Human Space Flight Collection
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The Human Space Flight (HSF) Collection was initiated as a collecting focus for the UHCL Archives following its receiving custody of the Johnson Space Center History Collection in 2001. The goal of the Human Space Flight Collection is to collect original archival materials and personal papers from individuals involved in the space industry, from individuals who worked and researched in the field of human space flight, or those individuals who work for NASA at the Johnson Space Center or for any of its contractors during any given time period. The focus of the collection is to collecting papers from those who spent time working at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
Personal papers offer insight into the history and operation of human space flight that otherwise may be lost by relying only on official administrative records. They reveal professional interests and opinions that frequently clarify matters mentioned in official records. Personal viewpoints expressed in personal correspondence and documentation resulting from service may provide a better basis for understanding a given program, decision-making process, or scientific development.
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Item Astronaut Crew Clothing and Items(University of Houston-Clear Lake Archives, 1995-08-08)Typed list of items astronauts brought on Mir mission.Item Benvenuti in Italia (Welcome to Italy), Tips for Your Visit(University of Houston-Clear Lake Archives, 2000-04-06)Cultural instruction on American behavior in Italy.Item Booklet for the Anniversary of the First Manned Lunar Landing(National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1969)Booklet commemorating the first anniversary of the first manned lunar landing.Item Cosmonaut Shuttle Training Costs(University of Houston-Clear Lake Archives, 1993-03-10)Typed presentation of training cost for cosmonauts to support SLM-1.Item Cosmonaut/Astronaut Patch Placement(University of Houston-Clear Lake Archives, 1993)Hand drawings of astronaut and cosmonaut badge placements.Item Crew Exchange Working Group Mir-18/Mir-19 Crew Schedule(University of Houston-Clear Lake Archives, 1994-02-08)Typed Astronaut and Cosmonaut training and vacation schedules from January 1994 through July 1995.Item Crew Personal Items(University of Houston-Clear Lake Archives, 1995-07-25)Typed list of items cosmonauts brought on Mir mission.Item Crew Training Visit with Vladimir Dzhanibekov(University of Houston-Clear Lake Archives, 1993-11-04)Typed letter detailing preliminary astronaut requirements for Mir.Item Crew-to-Crew Gift List(University of Houston-Clear Lake Archives, 1995-07-11)Typed list of items to be brought to the Mir crew.Item Environmental Acceptance Testing Program; Project Orbiter(University of Houston-Clear Lake Archives, Undated)Hand written presentation over environmental acceptance testing for Project Orbiter.Item Environmental Acceptance Testing Program; Space Shuttle Program(University of Houston-Clear Lake Archives, Undated)Hand written presentation over environmental acceptance testing for Space Shuttle Program.Item Exhibit "C", Task Order Number C90KO - 039D, Integrated Logistics Support (ILS), Technical Review(University of Houston-Clear Lake Archives, 1990-04-19)Integrated logistic support technical review.Item Experiment Assignments on Skylab(University of Houston-Clear Lake Archives, 1972-07-28)Typed list of environmental and technology experimentsItem Finding Aid for NASA Apollo Press Releases (HSF-3)(University of Houston-Clear Lake Archives, 2002)The NASA Apollo Press Releases is composed of original press releases, press kits, flight plans, NASA crew photographs, brochures, scientific reports, press conference records, newspaper clippings and articles, and miscellaneous materials, for every NASA Apollo Program mission from Apollo 7 through Apollo 17. The materials largely are original period copies distributed by NASA and Johnson Space Center. The most significant and largest part of the collection are the original Apollo mission press releases, including hour-by-hour and day-by-day releases providing constant updates on the progress of the missions. This is the most complete collection of press information for the Apollo Program missions outside of the originals housed at the National Archives and Records Administration. This collection also includes brochures and other officially released materials from NASA, such as original public flight plans, transcripts of post-Apollo flight press conferences, and moon rock specimen testing results.Item Finding Aid for the Aaron Cohen Papers, 1954-2009 (#2011-0007)(UHCL Archives staff, 2011) Cohen, AaronAaron Cohen was born in Corsicana, Texas, on January 5, 1931. After graduating from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1952, Cohen served