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“The sharp, clear photographs recently taken of the earth from more than 300 miles in the sky marked a major advance in our space program.
The recovery of the film also was significant.
We have succeeded in opening the door to true photographic reconnaissance of the earth, not only because of the quality of the photographs taken, but also because of the success of our recovery system.
Many approaches were made, and much experimentation was necessary before our recovery technique was perfected, but now we can be certain that we are able to recover a space payload. We use a parachute to settle it slowly to the earth, as in the planned landing of our Mercury astronauts, or use an outside shell, which will boil away due to the heat generated by friction with the atmosphere.
Engineers had a multitude of problems to solve in working out these solutions.
It has been shown that when an object falls from space it gains speed until it hits the earth’s surface at 450 feet a second, or slightly more than 300 miles an hour. The instantaneous deceleration at the point of impact is about 40,000 G’s – that is, 40,000 times the force of gravity. A 100-pound object hitting the earth in this fashion would have an instantaneous weight of about 4,000,000 pounds!...”
As written by Dr. I. M. Levitt, Director, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia. A wonderfully nostalgic glimpse by the respected Astronomer of an early space flight accomplishment. So, possibly a “Wonders of the Universe” installment?
Unfortunately, the attached newspaper clipping was cut off at this point.
The helicopter appears to be a Sikorsky S-55 (H-19 Chickasaw). Perhaps a Cruiser in the background? Destroyer? Idk. With the recovery boat closing in on the payload.
Finally, is there ANYTHING that John Gorsuch could not render???
I don’t think so…AND he was prolific!
1959, I had no idea his works went back that far.
"Astronaut James Irwin salutes the American flag at the Apollo 15 base in the 'Marsh of Decay' portion of the 'Sea of Rains.' The Lunar Module landed on a 10 degree slope. To the right, the battery-powered Rover stands ready for further service. Mount Hadley Delta, part of the Apennine Mountains, is 5 km (3 miles) distant." [Text on the back of the postcard]
PictionID:54459611 - Catalog:1978 AC-50 Liftoff - Title:1978 AC-50 Liftoff - Filename:19780520 AC50 02 Liftoff.jpg - - ---- Images from the Convair/General Dynamics Astronautics Atlas Negative Collection. The processing, cataloging and digitization of these images has been made possible by a generous National Historical Publications and Records grant from the National Archives and Records Administration---Please Tag these images so that the information can be permanently stored with the digital file.---Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
The Journey Upward
“The grand story of what is now Spaceport America in New Mexico began in the depths of prehistory, when the skies rained material leftover from the birth of our solar system. The impacts from this early space debris brought elements essential for life to our fledgling planet. As life evolved into creatures of all kinds in those early eons, the stars from whence it came shined bright in the sky. Now after millions of years traveling through space, that same starlight has finally reached Earth and the human beings who now inhabit it.
“Venturing forth across the planet, humans have looked ever upward to the skies. First in awe and wonder, and then later, through study and story, we sought to use the sky to identify our place among the stars. Eventually, with practicality and understanding, the nighttime sky became a map to make our way across the land and the seas. But this knowledge was not enough, as we continued looking skyward and yearned to travel among the stars. Eventually, we succeeded in breaking the bonds that had kept us firmly on this planet.
“The future of humanity is rooted in the stars. Today a new generation of explorers is advancing our understanding of who we are by breaking the boundaries of what we can do. This special place in New Mexico has been a crossroads for thousands of years of kindred souls seeking to go beyond and reach ever higher. Now, as Spaceport America helps launch the next generation of space travel and exploration, our long collective journey upward can truly aim for the stars where it all began.
“The panorama on this wall illustrates this journey – our journey upward – our journey out among the stars.”
[From the accompanying text]
I went up to Titusville today to watch the shuttle launch. This was the first time I was able to go up and watch from this close and it was definitely an amazing experience!
They are retiring the shuttle Discovery and this was the last time it will ever launch so it was awesome to be able to witness history!
