Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
Christopher C. Kraft Papers
Kraft, Christopher C. (Christopher Columbus), 1924-2019
Ms.1985.001
28 Cubic Feet
27 boxes; 6 folders [plus 2 boxes of duplicate materials]
1941-1998
1941-1982
Please note: The majority of this collection is in off-site storage and requires 2-3 days notice for retrieval. Oversize materials are on-site. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.
The Christopher C. Kraft Papers consists of approximately 28 cu. ft. of manuscripts, particularly NACA and NASA reports and documents, meeting notes and agendas, and research materials. A later donation contains the manuscript for 2001 Kraft's autobiography. Kraft (1924-2019) graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech) in 1944 and went on to become NASA's first flight director and the director of the Johnson Space Center.
The materials in the collection are in English.
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The collection is open for research.
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Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Christopher C. Kraft Papers, Ms1985-001, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
Source of Acquisition
The majority of the collection was given to Newman Library in November 1985 and formally donated in April 1986. 14 Apollo photographs were donated in March 1971 and merged with the rest of the collection after its donation in 1985/1986. Additional materials were donated to Special Collections in December 2002 and January 2003.
Processing Information
Initial processing, arrangement, and description of the Christopher C. Kraft Papers was completed in the late 1980s. During 2010 and 2011, materials were re-foldered and oversize items were removed from boxes. The existing folder list was revised against the collection contents, and a new finding aid was created.
Biographical Note
Christopher Columbus Kraft, Jr. was born on February 28, 1924, in Phoebus, Virginia. He received his BS degree in aeronautical engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech) in December 1944.
Kraft joined the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in 1945 as a flight engineer. In October 1958, he was selected as one of the original members of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Space Task Group, which had been established to manage Project Mercury, the nation's first project to put a man in space. In the early phases of Project Mercury, Kraft was a prime contributor to the development of many of the basic mission and flight control techniques used in manned space flight. He personally served as Flight Director for all the Mercury missions and many of the Gemini missions. During the latter phase of Project Mercury, he directed the design and implementation of the Mission Control Center at the Johnson Space Center (originally the Manned Spacecraft Center) in Houston, from which all of NASA's manned space flights have been conducted. Kraft was named deputy director of the Manned Spacecraft Center in 1970, and later director in 1972. He retired from NASA in 1982 and and subsequently served as a consultant for various corporations. In 2001, Kraft's autobiography,
Flight: My Life in Mission Control was published. Kraft has been the recipient of a number of awards and honors, including three honorary doctorates (Indiana Institute of Technology, 1966; St. Louis University, 1967; and Villanova University, 1979); the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, 1963; the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, 1969; the American Astronautical Society's Space Flight Award, 1970; and the Ambassador of Exploration Award, 2006. In 2011, the Johnson Space Center renamed its Mission Control Center the Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center in his honor.
Kraft died on July 22, 2019, at the age of 95.
Recent News:
- NASA Names Mission Control for Legendary Flight Director Christopher Kraft, April 14, 2011
- Air & Space Magazine Interview, March 17, 2010
- Johnson Space Center Oral History Project
Scope and Content
The Christopher C. Kraft Papers consists of approximately 28 cu. ft. of manuscripts, particularly NACA and NASA reports and documents, meeting notes and agendas, and research materials. A later donation contains the manuscript for Kraft's autobiography.
From Kraft's early years at Langley Flight Research Division, the collection includes notes, calculations, and drawings for many projects (testing the stability and control of the X-1, P-47 Thunderbolt, and P-51 H Mustang airplanes, for example). It also includes calculations and draft reports on the gust-alleviation system designed by Kraft and then-division head, William Hewitt Phillips.
The collection contains heavily-annotated editions of "Mission Rules" for Project Mercury, extensive files of post-launch reports and astronaut debriefing transcripts from Kraft's early NASA years (1958-1970), as well as correspondence, notes, and memoranda. Materials from Kraft's later years at NASA (1970-1982) include professional notes, detailing meetings and telephone conversations, plus meeting agendas, memos, and other work documents.
Arrangement
For the most part, the collection in arranged in chronological order. Whenever the exact date is unknown, materials are filed at the end of the known month or year. Oversize drawings, sketches, blueprints, calculations, graphs, and charts were removed from the collection and are arranged in their original order in folders. Oversize newspaper clippings, for preservation purposes, are in a separate oversize folder.
Related Archival Materials
There are also collections from several individuals with whom Kraft worked or knew available at Special Collections and University Archives:
Ms2024-064, Christopher Kraft and Neil Armstrong Collection
Ms2024-065, Christopher Kraft Letter to Elizabeth Plank
Ms1987-057, Melvin N. Gough Papers
Ms1990-053, Robert R. Gilruth Papers
Ms2005-019, William Hewitt Phillips Papers
There is an oral history with Christopher C. Kraft, available online, in the VT Stories Oral History Collection, Ms2016-015.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
The guide to the Christopher C. Kraft Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).
Archives of American Aerospace Exploration (AAAE)
Science and Technology
Aeronautical engineers
United States -- National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics -- Officials and employees
United States -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees
Students and alumni
University History
Kraft, Christopher C. (Christopher Columbus), 1924-2019
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (1973-)
Project Mercury (U.S.)
Langley Aeronautical Laboratory
Manned Spacecraft Center (1961-1973) (U.S.)
Project Apollo (U.S.)
Project Gemini (U.S.)
