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Box 5

 Container

Contains 67 Results:

Articles on Total Organic Carbon (TOC) Analysis, 1981, 1986

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 54
Identifier: Folder 54
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

Tethered Satellite System Briefing to the NASA Deputy Administrator, 1981

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 15
Identifier: Folder 15
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 (Continued)

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 37
Identifier: Folder 37
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 Mission I Experiment Descriptions, 1986

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 45
Identifier: Folder 45
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

Oxygen Atom Reaction with Shuttle Materials at Orbital Altitudes, 1982

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 55
Identifier: Folder 55
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

Tethered Satellite System Project Overview Briefing, 1981

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 16
Identifier: Folder 16
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, undated

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 38
Identifier: Folder 38
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

European Space Agency Satellite Photo, undated

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 39
Identifier: Folder 39
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," Aeritalia Pamphlet, undated

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 46
Identifier: Folder 46
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

Life Sciences Considerations for Space Station, 1982

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 56
Identifier: Folder 56
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