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In 1964 my late father, Beaudry Glen Pautz, accepted a job as Press Officer for the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Pretoria, South Africa. It was the start of the Cold War "space race", the CSIR collaborated with the Americans and Beau received a lot of space programme material and press kits from NASA. I still have most of those historic documents in my collection. Here's a selection of them.
I captured these images in Pretoria using an old HP flatbed scanner.
Also see this great piece on Time Magazine's special issue entitled "To the Moon and Back" published two weeks after the Apollo 11 landing. Back in 1969 I created a great scrapbook of the landing that I still treasure to this day.
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“During the Apollo 17 mission, scientist-astronaut Harrison Schmitt collects rock samples. The rake is used to filter out soil and small particles so that only rocks and rock chips between 1 and 2 cm in size will be collected. Schmitt’s backpack contains his life-support systems.”
[Text on the back of the postcard.]
Taken Thursday, February 24, 2011 at 21:53 UTC (4:53 PM local time) from Banana Creek Viewing Area at Kennedy Space Center.
(Explore ranked 181, 2/24/2011)
The final launch of the space shuttle program (Atlantis STS-135). It was a very cloudy day and the viewing only lasted about 40 seconds but it was still so worth seeing. I am one of the lucky ones to see the first and last launch of the space shuttles. Despite all the people that came to Brevard County I still have my secret spot for taking shuttle photos.
Local call number: COM02362
Title: Heating Space Shuttle material during a demonstration at Kennedy Space Center
Date: ca. 1985
Physical descrip: 1 slide - col.
Series Title: Department of Commerce Collection
Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.myflorida.com
Persistent URL: floridamemory.com/items/show/93172
"Michael Collins, piloting the Apollo 11 Command Module in orbit, as the Lunar Module ascent stage, carrying Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, returns to dock with his spacecraft on July 21, 1969. The region of the Moon 100 km (60 miles) below is Smyth's Sea, at the eastern limb of the lunar nearside. The Earth has just risen beyond the distant horizon." [Text on the back of the postcard]
Persistent URL: floridamemory.com/items/show/242636
Local call number: C015525
Title: Sand Mountain in Fort Meade, Florida
Date: ca. 1973
Physical descrip: 1 slide - col.
Series Title: Department of Commerce Collection
Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida
500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL, 32399-0250 USA, Contact: 850.245.6700, Archives@dos.myflorida.com
I put this video together in memory of my father. I remember watching the Apollo missions on our black and white tv as a child and was amazed by the thought of space travel and the idea on landing on the moon.
Local call number: COM02366
Title: Space Shuttle Launch: Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida
Date: ca. 1985
Physical descrip: 1 slide - col.
Series Title: Department of Commerce Collection
Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.myflorida.com
Persistent URL: floridamemory.com/items/show/93176
The book is fully illustrated, features a nicely condensed history of the space program up to 1967, and comes in a 64-page softcover format. The “Science Service” was a nonprofit organization founded in 1921 by journalist E. W. Scripps and zoologist William Emerson Ritter. Its mission was to make scientific knowledge accessible to the public, especially young readers and educators. It later became known as Society for Science, which still publishes “Science News” today. It was deeply involved in promoting science literacy during the Cold War era, when public interest in space and technology surged.
The “Science Program” label on the book refers to a series of educational publications produced in collaboration with Science Service and commercial publishers like Nelson Doubleday. They were not strictly school textbooks, but they were designed to be classroom-friendly and were often used in school libraries, science clubs, and enrichment programs. Many were sold through mail-order book clubs, such as the Science Program Book Club, which offered affordable science books to families and educators.
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The opening paragraph of “Man in Space” is a glorious slice of Cold War-era space enthusiasm. Although exaggerated, it is emotionally honest to its time:
"OUR VAST NEW FRONTIER --All of us living today are witnesses to one of the greatest adventures of this or any other century. Hundreds of years from now historians will be looking back to the 1960s as the most thrilling age of exploration since Columbus led the way across the mysterious 'Ocean Sea' to the New World five centuries ago. This time the frontier is not the ocean, but space . . ."
