Astronautics and state -- United States
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100595
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Apollo 11 Spacecraft Fifty-State Tour Press Kit
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2019-08-08
Content Description
The Apollo 11 Spacecraft Fifty-State Tour Press Kit is a small collection consisting of the press kit and related materials from the promotional tour of the Apollo 11 command module across the United States in 1970-1971. The press kit includes a folder containing seven 8x10" black-and-white prints, a mission report booklet, a press release with tour schedule, a "Log of Apollo 11" color booklet, and a tour map.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1970-1971
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
First International Space Docking Certificate
Collection — Box Assorted rare collections, Box 1: [Barcode: One], 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
Ellis Levin Boeing Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2023-10-30
Overview
The Ellis Levin Boeing Papers documents Ellis Levin's 54-year career with the Boeing Company through textual documents and photographic materials dating from 1932-2021. The materials in the collection are related to Levin’s engineering career, most notably his work in the Vibration Unit and Physical Research Unit, as well as his position as the Systems Growth Manager on the X-20 Dyna-Soar Program, and then as the Systems Engineering Manager for the Lunar Orbiter Program.
Dates:
1937-1983
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
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
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: 2008-04-12-4
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