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Apollo 8 and 11 Notes and Letters [Bourgin]

Creator:
Bourgin, Simon (Simon E.), 1914-  Search this
Names:
Apollo 8 (Spacecraft)  Search this
Borman, Frank, 1928-2023  Search this
Extent:
.01 Cubic feet (one legal folder)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
1969
Summary:
This collection consists a memo and correspondence relating to the Apollo 8 broadcast as well as notes relating to various astronaut post-flight tours.
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of the following: a memo to Hew Ryan, Deputy Director at the United States Information Agency (USIA), explaining how Simon Bourgin came to be the cocreator of the idea that the Apollo 8 crew read from the book of Genesis from the dark side of the moon; two letters Bourgin wrote Frank Frederick Borman, II on what he might say during that broadcast; notes on the Apollo 11 crew's world tour after their flight; and notes made from the East Asia tour of Borman and Walter Marty "Wally" Schirra, Jr. after the Gemini missions.
Arrangement:
No arrangment
Biographical / Historical:
Simon Bourgin was a Science Policy Officer at the United States Information Agency (USIA) during the late 1960s and early 1970s. During that time, Bourgin was the liaison with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and in this capacity he was in charge of NASA's information overseas. Bourgin was also the political escort for the astronauts on the foreign tours they made upon returning from space.
Provenance:
Simon Bourgin, Gift, 1995, NASM.1995.0025
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Topic:
Astronautics  Search this
Space flight  Search this
Citation:
Apollo 8 and 11 Notes and Letters [Bourgin], NASM.1995.0025, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NASM.1995.0025
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2b8854da5-582f-4d7a-a349-01e56c83a481
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-1995-0025
Online Media:

Ansco Autoset John Glenn Advertisement Slides

Creator:
Ansco (film manufacturer)  Search this
Names:
Glenn, John Herschel, Jr., 1921-2016  Search this
Extent:
.05 Cubic feet (One legal folder)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Color slides
Date:
post February 20, 1962
Summary:
Astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr. took the first human-captured, color still photographs of the Earth during his three-orbit mission on February 20, 1962, with an Ansco Autoset model camera. This collection consists of a packet of four 35mm color slides produced from color photographs taken by Glenn during his space flight, which Ansco included with each purchase of its Ansco Autoset 35mm camera as an advertising promotion.
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of a packet of four Anscochrome 35 mm color slides (transparencies) produced from color photographs taken by astronaut John Glenn during his space flight, which Ansco included with each purchase of its Ansco Autoset 35 mm camera as an advertising promotion. The collection also includes the original slide envelope with a description of each photograph.

1. View of the Atlas Mountains in Sahara Desert. Coast of Morocco and Atlantic Ocean in foreground.

2. One of the three sunsets Col. Glenn saw.

3. Clouds over the Pacific Ocean.

4. East coast of Florida, Atlantic Ocean in foreground, Gulf of Mexico in center background.
Arrangement:
Slides are presented in original order. Digital images show fronts and backs of slides in reflected light, a view of the slides in transmitted light, and front and back of the original envelope containing the slides.
Biographical / Historical:
Astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr. took the first human-captured, color still photographs of the Earth during his three-orbit mission on February 20, 1962, with an Ansco Autoset camera. The fully automatic Ansco Autoset model was manufactured for Ansco by the Japanese camera company Minolta, being essentially the same design as the Minolta Hi-Matic. For ease of use by Glenn, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) technicians attached a pistol grip handle and trigger to this commercial 35 mm camera, as well as a large viewfinder on top as Glenn, wearing a spacesuit helmet, could not get his eye close to a built-in viewfinder.

The Ansco brand name dates from the merger in 1901 of two American photography firms, E. & H. T. Anthony & Co. and Scovill Manufacturing. In 1907, the company now known as the Anthony & Scovill Co., producers of photographic films, papers, and cameras, officially changed their name to Ansco. In 1928, Ansco (based in Binghamton, New York) merged with the German photographic company Agfa to form the Agfa-Ansco Corporation which soon came under the control of the German chemical conglomerate IG Farben; the following year Agfa-Ansco's holding company name was changed to American IG Chemical Corporation, although their products retained the Agfa-Ansco brand name. In 1939, American IG was merged with General Aniline to form General Aniline & Film (GAF) with Agfa-Ansco becoming a subsidiary of GAF. Agfa-Ansco's German connections became an issue with the entrance of the United States into World War II, and in 1941 the US government seized GAF's American interests (including Agfa-Ansco) as enemy property. In 1944, "Agfa" was dropped from the name to become the Ansco Division of GAF. The US government continued to run the company for the next twenty years, with GAF not becoming a public firm until 1965. By the late 1970s the Ansco company had ceased the manufacture of film and was effectively dead; in 1978 GAF sold the rights to the Ansco trademark name to a Hong Kong firm which produced the last Ansco brand cameras in the early 1990s.
Related Materials:
The modified Ansco Autoset camera used by astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr. on the Mercury Friendship 7 flight is in the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum collection: Camera, 35mm, Glenn, Friendship 7, A19670198000.
Provenance:
Bill Jonscher, Gift, 2019, NASM.2019.0047
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Topic:
Astronautics  Search this
Space photography  Search this
Space flight  Search this
Genre/Form:
Color slides
Citation:
Ansco Autoset John Glenn Advertisement Slides, Acc. NASM.2019.0047, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NASM.2019.0047
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Ansco Autoset John Glenn Advertisement Slides
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg282b5dc41-5a9d-4178-b392-81ec5fb9d566
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-2019-0047
Online Media:

Arthur B. "Art" Guntner Naval Air Development Center Collection

Names:
Glenn, John Herschel, Jr., 1921-2016  Search this
Grissom, Virgil I.  Search this
Schirra, Wally  Search this
Shepard, Alan B. (Alan Bartlett), 1923-1998  Search this
Former owner:
Guntner, Arthur B. "Art"  Search this
Extent:
.05 Cubic feet
0.058 Gigabytes
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Gigabytes
Born digital
Cd-roms
Date:
1960 - 1964
2011
Summary:
Photographs of Naval Corpsman Arthur B. "Art" Guntner and his career working with the Johnsville Centrifuge at the Aviation Medical Acceleration Laboratory of the Navy Air Development Center Warminster. Capable of generating 40Gs, the Centrifuge was used throughout the early American space program for many different scientific simulations and experiments purposes including as a part of the training of every Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo astronaut.
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of 42 digital images of photographs on a CD and a few other materials relating to Arthur B. "Art" Guntner's time as an Aerospace Medicine Technician at the Naval Air Development Center in Johnsville, Pennsylvania. Black and white photographs show Guntner as well as other U.S. Navy personnel at work with particular emphasis on the centrifuge. Several astronauts appear in photographs including Alan B. Shepard, Jr., John Herschel Glenn, Jr., and Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom. Some images, likely scans of scrapbook pages, contain Project Mercury postage stamps and news clippings about Guntner.