For a science book aimed at sparking wonder, it’s a powerful opener. It sets the tone not just for factual content, but for a cultural moment when space was a canvas for hope and ambition. While the 1960s were thrilling, historians now view the space race as just one chapter in a much longer story of technological evolution, which includes the digital revolution, genomic mapping, or even deep sea discoveries.
PictionID:54497200 - Catalog:Atlas Centaur AC-38 - Title:Atlas Centaur AC-38 - Filename:19760513 AC38_1671.JPG - - ---- Images from the Convair/General Dynamics Astronautics Atlas Negative Collection. The processing, cataloging and digitization of these images has been made possible by a generous National Historical Publications and Records grant from the National Archives and Records Administration---Please Tag these images so that the information can be permanently stored with the digital file.---Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
Another photo from my trip to the Udvar-Hazy Center National Air and Space Museum.
This is the Apollo 11 Command Module with floatation devices deployed. This was the bit used to return the astronauts to earth from their Moon mission.
As you can see it's not very big at all. Makes me claustrophobic just to think about it.
PictionID:54500849 - Catalog:2001 Atlas AV001 - Title:2001 Atlas AV001 - Filename:20011107 AV001 PLF_Stack.JPG - ---- Images from the Convair/General Dynamics Astronautics Atlas Negative Collection. The processing, cataloging and digitization of these images has been made possible by a generous National Historical Publications and Records grant from the National Archives and Records Administration---Please Tag these images so that the information can be permanently stored with the digital file.---Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
National Lampoon was an American humor magazine which ran from 1970 to 1998 in the same vein of Mad magazine. The magazine started out as a spinoff from the Harvard Lampoon and reached its height of popularity and critical acclaim during the 1970's. [Source: Wikipedia]
PictionID:54497315 - Catalog:Atlas Centaur AC-45 - Title:Atlas Centaur AC-45 - Filename:19770812 AC45 01at Pad.JPG - - ---- Images from the Convair/General Dynamics Astronautics Atlas Negative Collection. The processing, cataloging and digitization of these images has been made possible by a generous National Historical Publications and Records grant from the National Archives and Records Administration---Please Tag these images so that the information can be permanently stored with the digital file.---Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
“Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt stands next to a huge fragmented boulder that had rolled almost a mile down the side of the North Massif. The device he holds is a gnomon with a color chart and measuring scale for calibrating photographed samples. Beyond are small rounded knolls.”
[Text on the back of the postcard.]
“To catch the solar wind – atomic particles from the Sun that constantly bombard the Earth and Moon – Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin Aldrin unfurls a 30 cm (12 inch) wide 1.25 meter (4.5 foot) long strip of aluminum foil. The sheet trapped particles that were returned to Earth for study.”
[Text on the back of the postcard]
The entire United States Apollo program is overshadowed by one of the greatest stories ever told, Apollo 13. We completely forget about all the other triumphs and tragedies of the US Space Program. Nothing like this had ever been done before and the only way to know if it worked, was to put your life on the line and test it out.
Apollo 9 was the first time a complete Apollo space craft launched into space. It included the CSM (Command/Service Module), LM (Lunar Module) and the Saturn V launch rocket. It was also the fist time Self Containing Space Suits had been worn.
Launch Date: March 3, 1969
Return Date: March 13, 1969
James R. McDivitt, commander
David R. Scott, command module pilot
R. L. Schweikart, lunar module pilot
View from Way Up High
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Our Daily Challenge: Countdown
The Journey Upward
“The grand story of what is now Spaceport America in New Mexico began in the depths of prehistory, when the skies rained material leftover from the birth of our solar system. The impacts from this early space debris brought elements essential for life to our fledgling planet. As life evolved into creatures of all kinds in those early eons, the stars from whence it came shined bright in the sky. Now after millions of years traveling through space, that same starlight has finally reached Earth and the human beings who now inhabit it.
