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Ritchie, Donald Jeanne, 1920-
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1955-1976
bulk 1960-1970
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13.08 Cubic Feet (12 records center boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0088
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of Ritchie's research files. The material consists of newspaper and magazine clippings, photos, drawings, and Soviet books detailing Russian missile and rocket development during the 1960s. The collection also includes copies of Ritchie's reports during his tenure at Bendix and manuscripts of various chapters of his book 'R...
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Peenemunde Research and Development Station
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1940-1945, circa 1950
bulk 1940-1945
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1.58 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0192
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The German Army and Navy experimental station at Peenemunde, on the North Sea coast of Germany, was established in the mid-1930s to continue the rocketry work begun at Kummersdorf in 1930.
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1957-1959
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1.09 Cubic Feet ((1 records center box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0207
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of technical manuals for the Nike-Ajax missile system. Most of the manuals cover the electronic, electrical, and guidance equipment for system testing and operation.
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Stewart, John L.
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1949-1951
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0.45 Cubic Feet ((1 legal document box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1996.0032
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The collection consists of a set of three volumes of reports pertaining to the design and construction of guidance and related apparatus for the Army's Corporal, Sergeant, and Hermes projects. The reports contain detailed technical information accompanied by calculations, graphs, drawings, and some photographs (in volume 2). The three volumes are d...
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Rosen, Milton, b. 1915
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bulk 1940s-1990s
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4.36 Cubic Feet ((4 box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2005.0070
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of four cubic feet of material documenting the aerospace career of Milton Rosen, especially his work on the Viking Rocket and Vanguard Projects. The collection includes the following types of material: a Viking scrapbook; publications written by Rosen, including articles, papers, journals, and books; Viking photographs; Nav...
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Ley, Willy, 1906-1969
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1859-1969
bulk 1930-1969
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48.29 Cubic feet (107 Boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0098
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of Willey Ley's personal files, including his business correspondence, book contracts, and galley proofs, as well as publicity concerning Dr. Ley and his activities, and inquiries and comments from Ley's readership during his tenure as columnist for Galaxy Magazine (1952-1969). The material also includes articles gathered by Ley on topics ranging from astronomy and space travel to biology and natural parks to mythology, psychic phenomena, and UFOs.
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Draper, Charles Stark, 1901-1987
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1941-1978
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1.36 Cubic Feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2001.0019
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Charles Stark Draper was the leading figure behind the use of inertial navigation in aircraft, spacecraft, ballistic missiles, and submarines. This collection of memorabilia largely relates to Draper's career at the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, his contributions to the military, and to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
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Herbert Stephen Desind Collection
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Desind, Herbert Stephen.
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1950-1992
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109 Cubic feet (305 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1997.0014
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The collection consists of 109 cubic feet of material, primarily photographs with some additional documentation, covering aerospace topics. The bulk of the material relates to US space exploration, including extensive photo files on US manned missions through the Space Shuttle, and satellite and sounding rocket work. The first series consists of unmanned spacecraft material, the second series consists of manned spacecraft material, and the third series consists of aircraft material.
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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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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.