United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970-)
1941Handbook of Mathematical Tables and Formulas194111U.S. War Department Manual on Physiological Aspects of Flying1941121942U.S. War Department Publication on Strength of Aircraft Elements1942131944
VPI Aeronautical Engineering Department: Lab Reports1944141945
Course Notes: Appreciation and Prediction of Flying Qualities194515Notes on NACA Symbols, Definitions, and Airplane Axesc. 194516P47-D: Airspeed Calibrations194517P47-D: Photographs194518P47-D: Reports and Calculations194519P47-D: Reports and Calculations1945110P47-D: Reports and Calculations1945111P51-H: Airspeed Calibrations19451121946P51-H: Photographs1946114P51-H: Memoranda1946113P51-H: Reports1946115P51-H: Reports19461161947Index of NACA Technical Publications1915-1947117Research Memorandum on the Stability and Control of the P51-H1947118X-51 Auto Pilot: Photographsc. 1947119Miscellaneous Papers on Roll Stability1947-1958120Langley Golf League Records1947-1958121X-51 Drop Model: Notes19471221948Bench Set-Up Gust Alleviator: Drawings1948123Free-fall Test of Bell XS-1 Airplane: Report1948124NACA Public Relations Brochure: The Organization-Research Activities and Facilities of the NACA1948125NAVAER SR-119B: Specification for Flying Qualities of Piloted Airplanes19481261949Bench Set-Up Gust Alleviator: Data1949127Calculations of the Wave Drag at Supersonic Speeds of Non-Lifting Wings with Arbitrary Sweepback and Aspect Ratio1949128Canard Drop Model: Notes1949129Canard Drop Model: Report and Calculations1949130Canard Drop Model: Report on Free-fall Characteristicsc. 1949131Canard Drop Model: Talk for Transonic Conference1949132Canard Drop Model Report: Data1949133Canard Drop Model Report: Miscellaneous1949134Canard Drop Model Report: Miscellaneous1949135Canard Drop Model Report: Rough Draft1949136Canard Drop Model Report: Speech1949137Caricature of Christopher Kraftc. 1949138FrD Drop Model NO.1: Photographsc. 194921FRD Drop Model No.3194922REAC: Operation, Basic Concepts, Phillips Problemc. 194923Transparencies "For Kraft from Brown"c. 194924Loads Committee: Work on F-80 Tail loads during gunnery runs1949-195225Notebook (disbound) containing Reports on Flight Stability and Control, Flying Qualities, etc.1949-195626Notebook (disbound) containing Memos on Flight Stability and control, Flying Qualities, etc.1949-195627Notebook (disbound) containing Notes on Flight Stability and Control, Flying Qualities, etc.1949-195628NASA Safety Guidec. 19493331950NACA Report: Drag and Longitudinal Stability and Control Characteristics of a Concord Model at Transonic Speeds195029Proceedings, NACA Conference on "Some Problems of Aircraft Operation"1950210Tables and Charts on Air Speed and Air Speed Indicationc. 1950211XF-91 Drag Calculations19502121951Technical Note 2416: Methods of Increasing the Smoothness of Flight Through Rough Air1951214Notes for Servo Course Lectures - IRD1951215Miscellaneous Clipped Articles on Automatic Flight Control1951216NACA Technical Notes: No. 2238, No. 2275, No. 2311, No.24151951217NACA Technical Note 2415: Experimental Study of Angle of Attack Vane Mounted Ahead of the Nose of an Airplane for use as a sensing device for and Acceleration Alleviator19512131952SAE Controls Committee1952-1957320NACA Technical Notes: No. 1101, No.2675, No. 33131952218Hirsch, Rene - Correspondence Regarding Gust Alleviation1952219Calculations for Nike and Sparrow Rockets19522201953NACA: Security Regulations1953221Analysis of a Vane Controlled Gust Alleviation System1953222NACA Technical Note: No 28599, No.32431953223Miscellaneous Suppliers' Literature1953224Vortices: Speech for Department Meeting at Cleveland19532251954Talk at VPI on Gust Alleviation1954226Proceedings,NACA Conference on some Problems of Aircraft Operation1954228Notes and Drafts of Speech of Gust Alleviation1954227Trailing Vortices: Notes for Presentation1954229Trailing Vortices: Report on Strength and Persistence1954230Trailing Vortices: Photographs1954231NACA Technical Note NO. 337719542321955NACA Proceedings: Conference on Automatic Stability and Control of Aircraft1955233C-45 Speech for Conference on Automatic Control1955234Talk on Gust Alleviation System: Automatic Control of Gust Response1955335Talk of Gust Alleviation System for Patuxent Test Pilots1955236XB-51: Preliminary Calculations1955237Notes on Analysis of Vibration Absorber19552381956Cornell University Report: Mechanically Implemented Normal Acceleration Limiting SystemJune 195631Memorandum: Airplane Motions and Vertical-Tail Loads when Passing Another Plane at Low Supersonic SpeedsOctober 1, 195632Presentations: Piloting Problems Incurred on Ballistic Re-Entry, October-November195633Douglas Aircraft Company Paper: Gust AlleviationNovember 14, 195634ARDC Regulation Regarding Development Testing of Guided MissilesNovember 20, 195635Forty Years of Aeronautical Research195636NACA Technical Note No. 3635, No. 3702195637Index of NACA Technical Publications1956-19573101957NACA Technical Note No. 3954, No. 4046, No. 4047, No. 4171195738Speech for Loads Conference: Gust Alleviation1957311Range Recovery Materials1957-1958312Personnel Memos1957-1961313Miscellaneous Personnel Records1957-19613141958NACA Technical Note No. 4196, No. 4276, D-1731958-195939Talk to Patuxent Test Pilots: F80-1 Navy AirplaneMay 21, 1958315Air Force Ballistic Missile Division Memo: Flight Test ProceduresMay 1958316Aeronautics Committee of the SAE Technical BoardJuly 1958317RCA Report: Downrange Antiballistic Measurement Programc . 1958318Pressure Switch Test Results1958-1959319SAE Controls Committee1958321C-45 Gust Alleviation Reportc. 1958418Miscellaneous photos, certificates, etc. 1958-?2611959Draft: NASA Modus Operandi on Atlantic Missile RangeJanuary 1959322Convair-Astronautics Report: Preliminary Passenger Insertion Study: Project MercuryApril 24, 1959323Launching of a Manned MissileJune 3, 1959324Proposal: Inflight Abort-Control SystemJune 1959325Convair-Astronautics Report: Test Equipment Program for Abort Sensing and Implementation System for MA FlightsJuly 17, 1959326Project Mercury Mission Document: Mercury-Atlas Mission No.1October 1, 1959327Talk to Society of Experimental Test Pilots: Mercury ProgramOctober 9, 1959328Notes and Materials Related to Talk to Society of Experimental Test Pilots: Mercury ProgramOctober 9, 1959329Project Mercury: Documentation/Communication PlansNovember 2, 1959330Senate Report: Project Mercury Man-in-Space ProgramDecember 1,1959331Project Mercury Mission Document for Mercury-Redstone No.1December 15, 1959332Liquid Oxygen Valve Installation1959-1960334Personal Correspondence1959-19603351960
