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NACA Committee on Operating Problems Letter

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…

NACA Langley Hangar, Planes, and Employees

Aerial photograph of a hangar at the NACA Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory in Virginia, including multiple aircraft and employees.

NACA Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory

Aerial photograph of Langley Field at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory in Virginia.

The Effect of Fillets Between Wings and Fuselage on the Drag and Propulsive Efficiency of an Airplane

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.

The Small Astronomy Satellite (SAS) Program

Report written by Marjorie Rhodes Townsend on NASA's Small Astronomy Satellite program, including its suitability for specific astronomic experiments.

Goddard News Vol. 27 no. 4

Volume 27, number 4, of Goddard News, a NASA publication from the Goddard Space Flight Center. This weekly publication was most likely distributed to employees of the Space Flight Center.

Award Winner

Newspaper clipping of Marjorie Rhodes Townsend at the 13th annual Federal Woman's award banquet. The picture and blurb were published in the Washington, D.C. Evening Star and Daily News.

6 Women to Get Federal Awards

Newspaper clipping of an article in the Washington Post about six women receiving awards from the Federal Women's Award program for outstanding careers in the U.S. Civil Service. Marjorie Rhodes Townsend is featured.

Stars in Her Eyes

Newspaper clipping of an article about Marjorie Rhodes Townsend. The article discusses her work with NASA's Small Astronomy Satellites, her background, and her family.

Draft Report of Calculation of the Rotation of the Line of Apsides

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…

The Artificial Earth Satellie - A New Geodetic Tool

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.

An Astronomical Approach to the Problem of Satellite Rendezvous

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

Rocket Navigation

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

R.H. Goddard Letter to Samuel Herrick

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