United States -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Used for NASA Administrators and Project Directors
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Marjorie Rhodes Townsend Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1986-003
Abstract
Marjorie Rhodes Townsend (1930-2015) was the first women to earn an engineering degree at George Washington University, receiving her Bachelor of Electrical Engineering in 1951. After eight years at the Naval Research Laboratory, she moved to National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)'s Goddard Space Flight Center in 1959, where she worked until 1980. Townsend was project manager for three Small Astronomy Satellites (SAS, 1966-1975) and for Applications Explorer Missions...
Dates:
1960-1994, n.d.