A 1963 U.S. Air Force and General Dynamics study addressing one of the fundamental hazards of early nuclear spaceflight: what would happen to an orbiting nuclear reactor and its fuel during an uncontrolled return through the Earth’s atmosphere. Prepared by R. W. Andrews of the Advanced Technology Laboratory, General Dynamics/Astronautics.....
Cold War missile and rocketry archive documenting the technical training, range testing, and operational instruction behind American ballistic missile development from the late 1950s through the 1970s. The material spans the Air Force’s intercontinental ballistic missile program, Strategic Air Command crew preparation, White Sands Missile Range instrumentation, and Army missile.....
Armstrong, Neil. Signed NASA Photograph, 1969, a visual artifact directly associated with the Apollo 11 mission and the first human landing on the Moon, an event that redefined the geopolitical and scientific landscape of the Cold War. As commander of Apollo 11, Armstrong became the first person to walk on.....
United States Department of the Air Force technical manual archive documenting the scientific and engineering foundations of American missile guidance, radar systems, and military electronics during the early Cold War, issued between 1951 and 1959. Produced for the Air Training Command, these instructional texts trained Air Force personnel responsible for.....
Archive documenting the development and testing of America's early intercontinental ballistic missiles during the Cold War and Space Race, centered on an aerospace engineer's photographic scrapbook and an original telegram commemorating a critical breakthrough in the Titan I missile program on February 2, 1960. Following a series of costly launch.....
NASA Space Shuttle Program scrapbook, circa 1982 to 1984, documenting the agency's educational outreach during the first years of America's reusable spacecraft program. Compiled during the early Space Shuttle missions, the album preserves NASA publications, certificates associated with Johnson Space Center educational activities, and actual samples of aerospace insulation used.....
