Box 5
Container
Contains 67 Results:
"Spacelab One, Lessons Learned," 1984
File — Box: 5, Folder: 42
Identifier: Folder 42
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
"Tether Management," 1981
File — Box: 5, Folder: 12
Identifier: Folder 12
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
IRIS Performance and Lageos Weights, 1982
File — Box: 5, Folder: 35
Identifier: Folder 35
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, Notes - Loose, Handwritten, 1985-1988
File — Box: 5, Folder: 52
Identifier: Folder 52
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
"At Work in Space: Lessons Learned in Integrating Scientific and Applications Experiments in the Spacelab and Experiments Processing Division, Cargo Management, Kennedy Space Center," by P.R. Elfrey, 1985
File — Box: 5, Folder: 43
Identifier: Folder 43
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
Newspaper Clippings on Space Food, 1985-1988
File — Box: 5, Folder: 53
Identifier: Folder 53
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
Memorandum of Understanding Between the National Research Council of Italy and NASA, 1981
File — Box: 5, Folder: 13
Identifier: Folder 13
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
Tethered Satellite System Generator of DC Electric Power, 1981
File — Box: 5, Folder: 14
Identifier: Folder 14
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
Lageos Satellite, 1983
File — Box: 5, Folder: 36
Identifier: Folder 36
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
"Spacelab-J Mission Complement, Review for Associate Administrator for Space Science and Applications," NASA Headquarters, 1985
File — Box: 5, Folder: 44
Identifier: Folder 44
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