Seamans, Robert Channing, 1918-2008

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Seamans was Associate Administrator.

From the description of Proposed Decontamination Procedures to be Used on Ranger A3 Spacecraft : letter to William H. Pickering, JPL Director, 1961 Jun 26. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives). WorldCat record id: 733098214

From the description of Delegation of Responsibility for Payload Decontamination Procedures to Homer Newell : teletype to William H. Pickering, JPL Director, 1962 Feb 5. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives). WorldCat record id: 733095631

Seamans was NASA Associate Administrator.

From the description of NASA Reliability Assessment Program : memo to Directors of Program Offices, Headquarters, and Directors of Field Centers, 1960 Oct 24. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives). WorldCat record id: 733096853

From the description of Establishment of Sequenced Milestone System : memo to Directors, 1961 Apr 28. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives). WorldCat record id: 733097606

Seamans was Associate Administrator.

From the description of Launch Vehicle Cost Estimates : memo to NASA Headquarters Staff and Field Center Directors, 1961 Mar 14. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives). WorldCat record id: 733097111

From the description of Ranger 6 Review Board : memo to Earl D. Hilburn, NASA Deputy Associate Administrator for Industry Affairs, 1964 Feb 3. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives). WorldCat record id: 733100428

From the description of Testing Program for Ranger 8 and 9 : memo to Associate Administrator for Space Science and Applications, 1964 Nov 9. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives). WorldCat record id: 733098615

From the description of Establishment of the Ranger 6 Review Board : announcement, 1964 Feb 3. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives). WorldCat record id: 733098463

From the description of Launch Vehicle Characteristics : memo to NASA Headquarters Staff and Field Center Directors, 1960 Dec 7. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives). WorldCat record id: 733099037

From the description of Review of task order problem : letter to William H. Pickering, JPL Director, 1964 Jul 16. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives). WorldCat record id: 733095361

From the description of Lunar and Planetary Spacecraft Sterilization Requirements : letter to Associate Administrator for Space Science and Applications (Homer E. Newell), 1964 Oct 30. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives). WorldCat record id: 733095828

From the description of Management of the Agena-B Launch Vehicle System Retained at Marshall : teletype to William H. Pickering, Director, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Director, Goddard Space Flight Center; Director, NASA Western Operations Office, 1961 Nov 6. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives). WorldCat record id: 733097035

From the description of Meeting of Space Sciences Steering Committee with Selected Consultants : memo to Homer Newell, NASA Deputy Director, Space Flight Programs, 1961 Jun 2. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives). WorldCat record id: 733098737

From the description of Ranger and Lunar Programs : letter to William H. Pickering, JPL Director, 1962 Sep 24. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives). WorldCat record id: 733095702

From the description of Procedure for Decontamination of Ranger Lunar Impacter : letter to Homer E. Newell, NASA, 1962 Jan 15. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives). WorldCat record id: 733095834

From the description of Clarification of Ranger 6 Review Board Membership Established 1964 Feb 3 : memo to Earl D. Hilburn, NASA Deputy Associate Administrator for Industry Affairs, 1964 Feb. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives). WorldCat record id: 733100429

Estes was Vice Commander, Air Force Systems Command. Seamans was Associate Administrator of NASA.

From the description of Agena Launch Vehicle Program : USAF/NASA Memorandum of Agreement, NASA Office of Space Sciences, 1963 Aug 9. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives). WorldCat record id: 733099380

Seamans was the Deputy Administrator.

From the description of Important Factors Relating to the Selection of Northrop Corporation as the Ranger Contractor : Memorandum for the Record, 1963 Mar 7. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives). WorldCat record id: 733099463

Seamans was NASA Associate Administrator.

From the description of Approval of Preliminary Project Development Plan for Ranger Follow-On Flights : memo to Director, Office of Space Flight Programs, 1961 Aug 11. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives). WorldCat record id: 733096989

Seamans was Associate Administrator of NASA.

