United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (1958-)
Biography
Predecessor: United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
Variants: N.A.S.A. // NASA // NASA Headquarters // National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.) // United States. Aeronautics and Space Administration // United States. National Aeronautics & Space Administration // United States. National Aeronautics and Space Agency
Associated Fields: Aeronautics // Aeronautics and state // Astronautics // Astronautics and state Space flight
Historical Note: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, opened for business on October 1, 1958; was built on the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) and other government organizations as the locus of U.S. civil aerospace research and development). From the NASA website: NASA history overview (viewed October 4, 2018)
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Apollo Collection
This collection covers Apollo Program through mostly official reports and NASA technical documents. Almost all of this collection is paper-based with the exception of a few CDs containing digital files.
Gravity Probe A Collection
Scientific documents, project definition materials, project implementation materials, spacecraft flight materials, flight data analyses, Atomic H Dissociator documents, personal documents, spacecraft data and trajectory tabulations, spacecraft payload drawings, Gravity Probe A data tapes.
Human Factors Engineering Collection
Journal articles, booklets, presentation slides, magazines, group meeting minutes, handbooks, NASA documents pertaining to human factors and ergonomics.
LAGEOS Collection
Articles, photographs, documents, and artifacts pertaining to LAGEOS.
Lunar Roving Vehicle Collection
This collection contains mostly text and correspondence about the LRV program. Also included are a set of 35mm slides depicting the project.
Saturn V Collection
Administrative material; bibliographies; interviews and transcripts, documentation in chronological order; correspondence; brochures; autobiographies and biographies; press releases, news, and kits; photos; drawings; and oversize pertaining to Saturn V.
Skylab Collection
Papers, pamphlets, books, interviews, view graphs, multi-fold charts, an annotated Skylab film catalog, photographs, letters, binders, folders, clippings, models, awards, a medallion, coffee cups, mission patches, color prints, a lithographic print