Project Mercury (U.S.)
Organization
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Astronauts--United States
Sub-Series
Astronauts, Mercury
Color photograph of six Mercury Seven astronauts and Betty Grisom with autographs, 1984
Dates:
20th Century
Biographical Information Files - Assorted Groups and Topics
Sub-Group
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Biographical Files are an artifical collection with textual and photographic files on prominent people, groups, and events in the space and aviation industries. Over 1500 individuals and a couple dozen groups are represented with textual material such as original and photocopies of newspaper clippings, articles, obituaries and other printed ephemera such as brochures and tickets, as well as photographic and digital prints and photocopied images. Materials come from various sources,...
Dates:
20th Century
Michael B. Gordon Mercury Photographs Collection
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2011-10-27
Content Description
The Michael B. Gordon Mercury Photographs Collection is a small collection consisting of 11 4x5" black-and-white photographs depicting the preparation and recovery of the Mercury-Redstone 3 flight of Alan B. Shepard in 1961. The images show: technicians assisting Shepard with his spacesuit prior to launch; Shepard seated in Freedom 7 capsule prior to launch; Shepard being hoisted aboard Sikorsky S-58 helicopter after Freedom 7 splashdown; a Sikorsky S-58 helicopter recovering Freedom 7...
Dates:
1961 May 5
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Deke Slayton Mercury Program Notebook
Collection — Box Slayton Collections Box 1
Identifier: 2011-12-03
Content Description
The Deke Slayton Mercury Program Notebook is a small collection consisting of a single item: a spiral bound "steno"-style notebook of handwritten notes by Deke Slayton during the Mercury Program. Written on the cover is the text, “Astro Affairs Organization of 1st Astronaut Office." The contents of the notebook illustrate the organizational structure of the department, problems that needed to be addressed, future program plans, and policies that were to be published. Each of these topics are...
Dates:
circa 1958-1963
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Deke Slayton Notebooks and Letter
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2008-04-12
Content Description
The Deke Slayton Notebooks and Letter is a small collection consisting of planning notebooks used by Slayton ranging in date from 1963 to 1992 and letter that he received in 1959. The notebooks are primarily pocket-sized planners recording Slayton's activities from 1963-1976 and from 1991-1992. There are 181 notebooks in total, most of which cover one month of a year, arranged in small boxes each covering one calendar year with twelve notebooks per box. One notebook, not housed...
Dates:
1959-1976, 1991-1992
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Series III. Aeronautical Research Files, 1916-1997
Series
Scope and Contents
The Aeronautical Research Files is the largest of all the series in the Stine Collection, consisting of about 31 cubic feet of material. Nine subseries make up this grouping: Subseries A. Aircraft, 1916-1987; Subseries B. Facilities, 1953-1997; Subseries C. International Programs, 1920-1993; Subseries D. Rockets and Missiles, 1924-1996; Subseries E. Satellites, 1957-1995; Subseries F. Spacecraft and Missions, 1946-1986; Subseries G. Space Vehicles, 1960-1993; Subseries H. Space – General,...
Dates:
1916-1997
Additional filters:
- Type
- Archival Record 3
- Collection 3
- Subject
- Astronautics and state -- United States 4
- Astronauts 4
- Outer space -- Exploration 2
- notebooks 2
- Aeronautical engineers 1
- Aerospace engineering 1
- Aerospace industries 1
- African Americans in aeronautics 1
- Air scouts 1
- Aircraft industry -- United States -- History 1
- Apollo Command Service Module 1
- Artificial satellites 1
- Astronautics 1
- Astronautics -- Soviet Union 1
- Boeing Company -- Employees 1
- Boeing Model 307 Prototype Crash, 1939 1
- Coanda effect 1
- Flight attendants 1
- Flight crews 1
- Flight schools 1
- Flight suits 1
- Hound Dog (Missile) 1
- Launch vehicles (Astronautics) 1
- Manned space flight -- Soviet Union 1
- Manned space flight--United States 1
- Maverick (Air-to-surface missile) 1
- Mercury-Redstone 3 1
- Moon -- Exploration 1
- Rockets (Aeronautics) 1
- Rockets (Aeronautics) -- Models 1
- Saturn launch vehicles 1
- Sikorsky S-58 Family 1
- Sounding rockets 1
- Space flight to the moon 1
- Space flight training 1
- Space race 1
- Space ships 1
- Space shuttles 1
- Space suits 1
- Space tourism 1
- Space vehicles 1
- Titan III 1
- Tomahawk (Guided missile) 1
- calendars (documents by form) 1
- correspondence 1
- notes (documents) 1
- photographic prints 1 + ∧ less
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