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Irmgard Stuhlinger School Essays, No. 1 to No. 13
Irmgard Stuhlinger was the wife of Ernst Stuhlinger, a scientist acquired in Operation Paperclip. In these school essays, she discusses her daily life in Stuttgart, Germany, as a child. When writing these essays she was 8 years old. Some of the topics include a letter to family members, Christmas, descriptions of the weather, and talking about field trips. -
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. -
"Army Participation in the National Satellite and Space Program."
This paper, which was presented at a Semi-Annual Meeting of the American Rocket Society, traces the role of the United States Army in national space activities. Incorporated in the report are photographs illustrating the evolution of the satellite and space program. -
Plat map of Monte Sano.
The map shows neighborhoods, boundaries, and structures on Monte Sano as well as the surrounding areas. Land owned by Monte Sano State Park and the Burritt Museum is designated. -
Aerial photograph of Monte Sano Mountain in Huntsville, Alabama and surrounding areas.
The photograph shows Monte Sano at lower center, with Governors Drive at left and Bankhead Highway at right. -
"Letter to Dr. Keith T. Glennan."
Letter to Kieth T. Glennan from Ernst Stuhlinger regarding a potential meeting between Glennan, Wernher von Braun Horner and Ernst himself. Attached is a required resume. -
"Meteoroid measurements with Project Pegasus."
Presentation at the Northeast Electronics Research and Engineering Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, November 4, 1965. Ernest Stuhlinger, Director, Research Projects Laboratory, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA), Huntsville, Alabama.; INTRODUCTION: The prime objective of Project Pegasus is to measure, in the vicinity of the earth, the meteoroid penetration frequency in aluminum sheets of thicknesses which approach those of space capsule walls. Plans for the project were initiated at NASA in 1962 by the Office of Advanced Research and Technology and the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center. Throughout the project, members of the Langley Research Centers supported the project with experiments and advice. -
"Space flight projects - today and tomorrow."
NASA symposium on scientific and technical Information. -
"The J-2 Liquid Hydrogen Rocket Engine."
The 5-2 high-energy liquid propellant rocket engine (~i~. l), a large engine producing 200,000 pounds of thrust at altitude conditions, burns liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen to produce the necessary high specific impulse for practical space use. Rocketdyne, a Division of North American Aviation, Inc., is developing the engine for the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Xfi. The first use of the engine will be in the upper stages of the Saturn vehicles. Five engines will be used for the second, S-I1 stage of the Saturn V, and one will power the S-IVB third stage of the Saturn V and S-ISTI second stage of 'the Saturn IB; Original is a photocopy on onion skin. -
Gainesville History Materials, photos, 1956 - 2000
This folder contains newspaper clippings, essays, papers, photographs of J.W. Judd in various events, correspondence regarding the auctioning of furniture, and a note regarding the contents or people on a steamboat.