as a U.S. Army officer for two years during the Korean War era. On returning to civilian life, he worked for RCA as a microwave tube design engineer from 1954 to 1958, whereupon he moved to General Dynamics Corporation. In 1958, Cohen received a Master of Science degree in Applied Mathematics from Stevens Institute of Technology. In 1962, Cohen joined NASA as a structures and materials engineer in the Spacecraft Research Division. He assumed positions of progressively greater responsibility until he was named manager of the Apollo Command and Service Modules in 1969. Cohen held this position until 1972, when he became manager of the Space Shuttle Orbiter Office. In this capacity, Cohen oversaw the design, development, production, and test flights of the Space Shuttle orbiters. In 1982, he was promoted to Director of Engineering at the Johnson Space Center, and four years later, he became director of the center. He served in that post until 1992. Aaron Cohen then served as the Acting Deputy Administrator of NASA between February 19, 1992, and November 1, 1992. In 1993, Cohen retired from NASA to become H.B. Zachry Professor of Engineering at Texas A&M University, his alma mater, while simultaneously serving as a senior technical advisor for Kistler Aerospace Corporation in Kirkland, Washington. Cohen died on February 25, 2010. The collection covers Aaron Cohen’s career from 1954 to 2009 with biographical and personnel data; correspondence; writings, speeches, and interviews by Cohen; documents from RCA, NASA, and Texas A& M University; NASA presentations and proposals; honors and awards; reports and studies; slides and transparencies; publications; business cards; and DVD recordings of class lectures. Box 1 contains biographical data, correspondence, writings by Cohen, speeches and interviews by him, and schematic drawings from RCA. Box 2 contains other RCA documents and NASA presentations. Box 3 contains additional NASA presentations and proposals, information on honors and awards, information on Cohen’s participation in AeroAstro annual, and a report on space exploration cost. Box 4 contains NASA reports and studies as well as publications and newspaper clippings and flyers, slides, photographs, and transparencies. Box 5 contains miscellaneous documents, business cards, and DVDs of Cohen’s lectures at MIT.Item Finding Aid for the Aleck C. Bond Papers, 1961-1987 (#2006-0007)(University of Houston-Clear Lake Archives, 2006)Finding aid for the papers of Aleck C. Bond, primarily addressing his work with Eagle Engineering, Inc. as an Industrial Space Facility project manager.Item Finding Aid for the Allan DuPont Papers (HSF-55)(UHCL Archives staff, 2022-05) DuPont, AllanThe Allan DuPont Papers is composed of internal NASA presentations, professional presentations, memos, and other related documentation, from NASA employee Allan DuPont’s time working in the Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC) Subsystem at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, from 1963 to 2016. The majority of the collection consists PowerPoint-style presentation slide pages (printouts and transparencies). Topics within the collection include Rendezvous Proximity Operations & Capture Rendezvous (RPOC) between the International Space Station and various service vehicles; the Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle; the European Space Agency Automated Transfer Vehicle; detailing of the development, testing and integration of the H-II Transfer vehicle and Automated Transfer Vehicle with NASA and the ISS; and other topics.Item Finding Aid for the Anna Louden Papers, 1963-1973 (#2016-0014)(University of Houston-Clear Lake Archives, 2016)Anna Louden worked at NASA’s Manned Spacecraft Center in the Aerodynamics and Entry Technology Section during the years of 1963-1973. Her most notable project was Project Apollo, and her efforts were contributed to Apollo missions 7-11. During this period she received several achievement awards and also co-wrote a NASA internal paper on variational problems. The collection contains one box of materials pertaining to the work of Anna Louden from the period of 1963-1973. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, artwork, awards, and other materials.Item Finding Aid for the Apollo Trajectory Charts Collection (#2018-0010)(University of Houston-Clear Lake Archives, 2018)This is primarily a collection of Apollo earth, lunar, and translunar/transearth trajectory charts.Item Finding Aid for the Carl Huss Papers (#2015-0010)(University of Houston-Clear Lake Archives, 2018)The collection includes newspaper articles, journal articles, photographs, memoranda, technical reports, and other materials related to Gemini, Apollo, Viking, Mariner, Shuttle, and Skylab programs, and General Mission Planning, Federation Aeronautique Internationale, American Institute of Aeronautics, and Confederate Air Force.