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United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (1958-)

 Organization

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

 Collection
Identifier: MC-31
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1959 - 1972

Gravity Probe A Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC-15
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1968 - 1984

Human Factors Engineering Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC-92
Scope and Contents

Journal articles, booklets, presentation slides, magazines, group meeting minutes, handbooks, NASA documents pertaining to human factors and ergonomics.

Dates: 1974-2015

LAGEOS Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC-13
Scope and Contents

Articles, photographs, documents, and artifacts pertaining to LAGEOS.

Dates: 1971 - 2003

Lunar Roving Vehicle Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC-52
Scope and Contents

This collection contains mostly text and correspondence about the LRV program. Also included are a set of 35mm slides depicting the project.

Dates: 2001

Saturn V Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC-2
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1960

Skylab Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC-12
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: Majority of material found within 1970 - 1972