Also included in this collection are promotional materials for the Johnsville Centrifuge and Science Museum from 2011.
Arrangement:
Arranged by material type.
Biographical / Historical:
Born and raised in the mining town of Morgantown, West Virginia, Arthur B. "Art" Guntner joined the Navy in 1958 and graduated from Aerospace Medicine School in 1960. Immediately after graduation, he began as an Aerospace Medicine Technician assigned to the Aviation Medical Acceleration Laboratory at the Johnsville Naval Air Development Center.

U.S. Navy's Johnsville Naval Air Development Center (NADC) in Warminster, Pennsylvania was home to 30 different laboratories in the 1950s and 1960s. In the Aviation Medical Acceleration Laboratory, the largest human centrifuge was constructed from 1947 to 1949 and operated in researching the limits of human tolerance for "G" forces. By late 1959, training and research focused on preparing the first Americans for space flight.

Given their full schedules, the Mercury astronauts weren't present for early runs or "flights" on the centrifuge. Younger staff members, therefore, served as the test subjects for the initial simulations. While working at Johnsville, Guntner flew over 350 flights in the centrifuge, tested the design of G-suits, and participated in many other classified experiments. He was personally involved in the briefing and training of the Mercury astronauts.
Provenance:
Art Guntner, Gift, 2011, NASM.2011.0037
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Topic:
Aeronautics  Search this
Space flight  Search this
Air pilots  Search this
Space suits  Search this
Aviation medicine  Search this
Naval aviation  Search this
Genre/Form:
Born digital
CD-ROMs
Citation:
Arthur B. "Art" Guntner Naval Air Development Center Collection, NASM.2011.0037, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NASM.2011.0037
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Arthur B. "Art" Guntner Naval Air Development Center Collection
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg24b2c8071-6b96-491a-894f-e6fa9004fdcf
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-2011-0037
Online Media:

"Air Transportation 2076" Collection

Creator:
National Air and Space Museum  Search this
Extent:
0.2 Cubic feet (1 slim document box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Slides (35mm transparencies)
Date:
1975-1977
Summary:
This collection consists of photographs of artist's concept color illustrations that appear to have been prepared for "Air Transportation 2076," an interactive exhibit or display in the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's original Air Transportation gallery (opened July 1976) dealing with the different kinds of vehicles that might be used to transport people in the year 2076.
Scope and Contents:
The collection contains 47 color slides, 62 color 5 x 3.5 inch photographic prints, and 66 color 5 x 4 inch negatives; many of the slides, prints, and negatives are duplicates. The images show artist's concept illustrations of various types of hypothetical aircraft including a large amphibian aircraft that runs on nuclear power, an intercity transport, a personal electric fliver, an electric commuter jet, a transonic business jet, a hypersonic transport, a supersonic transport, a transonic transport, a flying wing, and a moon cruiseship with a ground to orbit shuttle. Not all of the negatives are represented as prints.
Arrangement:
Images are arranged in original order.
Biographical / Historical:
The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's original Air Transportation gallery, opened July 1, 1976, in the museum's National Mall Building, explored themes of air transportation in the United States including commercial air travel, moving of mail, and government regulation of aviation. When it opened, the gallery included a number of components, including "Air Transportation 2076," an interactive exhibit or display imagining the different kinds of vehicles that might be used to transport people in the year 2076. The Air Transportation gallery was updated periodically throughout the 1980s and 1990s, and replaced in November 2007 by a new exhibition, America by Air.
Provenance:
NASM Collections, transfer, 2008, NASM.XXXX.0683
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Topic:
Aeronautics  Search this
Aeronautics, Commercial  Search this
Space flight  Search this
Genre/Form:
Slides (35mm transparencies)
Citation:
"Air Transportation 2076" Collection, Acc. NASM.XXXX.0683, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NASM.XXXX.0683
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg22e66c9b9-c1fe-4227-89ff-364f2ed0e1fa
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-xxxx-0683
Online Media:

Space Shuttle Columbia Reentry Imagery

Creator:
McCullough, Robert L.  Search this
Names:
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration  Search this
Extent:
.18 Cubic feet ((1 box))
2.062 Gigabytes ((17 digital images))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Gigabytes
Cd-roms
Digital images
Photographs
Date:
bulk 2003
Summary:
Photography by Robert McCullough, with The Dallas Morning News, capturing the reentry and disintegration of Space Shuttle Columbia on February 1, 2003.
Scope and Contents:
This collection contains 17 digital images showing the disintegration of the Space Shuttle Columbia upon its reentry on February 1, 2003. These images were shot by the donor, Robert McCullough, with his Canon EOS Elan 7E with a Canon 75-300mm Image Stabilizer Zoom set at 300mm and a 2x converter (600mm, 12x). McCullough held the camera in hand due to the speed of its traverse, and some images exhibit these camera movements. Prints on FujiChrome Provia 400F were made of the focused images and included in the donation as two sets of ten prints. The second set of these ten images are the original full frame images while the first set are duplicates enlarged to show details. The copyright for the images is held by The Dallas Morning News.
Arrangement:
Photos are in orginial order, which is chronological.
Biographical / Historical:
The Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon reentry on February 1, 2003 due to a failure in the shuttle's heat-resistant tiles, which were damaged during its launch. As the shuttle reentered Earth's atmosphere, the compromised tiles allowed intense heat to penetrate the spacecraft, leading to its breakup over Texas. The loss of Columbia and its seven crew members highlighted the critical importance of safety measures and thorough risk assessment in space missions, prompting NASA to undertake extensive changes in shuttle design, inspection procedures, and safety protocols to prevent such a disaster from happening again.
Provenance:
Robert L. McCullough, Gift, 2004, NASM.2004.0029.
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access.
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Topic:
Space shuttles  Search this
Astronautics  Search this
Space flight  Search this
Space Shuttles, Columbia (OV-102)  Search this
Genre/Form:
CD-ROMs
Digital images
Photographs -- Digital prints -- 21st century
Citation:
Space Shuttle Columbia Reentry Imagery, NASM.2004.0029, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NASM.2004.0029
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Space Shuttle Columbia Reentry Imagery
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg242c69b66-21f3-4ef6-bd5e-b3799ce8b84f
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-2004-0029
Online Media:

