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"Skylab: An Adventure in Science and Photography."
This leaflet gives an overview of types of film and camera systems being used in photography and observations on Skylab, the first space station launched by the United States. -
Wernher and Maria von Braun at a cocktail party given for the Alabama legislature.
A note on the back of the photo reads, "Cocktail Party for legislature at time Huntsville wanted Research Park & Institute for university." From left to right: Mrs. Foster Haley, Mrs. Milton Cummings, Wernher von Braun, Maria von Braun, Roscoe Roberts, Ryan DeGraffenried, and Milton Cummings. -
"SkyLab: An Oral History of America's First Space Station."
This video was released in conjunction with Skylab's 30th anniversary in 2003. It contains video footage from the Skylab program as well as interviews with those associated with the program.Tags Oral History -
"Saturn I: The First Generation of Heavy Launch Vehicles Designed for Peaceful Exploration of Space."
The leaflet outlines the history of Saturn launches and gives a physical description of the rocket. The description includes a diagram of each stage; specifications of each stage's thrust, propellants, liftoff weight, and burning time; and engine specifications. -
Two astronauts driving a test model of the lunar roving vehicle (LRV).
Developed by Marshall Space Flight Center and built by Boeing, the LRV was an electric vehicle used to explore the Moon's surface during the Apollo 15, 16, and 17 missions. -
Map of completed and proposed Apollo moon landing sites.
The map shows landing locations on the moon's surface, including proposed landing sites of the cancelled Apollo 18 and Apollo 19 missions. This map was created as part of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) Project. -
Abbreviated timeline of the Apollo 11 mission.
The timeline includes a memorandum from Friedjof A. Speer, manager of the Missions Operations Office, to employees of Marshall Space Flight Center. Speer notes that "astronaut Neil Armstrong is scheduled to be the first man to step onto the moon's surface." The timeline outlines the entire mission from liftoff at 8:32 AM on Wednesday, July 16, 1969 to splashdown at 11:49 AM on Thursday, July 24, 1969. -
"University and research institute contracts awarded by MSFC."
This is a list of contract numbers, contractor, subject and RNT contact. -
Directory Chart : NASA/MSFC Manager's Office.
Organizational chart of NASA/MSFC manager's office. -
"Resume - Werner K. Gengelbach."
Letter vouching for the expertise and past accomplishments of Werner K. Gengelbach -
"Spacecraft television ground data handling system."
A design report which displays and explains how the Spacecraft Television Ground Handling System functions, is designed and what it might be used for in the future. -
"General Electric/MTSD's First Five Years as Prime NASA Support Contractor at Mississippi Test Facility, Bay St. Louis, Miss."
A handwritten note on the title page notes that the document was received from Earl F. Rodriguez, General Electric Co., MTSD in Bay St. Louis. Includes a chronology of General Electric activity in south Mississippi. -
"From Now On -."
Interview with Dr. Wernher von Braun; Challenge, Winter(Dec) 1962, volume 1, number 3 -
"We're winning the race with Russia."
Partial article discussing the United States' victories in the space-race over Russia. -
Apollo Support Program: Phase 1: Apollo Terminology Standards Final Study Report.
From the abstract: "This report concludes the Phase 1 study activities of the requirements for terminology standardization of the Apollo Integration Support Program. A review is made of the studies conducted and the findings resulting from these activities. Conclusions are drawn and recommendations are made for a proposed Apollo Terminology Handbook. An implementation plan for producing and maintaining an Apollo Terminology Handbook is included. A sample of such a terminology handbook is produced as Part 2 of this report." -
"A decade of space progress, 1958 to 1968: General Electric Missile and Space Division offers a pictorial tribute to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration."
Excerpt from G.E. Challenge, Fall (Sept.) 1968, pages 13 to 25. -
"Progress."
This pamphlet provides information about the General Electric Company's Apollo Support Department. This information includes details about the Apollo Support Department's mission and sites, individual examples of "What ASD'ers do" at places like the Kennedy Space Center and the Merritt Island Launch Area, details on the General Electric Company's competitor the Boeing Company, Huntsville and its campus, individual "ASD People," and personal accident insurance. -
Ballou Ballyhoo, vol. 9, issue 2, May 24, 1947.
This newsletter was produced by the crew of the USAT General C.C. Ballou and includes information about services onboard, ship terminology, and news bulletins. The family of William A. Mrazek, an engineer who was already in the United States at Fort Bliss, Texas, immigrated from Germany to the United States on the Ballou. The newsletter was produced in both English and German. -
UAH President Dr. John Wright.
