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California Institute of Technology. Jet Propulsion Lab
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August 1967
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0.05 Cubic feet (One legal folder.)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2022.0008
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This is the NASA Voyager Data Management Handbook, August 1967, that was produced for the use of all activities supporting the Voyager Project.
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Bellcomm, Inc.
- Dates:
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1959-1972
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81.71 Cubic feet (222 letter document boxes, 1 slim letter document box, 4 flatboxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0093
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection contains the non-book portion of Bellcomm's Technical Library. The material in the collection consists of technical reports prepared by NASA subcontractors and/or NASA facilities during the first decade of space exploration (1960-1970). The collections also includes some reports issued by the California Institute of Technology's Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) at Pasadena, CA, including Space Program and Research Summaries, as well as technical and engineering documents.
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory. University of California.
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1947-1980
bulk 1960-1974
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32 Cubic feet (71 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0612
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of publications issued by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory documenting JPL's work in jet and rocket propulsion, launch vehicle development, and planetary reconnaissance. Most of the material relates to work performed under NASA auspices, but significant material from Army- and Air Force-related research is also included.
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Captured German Aeronautical Documents (CGD) Microfilm
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1945-1946
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7 Microfilm reels
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0408
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Collection of microfilmed translations of captured German documents mainly relating to supersonic research, swept-back wings, jet-propulsion, patents, explosives, ballistics, missiles, compressors, and other aeronautical subjects.
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1989
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7 videotapes (Reference copies). 25 digital .wmv files and .rm files (Reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9542
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Smithsonian Videohistory Program, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation from 1986 until 1992, used video in historical research. Additional collections have been added since the grant project ended. Videohistory uses the video camera as a historical research tool to record moving visual information. Video works best in historical r...
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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Sponsored Programs and Procurement Department
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1988-2008
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 09-222
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting outside funding for Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) research, projects, and activities. These materials document grants administered by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and other miscellaneous institutions. Materials include proposals, quotations, and bids from contractors, equipment make...
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Truax, Robert Collins, 1917-2010
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1929-2005
bulk 1980-2000
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11.99 Cubic feet
12.95 Linear feet (21 Legal Size Boxes, 1 Slim Legal Size, 3 Shoe Boxes, 1 Flat Box)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2016.0008
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Robert Truax was one of the great originals of American rocketry and a major proponent and inventor of ultra-low-cost rocket engine and vehicle concepts.
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Ehricke, Krafft, 1917-1984
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1949-1984
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124.9 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2003.0025
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection is composed of Krafft Ehricke's files including Ehricke's published and unpublished papers as well as papers and works by others that Ehricke gathered, presumably as reference material.
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Shaw, J. Clifford (John Clifford), 1922-1991
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1933-1993
bulk 1950-1971
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20.5 Cubic feet (59 boxes, 4 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0580
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The John Clifford Shaw papers contain reports, research notes, correspondence, memorandum, and diagrams documenting Shaw's development of one of the earliest list processing languages (IPL) and an early interactive, time sharing program, the JOHNNIAC Open Shop System (JOSS). The collection also contains printed material on the RAND Corporation and the evolution of the artificial intelligence and electronic computer industry in the 1950s and 1960s. In addition there is biographical material documenting Shaw's personal interests, family, and academic career.
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Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Massie, Thomas
McLurkin, James
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1995; 1997.
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes, 5 hours)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0603
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection consists of approximately 5 hours of original, master and reference video footage and photographs, documenting Thomas H. Massie and James McLurkin in 1995 and 1997. Massie invented the Phantom Haptic Interface, an electronic device giving existing computer technology the ability to simulate the sense of touch. James McLurkin inven...
