National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Abstract Founded in 1892, the Physics and Astronomy Department at the University of New Mexico pursues world-class research in many areas of physics and astronomy. This collection provides a comprehensive overview of the department's history, faculty research, and graduate programs available at the University of New Mexico. The collection contains various photographs of departmental equipment, planets, and DVDs and CDs related to the Physics and Astronomy department. This collection serves as a valuable...

Scope and Contents Multiple sets and individual photographic and photomechanical prints from the Office of Public Information at the National Air and Space Administration's Jet Propulsion Labratory (NASA, JPL), donated by Kenneth Oslund, former JPL scientist. Prints are organized by space voyage, and subjects include rockets, planets and planetary satellites (commonly moons.) Generally the original photograph is captured from space, though a few are of spacecraft and space vehicles on Earth. Most of...

Abstract Papers concerning the attempt of the Tri-Cities Space Shuttle Committee to persuade NASA to locate the Space shuttle port at the White Sands Missile Range. Includes agendas, chats, graph, correspondence, financial documents, invoices, minutes, news releases, newspaper clippings, proposals, publications, reports, resolutions, and a slide inventory from 1970-1971.