Box 5
Container
Contains 67 Results:
Tethered Satellite System, Active vs. Passive Assessment, 1981-1982
File — Box: 5, Folder: 17
Identifier: Folder 17
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 Comments on Spacelab, undated
File — Box: 5, Folder: 47
Identifier: Folder 47
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
Johnson Space Center Contamination Control Requirements Manual, 1982
File — Box: 5, Folder: 57
Identifier: Folder 57
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
"Notes for USA Visit, AIT," 1981-1982
File — Box: 5, Folder: 18
Identifier: Folder 18
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
"An Alternative Configuration of the Electrodynamic Tether Experiment," 1982
File — Box: 5, Folder: 19
Identifier: Folder 19
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
Project Columbus, 1983-1984
File — Box: 5, Folder: 48
Identifier: Folder 48
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
"Man in Space: Space Medicine, Physiology and Biology, 1982"
File — Box: 5, Folder: 58
Identifier: Folder 58
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
"NASA Issues Request for Proposals on Tethered Satellite Contract," 1982
File — Box: 5, Folder: 20
Identifier: Folder 20
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
Minutes - PSN/CNR and NASA Planning Meetings on Tethered Satellite Program, 1982
File — Box: 5, Folder: 21
Identifier: Folder 21
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 Symposium - "Towards Columbus and Space Station," 1985
File — Box: 5, Folder: 49
Identifier: Folder 49
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