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Excerpt from the journal of Charles A. Lundquist.
The entry describes a meeting during which Lundquist, Wernher von Braun, Ernst Stuhlinger, and John O'Keefe discuss the possibility of a Russian satellite launch and the U.S. Navy's Project Vanguard. -
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Map of "Village on the Moon for Scientists and Visitors," from Space Journal, vol. 1, no. 4, Fall 1958.
Japanese architect and engineer Hiroshi Kumagai drew this map of a moon base to accompany his article "A Proposal for a Village on the Moon." -
NASA personnel wait to greet President John F. Kennedy during his second visit to Huntsville.
Kennedy visited Huntsville on Armed Forces Day 1963. He first visited the area on September 11, 1962. -
Crowds and television cameras wait for President John F. Kennedy during his second visit to Huntsville.
Kennedy visited Huntsville on Armed Forces Day 1963. He first visited the area on September 11, 1962. -
"Educational Lift-Off: Dedication 1969."
The program dedicates three new Huntsville schools, each named for a member of the Apollo crew that died in the pad fire of February 21, 1967. This program was included in one of two scrapbooks that Christel and George McCanless made for UAH history professor Frances Roberts in 1969. -
"Personalities of Deployment Test Program at Huntsville, AL Boeing Test Facility: Quips and Quotes, Development of Lunar Rover 'Golf Cart' Astronauts Drove on the Moon, by R. Lancaster."
This album contains a series of photographs from the construction of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) at the Boeing test facility in Huntsville, Alabama. Ron Lancaster, a longtime Boeing engineer, added humorous speech bubbles and notes to the photographs, many of which depict himself and his colleagues. The album includes a group shot of the engineers with a completed LRV. -
Saturn V history team at the Apollo 10 launch.
Shown left to right: David Christensen, Melvin Kranzberg, Irving B. Holley, Jr., Rudolf Hermann, and Fred Ordway. -
Excerpt from the journal of Irmgard Stuhlinger.
Stuhlinger attended the launch of Apollo 11 with her husband Ernst Stuhlinger, then the Associate Director for Science at Marshall Space Flight Center. In the entries, she describes her reaction to the launch and the successful lunar landing and makes note of the celebrations she and her family attended in Huntsville. She also records her daily activities, including socializing with neighbors and shopping with her children. A translation is included.