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The average age of the NASA engineers in Mission Control on the night of Apollo 11’s splashdown was 28 years old…

When Space Shuttle Atlantis left Earth on May 11, 2009, the average NASA civil servant’s age was 47

Today, less than 20 percent of NASA's employees are under the age of 40, leading one report to call the agency "mono-generational."

Boeing's next labor concern

The contract with the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace expires Dec. 1. Who's covered in the Puget Sound area:

Engineers

Represented workers: 11,850

Average age: 44

Average annual salary: $82,300

Technical workers

Represented workers: 5,700

Average age: 48

Average annual salary: $62,500

Source: SPEEA