Space shuttles
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125956
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,...
Dates:
1969-1977, 1981-1993; Majority of material found within 1981-1990
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Lawrence, Wendy -- oral history interview, 2017 June 30
File
Interview Summary
Astronaut Wendy Lawrence is interviewed about her military service and spaceflight career during the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s. She describes key assignments from her U.S. Navy service, such as her time as a helicopter pilot and her time as a physics instructor at the Naval Academy. She then discusses her experiences as a mission specialist with NASA’s Space Shuttle program and shares details about her four spaceflight missions: STS-67, STS-86, STS-91, and STS-114. Topics discussed...
Dates:
2017 June 30
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