Carl Raggio Collection, 1953-1970.

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Carl Raggio Collection, 1953-1970.

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This collection describes the various phases of research and development of spacecraft from the early 1950's into the early 1970's. It includes various documents authored by Raggio as well as documents collected by him and saved as relevant to his career. They include materials from the Re-Entry Test Vehicle (RTV) Project, Project Deal (Explorer), Ranger Project, Mariner Mars '69 Project, and various other JPL items. The collection focuses on spacecraft hardware drawings, early phases of spacecraft research and development, along with presentations by William Pickering and Eberhardt Rechtin about the early years of space exploration. The files are arranged first by three generic types: paper materials, photographs, and published items. The paper materials are in turn arranged with Raggio-authored items first, then by Project and then within each Project, in chronological sequence. The photographs are arranged in ascending JPL Still Image Negative Number order. The published items are arranged by Project.

5.55 cubic ft. (211 folders).

Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 8106454

Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives

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Raggio, Carl.

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Carl Raggio attended Alhambra, California schools and graduated in 1946, and then attended John Muir College until 1949. He became associated with the California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in 1951. In 1953, he was awarded a scholarship to Northrop Aeronautical Institute. He completed his studies in 1955 and returned to JPL. He became engaged in the deep space program as a design engineer at JPL during the beginning of its involvement in spacecraft research, ...

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Pickering, W. H. (William Hayward), 1910-2004

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Casani, John R., 1932-

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Casani, E. Kane

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Rechtin, Eberhardt

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Rechtin was Director of the Deep Space Instrumentation Facility. From the description of Access by Australian scientists to Woomera station during Venus transit : letter to Edwin P. Hartman, NASA Melbourne Office, 1962 Oct 16. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives). WorldCat record id: 733100766 Rechtin was Assistant Laboratory Director for Tracking and Data Acquisition. From the description of Titles for DSIF Sites Near Canberra : letter to R.A. Leslie...

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