Walter W. Bickmire papers, 1966.

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Walter W. Bickmire papers, 1966.

The papers of Penn State alum Walter W. Bickmire include his personal collection related to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, particularly the Apollo missions. Materials include scrapbooks, photographs, articles, and reports.

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 It superseded the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA).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

Bickmire, Walter W., 1920-2002

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Walter W. Bickmire was born 26 May 1920 in St. Mary's, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Pennsylvania State College in 1950 with a B.S. in electrical engineering and joined G.T.E. Sylvania Company in 1950 as an electrical engineer. He transferred to the Warren Sylvania Company in 1970, working in research and development until 1985, retiring with 35 years of service. He died 26 February 2002. From the description of Walter W. Bickmire papers, 1966. (Pennsylvania State University Librar...

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...