Visit the Downey NASA Site Space Archive

The public is welcome to log on to explore the new Downey NASA Site Space Archive: CLICK HERE Enjoy photos and stories of the rich history of the Downey NASA site. Contributor stories are posted for viewing by browsing key words, latest stories, projects, or affiliated aviation companies.

Contribute Stories

Financial Partners and the City of Downey encourage anyone affiliated with North American Aviation, Rockwell, Boeing, and Vultee to contribute to the Aviation Archive by submitting stories and photographs of projects and experiences at the Downey NASA site for everyone to enjoy.

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Sponsorship Background

Financial Partners has signed on to sponsor the Columbia Memorial Space Science Learning Centers new Aviation History Archive. The new archive spotlights stories and photos of projects that the primary aeronautics contractors at the Downey NASA site have worked on over the years. North American Aviation, Rockwell, and Boeing, all primary aeronautics contractors at the Downey NASA site, are part of Financial Partners rich history in Downey. “Financial Partners has not forgotten its roots. Preserving our heritage and paying tribute to how Financial Partners began in 1937 as North American Aviation Employees Federal Credit Union, later Rockwell Federal Credit Union, and now Boeing, is still an important aspect of our organization,” states Nader Moghaddam, Financial Partners CEO.

“Downey is proud of our rich heritage as an important site of aeronautics development and we are very pleased to launch this program aimed at helping preserve this heritage for generations to come, special thanks to Financial Partners Credit Union for their support” stated Meredith Perkins, Downey’s Mayor as well as a board member of the Columbia Memorial Space Science Learning Center Foundation.