Bob Naumann

Bob Naumann

Robert (Bob) grew up in Birmingham, AL, and recieved his undergraduate degree from the University of Alabama. Beginning in 1954, he found summer work in Huntsville; he would begin working full-time in the city in 1957, but would return to the University of Alabama to recieve his PhD in physics. He entered into the Sturctures/Mechanics group to begin with, but after recieving his master's, was transferred to the research projects division. Along with work on Explorer 1 and 4, he contributed significantly to the Argus project, which he offers an overview of. Bob also notes his experience with the S-15 gamma ray telescope, then his work on the Apollo program (especially the Saturn 1B) and meteoroid studies with Pegasus. For Skylab, Bob would contribute to analyzing contamination of the interior atmosphere; this track would lead him to focus more on materials sciences, and the Space Sciences group. He would retire from government work at 55, and would begin working at UAH as a professor of materials science (albeit technically in the chemistry department). Bob would become the director of the microgravity science program at NASA headquarters. Bob contributed to the USML 1 Spacelab module, as well. After some time teaching, his work notes would be used to create an introductory solid-state physics textbook. Bob concludes by discussing the current state of the Space Station project, and concludes by discussing Marshall's contribution to the UAH superconductivity discovery.

University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collections, Huntsville, Alabama

2006-11

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