"Spaceflight" PBS Series Film Footage

Creator:
Baggett, Blaine.  Search this
Extent:
16.6 Cubic feet ((166 film cans))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Magnetic tapes
Motion pictures (visual works)
Place:
Outer space -- Exploration
Date:
bulk 1987
Scope and Contents:
This donation consists of 166 film items including thirty magnetic sound tracks and thirty color films. Included in these film items are thirty interviews conducted for 'Spaceflight'.
Biographical / Historical:
The PBS documentary 'Spaceflight' presents a detailed history of space exploration. This miniseries was shown in four parts: "Thunder in the Skies," "The Wings of Mercury," "One Giant Leap," and "The Territory Ahead."
Provenance:
Blaine Baggett, Gift, 1987
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access.
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Topic:
Astronautics  Search this
Space flight  Search this
Genre/Form:
Magnetic tapes
Motion pictures (visual works)
Citation:
"Spaceflight" PBS Series Film Footage, Accession number 1987-0159, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NASM.1987.0159
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2c9c68f31-feab-4af5-834d-72a7e7c06756
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-1987-0159

Kalpana Chawla Collection

Creator:
Chawla, Kalpana, 1961-2003  Search this
Names:
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration  Search this
Extent:
16.75 Cubic feet (12 flat boxes, 6 record center boxes, 6 document boxes, one map folder, and 25 VHS tapes.)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Correspondence
Photographs
Date:
1980s -2000s
Summary:
This collection consists of 16 cubic feet of archival material relating to the astronaut career of Kalpana Chawla, 1980s-2000s.
This collection is in English.
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of 16 cubic feet of material relating to the astronaut career of Kalpana Chawla, 1980s-2000s. The collection includes the following types of archival material: photographs, correspondence, news articles and related documentation. The correspondence is between Kalpana Chawla and her immediate family, as well as condolence letters and e-mails received by the family after her tragic death.
Arrangement:
Arranged by type and shipment.
Biographical / Historical:
Kalpana Chawla was the first woman of Indian origin to become a NASA astronaut and fly on space missions. Born and educated in India (Karnal, Punjab), she came to the United States for graduate education in aerospace engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) and the University of Colorado. After earning a Ph.D. in 1988, she began work at NASA's Ames Research Center in computational fluid dynamics. Selected into the astronaut corps in 1994, she first flew as a mission specialist and robotic arm operator for the STS-87 microgravity research mission on Columbia in 1997. Her second flight on Columbia, the STS-107 research mission in 2003, ended tragically when the damaged orbiter disintegrated during its return through the atmosphere and the entire crew perished. Even before her untimely death, Chawla was a national hero in India, having risen from humble beginnings to attain the remarkable achievement of spaceflight. In India, schools and scholarships are named in her honor and her birthday is widely celebrated, and she is also memorialized in the United States. Her ashes were scattered in Zion National Park, Utah.
Provenance:
Sunita Chaudhry, Gift, 2020, NASM.2020.0004
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Topic:
Space Shuttle Orbiter  Search this
Space flight  Search this
Space Shuttle Remote Manipulator Arm  Search this
Space Shuttles, Columbia (OV-102)  Search this
Genre/Form:
Correspondence -- 20th century
Photographs -- 20th century
Citation:
Kalpana Chawla Collection, NASM.2020.0004, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NASM.2020.0004
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg27226df63-1f97-46d2-9c73-ae4e9a4964f3
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-2020-0004

David M. Brown Papers

Creator:
Brown, David M.  Search this
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration  Search this
United States. Navy  Search this
Extent:
11.76 Cubic feet (33 boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Mini-dv
Technical manuals
Commercial correspondence
Calendars
Reports
Date:
1970-2005
bulk 1980-2002
Summary:
The David M. Brown Papers consist of almost twelve cubic feet of archival material documenting his career as a U.S. Navy flight surgeon, naval aviator, and NASA astronaut. It includes Brown's diaries, manuals, checklists, certificates, workbooks, notebooks, and related training materials.
Scope and Contents:
The David M. Brown Papers reflect Brown's career as a U.S. Navy flight surgeon, naval aviator, and NASA astronaut. Represented in some of the collection's correspondence, memoranda, and other materials is his early interest in becoming an astronaut, his applying to NASA, and his selection by the space agency as an astronaut candidate. Most of this collection consists of materials related to his professional work. A large part of this series is composed of technical manuals, handbooks and checklists. Also included in this grouping are official U.S. Navy/NASA documents, correspondence, memoranda, drafts, worksheets, reports, handouts, briefings, notes, photographs, invitations, programs, pamphlets, books, booklets, guidebooks, magazines, journals, and miscellaneous materials. The rest of the collection contains a small amount of personal materials. This includes personal documents from Brown (birth certificate, passports, etc.), correspondence, day planners, yearbooks, photographs, and miscellaneous materials. The collection also includes 160 mini DV (SD) tapes that Brown shot of the astronaut crew training for STS-107 Columbia.
Arrangement:
The Brown Papers are organized into two broad series. First, is the material pertaining to Brown's personal life. This includes personal documents, correspondence, day planners, yearbooks and photographs. The second series contains papers revolving around Brown's professional life. This includes official U.S. Navy/NASA documents, correspondence, memoranda, notes, drafts, reports, handouts, briefings, a variety of manuals, checklists, handbooks, procedures and instructions, notebooks, photographs, invitations, programs, pamphlets, books, guidebooks, magazines, journals, and miscellaneous materials. Brown's papers are arranged both chronologically and alphabetically. Official and personal documents, correspondence, memoranda, notes, drafts, worksheets, photographs, invitations, programs, pamphlets, magazines, journals, day planners, yearbooks and miscellaneous materials are organized by the former method. Reports, handouts, briefings, manuals, handbooks, checklists, procedures, instructions, books, booklets, and guidebooks are arranged alphabetically by title. The reader will note that the parts of this finding aid containing manuals, handbooks, checklists, procedures, and instructions are further organized into the following groupings: NASA only, corporation/contractor only, jointly-issued NASA and corporation/contractor, and miscellaneous.

