Alexander, G., & USAF Eastern Test Range Public Relations Association. Moonport, U.S.A: The fascinating story of Cape Kennedy and this nation's conquest of space (2nd revision.). Place of publication not identified, 1970
Scope and Contents
Included are selected community and aerospace materials related to the United States Space Program activities at the Cape during the mid-1960s through the 1980s and photographs of Eau Gallie, Florida from this time period.
Of note are brochures and commemorative publications of the John F. Kennedy Space Center; Cape Kennedy; Apollo 11 and 17; and a souvenir booklet of the "3rd Century America," a bicentennial exposition on science and technology held... at Kennedy Space Center in 1976.
Unique photographs feature the first missile launched at Cape Canaveral; photos from around the RCA Air Force Missile Test Center Patrick Air Force Base, Cape Canaveral; United States Air Force Titan III Complex (includes RCA cameras); photographs of John W. Young and Alan B. Shephard and the Gemini-3 spacecraft; several purported images of UFOs.
Dates
- Creation: 1970
Creator
- From the Collection: Sullivan, Barbara Marie Stephens, 1927-2013 (Person)
Access Information
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Series: 0.363 Cubic Feet (One letter-size full-width manuscript box)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Purdue University Archives and Special Collections Repository
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