Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 1903 - 2006. General Information Posters

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 It superseded the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA).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

Viking Mars Program (U.S.)

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Henry W. Norris was the Viking Orbiter manager; Kermit S. Watkins, deputy manager; Allen E. Wolfe, spacecraft system manager; and Dr. Conway W. Snyder, Viking Orbiter scientist. Norris was JPL's spacecraft system manager for the Mariner Mars l969 Project. He was named to the Viking position after the successful launch of Mariner VI last February and Mariner VII in March. (from JPL Press Release dated April 17, 1969 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/releases/60s/release_1969_0512.html accessed...

McCall, Robert, 1919-2010

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Robert H. McCall was a United States (U.S.) Army enlisted soldier. During World War II he served in the 121st Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division. From the description of The Robert H. McCall papers, 1944-1946. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 49732660 ...

National education association of the United States

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Martin Marietta Corporation

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Founded 1963, Martin Marietta Inc.; predecessor companies to 1913. Corporate interests include: defense/military systems; reconnaissance systems; telecommunications. From the description of Records. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80630241 ...

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. History Office

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Challenger (Spacecraft)

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Space Shuttle Challenger (NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation OV-099) was NASA's second Space Shuttle orbiter to be put into service, after Columbia. Its maiden voyage was on April 4, 1983 and it made eight further round trips to low earth orbit before breaking up 73 seconds into the launch of its tenth mission, on January 28, 1986 killing all seven crew members. It would later be replaced by the space shuttle Endeavour, which would be launched six years after the 51-L disaster. Challenger was c...

Apollo 11 (Spacecraft)

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Apollo 11 was the fifth human spaceflight of the Apollo program, the third human voyage to the moon, and the first manned mission to land on the Moon. It launched on July 16, 1969 carrying Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin. On July 21, Armstrong and Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the Moon, while Collins orbited above. The mission fulfilled President John F. Kennedy's goal of "landing a man on the moon and ret...

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....

Sokolov, Andrei, 1931-

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Hubble Space Telescope (Spacecraft)

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McCall, Robert T. (Robert Theodore), 1919-

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Robert Theodore McCall (b. 1919), space artist. From the description of McCall, Robert T. (Robert Theodore), 1919- (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10569807 ...

McAuliffe, Christa, 1948-1986

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McAuliffe, Christa, 1948-1986

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Mars Observer (Spacecraft)

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