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Archives at The Museum of Flight


Astronautics

 Subject

Staff Only
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 14 Collections and/or Records:

Space Exploration Posters and Lithographs Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-00-00-125
Abstract

The Space Exploration Posters and Lithographs Collection is an artifical collection consisting of oversize textual and visual materials relating to aerospace, rocketry, astronauts, and the National Air and Space Administration (NASA), ranging from 1961-2006.

Dates: 1961-2006
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

TV Guide from July 19, 1969

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2019-00-00-158
Contents of the Collection

This small collection conists of one issue of TV Guide from July 19, 1969. The cover of the magazine advertises "the first live telecast from the moon." An 8-page article in the magazine, "Live from the Moon" describes the moon landing event as "TV's most special special."

Dates: 1969 July 19
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Wiley Williams Space Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2019-12-18
Content Description The Wiley Williams Space Collection is a collection of textual and visual materials collected by Williams during his career as an engineer for Grumman and NASA in the 1950s and 1960s.Williams himself is documented with clippings about him, a poster from Grumman acknowledging his work, and photographs of him. The photographs are all 8x10" black-and-white official NASA photos depicting him with colleagues during the course of his work. Related to Gemini missions, there...
Dates: 1965-1971
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Kenneth J. Young Space Memorabilia Collection

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2024-03-19-A
Contents of the Collection

The Kenneth J. Young Space Memorabilia Collection is a single-item collection that contains a bookmark issued by NASA, circa 2022. The bookmark is shaped as the Project Artemis Orion spacecraft. On the front of the bookmark is a color visual of the Orion spacecraft. On the verso are quick facts about the Space Launch System (SLS), including height, weight, thrust, and travel speed. It also includes a link to the NASA.gov/artemis website.

Dates: circa 2022
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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