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Maud T. Bartles Jim Lovell Scrapbook
Collection — Box: Scrapbook box 37, Folder: 1-2
Identifier: 2022-10-28
Content Description
The Maud T. Bartles Jim Lovell Scrapbook is a collection consisting of a single item: an album documenting a visit by astronaut Jim Lovell to Poughkeepsie, New York in 1973 for a Veteran's Day event. The scrapbook includes clippings, ephemera, photographs and philatelic items collected by Maud T. Bartles, a resident of the area who attended the event during Lovell's visit. The album is a "magnetic" style photograph album with a green cover with "Capt. J. Lovell" written on the...
Dates:
1969-1973, 2016
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Philip W. Barttels Apollo 13 Recovery Photographs Collection
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2007-08-09
Content Description
The Philip W. Barttels Apollo 13 Recovery Photographs Collection is a small collection consisting of images of the recovery of the Apollo 13 Command Module from the Pacific Ocean in 1970. The collection includes ten black-and-white photomechanical prints, one black-and-white photographic print, and five color photographic prints. The images depict the Command Module splashing down, recovery of the Apollo 13 crew and Command Module by U.S. Navy Sikorsky SH-3D Sea King helicopters of HS-4...
Dates:
1970
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Cliff and Pam Bickford NASA and Air Show Slide Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2004-11-09
Contents of the Collection
The Cliff and Pam Bickford NASA and Air Show Slide Collection is comprised of approximately 440 slides relating to NASA recovery operations of Gemini and Apollo, as well as assorted air shows, circa 1960s-1990s. There is also one black-and-white pencil lithograph of North American T-28 Trojan with USS Lexington markings signed by artist Don Kellams, undated.
Dates:
circa 1960s to 1990s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
First International Space Docking Certificate
Collection — Box: Assorted rare collections, Box 1, Folder: 2011-06-06 folder 1
Identifier: 2011-06-06-1
Content Description
This collection consists of a single item, the "First International Space Docking Certificate," also known as the Space Magna Carta. The document, which is in both English and Russian and is dated July 17, 1975, commemorates the first international crewed space mission when an American Apollo module docked with a Soviet Soyuz capsule. This official government document was signed in space by the two entire crews, including Thomas P. Stafford, D. K. Slayton, Vance Brand, Alexei Leonov, and...
Dates:
1975 July 17
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
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
Nancy S. Hammond Space Shuttle Programs Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2023-09-20
Contents of the Collection
The Nancy S. Hammond Space Shuttle Programs Collection documents the career of Nancy Hammond while employed with the Boeing Aerospace Company on NASA contracts. Hammond was part of a group responsible for tracking the progress of scheduled tasks to complete the Inertial Upper Stage rocket to be attached to the TDRS-A (Tracking, Data, and Relay) Satellite to be launched on the Space Shuttle STS-6. This collection, which dates from 1969-1993, consists of printed ephemera, manual drafts,...
Dates:
1969-1977, 1981-1993; Majority of material found within 1981-1990
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
John D. Pearce NASA and Space Shuttle Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2014-10-09
Contents of the Collection
The John D. Pearce NASA and Space Shuttle Collection is comprised primarily of visual materials, including photographs, negatives, and slides, as well as assorted ephemera, such as decals, press badges, NASA publications, and clippings. Materials mainly relate to NASA and Space Shuttle events, launches, and news from 1981-1989. The bulk of the collection is housed within three albums and contains the majority of the visual materials, although there is a small amount of loose...
Dates:
1963-1989
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Michael A. Poirier Apollo 13 Recovery Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2009-04-15
Contents of the Collection
The Michael Poirier Apollo 13 Recovery Collection is a small collection comprised of film footage and photomechanical prints relating to the recovery of the Apollo 13 spacecraft by the USS Iwo Jima on April 17 1970. The film footage, which was shot by Poirier and is about ten minutes long, depicts both a SIMEX (simulation exercise) of the Apollo 13 recovery using a boilerplate Command Module (CM), as well as the actual recovery of the real CM. Several shots feature U.S. Navy...
Dates:
1970
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Deke Slayton ASTP Joint Operations Checklist
Collection — Box: Slayton Collections Box 1, Folder: 2021-11-18
Identifier: 2021-11-18-1
Content Description
The Deke Slayton ASTP Joint Operations Checklist consists of a single item: Slayton's personal copy of the "ASTP Reference Joint Operations Checklist," published by NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, March 31, 1975. The checklist is an 80-page document with guidelines for docking and undocking the Apollo spacecraft with the Soyuz capsule during the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. It also covers such topics as photo, television and movie ops; waste management; a fungi experiment; a microbial...
Dates:
1975 March 31
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