From the description of Final Report of the Ranger 6 Review Board : letter to William H. Pickering, Director, JPL, 1964 Mar 26. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives). WorldCat record id: 733098517

From the description of JPL Manpower Level not to Exceed 4000 for FY 1964 : letter to William H. Pickering, JPL Director, 1963 Jun 14. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives). WorldCat record id: 733095875

Robert Channing Seamans (b. 1918) was Deputy Administrator of NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) from December 21, 1965 to January 5, 1968, and Secretary of the Air Force from 1969 to 1973.

From the description of Seamans, Robert C. (Robert Channing), 1918- (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10574363

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Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Pickering, William H., 1910-2004. William H. Pickering Office File Collection, 1955-1976. Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives
referencedIn Thomas O. Paine Papers, 1931-1992, (bulk 1960-1982) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn National Air and Space Museum. Dept. of Space History. The Glennan-Webb-Seamans Project for Research in Space History, 1985-1990. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
creatorOf Seamans, Robert C., Jr.,. Testing Program for Ranger 8 and 9 : memo to Associate Administrator for Space Science and Applications, 1964 Nov 9. Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. GENERAL FERGUSON'S RETIREMENT, ANDREWS AFB, MARYLAND National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Dwight D. Eisenhower Library Oral History Collection. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Transcripts. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Interviews with Robert C. Seamans Dwight D. Eisenhower Library
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. VISIT BY SECRETARY SEAMANS, U-TAPAO AIRFIELD, THAILAND National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Seamans, Robert C., Jr.,. Approval of Preliminary Project Development Plan for Ranger Follow-On Flights : memo to Director, Office of Space Flight Programs, 1961 Aug 11. Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Documentaries from the 1361st Photographic Service/Audio Visual Service (PS/AVS), Andrews AFB, Washington DC. 1971 - 1978. General Holm Ceremony, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Seamans, Robert C.,. Ranger 6 Failure Review : teletype to Arnold O. Beckman, Chairman of the Caltech Board of Trustees and William H. Pickering, JPL Director, 1964 Mar 31. Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE, ROBERT C. SEAMANS, VISITS SOUTHEAST ASIA National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Seamans, Robert C., Jr.,. JPL Manpower Level not to Exceed 4000 for FY 1964 : letter to William H. Pickering, JPL Director, 1963 Jun 14. Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives
creatorOf Seamans, Robert C., Jr.,. Lunar and Planetary Spacecraft Sterilization Requirements : letter to Associate Administrator for Space Science and Applications (Homer E. Newell), 1964 Oct 30. Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives
creatorOf Seamans, Robert C., Jr.,. Review of task order problem : letter to William H. Pickering, JPL Director, 1964 Jul 16. Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives
referencedIn Records of the U.S. Information Agency. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to U.S. Domestic and International Activities . 1982 - 1999. DR. ROBERT SEAMANS National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Seamans, Robert C.,. Proposed Decontamination Procedures to be Used on Ranger A3 Spacecraft : letter to William H. Pickering, JPL Director, 1961 Jun 26. Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives
referencedIn Dwight D. Eisenhower Library Oral History Collection. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Transcripts. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Interview with Robert C. Seamans Dwight D. Eisenhower Library
