National Air and Space Museum Archives

NASA Publications and Press Material

Summary

Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.0039
Creators:
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Dates:
1963-1980
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
6.54 Cubic feet
(6 records center boxes)
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
This collection consists of NASA press material from circa 1963 thru circa 1980. It includes general press releases, both 'NASA News' and 'NASA News Releases' [1967-70] and press kits for specific missions, mainly in the Apollo series. Also included are NASA related press clippings from the Apollo period [circa 1967-72] from both public and government periodicals.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NASA] was created by the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 29 July 1958 as a civilian agency charged with managing the American Space Program. As with any corporate of government body, NASA issued press kits and releases to inform the media of its operations and gathered clippings to assess its public appearance and it stature with regards to other government agencies.

Administration

Immediate Source of Acquisition
No donor information, unknown, unknown, XXXX-0039, unknown

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Use
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

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Keywords

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