Review of Operational Plans for Mercury Orbital MissionJanuary 196041Programs for Contractors' Briefing at WADC on Mercury ProgramFebruary 3, 196042Program: Project Mercury Aeromedical Flight Controller BriefingMay 23-27, 196043NASA Technical Note D-253May 196044Project Mercury DiscussionJune 20, 196045Agenda: Briefing for Nigerian Visitors on Project MercuryJuly 13, 196046Post-Launch Report: Mercury-Atlas No. 1August 2, 196047Draft Memorandum: Abort Control Power CircuitsSeptember 2, 196048Project Mercury: Florida Test Procedure for MR-1, Section VSeptember 10, 196049Project Mercury: Florida Test Procedure for MR-1, Section VSeptember 10, 1960410Project Mercury: Florida Test Procedure for MR-1, Section IISeptember 15, 1960411Convair-Astronautics Report: Flight Test Directive Mercury/Atlas Vehicle 77DNovember 4, 1960412Project Mercury Flight Test Report: Mercury/ Atlas Mission No.1November 4, 1960413Launch Procedure, Mercury MA-2November 16, 1960414Post-Launch Report: Mercury-Redstone No. 1ADecember 22,1960415Project Mercury Flight Test Report: Little Joe Mission No.5December 23, 19604161961NASA Technical Note D-532January 1961417Post-Launch Report: Mercury-Redstone No.2February 13, 1961419Project Mercury Operational DiscussionFebruary 13, 1961420President's Ad Hoc Panel on Project MercuryMarch 1-5, 1961421Notes: Speech to Presidential CommisionMarch 3, 1961422Post-Launch Report: Mercury Atlas No. 2March 13, 1961423Post-Launch report: Mercury-Little Joe No.5AApril 11, 1961424Memorandum Report for the Project DirectorApril 28, 1961425Flight Plan for the MR-3 Manned Flight: Paper Presented at Conference on Medical Results of the First U.S. Manned Suborbital Space FlightJune 6, 1961426Post-Launch Report: Mercury-Little Joe Mission 5BJune 12, 1961427Post-Launch Report: Mercury-Redstone No.3June 16,1961428MR-4 Post Flight Debriefing of Virgil I. GrissomJuly 21, 1961431Post Launch Memorandum Report: Mercury Redstonne No.4August 6, 1961432MR-3 Post-Flight Debriefing of Alan B. Shepard, Jr.August 22, 1961433Post-Launch Report: Mercury-Redstone Mission 4September 22, 1961434Post Launch Memorandum Report: Mercury-Atlas No.4October 7, 1961435Post Launch Report: Mercury-Atlas Mission No.4November 10, 1961436Post Launch Memorandum Report: Mercury-Atlas No.5December 6,1961437Personal Correspondence1961-19625221962Mission Rules: Ma-6/13June 1961- January 1962429Miscellaneous Material: Ma-6/13June 1961- January 1962430Post-Launch Memorandum for Mercury-Atlas No.6March 5, 196251Notes: Gemini BriefingMarch 7,196252Notes: Apollo BriefingMarch 7, 196253Project Mercury Post-Launch Report: Mercury-Atlas Mission 5: Part 1 Mission AnalysisMarch 9, 196254Project Mercury Post Launch Report: Mercury-Atlas Mission 5: Part II DataMarch 9, 196255MA-6 Communications: Text with Time CorrelationMarch 15, 196256Mercury Operational Experience: Paper Presented at the Institute of Aerospace Sciences ConferenceApril 30, 1962-May 2, 196257Flight Controller Handbook Spacecraft 18April 26, 196258Mercury Operational Experience: Paper Presented at the Institute of Aerospace Sciences ConferenceApril 30, 1962-May 2, 196259MA-7/18: Mission Rules and Other MaterialApril 1962-May 1962510Results of the Second United States Manned Orbital Space FlightMay 24, 1962511MA-6 Communications: Text with Time CorrelationMarch 15, 1962512MA-7: Report to Flight Director, Flight Plan, and Mission Briefing Agenda, etc.May 1962-June 1962513Post-Launch Memorandum Report: Mercury-Atlas No.7June 15, 1962514Second United States Manned Orbital Space Flight ConferenceAugust 1962515Presentation to President John F. Kennedy on Mission Control Operations during Future Lunar LandingsSeptember 10-12, 1962516MA-8/16: Mission Rules, Notes, and MemosSeptember 1962-October 1962517Results of the Third United States Manned Orbital Space FlightOctober 3, 1962518Post-Launch Memorandum Report for Mercury-Atlas No.8October 23,1962519Apollo Project: Memoranda and Correspondence1962-1963520Virginia Tech: Correspondence1962-19635211963Briefing to Presidential Scientific Advisory CommitteeMarch 3, 1963523NASA-USAF Gemini BriefingMarch 14, 1963524Audio Tape Segment on Re-entry (Retrofire/Gym)EnosMarch 1963525Management Advisory Committee for Manned Space FlightApril 3, 196361Mission Control for Manned Space Flight: Presentation to American Institute of Aeronautics ConferenceAprill 22-24, 196362Proceedings: AIAA Second Manned Space Flight MeetingApril 22-24,196363Mercury Project Summary: Results of the Fourth Manned Orbital FlightMay 15-16, 196364A Review of the Knowledge Acquired from the First Manned Satellite Program: Presentation at the Virginia Tech Conference on Artificial SatellitesAugust 16, 196365Conference on Artificial SatellitesAugust 16, 196366Seminar on Engineering Design and Operation of Manned Spacecraft: Mission Planning and PhilosophyAugust 196367VPI Alumni Association PresentationSeptember 20, 196368Briefing Materials Prepared for Dr. Robert G. Seamans and Dr. George E. MuellerSeptember 20-21, 196369"What We Learned from Project Mercury": Article in Think MagazineOctober 1963-December 1963610Post Launch Memorandum Report: Apollo Pad Abort I November 13, 1963611President's Scientific Advisory Commission PresentationNovember 15, 1963612Apollo Contractor Executive BriefingDecember 4, 1963613Review of Knowledge Acquired from the First Manned Satellite Program: Typescriptc. 1963614Arthur S. Flemming Award, District of Columbia JayceesDecember 1963-March 1964615Personal Correspondence1963616Results of the Project Mercury Ballistic and Orbital Chimpanzee Flights19636171964Review of Proposed Apollo Spacecraft Development Program: MemorandumJanuary 20, 1964618Presentation to 92nd Strategic Aerospace WingFebruary 7, 1964619Apollo Flight Operations: Paper Presented to the American Astronautical Society Annual MeetingMay 4-7, 1964620VPI Alumni Association PresentationMay 18, 1964621Post-Launch Report for Apollo mission A-001May 28, 1964622Post-Launch Report for Apollo Mission A-101June 18, 1964623Presentations: Science and Technology Advisory Committee for Manned Space FlightJune 30, 1964624Manned Spacecraft Center's Briefing and Tour for Dr. Seamans and Dr. MuellerAugust 27, 1964625Mueller Presentation to Manned Spacecraft Center Senior StaffOctober 5, 1964626AIAA/NASA Third Manned Space Flight MeetingNovember 4-6, 1964627Materials for Speech at AIAA/NASA Third Manned Space Flight MeetingNovember 4-6, 1964628GT-2 Gemini/Titan Mission Rules: 4th/5th RevisionDecember 25, 1964629Personal Correspondence1964630VPI Correspondence1964-1965631Apollo Project memoranda and Correspondence1964-19666321965Post-Launch Report: Apollo Mission A-002January 22, 196571Post Launch Report: Apollo Mission A-003June 28, 196572Post-Launch Report: Apollo Mission PA-2July 29, 196573Gemini Program Mission Report: Gemini IVJuly 196574Gemini V Technical Debriefing, U: Part ISeptember 1, 196575Gemini Program Mission Report: Gemini VI-AOctboer 196576Manned Space Flight Experiments Symposium: Gemini Missions III and IVOctober 18-19, 196577Gemini Program Mission report: Gemini V October 196578City of Hampton AwardOctober 1965-November 196579VPI Distinguished Alumnus CitationNovember 11, 1965710Audiotape of Convocation for KraftNovember 11, 1965711Gemini VI Technical DebriefingDecember 20, 1965712Gemini VII Technical DebriefingDecember 23, 1965713GT-4 Flight Crew Debriefing Transcriptc. 