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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 77 Collections and/or Records:

On Mars: Exploration of the Red Planet, 1958-1976 [NASA Special Publicatoion 4212, The NASA History Series], 1984

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 225, Call No.: TL 789.8 .U6 V524 1984
Identifier: 20061136
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Book (Historical Study).

Purpose: Informational.

Authority: Author Expertise.

Document Number: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Special Publication #4212.

Series: The NASA History Series

Scope: TBD

Content: TBD

Dates: Publication: 1984

Orders of Magnitude: A History of the NACA and NASA, 1915-1990 (Third Edition) [NASA Special Publication 4406, The NASA History Series], 1989

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 224, Call No.: TL 521.312 .B56 1989
Identifier: 20170600
Scope and Contents Document Type: Book (Historical Study).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Document Number: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Special Publication #4406.Series: The NASA History SeriesScope: This is the third edition of Originally written by Frank W. Anderson, Jr. and published by NASA in 19xx. Revised Edition published in 1980.From Preface To Orders of Magnitufe (1990): "In 1965, Eugene M....
Dates: Publication: 1989

"Photographic Evidence of Streamwise Arrays of Vortices in Boundary-Layer Flow" (NASA Technical Note TN D-328) [Photocopy], 1960-09-01

 Item — Box MC-019-002, Folder: 001.A.046
Identifier: 20060008
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report. Purpose: Authoritative reference Authority: Government Civil Document Number: NASA Technical Note TN D-328, dated September 1, 1960.

Scope: Preliminary NASA research report by Edward J. Hopkins, Stephen J. Keating, Jr., and Angelo Bandettini of Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.

Contents: See title

Dates: Publication: 1960-09-01

"Plane-Stress Analysis of an Edge-Stiffened Rectangular Plate Subjected to Loads and Temperature Gradients" (NASA Technical Note TN D-2505), 1964-12

 Item — Box MC-019-002, Folder: 001.A.059
Identifier: 20060052
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report. Purpose: Authoritative reference Authority: Government Civil Document Number: NASA Technical Note TN D-2505, dated December 1964.

Scope: Preliminary NASA research report by Charles Libove, Dalpat Panchal and Frank Dunn of Syracuse University Research Institute, Syracuse, N. Y. under NASA Grant No. NsG-385.

Contents: See title.

Dates: Publication: 1964-12

"Review of Propeller-Rotor Whirl Flutter" (NASA Technical Report TR R-264), 1967-07

 Item — Box MC-019-002, Folder: 001.A.045
Identifier: 20060131
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report. Purpose: Authoritative reference Authority: Government Civil Document Number: NASA Technical Report TR R-264, dated July, 1967.

Scope: NASA research report by Wilmer H. Reed III of Langley Research Center, Langley Station, Hampton, Va.

Contents: See title.

Dates: Publication: 1967-07

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

"Simulator Study of the Lateral-Directional Handling Qualities of a Large Four-Propellered STOL Transport Airplane" (NASA Technical Note TN D-1773), 1963-05

 Item — Box MC-019-002, Folder: 001.A.049
Identifier: 20060019
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report. Purpose: Authoritative reference Authority: Government Civil Document Number: NASA Technical Note TN D-1773, dated May 1963.

Scope: Preliminary NASA research report by Hervey C. Quigley and Herbert F. Lawson, Jr. of Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.

Contents: See title

Dates: Publication: 1963-05

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

"Spin Investigation of a 1/20-Scale Model of an Unswept-Wing, Twin-Engine, Observation Airplane" (NASA Technical Note TN D-1516), 1963-01

 Item — Box MC-019-002, Folder: 001.A.047
Identifier: 20060013
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report. Purpose: Authoritative reference Authority: Government Civil Document Number: NASA Technical Note TN D-1516, dated January 1963.

Scope: Preliminary NASA research report by Henry A. Lee of Langley Research Center, Langley Station, Hampton, Va.

Contents: See title.

Dates: Publication: 1963-01

"Test Sections for Small Theoretical Wind-Tunnel-Boundary Interference on V / STOL Models" (NASA Technical Report TR R-286), 1968-08

 Item — Box MC-019-002, Folder: 001.A.045
Identifier: 20060133
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report. Purpose: Authoritative reference Authority: Government Civil Document Number: NASA Technical Report TR R-286, dated August, 1968.

Scope: NASA research report by Ray H. Wright of Langley Research Center, Langley Station, Hampton, Va.

Contents: See title.

Dates: Publication: 1968-08