Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel, 1960 - 1991

Cronkite, Walter, 1916-2009

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For newspapers, radio, and television, Walter Leland Cronkite (1916-2009) covered almost every major news event in the world from World War II to his retirement in 1982. Since then, he worked on special projects and continued a career in writing. He was born Nov. 4, 1916 in St. Joseph, Mo., and grew up in Houston, where he attended high school. While attending the University of Texas, he worked at the capital bureau of the Scripps-Howard newspapers and in his junior year, he left ...

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was established as an independent agency of the executive branch on October 1, 1958 by the National Aeronautics and Space Act (72 Stat. 426), approved July 29, 1958. It superseded the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). NASA conducted redsearch on problems of flight, developed aeronautical and space vehicles, explored outer space, and participated in international programs for the peaceful development of space technology....

Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978

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Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978) was an American politician who served as the 38th vice president of the United States from 1965 to 1969. He twice served in the United States Senate, representing Minnesota from 1949 to 1964 and 1971 to 1978. He was the Democratic Party's nominee in the 1968 presidential election, losing to Republican nominee Richard Nixon. Born in Wallace, South Dakota, Humphrey attended the University of Minnesota. At one point he helped run his ...

Glenn, John, 1921-2016

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John Herschel Glenn, Jr. (b. July 18, 1921, Cambridge, Guernsey County-d. December 8, 2016, Columbus, Ohio), astronaut and U.S. Senator from Ohio. He attended public schools of New Concord, Ohio, and later graduated from Muskingum College. Glenn served in the United States Marine Corps from 1942 to 1965, and was later a test pilot and joining the United States space program in 1959. He was selected as one of the original seven Mercury astronauts. In February 1962, Glenn became the first American...

Jastrow, Robert, 1925-2008

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Slayton, Donald K., 1924-1993

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Donald "Deke" Kent Slayton (1924-1993), U.S astronaut, was born in Sparta, Wisconsin. He was one of the original "Mercury Seven" NASA astronauts. From the description of Slayton, Donald K., 1924-1993 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10574511 Deke Slayton was born in 1924 in Wisconsin, graduated from high school, and then enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1942. He completed his flight training and was commissioned in 1943. He was assigned to Europe w...

Von Braun, Wernher, 1912-1977

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Wernher Von Braun was one of the world's first and foremost rocket engineers and a leading authority on space travel. From the description of Wernher von Braun letter, 1960. (National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum). WorldCat record id: 61257728 Von Braun was Director of the Development Operations Division. From the description of Interim Report of Agena Survey Team and Management Plan for NASA Agena Project : letter to General Don R. Ostrander, NASA Direct...

Orbiting Solar Observatory (OSO).

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Lovell, Jim.

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Goddard Space Flight Center

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Glenn, John, 1921-2016

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John Herschel Glenn, Jr. (b. July 18, 1921, Cambridge, Guernsey County-d. December 8, 2016, Columbus, Ohio), astronaut and U.S. Senator from Ohio. He attended public schools of New Concord, Ohio, and later graduated from Muskingum College. Glenn served in the United States Marine Corps from 1942 to 1965, and was later a test pilot and joining the United States space program in 1959. He was selected as one of the original seven Mercury astronauts. In February 1962, Glenn became the first American...

Goddard, Robert Hutchings, 1882-1945

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Physicist. From the description of Letters of Robert Hutchings Goddard, 1920-1921. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450492 From the description of Scrapbooks of Robert Hutchings, 1904-1949. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71067686 Robert H. Goddard (1882-1945), a pioneer in modern rocket research, was aided by the Smithsonian at an early and crucial point in his work. This collection consists of copies of letters from Goddard to the Smithsonian Institution. ...

SURVEYOR 3 LUNAR PROBE.