1965714Personal Correspondence1965715Cigar Institue of America: Cigar Man of the Year Award1965-19667161966Manned Space Flight Experiments Interim Report: Gemini V MissionJanuary 6, 1966717Gemini Program Mission Report: Gemini VI-AJanuary 1966718Gemini Program Mission Report: Gemini VII, Cover Through Section 5-102January 196681Gemini Program Mission Report: Gemini VII, Section 6-1 Through EndJanuary 196682Gemini Midprogram ConferenceFebruary 23-25,196683Post-Launch Report: Apollo Mission A-004April 15, 196684Speech to Southern Gas Association: Some Aspects of Manned Space Flight OperationsMarch 20, 196685Gemini Program Mission Report: Gemini VIIIApril 196686Post Launch Report: Mission AS-201 May 6, 196687Honorary Doctorate: Indiana Institute of TechnologyMay 196688Gemini IXA: Technical DebriefingJune 11, 196689Interim Report: Manned Spaceflight Experiments: Gemini X MissionJuly 18-21, 1966810Gemini X: Technical DebriefingJune 11, 1966811Gemini Program Mission Report: Gemini IX-AJuly 1966812Gemini X: Gemini Program Mission Report, Cover Through Section 5-99August 196691Gemini X: Gemini Program Mission Report, Section 5-100 Through Section 7-70August 196692Gemini X: Gemini Program Mission Report, Section 8-1 Through EndAugust 196693Gemini XI: Technical DebriefingSeptember 19, 196694Post-Launch Report: Mission AS-202October 12, 196695Gemini Program Mission Report: Gemini XIOctober 196696Manned Space Flight Experiments Interim Report: Gemini IX Mission November 1, 196697Manned Space Flight Experiments Interim Report: Gemini XII Mission November 11-15, 196698Presentation at AIAA Meeting: Flight Operations Planning and Preparation for Manned Orbital Missions November 29, 1966-December 2, 196699Apollo News Symposium PresentationDecember 15, 1966910Christopher Kraft, Jr. Biographical Entry in Current Biography1966911Personal Correspondence1966912VPI Correspondence19669131967
Gemini Program Mission Report: Gemini XII Cover through Section 5-50January 1967914Gemini Program Mission Report: Gemini XII, Section 5-51 through Section 6-44January 1967915Gemini Program Mission Report Gemini XII, Section 7-1 Through EndJanuary 1967916Rotary SpeechFebruary 1, 1967917Apollo 204 Review Board Report: Appendix A, Board Minutes April 5, 1967918Apollo 204 Review Board Report: Appendix B, Witness Statements and ReleasesApril 5, 1967919Apollo 204 Review Board Report: Appendix C Section 1, Apollo Operations HandbookApril 5, 1967920Apollo 204 Review Board Report: Appendix C Section 2, Apollo Operations Handbook Continued April 5, 1967921Apollo 204 Review Board Report: Appendix D Panels 1-4April 5, 1967101Apollo 204 Review Board Report: Appendix D Panel 5April 5, 1967102Apollo 204 Review Board Report: Appendix D Panels 6-10April 5, 1967103Apollo 204 Review Board Report: Appendix D Panels 12-17April 5, 19671043Apollo 204 Review Board Report: Appendix D panel 18April 5, 1967105Apollo 204 Review Board Report: Appendix D Panels 19-21April 5, 1967106Apollo 204 Review Board Report: Appendix EApril 5, 1967107Apollo 204 Review Board Report: Appendix F and Appendix GApril 5, 1967108Gemini TCA Anomalies InvestigationApril 28, 1967109Duke University Speech: The Significance of Our Space ProgramMay 9, 19671010Virginia Press Association AwardJune 19671011Summary of Gemini Extravehicular ActivityJune 19671012Tape TranscriptionJune 19, 19671013Presentation: Science and Technology Advisory CommitteeJuly 8, 19671014Speech to Cape Canaveral Press Club: Progress in Flight Operations DevelopmentJuly 18, 19671015ASME Spirit of St. Louis AwardJuly 19671016Honorary Degree: Parks College of Aeronautical Technology, St. Louis UniversityJuly 28,19671017Speech: Mis-Continent Oil and Gas AssociationSeptember 12, 19671018Goddard Engineering Lecture SeriesSeptember 12,19671019Transcript of InterviewOctober 5, 19671020Personal Correspondence 19671021Summary Report: Apollo 204 Fire-Related Changes19671022Article for Yale Newspaperc. 196710231968
Apollo 4 Mission ReportJanuary 19681024Speech: Texas Safety AssociationMarch 19, 19681025Apollo 5 Mission Report, Cover through Section 6.9-1March 19681026Apollo 5 Mission Report, Section 6.10-1 through EndMarch 19681027Speech to Greensboro CollegeApril 18-19, 19681028Speech to Dedicate Cullen College of Engineering Building at University of Houston May 3, 19681029Apollo 6 Mission Report, Cover through Section 5.14-25May 19681030Apollo 6 Mission Report, Section 5.14-26 through End May 19681031Presentation to Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel on Flight Mission RulesJune 12, 1968111Apollo 7 Technical Debriefing: Part 1October 27, 1968112Appolo 7 Technical Debriefing: Part 2October 27, 1968113Apollo 7 Mission ReportDecember 1968114Presentation to Boeing/Michoud Employees on Flight Systems Quality in Manned Space FlightDecember 11, 1968115Personal Correspondence1968116Virginia Tech Correspondence19681171969Apollo 8 Technical DebriefingJanuary 2, 1969118Presentation to the National Wholesale Furniture Association on Apollo 8 Mission to the MoonJanuary 8, 1969119Virginians of Maryland Medallions of Honor AwardJanuary 25, 19691110Apollo Mission Operation Report: SupplementFebruary 25, 19691112Apollo Mission ReportFebruary 19691112Apollo 9 Mission: AS-504February 19691113Bell Aerosystems Report: Lunar Landing Training Vehicle (Vehiclle No.1) Flight Test Summary ReportMarch 12, 19691114Apollo 11: Documents and MemorandaMarch 1969-April 19691115Mission Operations Working GroupMarch 25, 19691116Lunar Landing Training Vehicle (LLTR No.2) March 1969-May 19691117Apollo 11: DCR Agenda and Exhibits April 8, 19691118Manned Space Flight Council MeetingApril 8-9, 19691119Configuration Control Board MeetingApril 10, 19691120Press Briefing on Apollo Program April 14, 19691121Post-Apollo Program Definition: NASA Management CouncilApril 19691122Apollo Article for The New York TimesApril 1969-June 19691123Apollo 9 Mission ReportMay 9, 19691124Presentation: Northeast Electronics Research and Engineering Meeting May 19691125Apollo 10 Technical Crew DebriefingJune 2, 19691126Presentation to Operations Management GroupJune 18, 19691127Apollo 11 AS-506 MissionJune 24, 19691128Interview with KraftJune 19691129Apollo Lunar Exploration Missions: CSM Modifications July 7, 1969121NASA/GAEC LMMP Configuration Control BoardJuly 7, 1969122Mexican