The reader should note that this group of material also contains a collection of films pertaining to Brown's life and career as an astronaut. A National Air and Space Museum (NASM) Archives staff person can assist you regarding access to these films.

SERIES I -- Personal Papers

Personal Documents

Correspondence

Day Planners

Yearbooks

Photographs

Miscellaneous Materials

SERIES II -- Professional Papers

Official U.S. Navy/NASA Documents

Correspondence

Memoranda

Notes, Drafts, and Worksheets

Reports, Handouts, and Briefings

Manuals, Handbooks, Checklists, Procedures, and Instructions

Notebooks and Workbooks

Photographs

Invitations, Programs, and Pamphlets

Books

Booklets and Guidebooks

Magazines and Journals

Newsletters

News Clippings

Miscellaneous Materials

Oversized Materials
Biographical / Historical:
David M. Brown was a U.S. Navy officer, flight surgeon, naval aviator, and Space Shuttle astronaut. Born in Arlington, Virginia, on April 16, 1956, Brown earned a B.S. in biology from the College of William and Mary in 1978 and a doctorate in medicine from Eastern Virginia Medical School in 1982. During his years in college, he performed in the Circus Kingdom as an unicyclist, stilt walker, and acrobat. Upon completing an internship at the Medical University of South Carolina, Brown joined the Navy and finished his flight surgeon training in 1984. After a stint as director of medical services at the Navy Branch Hospital in Adak, Alaska, he was then assigned to Carrier Airwing Fifteen which deployed aboard the USS Carl Vinson in the western section of the Pacific Ocean. In 1988, Brown was selected for pilot training, the only flight surgeon chosen for this program in over ten years. Two years later, he was designated a naval aviator and ranked first in his class. Subsequently, Brown was sent for training and carrier qualification in the Grumman A-6E Intruder. In 1991, he was attached to the Naval Strike Warfare Center in Fallon, Nevada, where he served as a Strike Leader Attack Training Syllabus Instructor and a Contingency Cell Planning Officer. The following year, he was sent to serve aboard the USS Independence, flying the A-6E with squadron VA-115. In 1995, he reported to the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School as their flight surgeon. By this time, Brown was qualified in a variety of military aircraft, including the McDonnell Douglas F-18 Hornet and the Northrop T-38 Talon. All told, Brown accumulated over 2,700 hours with 1,700 in high performance military aircraft.

For a long time, Brown harbored a strong desire to become an astronaut. During the mid 1990s, he applied for admission into the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) astronaut corps. In April 1996, Brown was selected as an astronaut candidate by the space agency and reported to the Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas, later that year. By 1998, he completed his training and evaluation, and was qualified for flight assignment as a mission specialist. Initially, Brown was given the task of supporting payload development for the International Space Station (ISS), followed by an assignment on the astronaut support team responsible for Space Shuttle cockpit setup, crew strap-in, and landing recovery. Eventually, he was assigned a flight aboard Space Shuttle Columbia for the STS-107 mission. Columbia was launched from the Kennedy Space center (KSC) on January 16, 2003. This 16-day flight was dedicated to scientific research while in Earth orbit. On February 1, after the successful in-space mission and only minutes from its scheduled landing at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Cape Canaveral, Florida, the orbiter suffered structural failure upon reentry into the atmosphere and disintegrated over Texas and Louisiana. Brown, as well as the other six members of the STS-107 crew, was killed in the accident. Brown logged 15 days, 22 hours and 20 minutes of space flight experience.

The following chronology covers key events in Brown's life, as well as in the realm of space exploration history. Events involving Brown are shown in normal type while those of the latter are shown in bold type.

1956 April 16 -- Brown born in Arlington, Virginia

1957 October 4 -- Russia's successful launch of first artificial satellite,Sputnik 1

1958 January 31 -- Successful launch of first U.S. artificial satellite,Explorer 1

1961 April 12 -- Russia's successful launch of first human into space, Yuri Gagarin aboardVostok 1

1961 May 5 -- Successful launch of first U.S. astronaut into space, Alan Shepard aboard Mercury-Redstone 3 (Freedom 7)

1969 July 16-24 -- Flight ofApollo 11succeeds in landing U.S. astronauts on the moon

1972 -- The Nixon administration approves the Space Shuttle as a national program

1974 -- Brown graduates from Yorktown High School, Yorktown, Virginia

1977 August-October -- Series of five Approach and Landing Tests (within the atmosphere) of Space ShuttleEnterprise

1978 -- Brown graduates from William and Mary College with a B.S. in biology

1981 April 12 -- First launch into earth orbit for the Space Shuttle program byColumbia(STS-1)

1982 -- Brown graduates from Eastern Virginia Medical School with a doctorate in Medicine (M.D.)

