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Box 5

 Container

Contains 67 Results:

"Electrical Behavior of a Shuttle Electrodynamic Tether System," 1981

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 9
Identifier: Folder 9
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

"Spacelab Follow-On Development Programme, Phase B Results," 1981

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 40
Identifier: Folder 40
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Aeritalia, an Italian aerospace company, contracted Disher to work on Project Columbus in 1983. Project Columbus was a planned European Space Agency (ESA) contribution to the proposed international manned space station, which was then being developed under U.S. leadership. The name "Columbus" was a reference to the scheduled launch date of 1992, five hundred years after Christopher Columbus's initial voyage to North America. Project Columbus was derived from an earlier NASA/ESA...
Dates: created: 1937 - 1994; Other: Majority of material found in 1945-1993; Other: Date acquired: 12/02/1994

Papers on the IRIS System and Satellites, Presented at Riena, Atti 22 Convegno It.le Sullo Spazio, Roma, 1982

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 33
Identifier: Folder 33
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

Nissho Iwai Corporation, 1985-1986

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 50
Identifier: Folder 50
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: LeRoy Day and Associates, an aerospace consulting firm, hired Disher in 1985. Disher was to assist in completing a contract for the Japanese company Nissho Iwai, who had in turn been contracted by NASA for work on a manned space station habitability module.  This subseries includes correspondence, reports, papers, Disher's handwritten notes and newspaper clippings. Many materials pertain to life support systems in space and concern matters such as astronaut food and hygiene. Some items, such...
Dates: created: 1937 - 1994; Other: Majority of material found in 1945-1993; Other: Date acquired: 12/02/1994

Disher Interview by Cosmos Club, 1987

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 5
Identifier: Folder 5
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 on Tethered Satellite System, 1981

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 10
Identifier: Folder 10
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

Italian Visit to U.S., 1981

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 11
Identifier: Folder 11
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

"Spacelab: The First Results" New Scientist August 23, 1984

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 41
Identifier: Folder 41
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Aeritalia, an Italian aerospace company, contracted Disher to work on Project Columbus in 1983. Project Columbus was a planned European Space Agency (ESA) contribution to the proposed international manned space station, which was then being developed under U.S. leadership. The name "Columbus" was a reference to the scheduled launch date of 1992, five hundred years after Christopher Columbus's initial voyage to North America. Project Columbus was derived from an earlier NASA/ESA...
Dates: created: 1937 - 1994; Other: Majority of material found in 1945-1993; Other: Date acquired: 12/02/1994

IRIS System, 1981-1982

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 34
Identifier: Folder 34
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

LeRoy E. Day and Associates/Nissho Iwai Consulting Project, Correspondence, 1985-1988

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 51
Identifier: Folder 51
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: LeRoy Day and Associates, an aerospace consulting firm, hired Disher in 1985. Disher was to assist in completing a contract for the Japanese company Nissho Iwai, who had in turn been contracted by NASA for work on a manned space station habitability module.  This subseries includes correspondence, reports, papers, Disher's handwritten notes and newspaper clippings. Many materials pertain to life support systems in space and concern matters such as astronaut food and hygiene. Some items, such...
Dates: created: 1937 - 1994; Other: Majority of material found in 1945-1993; Other: Date acquired: 12/02/1994