Robert Droz Collection, 1942-1966.

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Robert Droz Collection, 1942-1966.

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The collection includes copies of documents, scanned images on computer disks, computer printouts of scanned photographs, and a blueprint of a WAC B missile. They document the activities of Robert Droz, a powder mechanic at JPL, while he worked on hardware and field operations of the WAC, Corporal, Bumper WAC (at both White Sands Proving Ground and Cape Canaveral), Sergeant and Explorer projects. There are also a dozen images documenting the snowfall of January 11, 1949 on the JPL facility in Pasadena. The photographs date from 1945-1958.

0.3 cubic ft. (1 box).

Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives

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Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives

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The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a research and development center and NASA field center in Pasadena, California. The JPL is owned by NASA and managed by the nearby California Institute of Technology. The laboratory's primary function is the construction and operation of planetary robotic spacecraft, though it also conducts Earth-orbit and astronomy missions. It is also responsible for operating NASA's Deep Space Network. Among the laboratory's major active projects are the Mars Scien...

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