Astronautics
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered general works on the scientific, technological, and engineering disciplines needed for the exploration of outer space. Works on the physics and technical details of locomotion beyond earth's atmosphere are entered under [Space flight.] General and technical works on manned space travel are entered under [Manned space flight.] Works giving accounts of events and experiences during specific manned space flights are entered under [Space flights.] General works on travel to the planets or to the stars are entered under [Interplanetary voyages] or [Interstellar travel.]
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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, reports,...
Iva and Homer Metz Space Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2019-11-01
Overview
The Iva and Homer Metz Space Collection documents the careers of both Iva and Homer in aviation and the space industry. It follows their time with the U.S. Navy, the Boeing Company, North American Aviation, and at Cape Canaveral during the Apollo and Skylab programs.