Project Apollo (U.S.)
Organization
Historical Note
Apollo was the NASA program that resulted in American astronauts' making a total of 11 spaceflights and walking on the moon.
Citation:
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/index.htmlFound in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Henry C. Runkel Apollo Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1987-09-23
Content Description
The Henry C. Runkel Apollo Collection is a small collection with visual and textual materials documenting the development of the Saturn launch vehicles used in NASA's Apollo program in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The collection consists of items gathered by Runkel who was Boeing's Chief Engineer for the S-1C stage of the Saturn V rocket at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana. Of most interest is a bound document titled "Apollo Saturn V S-1C Booster...
Dates:
circa 1966-1977
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Douglas I. Tilden Lunar Roving Vehicle Collection
Collection
Identifier: 1998-08-10
Abstract
Douglas I. Tilden worked on the restoration of the Museum of Flight's Lunar Roving Vehicle. A crew of 18 volunteers worked on the restoration project from about 1993-1995. The materials in the collections were used for that restoration project.
Dates:
circa 1970-1990s; Majority of material found within 1970-1971
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Willard P. Williams Lunar Orbiter Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2019-05-06
Overview
Willard "Bill" P. Williams had a 43-year career at Boeing and worked on numerous projects, including the Lunar Orbiters. The Willard P. Williams Lunar Orbiter Photograph Collection consists of three panels of black-and-white positive transparent film strips and two photographic prints documenting the various features of the moon captured on the first Lunar Orbiter mission.
Dates:
1966 August
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
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