Records of the lyndon b. Johnson space center
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PRELIMINARY INVENTORY OF THE RECORDS OF THE LYNDON B. JOHNSON SPACE CENTER Record Group 255 Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Archives-Southwest Region Fort Worth, Texas Compiled by Kent Carter CONTENTSCONTENTS i RECORDS OF THE LYNDON B. JOHNSON SPACE CENTER 1 RECORDS OF THE SPACE TASK GROUP 2 RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 3 RECORDS OF THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE 6 RECORDS OF THE HISTORY OFFICE 7 RECORDS OF THE ADVANCED MISSIONS PROGRAM OFFICE (HA) 11 TECHNICAL PLANNING OFFICE (AT) 11 NEW INITIATIVES OFFICE (IA) 12 RECORDS OF THE ADMINISTRATION DIRECTORATE 13 Procurement Division (BD) 13 Program Procurement Division (BC) 14 Space Station Procurement Division (BF) 14 Administrative Services Division 14 Management Services Division 14 Publications Branch 14 Communications Services Branch 15 Facilities Division 15 Program Control Office 16 Management Analysis Office (BE) 16 Personnel Division (BP) 17 Program Support Division (BT) 18 Photographic Technology Lab 19 Program Operations Office (Wa) 19 Safety, Reliability And Quality Assurance Office 20 FLIGHT CREW OPERATIONS DIRECTORATE 21 Crew Support Division 24 Crew Training And Procedures Division (CG) 26 FLIGHT/MISSION OPERATIONS DIRECTORATE (CA) 27 RECORDS OF THE ENGINEERING AND DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORATE (EA) 32 Assistant Director For Advanced Planning And Design (EA) 32 Director Of Engineering (EA) 33 Advanced Spacecraft Technology Division 34 Crew Systems Division 34 Laboratory Operations Office 40 Experiment Systems Division 40 Chemical and Mechanical Systems Division 45 Landing Technology Branch 46 Computation and Analysis Division 46 Engineering and Analysis Division (EX) 47 Advanced Programs Office (ED) 49 Instrumentation And Electronic Systems Division (EE) 50 Structures And Mechanics Division (ES) 50 Systems Engineering Division (ET) 51 Spacecraft Design Division (EW) 51 Energy Systems Division (EP) 52 Thermochemical Test Branch 52 Battery and Pyrotechnics Branch 53 Project Support Branch (EP2) 53 EARTH RESOURCES PROGRAM OFFICE (HA) 54 RECORDS OF THE DATA SYSTEMS AND ANALYSIS DIRECTORATE (FA) 55 Mission Planning and Analysis Division 55 SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS DIRECTORATE (TA) 56 LUNAR RECEIVING LABORATORY PROGRAM OFFICE 57 LIFE SCIENCES DIRECTORATE (DA) 58 MERCURY PROJECT OFFICE 59 GEMINI PROGRAM OFFICE 62 APOLLO SPACECRAFT PROGRAM OFFICE (PA) 67 APOLLO-SOYUZ TEST PROJECT OFFICE 78 APOLLO APPLICATIONS (SKYLAB) PROGRAM OFFICE (KA) 81 SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM OFFICE 85 Orbiter Project Office (MA) 88 Space Station Program Office (KA) 91 MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER 93 JOHN F. KENNEDY SPACE CENTER 93 LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER 94 Records Relating to Tracking and Ground Instrumentation 94 APPENDIX A 96 APPENDIX B 97 APPENDIX C 99 APPENDIX C-1 114 APPENDIX C-2 117 APPENDIX D 118 APPENDIX E 119 INDEX 120
RECORDS OF THE LYNDON B. JOHNSON SPACE CENTEROn November 5, 1958, a Space Task Group (STG) under Robert R. Gilruth was formed at NASA's Langley Research Center in Virginia to plan and implement a project to put a man in space (Project Mercury). In September 1961, NASA selected Houston as the site for a new facility and the STG was redesignated the Manned Spacecraft Center in November. The staff began moving into rented space in the Houston area in October 1962 and occupied the first permanent facilities at the Clear Lake site in February 1964. The Manned Spacecraft Center was renamed the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC) in February 1973.1 The Johnson Space Center is one of nine major NASA field installations. It has been responsible for developing the Gemini spacecraft, the Apollo command and service module, the lunar excursion module, the modified command and service modules used in Skylab and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, and the Space Shuttle Orbiter. It has also been responsible for the selection and training of astronauts, the operation of manned flights, the development and integration of space flight experiments, studies of applications of space technology, and research in medical and space science. The organizational structure of the Johnson Space Center has undergone numerous changes since 1961, but the basic pattern of offices responsible for specific projects supported by technical offices and administrative support offices remained fairly constant. Dr. Gilruth described the first organization as a “hardware development team … responsible for conceiving the plan (for Project Mercury), writing the specifications for it, and conducting the exercise with industry to get bids and select contractors ...the operations team which set up the method of operation and implemented it ...(and) the crew systems element responsible for selecting and training astronauts.”2 When President Kennedy announced the decision to undertake a moon-landing program, “the organization went from a single project organization for Mercury to a multiple project organization… We organized in the usual straightforward fashion. We simply instituted project offices and we tried to keep the project offices small, and drawing needed institutional support from other elements of the Center such as in the flight crew area, flight operations, basic engineering and science.” The official history of JSC notes that “office designations and work assignments tended to be very fluid and amorphous during the early years.”3 The following inventory attempts to describe the records by the basic organizational unit that created them and notes changes of official title or major responsibilities in brief unit descriptions. The official issuances of JSC contain detailed functional descriptions and organizational charts and they are the best source of information about any specific unit.4 This inventory describes more than 8,600 cubic feet of records transferred to the legal custody of the National Archives-Southwest Region by NASA. Frustrated NASA employees allegedly complained that no booster rocket could be launched until the weight of the paper documentation equaled the weight of the machine and the NASA would reach the moon by stacking paper. The 8,600 cubic feet of records described in this inventory only weighs approximately 430,000 pounds which is much less than the weight of the Saturn V (6,487,354), but the 730 feet of Apollo Spacecraft Program Office files is approximately twice the height of the 363 foot rocket stack. It should also be noted that the volume of records expanded significantly with each new program. There are approximately 67 feet for Mercury, 201 feet for Gemini, 730 feet for Apollo, with a yet to be determined amount for the Shuttle. Directory: apollo apollo -> Final accepted manuscript published in Atmospheric Pollution Research, October 20, 2015, doi apollo -> Connecting a device to the HutchinsOpen Wireless Network apollo -> Big Data analysis on geographical segmentations and resource constrained scheduling of production of agricultural commodities for better yield apollo -> Analysis of the Apollo and cev guidance and Control Systems and the Impact of Risk Management apollo -> Required assignments and memos are in bold print apollo -> The Impact of Risk Management: An Analysis of the Apollo and cev guidance, Navigation and Control Systems apollo -> Artifact label 75 words Apollo Guidance Computer apollo -> Journeys to the Moon apollo -> Topic of Focus: Apollo Missions 11 and 17 Download 0.71 Mb. Share with your friends:
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