1984 -- Brown completes his U.S. Navy flight surgeon training

1986 January 28 -- Space ShuttleChallenger(STS-51-L) explodes shortly after launch, killing all on board

1988 -- Brown is selected by the U.S. Navy for pilot training

1988 September 29 -- Return to flight of the Space Shuttle program byDiscovery(STS-26)

1990 -- Brown is designated as a naval aviator and ranks first in his class

1990 April 24 -- Launch of Space ShuttleDiscovery(STS-31) with Hubble Space Telescope (HST) as payload

1991 -- Brown is attached to the Naval Strike Warfare Center in Fallon, Nevada

1992 -- Brown serves aboard aircraft carrier USS Independence and pilots the Grumman A-6E Intruder aircraft with VA-115

1995 -- Brown reports to U.S. Naval Test Pilot School as the flight surgeon

1996 April -- Brown is selected by NASA as an astronaut candidate (ASCAN)

1998 -- Brown successfully completes his astronaut training and evaluation

1998 October 29 -- Launch of Space ShuttleDiscovery(STS-95) with astronaut John Glenn returning to space after his first orbital flight aboardFriendship 7in 1962

2003 January 16 -- Launch of Brown and the crew of Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-107)

2003 February 1 -- STS-107 disintegrates over Texas and Louisiana shortly before scheduled landing at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida, with the loss of Brown and the crew
Provenance:
Paul and Dorothy Brown, Gift, 2006
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access.
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Topic:
Space flight  Search this
Astronautics  Search this
Space Shuttles, Columbia (OV-102)  Search this
Space Shuttle Program (U.S.)  Search this
Color photography  Search this
Genre/Form:
Mini-DV
Technical manuals -- 20th century
Commercial correspondence
Calendars
Reports
Citation:
David M. Brown Papers, NASM.2006.0013, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NASM.2006.0013
See more items in:
David M. Brown Papers
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg24a029df4-8d5d-4bed-8344-7ab68f118e5a
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-2006-0013
Online Media:

Project Mercury "Big Joe" Installation Records (Eiband Collection)

Creator:
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration  Search this
Names:
Big Joe (Space capsule)  Search this
Project Mercury (U.S.)  Search this
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration  Search this
Extent:
2.18 Cubic feet ((2 records center boxes))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographs
Correspondence
Notes
Drawings
Date:
1959
Scope and Contents:
This collection contains data on the Big Joe capsule and its operation. The material includes blueprints of the thermocouple, telemetry, cooling, instrument, intercom, and other systems. It also contains notes and information on operations, afterbody assembly, personnel assignments, and safety measures, as well as other aspects of the work performed with the capsule during the Big Joe project.
Biographical / Historical:
Soon after the organization of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in October 1959, that agency selected Project Mercury as the first United States manned space program. The project was planned to launch a single man into Earth orbit and return him to Earth. Before launching a manned flight NASA planned a series of unmanned launches with the Mercury spacecraft/launch vehicle combinations to insure the success of later manned flights. The first successful launch of an instrumented Mercury boiler plate capsule, dubbed 'Big Joe' occurred on 9 September 1959 on an Atlas-10D booster from Cape Canaveral. The capsule reached an altitude of 161km (100 miles)e successfully reentering the atmosphere.
General:
NASMrev
Provenance:
A. Martin Eibrand, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, Gift, unknown, XXXX-0189, unknown
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Topic:
Manned space flight  Search this
Space flight  Search this
Astronautics  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Correspondence
Notes
Drawings
Identifier:
NASM.XXXX.0189
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2d74707ac-c6f6-4b2a-9cd6-1522adb05246
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-xxxx-0189

Burnley Mahr Space Projects Collection

Creator:
Mahr, Burnley  Search this
Names:
Project Apollo (U.S.)  Search this
Rockwell International. Space and Information Systems  Search this
Skylab Program  Search this
Mahr, Burnley  Search this
Extent:
1.09 Cubic feet ((1 records center box))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Drawings
Date:
1953-1994
bulk [ca. 1960s-1970s]
Scope and Contents:
This collection contains materials from Mahr's work on the following projects: EOS Landsat, Orbiter, LST Hubble, Navaho, Skylab, Apollo, and the Shuttle Robot Retrieval Arm. In addition, there are also promotional materials from Rockwell International's Space Division pertaining to various spacecraft.
Biographical / Historical:
Burnley Mahr's career as an aerospace designer began at the University of Minnesota, where he studied engineering in the 1950s. Following employment with Boeing, North American Aviation, and North American Rockwell, he worked for Rockwell International's Space & Information Systems in Downey, California. Throughout the span of his career, Mahr worked on the following projects: Navaho, Gemini, Apollo, Orbiter, LST Hubble, the Shuttle, satellite systems, and the Space Station (Skylab). His most important contribution was the design of the Shuttle Robot Retrieval Arm for the deployment and plucking of satellites in outer space.
General:
NASMrev
Provenance:
Douglas Mahr, gift, 1996, 1996-0031, unknown
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Topic:
Artificial satellites  Search this
Landsat satellites -- EOS Landsat  Search this
Manned space flight  Search this
Space flight  Search this
Rockets (Aeronautics)  Search this
Astronautics  Search this
Aerospace engineers  Search this
Space Shuttle Orbiter  Search this
Hubble (Large) Space Telescope  Search this
Navaho missile (SM-64)  Search this
Space Shuttle Remote Manipulator Arm  Search this
Genre/Form:
Drawings
Identifier:
NASM.1996.0031
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2f08efb02-80ca-453b-95df-d714da8d34a0
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-1996-0031

Ernst Loebell Collection

Creator:
Loebell, Ernst, 1902-1979  Search this
Extent:
0.2 Cubic feet ((2 boxes))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Scrapbooks
Photographic prints
Lectures
Articles
Date:
bulk 1933-1966
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of a nine by eleven inch scrapbook containing newspaper accounts of the activities and experiments of the Cleveland Rocket Society and of speaking engagements of Ernst Loebell, several black and white photographs of Loebell and his rockets, a binder entitled "Personal History of Ernest Loebell," a binder of Ernest Loebell's lectures and documents and correspondence relating to his career and to the Cleveland Rocket Society.
Biographical / Historical:
German-born Ernest (Ernst) Loebell (1902-1979), engineer and rocket designer, was a graduate of Breslau and Oldenburg universities. In Berlin and later New York, Loebell was employed as a mechanical engineer for Otis Elevator Company. He moved to Cleveland in 1930 and worked for White Motor Company and Lear, Inc. In Ohio, he helped organize the Cleveland Rocket Society, which between 1933 and 1938 sought to develop a liquid fueled engine that could power a stratospheric rocket across the Atlantic. Six rocket motors were built and were tested on an estate outside of Cleveland. One of the Society's rocket models was displayed at the Paris International Exposition of 1937. The Cleveland Rocket Society folded in 1938 due to lack of funds.
Provenance:
Ernst Loebell, Gift
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access.
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Topic:
Rocketry  Search this
Astronautics  Search this
Space flight  Search this
Cleveland Rocket Society  Search this
Genre/Form:
Scrapbooks
Photographic prints
Lectures
Articles
Citation:
Ernst Loebell Collection, Accession number XXXX-0754, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NASM.XXXX.0754
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg250da839e-2673-466a-b050-13db87b30fef
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-xxxx-0754