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. AIR FORCE SECRETARY VISITS FAR EAST, KIMPO AB, OSAN AB AND SEOUL, KOREA, FUCHU AS, YOKOTA AB, IRUMA AB AND TACHIKAWA AB, JAPAN National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. Visit by Secretary of Air Force Seamans, Nakom Phanom RTAFB, Thailand National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. ARRIVAL OF AIR FORCE SECRETARY SEAMANS, DON MUANG AIRPORT, THAILAND National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Seamans, Robert C., Jr.,. Meeting of Space Sciences Steering Committee with Selected Consultants : memo to Homer Newell, NASA Deputy Director, Space Flight Programs, 1961 Jun 2. Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. LAW DAY AT THE PENTAGON, WASHINGTON, D.C. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. Secretary of the Air Force Seamans' visit to TAC, Langley AFB, Virginia National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Dryden, Hugh L. (Hugh Latimer), 1898-1965. Hugh Latimer Dryden papers, 1908-1966. Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library
creatorOf Pickering, William H., 1910-2004. William H. Pickering Speech Collection, 1955-1975. Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. SECRETARY SEAMANS VISITS TAN SON NHUT AB, VIETNAM National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. VISITING DIGNITARIES, SECRETARY SEAMANS VISITS DA NANG, DA NANG AB, VIETNAM National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. VISIT BY AIR FORCE SECRETARY SEAMANS, DA NANG AB, VIETNAM National Archives at College Park
referencedIn World Coal Study records Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries
creatorOf Seamans, Robert C.,. NASA Reliability Assessment Program : memo to Directors of Program Offices, Headquarters, and Directors of Field Centers, 1960 Oct 24. Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE AND FRENCH AIR FORCE CHIEF OF STAFF VISIT LANGLEY AFB, VIRGINIA National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. GENERAL WHITE SPACE TROPHY, WASHINGTON, DC National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Murray, Bruce C., 1931-. Planetary Exploration study group : correspondence and draft reports, 1964 Nov 19 to 1965 Sept 24. Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives
referencedIn Carpenter, Kenneth. Kenneth Carpenter collection, 1974-1975. Arizona State University Libraries
creatorOf Seamans, Robert C., Jr.,. Procedure for Decontamination of Ranger Lunar Impacter : letter to Homer E. Newell, NASA, 1962 Jan 15. Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. SECRETARY OF THE AF SEAMANS INTERVIEW, DAN NANG AIR BASE, VIETNAM National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Records of the U.S. Information Agency. 1900 - 2003. Audio Recordings. 1942 - 1999. ELECTRONIC COMPUTER IN SEA AND SPACE ; U.S. AND U.S.S.R. REACH ACCORD IN SPACE STUDIES National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Seamans, Robert C.,. Ranger 3 Launch Schedule : letter to William H. Pickering, 1961 Dec 4. Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. GROUNDBREAKING FOR NEW AIR FORCE MUSEUM, WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, OHIO National Archives at College Park
contributorOf Dwight D. Eisenhower Library Oral History Collection. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Transcripts. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Interview with Robert C. Seamans Dwight D. Eisenhower Library
creatorOf Seamans, Robert C., Jr.,. Important Factors Relating to the Selection of Northrop Corporation as the Ranger Contractor : Memorandum for the Record, 1963 Mar 7. Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. SECRETARY SEAMANS AT AIR SHOW, DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, VIRGINIA National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Seamans, Robert C.,. Delegation of Responsibility for Payload Decontamination Procedures to Homer Newell : teletype to William H. Pickering, JPL Director, 1962 Feb 5. Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE SEAMANS VISITS VIETNAM National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. INTER-AMERICAN JOINT AIR FORCE CHIEFS OF STAFF ANNUAL CONFERENCE, ALBROOK AIR FORCE BASE, MARYLAND, RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE AND SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, NORTON AIR FORCE BASE, RIVERSIDE AND ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA; NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, INDIAN SPRINGS AIR FORCE BASE, LAS VEGAS AND HOOVER DAM, NEVADA, ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, VIRGINIA, AND WASHINGTON, D.C. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. X-15 TURNOVER TO SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE, WASHINGTON, DC National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Seamans, Robert C., Jr. Final Report of the Ranger 6 Review Board : letter to William H. Pickering, Director, JPL, 1964 Mar 26. Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives
creatorOf Seamans, Robert C., Jr.,. Management of the Agena-B Launch Vehicle System Retained at Marshall : teletype to William H. Pickering, Director, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Director, Goddard Space Flight Center; Director, NASA Western Operations Office, 1961 Nov 6. Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives
creatorOf Seamans, Robert C., Jr.,. Revision of general management instruction 4-1-1: planning and implementation of NASA projects : draft procedure sent to program directors and directors of field centers, 1962 Jul 19. Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. SECRETARY OF AIR FORCE VISITS TUY HOA AB, VIETNAM National Archives at College Park
referencedIn C. S. Draper Papers, 1773-1978, (bulk 1939-1973) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. GEN JOHN P. MCCONNELL'S RETIREMENT, ANDREWS AFB, MARYLAND National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Seamans, Robert C., Jr.,. Clarification of Ranger 6 Review Board Membership Established 1964 Feb 3 : memo to Earl D. Hilburn, NASA Deputy Associate Administrator for Industry Affairs, 1964 Feb. Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives
creatorOf Seamans, Robert C., Jr.,. Establishment of the Ranger 6 Review Board : announcement, 1964 Feb 3. Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives
creatorOf Seamans, Robert C., Jr.,. Ranger 6 Review Board : memo to Earl D. Hilburn, NASA Deputy Associate Administrator for Industry Affairs, 1964 Feb 3. Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives
creatorOf Seamans, Robert C., Jr.,. Launch Vehicle Cost Estimates : memo to NASA Headquarters Staff and Field Center Directors, 1961 Mar 14. Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives
creatorOf Seamans, Robert C., Jr.,. Agena Launch Vehicle Program : USAF/NASA Memorandum of Agreement, NASA Office of Space Sciences, 1963 Aug 9. Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives
creatorOf Seamans, Robert C., Jr.,. Ranger and Lunar Programs : letter to William H. Pickering, JPL Director, 1962 Sep 24. Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives
creatorOf Seamans, Robert C., Jr.,. Paper on project management : memo to directors of field centers and the directors of Headquarters program offices, 1960 Nov 29. Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives
creatorOf Records of the U.S. Information Agency. 1900 - 2003. Audio Recordings. 1942 - 1999. GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. VISITING DIGNITARIES, KUNSAN AB, KOREA National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. MACKAY TROPHY PRESENTATION, PENTAGON, WASHINGTON, DC National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Seamans, Robert C., Jr.,. Launch Vehicle Characteristics : memo to NASA Headquarters Staff and Field Center Directors, 1960 Dec 7. Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives
creatorOf Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996. Mariner Mars flyby distance : correspondence etween Seamans, Sagan and Newell, 1961 Oct 23-Dec 12. Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives
creatorOf Seamans, Robert C.,. Establishment of Sequenced Milestone System : memo to Directors, 1961 Apr 28. Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
associatedWith Carpenter, Kenneth. person
correspondedWith Draper, C. S. (Charles Stark) person
associatedWith Dryden, Hugh L. (Hugh Latimer), 1898-1965. person
associatedWith Estes, Howell M., Jr., Lt. General, person
alumnusOrAlumnaOf Harvard university corporateBody
associatedWith Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.) corporateBody
alumnusOrAlumnaOf Massachusetts Institute of Technology corporateBody
employeeOf Massachusetts Institute of Technology corporateBody
associatedWith Murray, Bruce C., 1931- person
associatedWith National Air and Space Museum. Dept. of Space History. corporateBody
correspondedWith Paine, Thomas O., 1921- person
associatedWith Pickering, William H., 1910-2004. person
employeeOf Radio corporation of America corporateBody
associatedWith Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996. person
employeeOf United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration corporateBody
associatedWith World Coal Study corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
Beverly MA US
Salem MA US
Subject
Agena b rocket vehicle
Agena rocket vehicles
Budgeting
Launch vehicles
Lunar programs
Manpower
Project management
Ranger 3 lunar probe
Ranger 6 lunar probe
Ranger 8 lunar probe:
Ranger 9 lunar probe
Ranger project :
Spacecraft sterilization
Occupation
College teachers
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Birth 1918-10-30

Death 2008-06-28

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