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Technical note written by Melvin Gough for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics during his time at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory. This is NACA technical note no. 299.

Letter from physicist Robert H. Goddard to Samuel Herrick discussing the possibility of arranging a conference.

Rocket Navigation by Samuel Herrick, published while he was a member of the Department of Astronomy at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Letter from Boyd C. Myers, II, Secretary of the Panel on Aircraft Accident Survival of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics Committee on Operating Problems. The letter is addressed to Melvin N. Gough and references enclosed copies of…

Record of invention forms for an automatic aileron trim control device for airplanes. The forms detail when William H. Phillips and H. A. Kuehnel started work on the invention, when it was disclosed to to others, and what the device is used for.

NASA Fact Sheet no. 3A, describing the origins of the organization and its leadership.

Volume 3, issue 12 of the NASA Flight Research Center X-Press newsletter, published in Edwards, California. This issue discusses the approval of the official NASA seal, holiday party plans, and other relevant events.

A report written by Dr. Bruce C. Murray, presented at the Western Meeting of the American Rocket Society, in Los Angeles, California, in May 1960. This was included in Herrick's subject files.

Introductory Notes on Astronomy Handbook, August 1962. Written by John H. Craigie, with handwritten notes from Collins.

A draft of a report with a calculation of the rotation of the line of apsides resulting from the atmospheric drag in a spherical atmosphere by H.J. Stewart, professor of aeronautics. It includes a typed letter to Herrick at the beginning from…

A report written by Pasquale Sconzo, published in Astronautica Acta, Vol. IX, 1963. This was included in Samuel Herrick's subject files.

Gemini Training Notebook, 1963-1964. Collection of notes, papers, and articles.

William H. Phillips details a short theory on how a rotating body would be affected by the release of a despin device, including a figure drawn in pencil.

NASA Photo S-66-32549. NASA 904, a T-38 jet used by NASA for training missions

Mrs. Pat Collins, wife of Astronaut Michael Collins, and her sister, Mrs. Bernard Golden, sit in front of the television in the Collins home near the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston.

Mrs. Pat Collins, wife of Astronaut Michael Collins, and her sister, Mrs. Bernard Golden, walking with a priest following a mass service.

Mrs. Pat Collins, wife of Astronaut Michael Collins, and her sister, Mrs. Bernard Golden, leaving a church building with a priest after attending a mass service.

Painted and signed Cartoon of the Gemini 10 Mission for the crew of the USS Guadalcanal.

"Weightlessness Training", Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH, April 1, 1966. Astronaut Michael Collins, Prime crew pilot of NASA's Gemini 10 space flight, undergoes zero-gravity egress training aboard a KC-135 Air Force Plane

Michael Collins during zero-gravity egress training aboard a KC-135 Air Force plane.

Michael Collins and John W. Young during zero-gravity egress training aboard a KC-135 Air Force plane.

Michael Collins and John W. Young during zero-gravity egress training aboard a KC-135 Air Force plane.

NASA Photo S-66-28551. Astronaut Michael Collins undergoes zero-gravity egress training in preparation for his Gemini 10 Mission.

NASA Photo S-66-28577. Astronaut Michael Collins undergoes zero-gravity egress training in preparation for his Gemini 10 Mission.

NASA Photo S-66-28774. Astronaut Michael Collins undergoes zero-gravity egress training in preparation for his Gemini 10 Mission.

NASA Photo S-66-28788. Astronaut Michael Collins undergoes zero-gravity egress training in preparation for his Gemini 10 Mission.

Gemini 10 crew Michael Collins and John W. Young working with technicians during zero-gravity egress training aboard the KC-135 Air Force plane.

"Gemini X Crew", Cape Kennedy, FL, July 1966. The Prime Crew of NASA's Gemini X space flight, Astronauts John W. Young, command pilot, and Michael Collins, pilot.

NASA Photo 104-KSC-66P-261, JFK Space Center, Kennedy, FL, June 10, 1966. NASA's Gemini 10 Spacecraft Erection Launch Complex 19 Cape Kennedy.

NASA Photo 104-KSC-66P-283, JFK Space Center, Kennedy, FL, June 17, 1966. Zero G. Michael Collins practices leaving and re-entering a mock-up spacecraft under weight-less conditions.

NASA Photo 104-KSC-66P-284, JFK Space Center, Kennedy, FL, June 17, 1966. Zero G. Michael Collins practices leaving and re-entering a mock-up spacecraft under weight-less conditions.

NASA Photo S-66-39722 "Gemini X Water Egress Training" from the Gemini 10 Mission. Astronaut Michael Collins sits in Static Article 5 during water egress training on board the NASA Motor Vehicle Retriever.

Michael Collins inside the Static Article 5 during water egress training onboard the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever.

NASA Photo S-66-39723. Astronaut Michael Collins outside of Static Article 5, used for water egress training

The Agena spacecraft is rocketed into orbit in a series of halos. This picture was made by an automatic remote camera which makes the rocket takes its own photo as light from the rocket blast starts the photo-electric relay.

Part 2 of 2 of the Final Gemini 10 Flight Plan, June 22, 1966

"Gemini X Training", Cape Kennedy FL, June 28, 1966. Gemini 10 Astronauts John W. Young, Command Pilot, watches Michael Colins, pilot, practice zero-G weightlessness conditions aboard a KC 135 aircraft.

Aeromedical Evaluation Report for Space Pilots, July 1963. Includes general findings from evaluation of pilots

NASA Photo S-66-46061. View from Gemini 10 Spacecraft orbiting above Earth

NASA Photo S-66-46115. View of the Agena Target Vehicle orbiting above Earth.

NASA Photo S-66-46119. View of the Agena Target Vehicle orbiting above Earth.

NASA Photo S-66-46118. View of the Agena Target Vehicle orbiting above Earth.

NASA Photo S-66-46120. View of the Agena Target Vehicle orbiting above Earth.

NASA Photo S-66-46121. View of the Agena Target Vehicle orbiting above Earth.

NASA Photo S-66-45764. "Padre Island Tex. - our vacation hideaway - from 100 miles up."

NASA Photo S-66-45211. Divers at the Gemini 10 Recovery Module after successful splashdown.

NASA Photo S-66-46042. View of Earth from the Gemini 10 Spacecraft.

NASA Photo S-66-25783. Image of the Agena Target Vehicle.

NASA Photo S-66-45771

NASA Photo S-66-45859. View of Earth from the Gemini 10 Spacecraft