Space History Interview Project, (ca. 1985-1995).

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Space History Interview Project, (ca. 1985-1995).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/83659688

This oral history project examines a variety of topics in the field of the space sciences, in the ladder part of the 20th century. Interviews include: Livingston Briddle, William Braum, Peter Boyce, William Bruck, Fred Cherry, Russell Colley, Werner Dahm, Konrad Dannenberg, A. J. Dressler, Charles Donlan, Margaret Russell Edmondson, Bruce Ferguson, Walter Haeussermann, Karl Heimberg, Helmut Hoelzer, Arlo Landolt, Douglas Lord, Fritz Mueller, Herman Oberth, Frank Peterson, Clark Price, Herbert Raabe, Ronald Radcliffe, Wilhelm Raithel, Eberhard Rees, Gerhard Reisig, Paul Routly, Arthur Rudolph, Chauncy Spencer, Bernhard Tessmann (with Karl Heimburg), Georg von Tiesenhausen, Walter Wiesman; Charles Worley, George Gianopolis, Francis Heyden, J. Kohl, William Pickering, Evan Richards, Vera Cooper Rubin, James Webb, E. A. Whittaker, and Lloyd Zumwalt.

Interviews with 42 individuals.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8305542

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National Air and Space Museum. Dept. of Space History.

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Edmondson, Margaret B. (Margaret Brown)

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Petersen, Frank E.

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Heyden, Francis J.

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Brunk, William Edward, 1928-

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Astronomer. Served as a research scientist with National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Lewis Research Center and as planetary scientist with University Space Research Association, among other posts. He was active in the American Astronomical Society Division for Planetary Sciences and in projects advancing radio and infrared astronomy. In 1985 he received the Exceptional Service Medal from NASA. From the description of William E. Brunk collection. (Unknown). WorldCat record ...

Webb, James E. (James Edwin), 1906-

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Government official and businessman. From the description of Letter : Washington, D.C., to Mattie U. Russell, 1976 Sept. 22. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 26997249 James Edwin Webb (1906-1992), lawyer and government official, was the Director of the Bureau of the Budget from 1946 to 1949, Under Secretary of State from 1949 to 1952, and Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration from 1961 to 1968. From the description of We...

Boyce, Peter Bradford, 1936-

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Baum, William Alvin, 1924-

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Physicist. Affiliations: Naval Research Laboratory, 1946-1949; Mt. Wilson and Paolmar Observatory, 1950-1965; Planetary Research Center (Lowell Observatory), 1965-1990; consultant, Office of Space Science, NASA, 1970-present; Viking Orbiter Imaging Team (1970-1979) and Hubble Space Telescope Camera Team (1977-1997); Professor, University of Washington, 1990-present. Research interests: galaxies, spacecraft implementation, cosmology. From the description of Oral History interview with...

Rubin, Vera C., 1928-....

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Cherry, Fred V.

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Dessler, Andrew Emory

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Landolt, Arlo U. (Arlo Udell), 1935-

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Pickering, W. H. 1910-2004.

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Lord, Douglas R.

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