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 DirectorsFound in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Hartley A. Soule Papers,
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-004
Abstract
The collection includes research files, personal notes, film scripts, and publications collected by Soule, an aerospace engineer, on the fields of aviation, aeronautics, and aerospace, particularly on the NACA and NASA programs, including the X-1 and X-15 jets, and the Mercury and Gemini space programs.
Dates:
1950 - 1967
Found in:
Special Collections, Virginia Tech
John W. Townsend, Jr., Papers
Collection — Box 1-6
Identifier: Ms-1990-068
Scope and Content
Physicist, NASA administrator. Received B.A., Williams College (1947), M.A. (1949); Sc. D. (1961). Worked at the Naval Research Laboratory (1949-58, branch head 1955-58). With NASA (1958-68, 1987-90); deputy director of the Goddard Space Center (1965-68); director of the Goddard Space Center (1987-90). Deputy administrator, Environmental Sciences Services Administration (1968-70); associate administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (1970-77). President, Fairchild Space...
Dates:
1949 - 1990
Found in:
Special Collections, Virginia Tech
Marjorie Rhodes Townsend Papers,
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1986-003
Abstract
Marjorie Rhodes Townsend was the first women to earn an engineering degree at The 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's Goddard Space Flight Center in 1959, where she worked until 1980. Townsend was project manager for three Small Astronomy Satellites (SAS, 1966-75) and for Applications Explorer Missions (1975-76), and later had...
Dates:
1961 - 1994
Found in:
Special Collections, Virginia Tech