Television Guide with Feature on Neil Armstrong and Apollo 11July 22, 1969123Apollo 11 Letters of AppreciationJuly 29-30, 2969124Shuttle Project: Notes and ReportJuly 30, 1969125Apollo 11 Technical Crew DebriefingJuly 31, 1969126Apollo 11 EVA: Miscellaneous DocumentsJuly 1969127Mission Operation Report: Apollo SupplementJuly 1969128Apollo 10 Mission ReportAugust 1969129Notes on Apollo 11 Extended MissionAugust 19691210Gilruth InterviewAugust 26, 19691211Apollo Lunar Exploration Mission ReviewSeptember 5, 19691212Lunar Samples from Apollo 11September 5, 19691213Reference Materials for Demonstration of Lunar Surveying System, Roving Vehicles, and Data Facility OperationsSeptember 29-30, 19691214Report for the Space Task GroupSeptember 19691215AIAA Annual MeetingOctober 20-24, 19691216Apollo 13 Landing Site: Fra MauroOctober 19691217Apollo 11 Mission ReportNovember 19691218Aeromedical Directorate Status ReviewNovember 26, 19691219Apollo 12 Technical Crew DebriefingDecember 1, 19691220Photo of Apollo 12 EVA 2 TraverseDecember 19691221George Low Interviews19691222Apollo Project Memoranda19691223Apollo Project Memoranda, Documents, etc.19691224Post-Apollo Mission Definition and Status Report19691225Articles on Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo Flights from 'Aerospace Medicine'1969-19701227Personal Correspondence196912261970Space Shuttle Overview: McDonnell Douglas Corp.January 2, 1970131Interview with Kraft and C. DonlanJanuary 15, 1970132Speech to University Club, New YorkJanuary 17, 1970133Personal NotesJanuary 1970-June 1970134Shuttle Program, Phase B Study Program ReviewJanuary 1970135NASA FY 1971 Budget BriefingFebruary 2, 1970136Manned Space Flight Studies: First Quarterly ReviewFebruary 11, 1970137Space Shuttle Program: Phase B DefinitionMarch 13, 1970138Review of Langley Space Shuttle ActivityMarch 2, 1970139Space Station Program: Phase B DefinitionMarch 13, 19701310Preliminary Findings of the Lightning Incident During the Apollo 12 Launch19701311Apollo 12 Mission ReportMarch 19701312Article in Astronautics and Aeronautics: Flexible Yet Disciplined Mission PlanningMarch 19701313Space Station Second Quarterly Review March 19701314Honorary Membership: Aerospace Medical AssociationMarch 1970-April 19701315VPI Visiting Scholar Program: SpeechApril 23-24, 19701316Apollo 13 Technical Crew DebriefingApril 24, 19701317DC-3 Space Shuttle Study, Vol IApril 27, 19701318DC-3 Space Shuttle Study, Vol. II April 27, 19701319Lunar Landing Site Summary BookApril 19701320Proceedings: NASA Conference on Materials for Improved Fire SafetyMay 6-7, 19701321Speech: Aviation/ Space Writers AssociationMay 21, 19701322AAS Spaceflight AwardMay 1970-June 19701323Report: Apollo 13 Review BoardJune 15, 19701324Report Apollo 13 Review Board - Appendix AJune 15, 19701325Report: Apollo 13 Review Board - Appendices B,C,D and EJune 15, 19701326Report: Apollo 13 Review Board - Appendices F, G, and H June 15, 19701327Space Station Program: Phase B Definition, Third Quarterly Progress ReportJune 19, 19701328Space Shuttle System: Statement of Work, Program Definition - Phase BJune 19701329Flight Control Division: Advanced Technology Brief NotebookJuly 17, 1970141Press Kit: Apollo 11 AnniversaryJuly 20, 1970142Goodyear Aerospace Co.: Geologic Exploration with High-Resolution RadarJuly 1970143Personal NotesJuly 1970-December 1970144Photo Album: Apollo Cryogenic Gas Storage System Progress ReviewAugust 7, 1970145John Commonsense Design Criteria Manual Memorandum: FCD Task A-15August 6, 1970146Alternate Shuttle Concepts StudyAugust 1970147New Apollo Oxygen Tank DesignAugust 1970148Presentation to Space Station Utilization Conference: Space Station OperationsSeptember 9, 1970149Space Shuttle: Critical Decisions BriefingSeptember 15, 19701410Tidal GravimeterSeptember 18,19701411Review of Shuttle Status and IssuesSeptember 18, 19701412Space Shuttle Traffic Model: NotesSeptember 18, 19701413Apollo 13 Mission ReportSeptember 19701414Extravehicular-Activity Experience in Manned Space OperationsSeptember 19701415Space Shuttle Orbiter Selection ReviewOctober 1, 19701416Space Shuttle Phase B 90-Day Review and Special Interest Topics BriefingOctober 13, 19701417Skylab Preliminary Reference TrajectoryOctober 13, 19701418Engineering Memorandum: Study of Materials Selection for Space Shuttle Orbiter Structure and TPSOctober 20, 19701419AIAA Fellows DinnerOctober 21, 19701420Louis W. Hill Space Transportation AwardOctober 22, 19701421Major Test Facilites of the Engineering and Development DirectorateOctober 19701422Space Shuttle Launch Operations Study: First Interim ReportNovember 4, 19701423Launch Window Scans and Associated Mission Planning Data for 1972November 12, 19701424Space Shuttle Study: Erection, Mating, and TransportingNovember 15, 19701425Earth Resources Aircraft Project: Aircraft and SensorsNovember 19701426Speech: Colorado Motor Carriers AssociationDecember 3, 19701427USSR/US Docking Study ReviewDecember 21, 19701428Five Month Review: Alternate Space Shuttle Concepts Study December 19701429Grumann/Boeing Study: Interim SICDecember 19701430Apollo 12 Photographs,1970151George Low Interviews1970152Personal Correspondence1970153Photograph of Lunar Surface Sample1970154Report of the Committee on Science and Astronautics: For the Benefit of All Mankind, A Survey of the Practical Returns from Space InvestmentSeptember 14, 1970155Reference Material for Speeches1970156Role of the Shuttle in the National Space Program: Shuttle Notes and Documents1970157The Shuttle: Its Meaning to the Nation and Florida1970158The Shuttle: Its Meaning to the Nation and California1970159Space Shuttle: Legislative and Executive Contact Plan19701510Virginia Tech Correspondence197015111971Space Shuttle: Phase B, 180 Day Review SummaryJanuary 13, 19711512Space Shuttle Flying QualitiesJanuary 20-21, 19711513Space Shuttle: Baseline Descriptions, Vol. IJanuary 25, 19711514Space Shuttle: Baseline Descriptions, Vol.IIJanuary 25, 19711515Personal Notes January 19711516Terrain Photography from Gemini Spacecraft: Final Geologic Report January 19711517NCAA Theodore Roosevelt AwardJanuary 19711518The Shuttle Program: Its Economic Impact on CaliforniaFebruary 8, 19711519Earth Observation Program at MSC: Proposed PlanFebruary 9, 19711520Apollo 14 Technical Crew Debriefing February 17, 19711521Apollo 14 Post-Launch Mission Operation Report No. 1February 22, 19711522Post-Skylab Missions StudyFebruary 24, 19711523Personal Notes February 19711524Summary Paper: Space Program BenefitsFebraury 19711525Shuttle Alternate Concepts Study: 8 Month ReviewMarch 12, 19711526Speech: Space Shuttle Development, Testing, and OperationsMarch 15, 19711527IBM Participation in Phase B Shuttle DefinitionMarch 19, 19711528External H2 Tank Orbiter Heat-Sink BoosterMarch 