Vostok Scrapbook

Names:
Gagarin, Yuri Alekseyevich, 1934-1968  Search this
Extent:
0.1 Cubic feet ((1 scrapbook))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographs
Clippings
Drawings
Scrapbooks
Place:
Outer space -- Exploration -- Soviet Union
Outer space -- Exploration
Date:
1961-1964
Scope and Contents:
This collection contains a variety of documentation pertaining to the Vostok capsule. Included are: engineering drawings by Donald J. Ritchie of the capsule, the cabin instrument panel, the cabin control panel and the ejection seat; detailed pencil drawings of the capsule and the cabin instrumentation, in English and in Russian, most are signed and dated; an article from 'Aviation Week and Space Technology' May 31, 1965, magazine and newspaper clippings; and sixty-five black and white photographs of the capsule, cabin instrument panel, cabin control panel, ejection seat, and space suit.
Biographical / Historical:
The former Soviet Union began manned space flight on April 12, 1961, when they launched cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin into orbit around the Earth aboard the Vostok space capsule. The single-seat Vostok remained in use for five more flights, until 1964, when it was replaced with the multi-seater space capsule Voskhod.
General:
NASMrev
Provenance:
Frank Winter, Gift, 1996, XXXX-0583, unknown
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Topic:
Astronautics  Search this
Vostok (manned satellite)  Search this
Manned space flight  Search this
Astronauts  Search this
Space flight  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Clippings
Drawings
Scrapbooks
Identifier:
NASM.XXXX.0583
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg274e668d7-aaae-4566-9d4d-10f2025f0628
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-xxxx-0583

John Glenn Discovery Ceremony Annotated Remarks

Creator:
Glenn, John Herschel, Jr., 1921-2016  Search this
Extent:
0.01 Cubic feet (One legal folder.)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
2012
Summary:
This collection consists of two versions of John Glenn's Discovery ceremony annotated remarks, 2012.
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of two versions of John Glenn's Discovery ceremony annotated remarks; the first four pages appear to be a draft, and the last twelve pages appear to be his actual remarks.
Arrangement:
One item.
Biographical / Historical:
Discovery was the third Space Shuttle orbiter vehicle to fly in space. It entered service in 1984 and retired from spaceflight as the oldest and most accomplished orbiter, the champion of the shuttle fleet. Discovery flew on 39 Earth-orbital missions, spent a total of 365 days in space, and traveled almost 240 million kilometers (150 million miles)---more than the other orbiters. It shuttled 184 men and women into space and back, many of whom flew more than once, for a record-setting total crew count of 251. NASA transferred Discovery to the Smithsonian in April 2012 after a delivery flight over the nation's capital. During the Welcome Discovery Ceremony on April 19, 2012, Discovery was officially received by the Smithsonian and placed on permanent display, replacing the shuttle Enterprise in the Udvar-Hazy Center. A featured speaker at the ceremony was former astronaut and senator, John Glenn.
Provenance:
John Glenn Discovery Ceremony Annotated Remarks, John Glenn, Gift, 2022, NASM.2023.0016
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Topic:
Astronautics  Search this
Space flight  Search this
Space Shuttles, Discovery (OV-103)  Search this
Citation:
NASM.2023.0016, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NASM.2023.0016
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg27afc7618-6ccf-4b55-b3dc-3797a1052e76
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-2023-0016
Online Media:

USS Noa Guest Log Page [John Glenn]

Creator:
Glenn, John Herschel, Jr., 1921-2016  Search this
Extent:
0.01 Cubic feet (One legal folder)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
1962
Summary:
This is a guest log page from the USS Noa, signed by John Glenn after he was recovered from his splashdown.
Scope and Contents:
This is a guest log page from the USS Noa, signed by John Glenn after he was recovered from his splashdown.
Arrangement:
Only one item.
Biographical / Historical:
The USS Noa (DD-841) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, commissioned on 2 November 1945. On 20 February 1962, the Noa sighted and recovered astronaut Lt. Col. John H. Glenn, Jr., and his spacecraft Friendship 7, after he had completed three orbits of the Earth and splashed down three miles from the destroyer. Glenn remained aboard Noa for three hours before a helicopter transferred him to the Randolph (CV-15), the primary recovery ship.
Provenance:
Dr. James Henry Snider, Gift, 2022, NASM.2023.0015
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Topic:
Astronautics  Search this
Space flight  Search this
Mercury MR-3 Flight Freedom 7  Search this
Citation:
USS Noa Guest Log Page [John Glenn], NASM.2023.0015, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NASM.2023.0015
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg21c327dbd-d75f-44d0-8db9-4302d72d2487
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-2023-0015
Online Media:

