Creator:

National Air and Space Museum (U.S.) Center for Earth and Planetary Studies  Search this

Subject:

El-Baz, Farouk  Search this

Physical description:

48 oversize folders. processed holdings

Type:

Black-and-white photographs

Maps

Place:

Moon

Date:

1966

1966-1975

1966, 1974-1975

Category:

Series Level Description

Notes:

To view records that comprise this series, see the detailed list of accessions and/or record units below.

For a history of the creating unit, refer to "Forms part of" above.

Organization:

Unarranged

Summary:

Consists of records that document projects to study and map the surfaces of the Earth and the moon using resources in space such as satellites and astronauts, during the administration of Farouk El-Baz as Director of the Center, 1974-1982. Materials include oversize items consisting mostly of lunar surface maps as well as some photographs of the Earth's surface.

Repository Loc.:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Topic:

Astronautical museums  Search this

Lunar photography  Search this

Geology  Search this

Surface  Search this

Local number:

SIA RS00712

See more items in:

Maps and Photographs 1966, 1974-1975 [National Air and Space Museum (U.S.) Center for Earth and Planetary Studies]

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_arc_219866