Box 64
Container
Contains 48 Collections and/or Records:
Neil A. Armstrong papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 5
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...
Dates:
1671 - 2012; Majority of material found within 1960 - 2012
Apollo Program, 1961 - 1977
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5
Scope and Contents
The Apollo sub-series contains a high volume of diverse materials. It houses both personal papers consisting of congratulatory correspondences from friends, family, and NASA colleagues together with newspaper clippings collected by Neil Armstrong in the years following the success of the lunar landing mission as well as the working files used by Armstrong in the years of planning and during the Apollo 11 mission.The guiding principle in the organization of the working files is to...
Dates:
1961 - 1977
Mission Planning, 1961 - 1972
Sub-Group — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 4
Scope and Contents
The Mission Planning files contain those materials essential to the planning and execution of the Apollo program mission, especially the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The bulk of the sub-group is retained in Armstrong's original order. However, a significant amount of mission planning material was found throughout the Armstrong papers.
Dates:
1961 - 1972
Apollo Program - Mission Planning, 1968 - 1969
File — Box: 64
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 4, File 12
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Mission Planning files contain those materials essential to the planning and execution of the Apollo program mission, especially the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The bulk of the sub-group is retained in Armstrong's original order. However, a significant amount of mission planning material was found throughout the Armstrong papers.
Dates:
1968 - 1969
NASA Career, 1948 - 2009
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1
Scope and Contents
Housed in this series are the documents and other materials generated during Neil Armstrong's NASA career, from his days as an experimental test pilot through his assignment as the Deputy Administrator of Aeronautics. Early materials of note are documents related to the X-15 program and Armstrong’s engineering work as part of the Dyna-Soar team before his transfer into the astronaut program. A central piece of this series is the inclusion of Armstrong's application to the NASA astronaut...
Dates:
1948 - 2009
Aborts from powered descent on the lunar landing mission, May 14, 1968
Item — Box: 64, Folder: 1, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 4, File 12, Item 1
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Mission Planning files contain those materials essential to the planning and execution of the Apollo program mission, especially the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The bulk of the sub-group is retained in Armstrong's original order. However, a significant amount of mission planning material was found throughout the Armstrong papers.
Dates:
May 14, 1968
Aborts (PDI→TD + 2 min) [II], undated
Item — Box: 64, Folder: 1, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 4, File 12, Item 2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Mission Planning files contain those materials essential to the planning and execution of the Apollo program mission, especially the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The bulk of the sub-group is retained in Armstrong's original order. However, a significant amount of mission planning material was found throughout the Armstrong papers.
Dates:
undated
Contingency Analysis Section Mission G data package, April 4, 1969
Item — Box: 64, Folder: 1, Item: 3
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 4, File 12, Item 3
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Mission Planning files contain those materials essential to the planning and execution of the Apollo program mission, especially the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The bulk of the sub-group is retained in Armstrong's original order. However, a significant amount of mission planning material was found throughout the Armstrong papers.
Dates:
April 4, 1969
Emergency repower of Lunar Module buses, May 14, 1969
Item — Box: 64, Folder: 1, Item: 4
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 4, File 12, Item 4
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Mission Planning files contain those materials essential to the planning and execution of the Apollo program mission, especially the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The bulk of the sub-group is retained in Armstrong's original order. However, a significant amount of mission planning material was found throughout the Armstrong papers.
Dates:
May 14, 1969
"The effect of LPO stay time on lightning at earth landing for an Apollo Mission G launched July 16, 1969", April 11, 1969
Item — Box: 64, Folder: 1, Item: 5
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 4, File 12, Item 5
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Mission Planning files contain those materials essential to the planning and execution of the Apollo program mission, especially the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The bulk of the sub-group is retained in Armstrong's original order. However, a significant amount of mission planning material was found throughout the Armstrong papers.
Dates:
April 11, 1969
Aborting from the Hohlmann Descent in Mission G, March 3, 1969
Item — Box: 64, Folder: 1, Item: 6
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 4, File 12, Item 6
Scope and Contents
Includes two copies, one annotated.
Dates:
March 3, 1969
Apollo Mission Techniques, Mission G, Abort from Lunar powered Descent, Techniques description, with related memos , February - May 1969
Item — Box: 64, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 4, File 12, Item 7
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Mission Planning files contain those materials essential to the planning and execution of the Apollo program mission, especially the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The bulk of the sub-group is retained in Armstrong's original order. However, a significant amount of mission planning material was found throughout the Armstrong papers.
Dates:
February - May 1969
Apollo Project memo #18-69: Decisions of the 29th Apollo Spacecraft Software Configuration Control Board Which Affect LUMINARY 1A, February 19, 1969
Item — Box: 64, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 4, File 12, Item 8
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Mission Planning files contain those materials essential to the planning and execution of the Apollo program mission, especially the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The bulk of the sub-group is retained in Armstrong's original order. However, a significant amount of mission planning material was found throughout the Armstrong papers.
