The collection consists of a set of three volumes of reports pertaining to the design and construction of guidance and related apparatus for the Army's Corporal, Sergeant, and Hermes projects. The reports contain detailed technical information accompanied by calculations, graphs, drawings, and some photographs (in volume 2). The three volumes are divided as follows: 1) October, 1949- January, 1950; 2) January, 1950 - September, 1950; 3) (?)February, 1951 - (?)May, 1951. There is a table of contents included at the beginning of each of the three volumes.
Biographical / Historical:
John L. Stewart worked as an electrical engineer for the Army's Jet Propulsion Laboratory between 1949 and 1951. While at JPL, Stewart was directly involved with research and development, construction, and testing of ballistic missile projects, including the 'Corporal', 'Sergeant' and 'Hermes' missile projects. The 'Corporal' was the first ballistic missile developed by the United States. Controlled by a command guidance system, the surface-to-surface missile had a range of approximately 75 miles at about Mach 3. It was eventually replaced by the 'Sergeant' missile. 'Hermes' was the Army program which involved testing operations using captured V-2 rockets.
General:
NASMrev
Provenance:
John L. Stewart, gift, 199, 1996-0032, unknown
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
This collection consists of publications and memoranda from JPL relating to Newburn's work with the Laboratory, as well as correspondence with colleagues, including Marcia Neugebauer and H.C. Urey.
Biographical / Historical:
Ray Leon Newburn (1933-), noted lunar and planetary scientist, first came to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) as a summer employee, after pursuing graduate study in astronomy at the California Institute of Technology. In his long tenure with JPL, he participated in the development of plans for lunar and planetary exploration and planetary models for mission design, served as JPL representative to NASA's Space Sciences Steering Committee's Astronomy Subcommittee and help establish the Table Mountain Observatory in 1962.
General:
NASMrev
Provenance:
Joseph Tatarewicz, David DeVorkin, Division of Space History, NASM, transfer, 1998, 1998-0058, unknown
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
TR 32-1241. Effect of Inlet Boundary-Layer Thickness and Structure on Heat Transfer in a
Supersonic Nozzle (Back, Massier, and Cuffel; Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets)
Collection Creator:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory. University of California. Search this
Container:
Box 37, Folder 29
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
January 1968
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Collection Citation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory Publications Collection, Acc. XXXX.0612, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
TR 32-1440. Radiation from a Circularly Polarized Antenna Through the Ionized Wake of a Mars-Entry Capsule (Woo and Ishimaru; IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation)
Collection Creator:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory. University of California. Search this
Container:
Box 47, Folder 16
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
July 1969
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Collection Citation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory Publications Collection, Acc. XXXX.0612, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
