Otis Jerome Parker Papers
Scope and Content
This collection contains the papers of Otis Jerome Parker, an aerospace engineer employed at NASA's Langley Research Center during the Gemini, Apollo and Skylab projects. The collection consists largely of a few NASA publications regarding the design and development of "jet shoes" and other devices intended to provide propulsion and maneuverability during extravehicular activity (EVA) in spaceflight. The collection also includes Langley inter-office communications regarding Parker and the projects on which he worked, as well as a small set of photographs of Parker and EVA propulsion devices. With the exception of one photograph, this collection consists of photocopied materials.
Dates
- Creation: 1963 - 1975
Creator
- Parker, Otis Jerome, 1918-1995 (Person)
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from the Otis Jerome Parker Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Biographical/Historical Information
Otis Jerome Parker (1918-1995), an aerospace engineer, was employed by NASA's Langley Research Center during the 1960s and 1970s. He worked in the Flight Vehicles and Systems Division during the Gemini program and was named assistant manager of Langley's Apollo Applications Program Experiments Systems in 1969. In 1971, he was assigned the same position in the Skylab program. Parker was largely involved with the design and development of "jet shoes" and other devices intended to provide maneuverability during astronauts' extravehicular activity in spaceflight. During his work at NASA, Parker was granted patents as inventor or co-inventor of a despin weight release mechanism, a spacecraft separation system, an ullage compensator and a flared tube strainer.
Full Extent
0.2 Cubic Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Technical publications and internal communications from NASA's Langley Research Center, largely relating to Parker's work on "jet shoes" and other devices designed for extravehicular activity propulsion and maneuverability during the Apollo and Skylab projects.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged by document type, then chronologically.
Acquisition Information
The Otis Jerome Parker Papers were donated to the Special Collections in 1987.
General Physical Description note
1 container; 0.2 cu. ft.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement and description of the Otis Jerome Parker Papers commenced and was completed in May 2005.
Subject
- Parker, Otis Jerome, 1918-1995 (Person)
Occupation
Topical
- Title
- A Guide to the Otis Jerome Parker Papers 1963-1975
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- © 2005 By Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. All rights reserved.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Description is in English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu