Viking Project Correspondence Records, 1968-1976.

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Viking Project Correspondence Records, 1968-1976.

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This collection primarily consists of Viking Project correspondence records from 1968 to 1976 generated by the Viking Project Manager at the Langley Research Center and sent to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Viking Orbiter Manager, Henry W. Norris and/or the Viking Orbiter Deputy Manager, Kermit S. Watkins. Subject folders within each box are described in some detail in the attached finding aid.

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Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives

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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.)

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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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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...