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Item Inventory of (Shuttle Program Office) Presentation Material(UHCL Archives staff, 2022) JSC History Collection staffThis subseries consists of 23 linear feet (46 boxes) of presentation material, most of which was produced by or for the Shuttle Program Office at JSC. It includes Congressional briefing material, presentations to the program director, presentations made to dignitaries and groups visiting JSC, program status briefings and more. This material runs from May 1969 (Phase A feasibility studies) through September 1988. Subject areas covered include design, cost, management, and operations of the Space Shuttle system.Item Inventory of Aerodynamic Design Data Books(UHCL Archives staff, 2022) JSC History Collection staffThis subseries consists of 19.5 linear feet of Shuttle aerodynamic design data books, substantiation reports and Flight Assessment Reports generated primarily by Rockwell International. The date range is 1972 to 1981. This run of documents was received from Paul Romere of the Advanced Programs Office Aeroscience Branch (ED3). ADDENDUM -This addendum consists of additional material on Shuttle aerodynamic design data by Rockwell International from 1971 to 1988. The provenance is still Paul Romere.Item Inventory of Aerospace Corporation Documents(UHCL Archives staff, 2022) JSC History Collection staffItem Inventory of Air Force Reports(UHCL Archives staff, 2022) JSC History Collection staffThis subseries consists of weekly reports related to shuttle activities as well as various U.S. Air Force generated reports related directly and indirectly to the Space Shuttle. They have been collected from a number of sources and are arranged chronologically.Item Inventory of American Airlines Documents(UHCL Archives staff, 2022) JSC History Collection staffItem Inventory of Bobola Documents(UHCL Archives staff, 2022) JSC History Collection staffThese files were collected by Robert Bobola between 1976 and 1981 when he was working in the Orbiter Project Engineering Office (mail code EK4). This is a preliminary inventory, no documents have been culled or re-arranged within the folders. The folders have been arranged alphabetically by subject and contain correspondence, reports, charts, and presentation material.Item Inventory of CANEX Payload Documents(UHCL Archives staff, 2022) JSC History Collection staffIntegration Attached Payloads Office. They consist of the case files for the Canadian Experiment Package which flew on STS 41-G in October 1984. This was a crew compartment payload consisting of the following experiments. A Space Technology experiment, VISET, the Space Vision System Experiment Development Tests, had as primary objectives the calibration of closed circuit TV and Canadian target system combinations as well as the collection of annotated video on target maneuvers. ACOMEX, Advanced Composite Material Exposure, was another space technology experiment. This one looked at the degradation of polymers in the orbiter environment and was similar to some experiments on the LDEF (Long Duration Exposure Facility). Space science experiments included OGLOW, SPEAM and PHOTONS. OGLOW, Orbital Glow and Atmospheric Emissions took spectral readings and measured the intensity of orbiter and earth's limb emissions. SPEAM was the Sun Photometer Earth Atmosphere Measurements and PHOTONS was the Photometric Thermospheric Oxygen Nightglow Study. A Life Sciences experiment, SASSE (Space Adaptation Syndrome Supplemental Experiments), expanded the available data on vestibulo-ocular reflex, awareness of object positions, proprioceptive illusions, limb sensory functions, and space motion sickness. Because this collection represents a good snapshot of payload management activities very little was done to change the organization of the documents. The collection has been maintained in its original file folders with keywords and date ranges noted. Original folder titles are in bold type on the inventory. The folders are filed chronologically by the latest date on the folder. Materials within the folders are filed chronologically from earliest to latest date with undated material at the end of the folder. Dates range from February 1984 through February 1986.Item Inventory of Charles Teixeira Documents(UHCL Archives staff, 2022) JSC History Collection staffThese documents consist of charts, memoranda, notes, drawings, graphs and reports from Charles Teixeira who, in the time period covered by these documents, was an engineer in the Engineering Analysis Division, the Integrated Flight Analysis Branch, the Integrated Entry Analysis Branch, and the Systems Integration Branch. The files cover the period between 1977 and 1982. They consist of 4 1/2 linear feet of documentation. The original order in which the documents were received has been retained.Item Inventory of Communications Interface Equipment (CIE)(UHCL Archives staff, 2022) JSC History Collection staffThis subseries contains materials related to the development of the Communications Interface Equipment (CIE) unit, from 1981 to 1985. The primary function of