guidelines. Prepared for NASA/Ames Research Center, San Francisco, 2001.
https://navydocs.nuqu.org/Page%20and%20Turnball%20Report.pdf
Page & Turnbull, Inc. Re-Use Guidelines Appendices, Hangar 2 (Building No. 46), NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, Prepared for Integrated Science Solutions, Inc., Moffett Field, California, August 30, 2006.
https://historicproperties.arc.nasa.gov/map_reuse/reuse_forms/hangar2_reuse_2006.pdf
Page & Turnbull, Inc. Re-Use Guidelines Appendices, Hangar 3 (Building No. 47), NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, Prepared for Integrated Science Solutions, Inc., Moffett Field, California, August 30, 2006.
https://historicproperties.arc.nasa.gov/map_reuse/reuse_forms/hangar3_apdx.pdf
Smith, Richard K. The Airships Akron & Macon, Flying Aircraft Carriers of the United States Navy. Washington D.C.: U.S. Naval Institute, 1965.
Spink, Tom. Pacific Patrol: A History of Patrol Aviation During the Cold War in the Pacific, Kindle Publishing, 2020.
Veronico, Nicholas A. Images of Aviation: Moffett Field. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2006.