Interview with Apollo M. O. Smith (interviewee) / by Benjamin Zibit (interviewer) 1996 July 24.

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...

Smith, Apollo M. O. (Apollo Milton Olin), 1911-1997,

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Aerojet-General Corporation

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Zibit, Benjamin

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Parsons, Jack Whiteside, 1914-1952

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John Whiteside Parsons (born Marvel Whiteside Parsons, October 2, 1914, Los Angeles, California – died June 17, 1952, Pasadena, California), American rocket engineer, chemist, and Thelemite occultist. Associated with the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Parsons was one of the principal founders of both the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the Aerojet Engineering Corporation. He invented the first rocket engine to use a castable, composite rocket propellant, and pioneered the adva...

Millikan, Clark Blanchard, 1903-1966

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Physicist (aeronautics). From the description of Papers, ca.1927-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80180943 ...

Malina, Frank J.

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Frank Malina (1912-1981) was an American aeronautical engineer and kinetic artist. Born in Brenham, Texas to parents of Czechoslovakian extraction (both musicians), Malina was for many years a scientist and directed American rocket research and UNESCO projects. In 1950 he learned the basics of oil painting from Reginald Weston and began to experiment, eventually leaving his UNESCO work to devote himself entirely to the pursuit of art. An early explorer in the field of digital art and the use of ...

Bollay, William

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Bollay taught applied mechanics at Harvard. From the description of Papers of William Bollay, 1937-1940 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972981 ...

Sanger, Eugene B.

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Forman, Edward S.

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Von Kármán, Theodore, 1881-1963

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Aeronautical engineer (aeronautics, physics, applied mathematics), science advisor, and first director of the Daniel Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory at Caltech. From the description of Papers, 1871-1963. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81407179 Physicist. From the description of Reminiscences of Theodore Von Kármán : oral history, 1960. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122632066 Aeronautical engineer, science advisor...