Fred Oliver U.S. Space Program Collection 1965-1983

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 It superseded the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA).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....

Oliver, Fred

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Financial and accounting consultant. From the description of Papers, 1970-1986. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122480848 Fred Oliver attended the University of Cincinnati from 1960-1965. During those years, Oliver worked as a co-op student at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base where he learned about electric thrusters for satellites. After graduating with a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering in 1965, Oliver joined what was then the Air Force Aero Propulsion Laboratory in its Space T...

Project Gemini (U.S.)

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Project Apollo (U.S.)

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The Apollo program was the third United States human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished landing the first humans on the Moon from 1969 to 1972. First conceived during Dwight D. Eisenhower's administration as a three-man spacecraft to follow the one-man Project Mercury which put the first Americans in space, Apollo was later dedicated to President John F. Kennedy's national goal of "landing a man on the Moon and returnin...