Hartley A. Soule Papers, 1950-1967

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Hartley A. Soule Papers, 1950-1967

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The collection includes research files, personal notes, film scripts, and publications collected by Soule, an aerospace engineer, on the fields of aviation, aeronautics, and aerospace, particularly on the NACA and NASA programs, including the X-1 and X-15 jets, and the Mercury and Gemini space programs.

2.8 cu. ft.; 2 boxes

eng,

Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Soule, Hartley A. (Hartley Akin), 1904-1988

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Aeronautical engineer and NASA administrator. Received B. S. degree from New York University in 1927 and joined the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics the same year. Positions at Langley included head of the Spin Tunnel Section, Chief of the Stability Research Division, and Assistant Director. Was instrumental in establishing the NASA High-Speed Flight Research Station at Edwards Air Force Base and the Mercury Ground Tracking and Data Acquisition S...

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...