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Design Guide to Orbital Flight by Jorgen Jensen, George E. Townsend Jr., John D. Kraft, Jyri Kork. Published by McGraw Hill Book Company. A letter from Carl Kober, of the Martin Company, to Dr. Blaisingame, 1962

 Item — Box: 1

Scope and Content

From the Collection:

The B. P. Blasingame Papers contains several books, reports, and papers about navigation, inertia, and space flight. Although the majority of the materials are undated, they are likely from the 1960s and 1970s. Series I: Books and Record Albums includes three books related to the Skylab I-IV space projects, five books related to the Apollo 12, 14, 16, 17, and Apollo-Soyuz missions, and one guide to orbital flight, as well as two copies of the CBS production "Man on the Moon," narrated by Walter Cronkite. Series II: Papers and Reports consists of four official reports by Charles Stark Draper, of Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., regarding inertial guidance and navigation. There is also a report on the optical tracking of the Apollo 12 spacecraft, published by the Manned Spacecraft Center, and an unpublished report on inertial systems by Dr. Blasingame in this series.

Dates

  • 1962

Creator

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

The materials in the collection are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 0.8 Cubic Feet (2 boxes)

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech Repository

Contact:
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