“Venturing forth across the planet, humans have looked ever upward to the skies. First in awe and wonder, and then later, through study and story, we sought to use the sky to identify our place among the stars. Eventually, with practicality and understanding, the nighttime sky became a map to make our way across the land and the seas. But this knowledge was not enough, as we continued looking skyward and yearned to travel among the stars. Eventually, we succeeded in breaking the bonds that had kept us firmly on this planet.
“The future of humanity is rooted in the stars. Today a new generation of explorers is advancing our understanding of who we are by breaking the boundaries of what we can do. This special place in New Mexico has been a crossroads for thousands of years of kindred souls seeking to go beyond and reach ever higher. Now, as Spaceport America helps launch the next generation of space travel and exploration, our long collective journey upward can truly aim for the stars where it all began.
“The panorama on this wall illustrates this journey – our journey upward – our journey out among the stars.”
[From the accompanying text]
Length: 13m (43ft). Width: 10m (33ft)
“The inflatable delta wing was part of a test program in the early 1960s to develop a controllable system for landing two-astronaut Gemini capsules on land, rather than parachuting into the ocean. It was used by North American Aviation, the prime contractor to NASA for the paraglider, in conjunction with two test vehicles, to conduct experiments in gliding and landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Due to technical difficulties and a tight schedule for the Gemini program, the concept never became operational.
“Francis Rogallo, an engineer at the NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, invented the “Rogallo wing” in the 1950s, the concept on which this paraglider wing was based. Later it was mainly used for hang gliders.”
[From the text accompanying the exhibit]
Local call number: PR10288
Title: Apollo 11 Astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin, and Michael Collins
Date: July 1969
Physical descrip: 1 photograph - col. - 5 x 7 in.
Photographer: James L. Long
Series Title: Print Collections
Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.myflorida.com
Persistent URL: www.floridamemory.com/items/show/8731
NASA 71-HC-1204, Washington, D.C., September 27, 1971: INFO: Station statistics
COSPAR ID1973-027A
Call signSkylab
Crew3 (9 overall)
Launch: May 14, 1973
17:30:00 UTC
Launch padLC-39A, Kennedy Space Center
ReentryJuly 11, 1979
16:37:00 UTC
near Perth, Australia
Mass169,950 lb (77,088 kg)[1]
w/o CSM
Length86.3 feet (26.3 m)
w/o CSM
Width55.8 feet (17.0 m)
w/ one solar panel
Height24.3 feet (7.4 m)
w/ telescope mount
Diameter21.67 feet (6.6 m)
Pressurised volume319.8 m3 (11,290 cu ft)
w/ docking adapter and airlock)
Perigee269.7 mi (434.0 km)
Apogee274.6 mi (441.9 km)
Orbital inclination50°
Orbital period93.4 min
Orbits per day15.4
Days in orbit2,249 days
Days occupied171 days
Number of orbits34,981
Distance travelled~890,000,000 mi (1,400,000,000 km)
Statistics as of Re-entry July 11, 1979
Acquisition: NASA Skylab News Center, Cape Canaveral city, May 12, 1973. SCAN AND REMASTERED by Dan Beaumont. www.youtube.com/user/MrDanBeaumont?feature=watch
Space Shuttle Enterprise (OV-101) arrives in New York, NY at John F. Kennedy International Airport atop the modified NASA Boeing 747-100. The Enterprise will become the cornerstone exhibit at the USS Intrepid Air, Sea, and Space Museum on the Hudson River in Manhattan.
I've been planning this shot for months; I used The Photographer's Ephemeris to find a suitable date, time, and place. There are only a couple of times per year when the full moon aligns with the rocket like this, at least from the locations I scouted.
This is not a composite. It is a single exposure, although I did make some localized adjustments in NX2.
