Visit of Lyndon B. Johnson, Vice president of the United States of America to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory : minutes of briefing, 1961 Oct. 4.

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Visit of Lyndon B. Johnson, Vice president of the United States of America to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory : minutes of briefing, 1961 Oct. 4.

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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...

Stewart, Homer Joseph, 1915-2007

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Homer Joseph Stewart, also known as Stewie Stewart, (born August 15, 1915, Elba Township, Michigan – died May 26, 2007, Altadena, California), American aeronautical engineer, rocket propulsion expert, and Caltech professor, who pioneered the first American satellites. He was a graduate of the University of Minnesota and CalTech (California Institute of Technology), and later joined the CalTech faculty, where he worked from 1938 until 1980, when he retired as emeritus professor of aeronautics. St...