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Box 5

 Container

Contains 67 Results:

Italian National Space Plan

 Sub-Series — Box: 5
Identifier: Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents From July 1981 to June 1982, John Disher resided in Rome, Italy, working under contract with the Italian government’s CNR/PSN (In English, the acronym translates as "Council of National Research/National Space Plan"). CNR/PSN hired him to work on the Tethered Satellite System, or TSS, a project jointly developed with NASA. Tethered satellites were designed to be launched from a space shuttle and remain attached to it for the purpose of scientific experimentation. Subseries items include...
Dates: created: 1937 - 1994; Other: Majority of material found in 1945-1993; Other: Date acquired: 12/02/1994

General Correspondence, 1982-1989

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Disher formed Avanti Systems, his aerospace consulting firm, upon his retirement from NASA in 1980. This series documents his professional consulting activities from 1980 until his death in 1988.

Dates: created: 1937 - 1994; Other: Majority of material found in 1945-1993; Other: Date acquired: 12/02/1994

Italian National Space Plan, undated

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 6
Identifier: Folder 6
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: From July 1981 to June 1982, John Disher resided in Rome, Italy, working under contract with the Italian government’s CNR/PSN (In English, the acronym translates as "Council of National Research/National Space Plan"). CNR/PSN hired him to work on the Tethered Satellite System, or TSS, a project jointly developed with NASA. Tethered satellites were designed to be launched from a space shuttle and remain attached to it for the purpose of scientific experimentation. Subseries items include...
Dates: created: 1937 - 1994; Other: Majority of material found in 1945-1993; Other: Date acquired: 12/02/1994

Correspondence, Tethered Satellite System, 1980-1982

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 7
Identifier: Folder 7
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: From July 1981 to June 1982, John Disher resided in Rome, Italy, working under contract with the Italian government’s CNR/PSN (In English, the acronym translates as "Council of National Research/National Space Plan"). CNR/PSN hired him to work on the Tethered Satellite System, or TSS, a project jointly developed with NASA. Tethered satellites were designed to be launched from a space shuttle and remain attached to it for the purpose of scientific experimentation. Subseries items include...
Dates: created: 1937 - 1994; Other: Majority of material found in 1945-1993; Other: Date acquired: 12/02/1994

General Consulting and Engineering

 Sub-Series — Box: 5
Identifier: Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents General Consulting and Engineering, an Italian engineering consulting firm, hired Disher to assist them on a contract with the Italian CNR/PSN. This contract involved technical and management assistance to CNR/PSN for the Lageos 2 satellite project. The Lageos 2 satellite was launched into orbit by the Italian Research Interim Stage, or IRIS, an Italian CNR/PSN space program developed to oversee satellite missions. The first Lageos satellite was launched by United States in 1976. Its purpose...
Dates: created: 1937 - 1994; Other: Majority of material found in 1945-1993; Other: Date acquired: 12/02/1994

Resume - John Disher, (Dates from 1984 or 1985)

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 2
Identifier: Folder 2
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Disher formed Avanti Systems, his aerospace consulting firm, upon his retirement from NASA in 1980. This series documents his professional consulting activities from 1980 until his death in 1988.

Dates: created: 1937 - 1994; Other: Majority of material found in 1945-1993; Other: Date acquired: 12/02/1994

Notes - Handwritten, Loose, 1986 and undated

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 3
Identifier: Folder 3
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Disher formed Avanti Systems, his aerospace consulting firm, upon his retirement from NASA in 1980. This series documents his professional consulting activities from 1980 until his death in 1988.

Dates: created: 1937 - 1994; Other: Majority of material found in 1945-1993; Other: Date acquired: 12/02/1994

U.S./Italian Discussions on Tethered Satellite System, 1980

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 8
Identifier: Folder 8
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: From July 1981 to June 1982, John Disher resided in Rome, Italy, working under contract with the Italian government’s CNR/PSN (In English, the acronym translates as "Council of National Research/National Space Plan"). CNR/PSN hired him to work on the Tethered Satellite System, or TSS, a project jointly developed with NASA. Tethered satellites were designed to be launched from a space shuttle and remain attached to it for the purpose of scientific experimentation. Subseries items include...
Dates: created: 1937 - 1994; Other: Majority of material found in 1945-1993; Other: Date acquired: 12/02/1994

"International Cooperation in Manned Space Flight, Next Steps" by John Disher, Paper Presented at Riena, Atti 22 Convegno Int.le Sullo Spazio, Roma, 1982

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 32
Identifier: Folder 32
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: General Consulting and Engineering, an Italian engineering consulting firm, hired Disher to assist them on a contract with the Italian CNR/PSN. This contract involved technical and management assistance to CNR/PSN for the Lageos 2 satellite project. The Lageos 2 satellite was launched into orbit by the Italian Research Interim Stage, or IRIS, an Italian CNR/PSN space program developed to oversee satellite missions. The first Lageos satellite was launched by United States in 1976. Its purpose...
Dates: created: 1937 - 1994; Other: Majority of material found in 1945-1993; Other: Date acquired: 12/02/1994

Letter by John Disher to Aviation Week and Space Technology Regarding James Beggs, 1987

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 4
Identifier: Folder 4
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Disher formed Avanti Systems, his aerospace consulting firm, upon his retirement from NASA in 1980. This series documents his professional consulting activities from 1980 until his death in 1988.

Dates: created: 1937 - 1994; Other: Majority of material found in 1945-1993; Other: Date acquired: 12/02/1994