25,19711529Twentieth Texas ConferenceMarch 26-28, 19711530AIAA Louis W. Hill Space Transportation AwardMarch 19711531Personal NotesMarch 19711532Skylab A: EREP Users HandbookMarch 1971161Space Shuttle: The Next Logical StepMarch 1971162Shuttle Phase B, 270 Day Review and Special Interest TopicsAprill 22, 1971163Shuttle Program Review 270 Day Status and Selected IssuesApril 22, 1971164Aerospace Medical Association SpeechApril 26, 1971165Alt. Shuttle contract: External H2 Tank Orbiter Heat Sink Booster, 10th MonthApril 28, 1971166Post Skylab Mission ReviewApril 29, 1971167Personal NotesApril 1971168Orbital External H2 Tank Study, Mid-Term ReviewMay 12, 1971169Apollo 14 Mission ReportMay 19711610Drone Aircraft Operational Experience (Jet Transport All-Weather Landing)May 19711611Personal NotesMay 19711612Speech - Chicago Gynecological SocietyJune 18, 19711613Personal NotesJune 19711614On the Moon with Apollo 15June 19711615Boeing/ Seattle Notes and Graphics (Shuttle Boosters)19711616Personal NotesJuly 19711617Apollo 15 Technical Crew DebriefingAugust 14, 19711618Reusable S-1C Block I-Block II ProgramAugust 20, 19711619Eval. Of S-1C/ Cradle As Interim BoosterAugust 19711620Personal NotesAugust 19711621Alt Shuttle Concepts Study/ Interim ReviewSeptember 1, 19711622Shuttle Phase B Extension, Mid-Term Review September 1, 19711623Shuttle: OMSF Mid-Term ReviewSeptember 1, 19711624Alt. Shuttle Contract Study/ Design Requirements Phased Progress EvaluationSeptember 1, 19711625Phase B Shuttle Systems Study/ Interim Report to OMSFSeptember 1, 19711626Board of Directors, Presbyterian Hospital, NMSeptember 10,19711627Personal NotesSeptember 19711628Space Rescue ConsiderationsSeptember 20-24,19711629Shuttle Avionics Phase B Extension Mid-Term ReviewOctober 8,19711630Personal NotesOctober 19711631VPI - Alumni Institute Visit to MSCNovember 12, 19711632Plan for the Remote Sensing/ Compliance Determination System for ASCS (soil conserv.)November 15,19711633Speech - Sports Celebrity Dinner, St. Louis, MINovember 18,19711634Speech - Blue Ridge Section and Student Group, AIAANovember 19,19711635MSC Earth Observation Program ReviewNovember 19711636Personal NotesNovember 19711637Apollo 15 - Mission ReportDecember 19711638Personal NotesDecember 19711639Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation SVC (ASCS) Presentation RE Aerial Monitoring1971171Apollo 14 Photographs1971172Flight Crew Training Aids Etc.1971173Logicon, Inc Annual Report1971174Lunar Module EVA Return Chart1971175Personal Correspondence1971176Speech Reference Material1971177Space Shuttle Applications Planning Committee Organizational Chart1971178Unidentified Aerial (IR) Photos1971179USSR Report on Luna 1619711710Virginia Tech Correspondence19711711S-192 Multispectral Scanner ReviewJanuary 31, 19711712National VFW Space AwardSeptember 197117311972
Personal NotesJanuary 19721713Personal NotesFebruary 19721714Personal NotesMarch 19721715On the Moon with Apollo 16April 19721716The "Advocates" Show
April 19721717Personal NotesApril 19721718Apollo 16 Technical Crew DebriefingMay 5, 19721719National Association of Credit ManagementMay 22, 19721720Personal NotesMay 19721721Colorado College Lecture19721722Men of Science AwardJune 19721723Personal NotesJune 19721724Kraft Interview by Robert SherrodJuly 27, 19721725Personal NotesJuly 19721726Apollo 16 Mission ReportAugust 19721727Personal NotesAugust 19721728Houston Baptist College SpeechSeptember 28, 19721729Personal NotesSeptember 19721730Concordia CollegeOctober 12, 19721732Personal NotesOctober 19721733Gilruth Interview by Robert SherrodNovember 16, 19721734Personal NotesNovember 19721735Kraft Interview by Henry StillDecember 16, 19721736On the Moon with Apollo 17December 19721737Personal NotesDecember 19721738George Low Interview with Robert Sherrod19721739Personal Correspondence19721740Reference Material for CCK Speeches19721741Results of Public Opinion Survey Re Space Programc. 19721742Virginia Tech Correspondence197217431973Kiwanas Club, Houston TX, SpeechJanuary 31, 1973181Personal NotesJanuary 1973182University of Houston, SpeechFebruary 10, 1973183Delaware NSPE Speech, Wilmington, DEFebruary 20, 1973184Personal NotesFebruary 1973185Skylab Supplement, Mission Operation ReportMarch 1, 1973186Goddard Memorial DinnerMarch 9, 1973187Apollo 17 Mission Report
March 1973188Personal NotesMarch 1973189Personal NotesApril 19731810Mannual for 70mm Hand-Held Photography from SkyLabMay 19731811Personal NotesMay 19731812Kraft Interview by JonesJune 12, 19731813Personal NotesJune 19731814Personal NotesJuly 19731815Kraft Interview by E.M. Emme and GrimwoodAugust 20, 19731816Meeting with Oil Company ExecutivesAugust 28, 19731817Clear Lake Chamber of Commerce SpeechAugust 30, 19731818Personal NotesAugust 19731819Personal NotesSeptember 19731820SkyLab 3 Debriefing NotesOctober 3, 19731821Town Hall Speech, West LA, CaliforniaOctober 5, 19731822National Association of Cemeteries ConferenceOctober 23, 19731823Earth Observations From Space: Outlook for the Geological SciencesOctober 19731824Evolution of the Earth's CrustOctober 19731825Personal NotesOctober 19731826Apollo 17 Technical DebriefingJanuary 4, 19731827National Audio-Visual Association SpeechJanuary 20, 197318281973 ASME Medal AwardNovember 14, 19731829Houston Chapter of Texas C.P.A's speechNovember 28, 19731830Personal NotesNovember 19731831Personal NotesDecember 19731832Personal Correspondence19731833Reference Material for CCK Speeches19731834Virginia Tech Correspondence197318351974Personal NotesJanuary 19741836Skylab Mission Report, Second VisitJanuary 19741837Engineer of the Year, San Fernando Valley Engineers CouncilFebruary 23, 19741838Personal NotesFebruary 19741839Goddard Memorial Dinner19741840BOEING 747 Shuttle Carrier DocumentsMarch 19741841Personal NotesMarch 19741842Personal NotesApril 19741843Founders' Day SpeechApril 12, 19741844Shuttle Avionics Block DiagramApril 30, 19741845Personal NotesMay 19741846Personal NotesJune 19741913rd International Aviation ConferenceJuly 3, 1974192Skylab Mission ReportJune 1974193IBM Seminar - Sands PointJuly 16, 1974194Grumann [Review for CCK] Bethpage NYJuly 16, 1974195Personal NotesJuly 1974196SkyLab Mission Report - Third VisitJuly 1974198Skylab Mission Report Supplement 3, Flight Crew ContributionsJuly 1974199Personal NotesAugust 19741910National Agricultural Chemicals Association SpeechSeptember 30, 19741911Personal NotesSeptember 19741912Interview with Working Group "Outlook for Space" StudyOctober 19741913Personal NotesOctober 19741914Personal NotesNovember 19741915Personal NotesDecember 19741916George Low Interview By Robert Sherrod19741917Personal Correspondene19741918Reference Material for CCK Speeches1974-19751919Personal NotesJanuary 197419201975Personal Correspondence1975197Personal