Fred W. Redding Papers

Creator:
Redding, Fred  Search this
Names:
Cislunar Corporation  Search this
Extent:
18 Cubic feet (16 boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
circa 1960-circa 2000
Summary:
This collection consists of approximately 15 cubic feet of papers, mostly reports and articles, written or collected by Fred W. Redding for his work on space system concepts for national defense and commercial space industry and services.
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of approximately 15 cubic feet of papers, mostly reports and articles, written or collected by Fred W. Redding for his work on space system concepts for national defense and commercial space industry and services. Of particular interest is his work on a manned Space Cruiser for commercial, civil and military space operations.
Arrangement:
Unprocessed, but a box listing is available.
Biographical / Historical:
Fred "Bud" Redding was an aerospace engineer, specifically concerned with space systems concepts for national defense and commercial space industry and services. He worked on the following major programs: the Strategic Defense Initiative (integrated space system concept architecture); the MX ICBM (post-boost vehicle and reentry system deployment systems); Apollo Program (resident Project Engineer for Rockwell, Command Module); B-70 Strategic bomber (bombing navigation and missile guidance systems); and the X-10 and Navaho intercontinental cruise missiles. Redding also provided strategic concept analysis and support for the Office of Deputy Undersecretary of Defense R&D (Strategic and Space Systems) and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). One of the projects that Redding worked on with DARPA in the early 1980s was the Space Cruiser. When the government failed to pursue the idea, he began to refine it on his own for commercial use. He set up a commercial space company, Cislunar Corporation, to market the Space Cruiser for commercial and military interspace and trans-atmospheric operations, including in-space servicing of space assets and serving as a taxi, rescue and service vehicle for the planned U.S. space station, and for the existing Soviet Mir station.
Provenance:
Mary Redding, Gift, 2019, NASM.2019.0032
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Topic:
Aeronautics  Search this
Astronautics  Search this
Space flight  Search this
Astronautics, Military  Search this
Citation:
Fred W. Redding Papers, NASM.2019.0032, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NASM.2019.0032
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg28abefb04-ff93-4acf-82f4-461c22517f27
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-2019-0032
Online Media:

John Herschel Glenn, Jr. Orbital Flight Letter

Creator:
Glenn, John Herschel, Jr., 1921-2016  Search this
Names:
Glenn, John Herschel, Jr., 1921-2016  Search this
Extent:
0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Correspondence
Date:
January 15, 1964
Summary:
This collection consists of a letter written by John Herschel Glenn, Jr. to Tim Jones, dated January 15, 1964. In the letter, which is on Glenn's National Aeronautics and Space Administration letterhead, Glenn discusses his thoughts on faith both during his orbital flight as well as in a general sense.
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of a letter written by John Herschel Glenn, Jr. to Tim Jones, dated January 15, 1964. In the letter, which is on Glenn's National Aeronautics and Space Administration letterhead, Glenn discusses his thoughts on faith both during his orbital flight as well as in a general sense.
Arrangement:
Collection is in original order.
Biographical / Historical:
John Herschel Glenn, Jr. (1921-2016) became the first American to orbit the Earth on February 20, 1962 in the Mercury MA-6 Friendship 7. Glenn's three-orbit mission was a sterling success, as he overcame problems with the automatic control system that would have ended an unmanned flight. However, reentry was tense, as a faulty telemetry signal from the spacecraft indicated that the heat shield might be loose. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Mission Control instructed Glenn not to jettison the retrorocket package after firing in order to better hold the heat shield in place. Glenn reentered successfully and splashed down in the Atlantic 4 hours, 55 minutes and 23 seconds after launch.

Tim Jones was a sixteen year old boy when John Glenn made his orbital flight. Jones was enamored with the idea of flight and space travel and discussions in his church youth group at the time inspired Jones to write to John Glenn and ask about his thoughts on God during Glenn's mission.
Provenance:
Tim Jones, Gift, 2018, NASM.2019.0005
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Topic:
Astronautics  Search this
Space flight  Search this
Astronauts  Search this
Genre/Form:
Correspondence
Citation:
John Herschel Glenn, Jr. Orbital Flight Letter, NASM.2019.0005, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NASM.2019.0005
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2593ea6f4-f243-4ebe-a97c-5c24a5aafc12
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-2019-0005
Online Media:

Mercury MA-8 Flight Sigma 7 and Mercury MA-9 Flight Faith 7 Recovery Letters [Parker]

Creator:
Parker, Donald Fred, 1934-2016.  Search this
Extent:
0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Correspondence
Newsletters
Date:
1962-1963
Summary:
Donald Fred Parker was a naval flight officer assigned to the ship's company of the USS Kearsarge (CV-33), the ship that recovered the Mercury MA-8 Flight Sigma 7 and Mercury MA-9 Flight Faith 7. This collection contains two letters written by Parker that include a first person account of the recovery operations, as well as a "Family Gram" newsletter for ths ship that also includes a detailed description of the Mercury MA-8 recovery.
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of letters written by Donald Fred Parker to his girlfriend (and later, wife), Jo Ellen, that include a first person account of the recovery operations for both Mercury MA-8 Flight Sigma 7 and Mercury MA-9 Flight Faith 7. The first letter is dated October 3, 1962 and is two pages, single-side, typewritten. The second letter is dated May 17, 1963 and is four pages, written on both sides by hand in blue ink. This letter is on stationery which includes a drawing of the USS Kearsarge (CV-33) at the top and also includes a postal cover with a cachet specific to the Mercury MA-9 recovery as well as Project Mercury stamps. The last item in the collection is a "Family Gram" newsletter dated October 1962 which also includes a detailed description of the Mercury MA-8 recovery. The newsletter is six pages long, single-side, typewritten, and includes a small USS Kearsarge insignia and small portrait photo of Commanding Officer, Captain E. P. Rankin, at the top.
Arrangement:
Collection is in chronological order.
Biographical / Historical:
Mercury MA-8 Flight Sigma 7 occurred on October 3, 1962 when, over the course of nine hours, Walter Marty "Wally" Schirra, Jr. orbited the Earth six times. Mercury MA-9 Flight Faith 7 launched on May 15, 1963 and landed on May 16, 1963. During the course of that mission, Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr. orbited Earth 22 times. Both flights were recovered in the Pacific Ocean by the U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier CV-33 Kearsarge.