the CIE was to provide a flexible, onboard two-way communication interface between attached and detached payloads, the orbiter communications and tracking and data subsystems and future Orbiter payload work station (OPWS) in terms of signal routing, format handling and command/telemetry handling. Its two basic functions were command (to direct operations) and telemetry (to monitor operations). The provenance of this collection is the Avionics Project Office (EH13) of the Avionics Division in the Engineering Directorate. The names of Steven Nance and Dave Tadlock appear on the majority of the documents. The collection needed only slight rearrangement for a chronological presentation. Two introductory folders on the functions and purpose of the CIE begin the subseries. The ensuing documents concern various aspects of the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) and the Critical Design Review (CDR). The collection ends with some documents relating to payloads and the OPWS.Item Inventory of Documents of Peripheral Importance to Shuttle(UHCL Archives staff, 2022) JSC History Collection staffThe contents of this subseries were collected by the authors of the Shuttle Chronology. Although not directly related to the Shuttle program, they offer some background information helpful to place the program in context.Item Inventory of Dwight Suiter Documents Lightening/Thunderstorm Research for Space Shuttle Launch Criteria(UHCL Archives staff, 2022) JSC History Collection staffThis subseries consists of collected materials on the effects of lightning on electronic and electrical systems, how lightning affects aircraft, and thus protective measures needed and launch criteria developed concerning the space shuttle. The concern towards thunderstorms in general and lightning in particular was generated by the frequency of both in the vicinity of Kennedy Space Center, and by the numerous lightning strikes near and on Apollo rockets and their launch facilities in the late 1960's and early 1970's. The provenance of this material is Dwight Suiter, who was employed at JSC from 1964-1991 and was a member of the Lightning Committee that investigated the aforementioned phenomena and whose goal was to develop the necessary precautions and procedures for similar occurrences with the space shuttle. Mr. Suiter worked in a number of capacities in the Apollo Spacecraft Program Office, Program Operations Office, Shuttle Office, and Orbiter and GFE Projects Office. The materials received were arranged haphazardly, and while some subject areas were noticed, it was decided that some order needed to be imposed. Various Apollo documents were grouped together at the beginning of the collection, followed by important shuttle papers generated by the Lightning Committee, all arranged chronologically from 1963-1984. Subject areas that were obvious or became obvious during processing were placed next in the collection. They are: 1) Lightning Detection and Ranging (LDAR) papers, 2) Lightning Susceptibility Analysis Summaries, 3) Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) papers, 4) OMS Pod materials, and 5) materials related to Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Each subject area has been arranged chronologically. Various personal papers by Mr. Suiter that did not fit into any particular subject area were placed next, arranged in chronological order. Finally, a large number of articles, papers, and documents related to lightning and its effects were interspersed throughout and are arranged chronologically at the end of the collection.Item Inventory of Early Avionics Studies(UHCL Archives staff, 2022) JSC History Collection staffThese documents were sent to us from William E. Mallary of the Spacecraft Data Management Office (EH). They consist primarily of contractor reports from early avionics studies produced between 1968 and 1975. The documents constitute a run of three linear feet organized by contractor name and are arranged in chronological order.Item Inventory of Early Shuttle Development--Steve Andrich Papers(UHCL Archives staff, 2022) JSC History Collection staffThis subseries consists of documents pertaining to early shuttle development and design from 1969 to 1972, the majority dating from 1970. Early shuttle conceptual design data, as well as numerous correspondence, reports, and diagrams, are an integral part of the collection. The provenance of this material is Steve Andrich, who worked at JSC from 1963 to 1990. Starting in the Special Projects division of the Gemini Program Office, he moved to the Spacecraft Design Office in early 1967 and was involved in early design and development of the space shuttle. From 1975 to 1986 he was assigned to the Orbiter Systems Operation Office, and from 1986 until his retirement worked in the Flight Requirements Office of the STS Orbiter and GFE Projects Office. A letter from Mr. Andrich describing the contents of this collection has been placed in the first folder. The next two folders contain a huge volume of information concerning early shuttle design that Mr. Andrich has simply named Book #1 and Book #2, with the appropriate dates included. From this point forward, the collection has been arranged chronologically. Some subject folders that are of particular interest are the 1968 space suit material; the early shuttle drawings by various contractors dated April 13, 1970; the crew/passenger cabin studies; the in-house early shuttle configurations, which contain numerous drawings and designs; the NR mini shuttle concept; and the management approach folder, which is a detailed flowchart of early shuttle program management. The collection ends with evaluation reports on the first and second shuttle flights. Since they were spaced rather far chronologically from the rest of the collection, they have been placed last in the collection.Item Inventory of External Tank Documentation(UHCL Archives staff, 2022) JSC History Collection staffInformation collected from Michoud Assembly Facility in October 1984. Filed chronologically by folder title.Item Inventory of Flight Director's Logs(UHCL Archives staff, 2022) JSC History Collection staffThis subseries contains the Flight Director's Logs and consists of mission reports, anomaly logs, press information, flight reviews, presentations, and correspondance. These files have been maintained essentially in the order in which they were received not chronologically or as flown. Earlier Flight Director's Logs have been integrated into mission documents. See STS-1 thru STS-41 inventories. In cases where documents in the Flight Logs duplicate those in other subseries we have retained title page covers only and have added location information for the full text document. Dates range are from 1983 to 1985.Item Inventory of Flight Director's Presentation Files(UHCL Archives staff, 2022) JSC History Collection staffThis subseries consists of a chronological run of presentation charts generated by members of the Flight Director's Office of the Mission Operations Directorate. "Flight Directors are in charge of the flight control team. All decisions regarding the safe and expedient conduct of the flight are the flight director's responsibility. Since the main objective of the STS is to serve STS users, a prime FD responsibility is to accommodate user requirements and objectives whenever possible within safety and resource constraints. The FD has the final authority on time critical decisions affecting flight safety, including situations involving conflicting requirements between STS operations and payload operations" (MOD Orientation Manual, December 15, 1985). These concerns of the flight directors' are apparent in the subjects of the presentations in this subseries. A large number of them deal with safety and risk assessment issues, flight rules, and mission techniques. The material is dated from August 1983 through December 1987 (bulk dates 1986 - 1987).Item Inventory of Flight Director’s Mission Documents(UHCL Archives staff, 2022) JSC History Collection staffThis subseries consists of anomaly lists, *CHIT* lists, flight related reports, and mission action requests collected by the Flight Director's Office and compiled on microfiche. They cover STS-26 through STS-39 and most documents (with the exception of backup material) were created during the missions by mission operations staff either in or supporting the mission control center. They are arranged by mission with one mission per fiche envelope. *CHIT from Apollo days was an acronym for Crew Honest Input from Training. When DA staff was asked what this acronym meant in Shuttle, no one was sure However the CHIT list is the list form which anomaly lists are generated. [NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: THE MICROFICHE IN THIS SECTION IS NOT AVAILABLE AT THE UHCL ARCHIVES AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS. IT IS LISTED HERE BECAUSE IT WAS ORIGINALLY PART OF THE JSC HISTORY COLLECTION, BUT IT IS SUSPECTED NASA SENT THIS MICROFICHE BACK TO THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES].Item Inventory of Galileo RTG Documents(UHCL Archives staff, 2022) JSC History Collection staffA Shuttle payload, the Galileo spacecraft was to conduct a comprehensive investigation of the Jupiter planetary system. The prime source of electric power for Galileo was a nuclear power source called the radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG). Because a nuclear device was to fly on a Shuttle mission, in depth safety analyses were required. This subseries of documents contains those safety analysis reports. These documents were received from the NSTS Program Office (GA) and have been organized chronologically. The dates range from 1984 to 1988.Item Inventory of General Dynamics Documents(UHCL Archives staff, 2022) JSC History Collection staffThis subseries consists primarily of documents from General Dynamics Convair Division. They are arranged chronologically and range from 1967 through 1982.Item Inventory of General Electric (GE) Documents(UHCL Archives staff, 2022) JSC History Collection staffThis subseries consists of GE generated documents related to the Shuttle. They are organized chronologically and run from 1967 to 1975.