Results of meeting with Pickering, Cummings Hyatt and Buckley : notes for Mr. Gough, 1959 May 27.

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...

Cummings, Clifford I., 1923-2006.

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Cummings was Lunar Program Director. From the description of Costs and Consequences of Lunar Spacecraft Sterilization : letter to Oran W. Nicks, NASA Director of Lunar and Planetary Programs, 1962 Dec 6. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives). WorldCat record id: 733098183 From the description of Status of Ranger A3 Spacecraft Decontamination : letter to Robert C. Seamans, NASA Associate Administrator, 1962 Jan 2. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives). W...

Heaton, Donald H.,

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Heaton was a USAF Colonel and Technical Assistant to the Director of Launch Vehicle Programs, AFBMD. From the description of Air Force Ballistic Missile Division Reaction to the NASA Proposed Agena Management Arrangements : memo for Ostrander, Hyatt, Snyder, Kelley and Schubert, 1960 Aug 12. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives). WorldCat record id: 733099321 ...

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...

Hyatt, Abraham, ca. 1737-ca.1825

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Hyatt was Assistant Director for Propulsion. From the description of General Electric Makes First Full Duration Run of Second Stage Vega Engine : memo to the Administrator, et al., 1959 Aug 13. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives). WorldCat record id: 733097702 From the description of First Successful Long Duration Testing of the Vega Engine : memo to Glennan, Dryden, Horner, Silverstein, 1959 Sep 21. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives). WorldCat rec...

Buckley, Edmond C.,

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