Box 18a

Scope and Contents The Gemini Program files include a small selection of personal correspondence and a wide range of working documents. Personal items consist of congratulatory correspondence from family and colleagues at NASA. The working documents begin with materials related to the systems of Gemini spacecraft, equipment, and basic operating procedures. Technical documents detailing Gemini systems are followed by training materials used by Neil Armstrong during the Gemini program. The arrangement of this...

Scope and Contents The Gemini oversized materials consist mainly of diagrams and schematics of the various Gemini spacecraft systems, particularly those essential to the execution of Gemini VIII. Also housed here are studies of the effects of jet plumes on extravehicular astronauts, and orbital charts used to plan various Gemini missions, along with three draft drawings of the mission patch.

Scope and Contents Note: Official NASA Gemini equipment photos are part of Series 16. Photographs, Subseries 2. Gemini, Boxes 429 - 430.[/i]

Scope and Contents The Neil A. Armstrong papers document the military, aeronautics, astronautics, teaching and corporate business career of Neil A. Armstrong. The papers also feature items from Armstrong's youth and education. The collection includes but is not limited to documents, coursework, working papers, subject files, correspondence, writings, speeches, recordings, photographs and newspaper clippings. The papers are divided into eighteen series, and further information on the scope and content of the...