Wright served as president of UAH from 1978 to 1988. -
Certificate that captured items can remain in finder's possession.
The captured items referred to are "1-J Fador 504". -
Letter to William P. Newman from William W. Garth.
This letter marked "confidential read and burn," this letter is in response to a telegram sent earlier by William P. Newman. Garth states that he promised to appoint "Jno". He further writes that when "Jno" is notified of this, Newman is to say nothing as Garth does not with anyone to know he had anything to do with it. He writes that the only chance he has of defeating Moore in the convention is a "solid vote of Madison, Jackson, and Morgan." He concludes by stating that he wanted "simply to ask you" to help him obtain this "solid vote in Madison" and to put in a good word for him in Jackson as well. He reitterates that the letter is confidential and should be burned. -
"Problems associated with large scale high pressure testing."
Paper detailing the problems identfified in high pressure testing. -
"Comments on Problems Relating to the Lunar-Landing Vehicle."
"This technical note concerns some of the problems encountered with the landing of a payload on the moon. The main problem areas such as guidance, velocity control and impact considerations are discussed. Although no final conclusions or designs are intended, it is hoped that the material presented will serve as a guide for future detailed work." -
"Satellite recovery system."
Report focusing on the problems of the satalite recovery system and the possible solutions for those problems. -
"Safety engineering for the man."
Presented at Safety Engineering of Missile/Space Systems, 53rd Air Force - Industry Conference, detailing potential safety issues within the Atlas weapon system. -
Memorandum from REC Secretary, G Cole Deacon, to London Transport's Chief Engineer, Mr. Green
Letter describes a need for immediate use of Down Street Station as directed by "a certain gentleman" (known to be Winston Churchill) as a wartime shelter. -
"Liquid Hydrogen Technology, J-2 Engine."
subject of the speech is the application of oxygen/hydrogen technology the 5-2 engine system. -
"A new telemetry technique."
A technique new to telemetry is discussed which promises to alleviate an enigma facing the telemetry engineer : How to adequately transmit the avalanche of vibration and other wideband data desired in the development phase of large missiles and launch vehicles. The data channels are stacked in the frequency spectrum as single sideband subcarriers which frequency modulate the RF carrier. The system design utilizes to advantage the statistical properties of vibration data to achieve maximum data transmission efficiency from the available RF carrier deviation. However, in contrast to proposed statistical predigestion techniques, the data is transmitted in raw form. -
"Telemetry system design for Saturn vehicles."
This paper discusses the data system requirements for large space vehicles and describes a flexible telemetry system design which is used on all stages of the Saturn IB and Saturn V vehicles. The basic vehicle telemetry design provides standard assembly building blocks forming a versatile catalogue of parts from which a stage telemetry subsystem may be assembled to meet almost any conceivable monitoring requirement. In addition to its inflight monitoring function, the telemetry subsystem also provides real time data acquisition for automatic vehicle checkout. -
Page of Some Account of Life in Holloway Prison for Women
Photo of the beginning of Lonsdale's account of her time in Holloway. -
Page of Some Account of Life in Holloway Prison for Women
Photo of the beginning of Lonsdale's account of her time in Holloway. -
Some Account of Life in Holloway Prison for Women
The cover of booklet entitled, "Some Account of Life in Holloway Prison for Women ," by Kathleen Lonsdale. Cover art includes a woman looking out of a window in blue ink. -
"The impact of manufacturing on design as related to accessibility."
The purpose of this paper is to emphasize the need for accessibility in the assembly and maintenance of spacecraft. This is especially pertinent because accessibility to subsystems for replacement, repair, and maintenance has proven to be one of the more costly phases of preflight preparation. The most successful programs in this day and age have been when the design and manufacturing engineers work side by side around a mockup where solutions to the problems can be visually seen and solved, keeping in mind the assembly as related to accessibility. Therefore, it will be shown that in order to overcome the difficulties, designers should adapt a hard, fast ground rule that each unit must be accessible and individually removable without disturbing the other units.; Aeronautic and Space Engineering and Manufacturing Meeting, Los Angeles, Calif. Oct. 7 - 11, 1968. -
"Corrosion Problems Associated with Space Launch Vehicles".
A document reporting various space vehicle corrosion issues. Original is photocopy. -
"Cleaning and Contamination Control."
The document is a paper describing contamination cleaning methods and advocating for further developments in the field. Tables and figures are included at the end of the paper. The figures include a comparison of Saturn V with Saturn I and Saturn IB and cross-sections of the Saturn C-5, S-IC stage fuel tank assembly and oxidizer tank assembly.