Project Rover photograph collection [picture] ca. 1963

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Project Rover photograph collection [picture] ca. 1963

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The Project Rover Photograph Collection includes 8 photographs and the cover artwork from a brochure that was printed ca. 1963 describing the Maintenance, Assembly and Disassembly (MAD) building for Project Rover at the Nuclear Rocket Development Station (NRDS) in Nevada. Project Rover was an effort involving agencies such as Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory (Los Alamos National Laboratory), the Atomic Energy Commission, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, to build a nuclear reactor to power a rocket into space. The cover artwork shows an exterior view of the MAD building. Also included are photographs of equipment being built and tested inside and outside of the MAD building. These include three photographs of KIWI series reactors, a series of reactors produced by the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory (Los Alamos National Laboratory) that was a likely candidate for use in the NERVA (Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application) program. Interior views of the MAD building include the disassembly area and an area labeled Hot Cell #1 (a laboratory area with robotic arms). Also included in the collection is an aerial photograph of the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory in New Mexico.

9 black and white images

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University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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 It superseded the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA).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

U.S. Atomic Energy Commission

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This collection of transparencies was used by representatives of the Atomic Energy Commission (A.E.C.) during a presentation before the Alaska House State Affairs Committee, April 4, 1970, in Juneau. At the time of the presentation, the A.E.C. was planning a second underground nuclear test on Amchitka Island in 1971, code-named CANNIKIN. Testimony was heard from several groups against a second test as well as adverse testimony about the first test which took place in October, 1969 and was code n...

Los Alamos scientific laboratory

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Project Rover.

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