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Gemini VIII (Spacecraft)

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Gemini VIII was launched on March 16, 1966, with Neil A. Armstrong serving as commander of the mission and David R. Scott serving as pilot. The primary objectives of the Gemini VIII mission were to rendezvous and dock with Gemini Agena target vehicle 5003 (GATV-5003) and conduct extra-vehicular activity (EVA) operations. The secondary objectives of the mission included rendezvous and docking in the fourth revolution; performing docked-vehicle maneuvers; evaluating systems; and conducting ten ex...

Wasielewski, Eugene W.

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Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978

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Pope Paul VI was born Giovanni Battista Montini on Sept. 26, 1897 in Concesio, Italy. He entered seminary in 1916 and was named archbishop of Milan in 1955. He was named Pope in 1963. Pope Paul VI died on Aug. 6, 1978 while visiting summer residence, Castel Gandolfo, after a heart attack....

Webb, James E. (James Edwin), 1906-

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Government official and businessman. From the description of Letter : Washington, D.C., to Mattie U. Russell, 1976 Sept. 22. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 26997249 James Edwin Webb (1906-1992), lawyer and government official, was the Director of the Bureau of the Budget from 1946 to 1949, Under Secretary of State from 1949 to 1952, and Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration from 1961 to 1968. From the description of We...

Gemini 2 (Spacecraft)

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Gemini 2 was an unmanned flight in the U.S. Gemini program. Gemini 2 was launched on a Titan II rocket. The flight was a suborbital test of various systems. It later became the first spacecraft flown into space twice when it was sent on an unmanned military mission Gemini 2 lifted off from Launch Complex 19 at Cape Kennedy on January 19, 1965 at 9:03:59 a.m. EST (14:03:59.861 UT). It flew a ballistic suboribtal arch over the Atlantic Ocean reaching a maximum altitude of 171.2 km. The spacecra...

Aldrin, Buzz, 1930-

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Buzz Aldrin (b. Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Jr., January 20, 1930, Glen Ridge, NJ) is an American astronaut and fighter pilot. He was the second person to step food on the moon with the Apollo 11 space shuttle. Aldrin is a former U.S. Air Force officer with the Command Pilot rating. He also went into orbit on the Gemini 12 mission....

Lind, Don L., 1930-

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American astronaut and missionary for the Mormon Church. From the description of Interview, 1995. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122536976 ...

Gemini 12 (Spacecraft)

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Gemini XII was launched on November 11, 1966, with James A. Lovell, Jr. serving as commander of the mission and Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin serving as pilot. The primary objectives of the Gemini XII mission included rendezvous, docking, and evaluation of extra-vehicular activity (EVA). The mission's secondary objectives included operating tethered vehicles; performing 14 experiments, rendezvous and docking in the third revolution; demonstrating automatic re-entry; performing docked maneuvers; practic...

Grissom, Virgil I. (Virgil Ivan), 1926-1967

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Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom (b. April 3, 1926-d. Jan. 27, 1967) was born in Mitchell, Indiana. An Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, received his wings in March 1951. He flew 100 combat missions in Korea in F-86s with the 334th Fighter Interceptor Squadron and, upon returning to the United States in 1952, became a jet instructor at Bryan, Texas. In August 1955, he entered the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, to study Aeronautical Engineering. He attended the T...

Project Mercury (U.S.)

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Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1958 through 1963. An early highlight of the Space Race, its goal was to put a man into Earth orbit and return him safely, ideally before the Soviet Union. Taken over from the U.S. Air Force by the newly created civilian space agency NASA, it conducted twenty unmanned developmental flights (some using animals), and six successful flights by astronauts. The astronauts were collectively known as the "Mercury...

Townsend, Marjorie Rhodes, 1930-

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Marjorie Rhodes Townsend, born in 1930, entered The George Washington University engineering program at the age of 15. She took classes part time and worked full time after her marriage to doctor Charles Townsend in 1948, and was the first women to earn an engineering degree at GWU, receiving her Bachelor of Electrical Engineering in 1951. Her career began with eight years at the Naval Research Laboratory where she worked on sonar research. In 1959 she moved to National ...