Dates:
February 19, 1969
Apollo Software Information Memo #2-69-25, Lunar Surface Alignment Program for LUMINARY 1, March 4, 1969
Item — Box: 64, Folder: 5, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 4, File 12, Item 9
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Mission Planning files contain those materials essential to the planning and execution of the Apollo program mission, especially the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The bulk of the sub-group is retained in Armstrong's original order. However, a significant amount of mission planning material was found throughout the Armstrong papers.
Dates:
March 4, 1969
Apollo Software Information Memo #3-69-26, Changes being made from LUMMINARY Revision 69 to LUMINARY 1A, March 10, 1969
Item — Box: 64, Folder: 5, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 4, File 12, Item 10
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Mission Planning files contain those materials essential to the planning and execution of the Apollo program mission, especially the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The bulk of the sub-group is retained in Armstrong's original order. However, a significant amount of mission planning material was found throughout the Armstrong papers.
Dates:
March 10, 1969
Apollo Trajectories, undated
Item — Box: 64, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 4, File 12, Item 11
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Mission Planning files contain those materials essential to the planning and execution of the Apollo program mission, especially the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The bulk of the sub-group is retained in Armstrong's original order. However, a significant amount of mission planning material was found throughout the Armstrong papers.
Dates:
undated
Apollo 10 Mission Failure and Anomaly Listing, June 1969
Item — Box: 64, Folder: 7
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 4, File 12, Item 12
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Mission Planning files contain those materials essential to the planning and execution of the Apollo program mission, especially the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The bulk of the sub-group is retained in Armstrong's original order. However, a significant amount of mission planning material was found throughout the Armstrong papers.
Dates:
June 1969
Apollo 11 Launch Timeline, undated
Item — Box: 64, Folder: 8, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 4, File 12, Item 13
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Mission Planning files contain those materials essential to the planning and execution of the Apollo program mission, especially the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The bulk of the sub-group is retained in Armstrong's original order. However, a significant amount of mission planning material was found throughout the Armstrong papers.
Dates:
undated
Apollo 11 Crew/Support Team ‘G’ Mission, CSM 107/LM-5, undated
Item — Box: 64, Folder: 8, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 4, File 12, Item 14
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Mission Planning files contain those materials essential to the planning and execution of the Apollo program mission, especially the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The bulk of the sub-group is retained in Armstrong's original order. However, a significant amount of mission planning material was found throughout the Armstrong papers.
Dates:
undated
Apollo Stowage List, Mission AS 506 CM 107/LM-5, Apollo 11, May 20, 1969
Item — Box: 64, Folder: 9, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 4, File 12, Item 15
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Mission Planning files contain those materials essential to the planning and execution of the Apollo program mission, especially the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The bulk of the sub-group is retained in Armstrong's original order. However, a significant amount of mission planning material was found throughout the Armstrong papers.
Dates:
May 20, 1969
Apollo Stowage List, Mission AS 506 CM 107/LM-5, Apollo 11, June 3, 1969
Item — Box: 64, Folder: 9, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 4, File 12, Item 16
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Mission Planning files contain those materials essential to the planning and execution of the Apollo program mission, especially the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The bulk of the sub-group is retained in Armstrong's original order. However, a significant amount of mission planning material was found throughout the Armstrong papers.
Dates:
June 3, 1969
COLOSSUS Memo # 129: Operational Information on V99 and V97 for Revs. 237, 249, December 19, 1968
Item — Box: 64, Folder: 10, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 4, File 12, Item 17
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Mission Planning files contain those materials essential to the planning and execution of the Apollo program mission, especially the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The bulk of the sub-group is retained in Armstrong's original order. However, a significant amount of mission planning material was found throughout the Armstrong papers.
Dates:
December 19, 1968
COLOSSUS Memo # 139, Revision 1: Discussion of Anomaly COL 69 (Responses to V99/97 in P40), February 3, 1969
Item — Box: 64, Folder: 10, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 4, File 12, Item 18
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Mission Planning files contain those materials essential to the planning and execution of the Apollo program mission, especially the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The bulk of the sub-group is retained in Armstrong's original order. However, a significant amount of mission planning material was found throughout the Armstrong papers.
Dates:
February 3, 1969
COLOSSUS program and operational notes, final edition for mission D, COLOSSUS 1A (Rev. 249), February 10, 1969
Item — Box: 64, Folder: 11
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 4, File 12, Item 19
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Mission Planning files contain those materials essential to the planning and execution of the Apollo program mission, especially the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The bulk of the sub-group is retained in Armstrong's original order. However, a significant amount of mission planning material was found throughout the Armstrong papers.
Dates:
February 10, 1969
Crew Briefing, G mission - LM Descent and Ascent, Mission Planning and Analysis Division, May 8, 1969
Item — Box: 64, Folder: 12
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 4, File 12, Item 20
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Mission Planning files contain those materials essential to the planning and execution of the Apollo program mission, especially the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The bulk of the sub-group is retained in Armstrong's original order. However, a significant amount of mission planning material was found throughout the Armstrong papers.
Dates:
May 8, 1969