NotesFebruary 19751921Personal NotesMarch 19751922Apollo Program Summary ReportApril 19751923Personal NotesApril 19751924Houston Rotary Club SpeechMay 29, 19751925Personal NotesMay 19751926Personal NotesJune 19751927Personal NotesJuly 19751928ASTP Technical Crew DebriefingAugust 8, 19751930Personal NotesSeptember 19751931International Association of Hospitality AccountantsSeptember 19, 19751932International Academy of Aviation and Space Medicine October 6, 19751934American Women's Society of CPAsOctober 10, 19751935Personal NotesOctober 19751936Speech at Valley Forward Association, PhoenixNovember 18, 1975201Personal NotesNovember 1975202Apollo Soyuz Mission Evaluation ReportDecember 1975203Personal NotesDecember 1975204Virginia Tech Correspondence1975205Proposed Organization of IMCC Project Office1975206List of CCK Speeches 1975-198226381976CCK Article "Computers and the Space Program: An Overview"January 1976207Personal NotesJanuary 1976208Space Center Rotary Club, HoustonJanuary 5, 1976209Jockey International SpeechFebruary 3, 19762010Gulfway(Houston) Rotary ClubFebruary 26, 19762011Personal Notes February 19762012Texas A&M College of EngineeringMarch 9, 19762013Downtown Optimist Club, HoustonFebruary 19,19762014Aerojet Booster Club, SacrementoMarch 16, 19762015National Downtowner Franchise Conference, Charlotte N.C.March 28,19762016Kraft Interview by Edward EzellMarch 28, 19762017Personal NotesMarch 19762018Kraft Interview by Edward EzellApril 12, 19762019Airforce Association Symposium, Vandenburg Air Force BaseApril 29, 19762020Executive Commitee of Houston Chamber of CommerceApril 20, 19762021Personal NotesApril 19762022W.R.Grace & Co., Amelia IslandMay 18, 19762023Informal Discussion with Local Businessmen's GroupMay 27,19762024Listing of Material in NASA Science & Technology Information FacilityMay 5, 19762025Personal NotesMay 19762026Material for CCK Story in DuPont MagazineMay 1976-June 19762027Material for CCK Story in Houston MagazineJune 19762028Personal Correspondence: IncomingJanuary 1976-June 19762029Personal Correspondence: OutgoingJanuary 1976-June 19762030Personal NotesJune 19762032Board of Directors, Houston Chamber of CommerceJuly 13, 19762032Personal NotesJuly 19762033KRTH Radio Interviews Frank Haley ShowAugust 17, 19762034Harris County Association of Mayors and CouncilmenAugust 19, 19762035Breakfast Club at River Oaks Country ClubAugust 25, 19762036Personal NotesAugust 19762037Purchasing Management Association, HoustonSeptember 14,19762038Speech at University of St.Thomas, HoustonSeptember 28, 19762039Personal NotesSeptember 19762040French Legion of HonourOctober 13, 19762041Wings Club NYCOctober 19,19762042Personal NotesOctober 19762043The Conference Board Speech, HoustonNovember 3, 1976211Aviation Week Special Issue on ShuttleNovember 8, 1976212Career Service Award - National Civil Service LeagueNovember 16, 1976213Personal NotesNovember 1976214Young Presidents Organization, Speech, DallasDecember 14,1976215Personal NotesDecember 1976216Personal CorrespondenceJuly 1976- December 1976217Personal Correspondence- OutgoingJuly 1976-December 1976218Virginia Tech Correspondence1976219CCK's Predictions of Development for the next 100 Years, For the CLC Time Capsule19762110CCK Speech Reference Material197621111977CCK Speech Reference Material1977-19782112Personal NotesJanuary 19772113Personal NotesFebruary 19772114Young President's Organization, HoustonMarch 22, 19772115Personal NotesMarch 19772116Dr. Fletcher's Retirement Luncheon, speechApril 21,19772117Tejas Chapter of DAR, Speech, HoustonApril 26,19772118Aviation/Space Writers Speech, AmesApril 28, 19772119Personal NotesApril 19772120Southern Regional Ed. Board SpeechJune 23, 19772122Incoming Personal CorrespondenceJanuary 1977-June 19772124Outgoing Personal CorrespondenceJanuary 1977-June 19772125Personal NotesJuly 19772126California Space Day Speech, Los Angeles August 11, 19772127KTRH Q/A Show, Jimm BellAugust 30,19772128Personal NotesAugust 19772129Conference Board Speech, CaramelSeptember 9, 19772130Speech- Park Plaza Hospital Staff, HoustonSeptember 20, 19772131Speech - Gen. Smith & Group of Dallas BusinessmenSeptember 27, 19772132Personal NotesSeptember 19772133Personal NotesOctober 19772135Cleveland Young Presidents Organization SpeechNovember 10, 19772136Personal NotesNovember 19772137Council for Energy Studies Speech, Honolulu HINovember 30-December 2, 19772138Personal NotesDecember 1977221Personal Incoming CorrespondenceJuly 1977-December 1977222Personal Outgoing CorrespondenceJuly 1977-December 1977223Virginia Tech Correspondence19772241978Space Center Rotary ClubJanuary 1978225Personal NotesJanuary 1978226Midwest Research Institute, K.C.January 19, 1978227Diamond Shamrock SpeechJanuary 24, 1978228Financial Analyst FederationFebruary 6, 1978229Houston TV Channel 8February 17, 19782210National Black History WeekFebruary 17, 19782211General Dynamics ExecutivesFebruary 22, 19782212Personal NotesFebruary 19782213Energy Conference, HoustonMarch 23, 19782214Texas A and M, College StationMarch 28, 19782215National Feed and Grain, PhoenixMarch 29,19782216Personal NotesMarch 19782217Continental BankApril 10, 19782218Texas Commerce Bankshares, HoustonApril18,19782220University of Houston at Clear Lake CityApril 4, 19782220Federal Women's WeekApril 17, 19782221Northwestern Bell, Board of DirectorsApril 27,19782222Personal NotesApril 19782223Texaco Round Table, White PlainsMay 4, 19782224Cincinnati YPOMay 8, 19782225Biomed/ Life Sciences Conference, HoustonMay 23, 19782226Instrument Society of America, HoustonMay 23, 19782227Personal NotesMay 19782228Texas Society of Association Executives, HoustonJune 10, 19782229Incoming Personal MailJanuary 1978-June 19782230Grocery Manufacteres of America, GreenbriarJune 19, 19782231Men's Forum, Houston ClubJune 28, 19782232Personal NotesJune 19782233Outgoing MailJanuary 1978-June 19782234Opening of Baybrook Mall, FriendswoodJuly 26, 19782235Personal NotesJuly 19782236Personal NotesAugust 19782237U.S Air Force Academy, DenverSeptember 26, 19782238Personal NotesSeptember 19782239Pasadena Texas RotaryOctober 13, 19782240YPO Southern Conference, West Palm BeachOctober 18-21, 19782241Welcome Speech, Lacie SymposiumOctober 23, 19782242Personal NotesOctober 19782243AAS Meetings HoustonNovember 1, 1978231AIAA/RAS Energy Conference, London, EnglandDecember 5-7, 1978232NASA Awards CeremonyNovember 1, 1978233Personal NotesNovember 1978234Personal NotesDecember 1978235Incoming MailJuly 1978-December 1978236Personal Outgoing July 1978-December 1978237Virginia Tech Correspondence19782381979Welcome AAAS Meetings, HoustonJanuary 3-8, 1979239Little Rock YPOJanuary 11, 19792310Rice University Speech, HoustonJanuary 16, 19792311Personal NotesJanuary 19792312JSC Honor AwardsJanuary 