Donald Fred Parker (1934-2016) was a naval flight officer assigned to the ship's company of the USS Kearsarge (CV-33). Parker was junior officer of the deck for the Mercury MA-8 Flight Sigma 7 recovery operation, and officer of the deck for the Mercury MA-9 Flight Faith 7 recovery. He was also the administrative assistant to the executive officer, and his duties included writing "Family Gram" newsletters to be sent under the captain's signature to friends and relatives of the men on the ship.
Provenance:
Jo Ellen Parker, Gift, 2017, NASM.2017.0017
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access.
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Topic:
Space flight  Search this
Aircraft carriers  Search this
Mercury MA-8 Flight Sigma 7  Search this
Mercury MA-9 Flight Faith 7  Search this
Genre/Form:
Correspondence
Newsletters
Citation:
Mercury MA-8 Flight Sigma 7 and Mercury MA-9 Flight Faith 7 Recovery Letters [Parker], NASM.2017.0017, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NASM.2017.0017
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2fa4aa36e-3bea-4bc3-a74f-663a34b0f391
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-2017-0017
Online Media:

Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103) Photographs [Little]

Creator:
Little, John  Search this
Extent:
0.02 Cubic feet (1 oversized folder)
17.02 Megabytes (4 digital image files)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Megabytes
Date:
2012, 2014
Summary:
This collection consists of five images taken by John Little of Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103) mounted atop the Boeing Model 747-100 NASA Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) (NASA 905) in flight over Washington, D. C. prior to delivery to the Smithsonian. The collection also contains one additional digital photograph taken by John Little in 2014 which shows an Air France Airbus A380 in low flight over Dulles International Airport.
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of five images taken by John Little of Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103) mounted atop the Boeing Model 747-100 NASA Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) (NASA 905) in flight over Washington, D. C. prior to delivery to the Smithsonian. The Northrop T-38 Talon chase plane can also be seen in some of the images. There are three digital photographs and two color prints (measuring 12 by 8 inches and 14 by 11 inches). The collection also contains one additional digital photograph taken by John Little in 2014 which shows an Air France Airbus A380 in low flight over Dulles International Airport.
Arrangement:
Collection is in original order.
Biographical / Historical:
Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103) was the third Space Shuttle orbiter vehicle to fly in space. It entered service in 1984 and retired from spaceflight as the oldest and most accomplished orbiter, the champion of the shuttle fleet. Discovery flew on 39 Earth-orbital missions, spent a total of 365 days in space, and traveled almost 240 million kilometers (150 million miles)--more than the other orbiters. It shuttled 184 men and women into space and back, many of whom flew more than once, for a record-setting total crew count of 251. NASA transferred Discovery to the Smithsonian in April 2012 after a delivery flight over the nation's capital. John Little, an amateur photographer, took several images of Discovery during the delivery flight.
Provenance:
John Little, Gift, 2018, NASM.2019.0008.
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Topic:
Aeronautics  Search this
Space flight  Search this
Space Shuttles, Discovery (OV-103)  Search this
Airplanes  Search this
Citation:
Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103) Photographs [Little], NASM.2019.0008, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NASM.2019.0008
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg20ab6f87f-4980-42e1-9c86-73de0978fa39
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-2019-0008
Online Media:

Apollo 10 Flight Recovery Letter [Fearn]

Extent:
0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Correspondence
Photographic prints
Date:
1969
Summary:
This collection consists of a letter, in a commemorative postal cover, written by Ernest Frederick Fearn on board the USS Arlington while waiting for splashdown of Apollo 10. The collection also contains a color photograph of Fearn, in uniform, with his wife, Donna.
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of a letter written by Ernest Frederick Fearn on board the USS Arlington while waiting for splashdown of Apollo 10. In the letter, written to his nephews, Fearn describes recovery plans. The letter was mailed in a commemorative postal cover from the U.S. Navy Recovery Force which is also included in the collection. Finally, the collection contains a color photograph, measuring approximately 1.75 by 3.25 inches, of Fearn in uniform with his wife, Donna.
Arrangement:
This collection is in original order.
Biographical / Historical:
Apollo 10 (May 18 to May 26, 1969) was the first flight of a complete, crewed Apollo spacecraft to operate around the moon and served as a "dress rehearsal" for the lunar landing. Apollo 10 was also responsible for the first live color TV transmissions to Earth from space. The Apollo 10 Command Module, named Charlie Brown by the crew, splashed down in the Pacific Ocean. The primary recovery ship was the USS Princeton, and the USS Arlington was designated the primary landing area communications relay ship. Ernest Frederick Fearn was a Senior Chief Electronics Technician - ETCS aboard the USS Arlington during the Apollo 10 flight recovery mission.
Provenance:
Patricia Ammerer, Gift, 2018, NASM.2018.0041, Donated in honor of Joann C. Fearn.
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Topic:
Astronautics  Search this
Space flight  Search this
Aircraft carriers  Search this
Genre/Form:
Correspondence
Photographic prints
Citation:
Apollo 10 Flight Recovery Letter [Fearn], NASM.2018.0041, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NASM.2018.0041
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg214605507-5f17-47ad-a686-631faab75a92
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-2018-0041
Online Media:

Satellite and Space Shuttle Materials [Venter]

Extent:
0.77 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Technical drawings
Date:
1976-1984 and undated
Summary:
This collection consists of approximately 0.77 cubic feet of material, mostly training guides and manuals, that relate to either the Air Force Satellite Test Center (STC) or to the Space Shuttle program.
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of approximately 0.77 cubic feet of material, mostly training guides and manuals, that relate to either the Air Force Satellite Test Center (STC) or to the Space Shuttle program. The majority of Space Shuttle material is specific to Space Shuttle Mission STS-41B (10, 3 Feb 84). The collection also contains six technical drawings, produced by Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, relating to the Hubble (Large) Space Telescope (HST, LST); a Navstar Global Positioning System (GPS) brochure; and an 11 by 14 inch color photograph that shows an aerial view of the Air Force Satellite Test Center (STC).
Arrangement:
Collection is arranged by topic, or in some cases type of material. Within the folders, items are arranged chronologically.
Biographical / Historical:
From 1977 to 1983, Susan Venter was employed by Lockheed Missiles and Space Company at the Air Force Satellite Test Center (STC) at Sunnyvale Air Force Station, California where she worked on Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites. Venter later worked at the same facility providing Space Shuttle mission support related to the Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) program.
Provenance:
Susan Venter, Gift, 2018, NASM.2018.0065
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Topic:
Aeronautics, Military  Search this
Astronautics  Search this
Artificial satellites  Search this
Space flight  Search this
Technical manuals  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographic prints
Technical drawings
Citation:
Satellite and Space Shuttle Materials [Venter], NASM.2018.0065, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NASM.2018.0065
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Satellite and Space Shuttle Materials [Venter]
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2a8b83922-f606-4da8-9605-451bc87e62e2
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ead_collection:sova-nasm-2018-0065
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