Herbert Stephen Desind Collection
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Desind, Herbert Stephen.
- Dates:
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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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Glenn, John Herschel, Jr., 1921-2016
- Dates:
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January 15, 1964
- Size:
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0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2019.0005
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
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.
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Little, John
- Dates:
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2012, 2014
- Size:
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0.02 Cubic feet (1 oversized folder)
17.02 Megabytes (4 digital image files)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2019.0008
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
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.
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Smithsonian Enterprises
- Dates:
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2016-2018
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 18-097
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of a reference set of Air & Space magazine (Volume 31, Number 2 through Volume 32, Number 7), which is published bi-monthly by Smithsonian Enterprises and may occasionally include special issues. The magazine documents the world of aviation and space flight today, plus offers in-depth coverage about flight history, ...
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Space Science and Exploration Department
- Dates:
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1950-1974
bulk 1959-1974
- Size:
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13.08 Cubic feet ((12 records center boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0154
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of material gathered by the Space Science and Exploration Department, National Air and Space Museum, relating to the United States space program through the Skylab missions. The material consists of photos and reference material covering a wide variety of subjects, including space suits, food, lifting bodies, and other supp...
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bulk 1969
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0.05 Cubic Feet ((1 tape))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2013.0041
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of one 5.5 inch reel-to-reel tape recording some of the activities and voice communications of James McDivitt and Russell L. Schweickart during the test flight of the Apollo 9 Lunar Module Pilot in Earth Orbit. There is also a CD-R copy made by NASM staff.
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Scerra, Joseph.
- Dates:
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bulk 1983
- Size:
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0.05 Cubic feet ((1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2004.0002
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of six images taken, by the donor, of the Space Shuttle Enterprise upon its visit to Washington Dulles Airport in June of 1983. The images include five prints with corresponding negatives and one print with a corresponding digital image scanned by NASM. Also included in the donation is a program (with copies) of the Nationa...
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North American Rockwell Corp
- Dates:
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bulk 1960s-1970s
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22 Cubic Feet ((22 boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2013.0031
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of 22 cubic feet of manned space manuals from the Gemini, Apollo and Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) programs. The collection consists of reports, manuals and working papers, including mission reports, flight crew logs, and technical and crew debriefings.
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- Dates:
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1969
- Size:
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0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2018.0041
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
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.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base (Calif.)
- Dates:
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[ca. 1980s]
- Size:
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3.28 Cubic Feet ((3 records center boxes) (1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1992.0017
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of 67 color prints, four brochures on SAC missile chronology and the Vandenberg program, 21 16 mm films, and 17 video tapes on the Vandenberg shuttle program. The prints include images of the facility during construction; the films include STS mission activity reports and post-flight press conferences.