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Astronautics

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Apollo 15 photograph

 Collection
Accession: 1996-223
Abstract:

Apollo 15 was the fourth manned lunar landing mission. The three-man crew was made up of David R. Scott (1932-), Alfred J. Worden (1932-), and James B. Irwin (1930-1991). The E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company is a chemical company more commonly referred to as the DuPont company. DuPont materials were used in whole or in part for twenty of the twenty-one layers of the Apollo spacesuits. This is a NASA photograph of James Irwin on moon, August 1, 1971. Attached are strips naming the twenty-one different layers of his space suit.

Dates: 1971

Films, 1958-1984

 Series
Accession: 1995-220Identifier: 1995-220-XXII.
Scope and Contents:

Films series contains twenty-one films related to the military or space exploration. The films related to the military involve projects with the Army, Navy or the Air Force. The NASA films relate to Apollo 11, the Challenger, and the Solar Max repair. The films date from 1958 to 1984.

Dates: 1958-1984

Francis Gurney du Pont scrapbook

 Collection
Accession: 1512
Abstract:

Francis Gurney du Pont (1850-1904) was the youngest son of Alexis I. du Pont (1816-1857) and Joanna Smith du Pont (1815-1876), and grandson of Éleuthère Irénée "E.I." du Pont (1771-1834), founder of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, a chemical company more commonly referred to as the DuPont Company. His scrapbook includes newspaper clippings on a variety of subjects, including astronomy, religious and church matters, DuPont Company fires and explosions, the statue of Samuel Francis du Pont in Washington, Swedish colonists in Delaware, and obituaries.

Dates: 1886-1904

RCA Camden records

 Collection
Accession: 2464-76
Abstract:

The RCA Camden plant was originally established under the Victor Talking Machine Company in 1907. In 1929, the Radio Corporation of America acquired the Victor Talking Machine Company and soon made Camden the center of its own research, development, and manufacturing. Camden remained the company's primary advanced development site until GE acquired RCA in 1986. The records document RCA’s work in the space program, electron microscopy, nuclear fusion, and other fields through research records, correspondence, reports, photographs and films.

Dates: circa 1913-2006

Space, 1959-1977

 Series
Accession: 1995-220Identifier: 1995-220-XVII.
Scope and Contents:

The Space series contains images of projects related to space exploration and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The series is organized into eleven subseries by project: Apollo; Coherent Synthetic Aperture Radar (CSAR); Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS); Extravehicular Communications System (EVCS); Gemini; Lunar; NASA; Nestor; Saturn/Apollo; Skylab; and TIROS. The materials date from 1959 to 1977.

Dates: 1959-1977

Spacecraft, 1959-2009

 Series
Accession: 20100108-ZTVIdentifier: 20100108-ZTV-X.
Scope and Content:

Consists of mission reports, general publications, clippings, brochures, a congressional report, and congressional testimony.

Dates: 1959-2009