JPL Bulletins 1949-1958.

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...

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

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William Hayward Pickering was born in Wellington, New Zealand, on December 24, 1910. After one year at the University of New Zealand, he entered California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in 1929. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering in 1932, his Master of Science degree in Physics in 1933, and his Doctorate in Physics in 1936, all from Caltech. After graduation, he joined the Caltech faculty, becoming a full professor of electrical engineering in 1...

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...

Morrow, Geo E.

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Parks, Robert J., 1922-

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Robert J. Parks was born April 1, 1922, in Los Angeles, CA. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in 1944. Parks then served two and a half years in the Army, and six months at Hughes Aircraft before joining the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in April 1947. Parks retired from JPL in June 1987. Parks served as an Engineer in the Guidance and Control Section for three years before serving as Se...

Pierce, Eugene M. 1900-1977.

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Froehlich, Jack E.

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Vaughan, W. L.

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Larsen, Valdemar C. Jr., 1902-1978 *

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Larsen was JPL Administrator. From the description of Proposals for hard landing and radiation scientific packages on lunar missions : cover letter to Robert Jastrow, NASA, 1959 Feb 26. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives). WorldCat record id: 733096369 V.C. Larsen was JPL Assistant Director for Business Administration. From the description of R&D Task Orders, Manpower : letter to Robert E. Rodney, NASA Contracting Officer's Representative, 1962 J...