Oh it’s time to go back to the moon
I think we left there too soon
I can take off in June
It’s time to go back to the moon
Now they’ve got a sea of tranquility
So they’re bound to have a timeshare on the beach
Don’t let me leave without the Moon Pies and the Tang
-Kate Campbell, "Back to the Moon"
(Explore # 192, 8/28/2010)
There are few eras in the history of human curiosity & discovery which parallel the space race of the 1960s. Daniel watched each & every mission in 'The Astronot' (bit.ly/AstroTease).
“Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean reaches toward the TV camera on the unmanned probe Surveyor 3 which landed on the Moon in April of 1967, 2.5 years before Apollo 12. In the background, only 170 meters (550 feet) away across “Surveyor Crater” is the Lunar Module. Bean and Conrad removed the camera and other parts of Surveyor and returned them to Earth for analysis.” [Text on the back of the postcard]
His visor reflects Neil Armstrong and "Eagle" at Tranquility Base.
The story of Apollo 11 is told in a 5-part article on pages 735 -797, accompanied by many full-color photos and illustrations. Included with the article is a vinyl recording called "Sounds of the Space Age" narrated by astronaut Frank Borman.
PictionID:54497172 - Catalog:Atlas Centaur AC-37 - Title:Atlas Centaur AC-37 - Filename:19760129 AC37 at Pad.JPG - - ---- Images from the Convair/General Dynamics Astronautics Atlas Negative Collection. The processing, cataloging and digitization of these images has been made possible by a generous National Historical Publications and Records grant from the National Archives and Records Administration---Please Tag these images so that the information can be permanently stored with the digital file.---Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
PictionID:54497228 - Catalog:Atlas Centaur AC-40 - Title:Atlas Centaur AC-40 - Filename:19760722 AC40_0623.JPG - - ---- Images from the Convair/General Dynamics Astronautics Atlas Negative Collection. The processing, cataloging and digitization of these images has been made possible by a generous National Historical Publications and Records grant from the National Archives and Records Administration---Please Tag these images so that the information can be permanently stored with the digital file.---Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
"Navy Commander Alan Shepard, 37, father of two girls, 13-year-old Laura and 9-year-old Juliana, had no desire to be a hero.
"What drove him to volunteer for the potentially dangerous task of probing the void beyond our planet? Mostly, it was the chance to serve his country in a role for which he felt well qualified, but also because he saw it as a personal challenge.
"No daredevil, he has a great, restless desire to do everything well, and then to do it a little better than the other fellow. As an astronaut, he could pit his strength against man and Nature with the added incentive of a thrilling ride beyond the Earth's atmosphere in a space capsule.
"This unusual and timely book tells the whole story of Commander Shepard and his fantastic journey into outer space." [From the Introduction]
Interesting perspective of the space program from 1961. Chapter 11 presents some speculations of what NASA had on the drawing board at the time, including the "Apollo Orbiting Laboratory," which would be lifted up not by the Saturn V, but by the more powerful and as yet undeveloped Nova rocket.
On July 8, 2011, Atlantis rose from the launch pad on a plume of fire and parted the high clouds on its way to the International Space Station and to its place in history. The 11:29 a.m. EDT liftoff marked the last time a space shuttle would climb from Kennedy's seaside launch complex to soar toward the heavens. Shuttle Atlantis is now on display in the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida.
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong made history as the first person to ever walk on the moon. The sad news of his death at age 82 on Saturday reminded me that I had saved my Halifax, Nova Scotia newspaper printed the day after he landed at Tranquility Base and uttered those famous words: "That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind."
For any of us who grew up during the space race in the 60s and 70s, and especially Canadians like me who religiously watched the CTV documentary Here Come the Seventies, the moon landing was supposed to be a harbinger of what was to come.
Here Come the Seventies was a half-hour documentary series that looked ahead at anticipated technological marvels and innovations we could expect during the 70s. The show told us there'd be a colony on Mars and we'd all be traveling by electric cars and personal jet packs before the end of the decade - which, of course, we all believed.
Instead, things turned out quite differently. Space exploration budgets have been cut, even the robotic Canadarm, the pride of the Canadian Space Agency, has faded into history. It was recently retired, along with the Space Shuttle program, and is now little more than a museum artifact from a bygone era.
To quote that old sage Yogi Berra, "The future ain't what it used to be." Once, the future was spaceflight. Now it’s cat videos and status updates.
(For an auditory flashback, listen to Tillicum, the infectious musical theme from "Here Come The Seventies" by the Canadian group Syrinx.)
Other items reported in the Monday, July 21, 1969 Halifax Chronicle-Herald:
■ A complaint charging US Senator Edward Kennedy with leaving the scene of an accident (the previous Saturday), in which Mary Jo Kopechne dies, is filed in Edgartown Massachusetts.
■ In London, in a controversial acceptance of the death of the British Empire, the Duncan Report recommends that Britain scale down the rest of its global role and instead place its emphasis on joining the Common Market and "becoming an integral part of the New Europe."
■ Egyptian MiG and Sukhoi jets clash with Israeli Mirages over the Sinai for the first time since 1967. Both sides claim shooting down a number of planes. Both sides claimed victory.
■ Mario Andretti wins the Indianapolis 500.
■ Halifax Chrysler-Dodge advertises brand new Valiants for $2,290
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Top U.S. space expert and the moon rocket model in 57. Collection of photos available on Google LIFE Magazine in 2008. Here is a picture from the session photo and there is one which has made the cover of November 18, 1957 in the Sputnik crisis. The RM-1 spacecraft to the left of Mr. Von Braun, is the model that was used in the Disney movie "Trip Around the Moon" in 1955. Dan Beaumont report. WIKIPEDIA: Wernher Magnus Maximilian, Freiherr von Braun (March 23, 1912 – June 16, 1977) was a German-born rocket scientist, aerospace engineer, space architect, and one of the leading figures in the development of rocket technology in Nazi Germany during World War II and, subsequently, the United States.
In his 20s and early 30s, von Braun was the central figure in Germany's rocket development program, responsible for the design and realization of the V-2 combat rocket during World War II. After the war, he and some of his rocket team were taken to the United States as part of the then-secret Operation Paperclip. Von Braun worked on the United States Army intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM) program before his group was assimilated by NASA, under which he served as director of the newly formed Marshall Space Flight Center and as the chief architect of the Saturn V launch vehicle, the superbooster that propelled the Apollo spacecraft to the Moon.[1] According to one NASA source, he is "without doubt, the greatest rocket scientist in history".[2] His crowning achievement was to lead the development of the Saturn V booster rocket that helped land the first men on the Moon in July 1969.[3] In 1975 he received the National Medal of Science.
The mobile laboratory module consists of a trailer equipped with a pressurized capsule inside which a protected environment has been created for two astronauts, who access it from a door with a pressurization chamber from the outside. The module is a small laboratory equipped with optical microscope, spectrophotometer, computer, incubation room / cold room, stove / sink, a bed, to increase the habitability. The mobile laboratory module is energy self-sufficient thanks to photovoltaic panels and batteries, and has replaceable air reserve for 3 days. It is also equipped with communication systems.
In 1964 my late father, Beaudry Glen Pautz, accepted a job as Press Officer for the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Pretoria, South Africa. It was the start of the Cold War "space race", the CSIR collaborated with the Americans and Beau received a lot of space programme material and press kits from NASA. I still have most of those historic documents in my collection. Here's a selection of them.
I captured these images in Pretoria using an old HP flatbed scanner.
Also see this great piece on Time Magazine's special issue entitled "To the Moon and Back" published two weeks after the Apollo 11 landing. Back in 1969 I created a great scrapbook of the landing that I still treasure to this day.
#apollo #nasa #presskit #nasapresskit #apollopresskit #space #spaceprogram #spaceprogramme #moon #lunarlandings #1969 #news #press #document #projectplan #missionplan #lunarlanding #pretoria #transvaal #southafrica #csir #moonmission #spacerace #coldwar #factsheets #2016
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