29,19792313Personal NotesFebruary 19792314Personal NotesMarch 19792315Von Karman Lectureship AIAA, Washington D.C.February 6, 19792316YPO "University", AcapulcoFebruary 25- March 3, 19792318Black History WeekFebruary 16, 19792317Personal NotesApril 19792319Goddard Memorial Trophy, National Space ClubMay 30, 19792320English Speaking Union, HoustonApril 26, 19792321Personal NotesMay 19792322Roger W. Jones Award, American UniversityMay 12, 19792323Honorary Doctorate, VillanovaMay 19792324Personal NotesJune 19792325Personal IncomingJanuary 1979-June 19792326Personal OutgoingJanuary 1979-June 19792327Personal NotesJuly 1979232810th Anniversary Lunar curatorial FacilityJuly 20, 19792329Personal NotesAugust 19792330Texas Power and Light, DallasAugust 10, 19792331American BAR Association, DallasAugust 14, 19792332Columbus, Ohio YPOSeptember 10, 1979241Personal NotesSeptember 1979242Aerospace Medical Association, Galveston,TXSeptember 28, 1979243Personal NotesOctober 1979244UPI, HoustonOctober 9, 1979245Induction to VA Aviation Hall of FameOctober 13, 1979246National Management Association SpeechOctober 18, 1979247National Security Industrial Association L.AOctober 31, 1979248AAS, L.A.November 1, 1979249Personal NotesNovember 19792410VA Women's Forum, RichmondNovember 19, 19792411Rockwell Annual Management Meeting, Pheonix AZNovember 20, 19792412Meeting with Beale, Anderson, Jeffs, Yardlet, Lovelace, and KraftDecember 15, 19792413Personal NotesDecember 19792414Virginia Tech Correspondence19792415Guest Book #1 with transcript of Guests19792416Outgoing CorrespondenceJuly 1979-December 19792417Incoming CorrespondenceJuly 1979-December 19792418Index to NASA News Release and Speeches, 1978 Supplement197924191980Personal NotesJanuary 19802420IBM MGT Group Holiday InnJanuary 23, 19802421National Academy of EngineeringFebruary 3, 19802423Personal NotesFebruary 19802422Women in Aviation and Space SymposiumMarch 12, 19802424River Oaks Professional Women's Breakfast ClubMarch 20, 19802425Personal NotesMarch 19802426NASA and JSC AwardsMarch 25, 19802427Commercial Club of ChicagoMarch 22, 19802428Gossamer Albatross Opening CeremonyApril 3, 19802429Personal NotesApril 19802430"The Kissinger Doctrine", H.A.K AddressApril 10, 19802431Personal NotesMay 19802432Space Shuttle System SummaryMay 19802433Personal NotesJune 19802434Batelle Report: Orbiter TPS Strength IntegrityJune 16, 19802435Incoming CorrespondenceJanuary 1980-June 19802436Outgoing CorrespondenceJanuary 1980-June 19802437Personal NotesJuly 19802438Airforce Scientific Adv. BoardJuly 17, 19802439Tandem Elevon Actuator/ Enhanced ReliabilityJuly 19802440High Pressure O2 Systems ReviewAugust 19802441Personal NotesAugust 19802442Presidential Distinguished Executive AwardSeptember 9, 1980252Combined Loads Orbiter Test StatusSeptember 12, 1980253OSTS Shuttle Program ReviewSeptember 4, 1980251Orbiter Component Loads AssessmentSeptember 12, 1980254Hispanic Heritage Week, WelcomeSeptember 19, 1980255Personal Notes September 1980256SAE Keynote Address, LAOctober 14, 1980257Personal Notes October 19, 1980258Correspondence with Vice President George BushNovember 10, 1980259Personal NotesNovember 19802510National Telecommunication ConferenceDecember 1, 19802511On-Orbit TPS INSP and Repair SystemDecember 12, 19802512Personal NotesDecember 19802513Incoming CorrespondenceJuly 1980- December 19802514Outgoing CorrespondenceJuly 1980-December 19802515Virginia Tech Correspondence19802516Orbital Thermal Protection Subsystem19802517Retro-Glide Booster Conceptc. 19802518Guest Book #2 (Signatures) & Typed List of Guests1980-19822637Miscellaneous Space Shuttle Notes1980-19822640Reference Material for CCK Speechesc. 198026391981Atlantic Richfield, HoustonJanuary 6, 19812519Virginia Tech Correspondence198125203Avionics Software Test ReadinessJanuary 19,19812521System Integration FRF/FRR Board for STS-1January 21, 19812522OV-102 Analysis RE STS-1January 20, 19812523STS-1 FRF Test Readiness ReviewJanuary 21, 19812524FRF Level II/I PresentationJanuary 22, 19812525STS-1 Launch/Landing OP's ReviewJanuary 23, 19812526Personal NotesJanuary 19812527VPI Committee of 100January 19812528Personal NotesFebruary 19812529CCK Article "Renaissance of MSF"February 19812530Lunar Science ConferenceMarch 16, 19812531Personal Notes March 19812532VPI Alumni Distinguished Service AwardApril 3, 19812533National Secretaries WeekApril 20, 19812534Notes, STS-1 Debriefing to ManagementApril 22, 19812535Personal NotesApril 19812536Tejas Breakfast ClubMay 7, 19812537White House Luncheon InviteesMay 19, 19812538Wichita YPOMay 21, 19812539Houston Kiwanis May 27, 19812540Personal NotesMay 19812541Park Plaza Hospital Quarterly MeetingJune 2, 19812542VPI Interview for "Engineering Now"June 19812543Personal NotesJune 19812544Personal Correspondence: IncomingJune 19812545Personal Correspondence: OutgoingJanuary 1981- June 19812546Dedication of Teague AuditoriumJuly 20, 19812547Personal Notes,July 19812548YPO Groups in Tokyo and Hong Kong:August 20-30, 19812549Personal NotesAugust 1981262STS-1 Orbiter Final Mission ReportAugust 1981263STS-1 Honor Awards CeremonySeptember 11, 1981264Personal NotesSeptember 1981265EMU/POS ManpowerApril-September 1981266National Wholesale Furniture Association, High PointOctober 23, 1981267Personal NotesOctober 1981268Notes, STS-2 DebriefingNovember 19, 1981269Bonneville Knife and Fork Club, Salt Lake CityNovember 19-20, 19812610Personal NotesNovember 19812611Incoming CorrespondenceJuly-December 19812612Outgoing CorrespondenceJuly-December 19812613Personal NotesDecember 198126141982Downtown Rotary and Joint OPO/YPO Meeting, Kansas CityJanuary 14, 19822615Shreveport Chamber of CommerceJanuary 21, 19822616Personal NotesJanuary 19822617Welcome Houston Chamber of Commerce Executive CommitteeFebruary 4, 19822618Guest Professor at Rice University February 29, 19822619Personal NotesFebruary 19822620STS-2 Orbiter Mission ReportFebruary 19822621Personal NotesMarch 19822622STS-3 Debriefing April 6, 19822623Phi Beta Kappa Charter, Rice UniversityApril 29, 19822624Personal NotesApril 19822625Annual Meeting of Houston Chamber of CommerceMay 13, 19822626AIAA 50th Anniversary, Teague AuditoriumMay 21, 19822627Personal NotesMay 19822628Personal NotesJune 19822629Commencement Address, VPI & SUJune 12 19822630Incoming CorrespondenceJanuary-June 19822631Outgoing CorrespondenceJanuary-June 19822632Personal NotesJuly-August 19822633MS of Nystrom Article in VPI Alumni MagazineJuly 19822634Rotary Club of CincinnatiJuly 29, 19822635Award, Travel Hall of Fame (American Society of Travel Agents)October 11-12, 19822636Virginia Tech Correspondence19822641The View from Mission Control Manuscriptc. 1998Chapters 1-3271Chapters 4-8272Chapters 9-13
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