Box 73
Container
Contains 20 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
Results, 1958 - 1994
Sub-Group — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 5
Scope and Contents
The Results files contain materials that document the conclusion of the Apollo mission and relate scientific findings made possible by those missions, as well as summaries and reports of the missions themselves. All of the materials related to the Apollo mission results remain in Mr. Armstrong’s original arrangement.
Dates:
1958 - 1994
Apollo Program - Results, 1968 - 1970
File — Box: 73
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 5, File 2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Results files contain materials that document the conclusion of the Apollo mission and relate scientific findings made possible by those missions, as well as summaries and reports of the missions themselves. All of the materials related to the Apollo mission results remain in Mr. Armstrong’s original arrangement.
Dates:
1968 - 1970
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
Lecture Outline - Principles of Terrestrial and Lunar Geology, May 26, 1964
Item — Box: 73, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 3, File 2, Item 4
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The training files contain a wide variety of materials used specifically in the astronaut training programs which led to the success of the Apollo missions. Neil Armstrong played a large role in designing both simulation training exercises and in the development of the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle (LLRV). The LLRV was a specialized training vehicle designed to train pilots how to fly and land the lunar module, and as such, presented a unique engineering problem to its development team; i.e....
Dates:
May 26, 1964
Apollo 6 Mission Report, May 1968
Item — Box: 73, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 5, File 2, Item 1
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Results files contain materials that document the conclusion of the Apollo mission and relate scientific findings made possible by those missions, as well as summaries and reports of the missions themselves. All of the materials related to the Apollo mission results remain in Mr. Armstrong’s original arrangement.
Dates:
May 1968
Apollo 7 Mission Report, December 1968
Item — Box: 73, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 5, File 2, Item 2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Results files contain materials that document the conclusion of the Apollo mission and relate scientific findings made possible by those missions, as well as summaries and reports of the missions themselves. All of the materials related to the Apollo mission results remain in Mr. Armstrong’s original arrangement.
Dates:
December 1968
Apollo Lunar descent and Ascent Trajectories, March 1970
Item — Box: 73, Folder: 3, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 5, File 2, Item 3
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Results files contain materials that document the conclusion of the Apollo mission and relate scientific findings made possible by those missions, as well as summaries and reports of the missions themselves. All of the materials related to the Apollo mission results remain in Mr. Armstrong’s original arrangement.
Dates:
March 1970
Apollo 11 LM Descent Postflight Analysis, circa 1969
Item — Box: 73, Folder: 3, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 5, File 2, Item 4
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Results files contain materials that document the conclusion of the Apollo mission and relate scientific findings made possible by those missions, as well as summaries and reports of the missions themselves. All of the materials related to the Apollo mission results remain in Mr. Armstrong’s original arrangement.
Dates:
circa 1969
Advanced Space Suit Briefing Crew Systems Division, August 12, 1969
Item — Box: 73, Folder: 3, Item: 3
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 5, File 2, Item 5
Scope and Contents
Includes note to Armstrong summarizing his EVA suit usage.
Dates:
August 12, 1969
Apollo 11 Mission, 5-Day Report, July 1969
Item — Box: 73, Folder: 3, Item: 4
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 5, File 2, Item 6
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Results files contain materials that document the conclusion of the Apollo mission and relate scientific findings made possible by those missions, as well as summaries and reports of the missions themselves. All of the materials related to the Apollo mission results remain in Mr. Armstrong’s original arrangement.
Dates:
July 1969
Apollo 11 postflight data review - SM RS propellant usage, September 29, 1969
Item — Box: 73, Folder: 3, Item: 5
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 5, File 2, Item 7
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Results files contain materials that document the conclusion of the Apollo mission and relate scientific findings made possible by those missions, as well as summaries and reports of the missions themselves. All of the materials related to the Apollo mission results remain in Mr. Armstrong’s original arrangement.
Dates:
September 29, 1969
Apollo 11, Problem and Discrepancy List, November 5, 1969
Item — Box: 73, Folder: 3, Item: 6
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 5, File 2, Item 8
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Results files contain materials that document the conclusion of the Apollo mission and relate scientific findings made possible by those missions, as well as summaries and reports of the missions themselves. All of the materials related to the Apollo mission results remain in Mr. Armstrong’s original arrangement.
Dates:
November 5, 1969
Apollo 11 strip charts for lunar descent and ascent, July 23, 1969
Item — Box: 73, Folder: 3, Item: 7
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 5, File 2, Item 9
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Results files contain materials that document the conclusion of the Apollo mission and relate scientific findings made possible by those missions, as well as summaries and reports of the missions themselves. All of the materials related to the Apollo mission results remain in Mr. Armstrong’s original arrangement.
Dates:
July 23, 1969
Automatic CSM Rendezvous, October 29, 1969
Item — Box: 73, Folder: 3, Item: 8
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 5, File 2, Item 10
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Results files contain materials that document the conclusion of the Apollo mission and relate scientific findings made possible by those missions, as well as summaries and reports of the missions themselves. All of the materials related to the Apollo mission results remain in Mr. Armstrong’s original arrangement.
Dates:
October 29, 1969
EVA data, August 20, 1969
Item — Box: 73, Folder: 3, Item: 9
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 5, File 2, Item 11
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Results files contain materials that document the conclusion of the Apollo mission and relate scientific findings made possible by those missions, as well as summaries and reports of the missions themselves. All of the materials related to the Apollo mission results remain in Mr. Armstrong’s original arrangement.
Dates:
August 20, 1969
Final, Flight Plan, Apollo 7, AS 205/CSM 101, September 16, 1968
Item — Box: 73, Folder: 4, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 5, File 2, Item 12
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Results files contain materials that document the conclusion of the Apollo mission and relate scientific findings made possible by those missions, as well as summaries and reports of the missions themselves. All of the materials related to the Apollo mission results remain in Mr. Armstrong’s original arrangement.
Dates:
September 16, 1968
Final, Flight Plan, Apollo 8, AS-503/CSM-103, October 22, 1968
Item — Box: 73, Folder: 4, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 5, File 2, Item 13
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Results files contain materials that document the conclusion of the Apollo mission and relate scientific findings made possible by those missions, as well as summaries and reports of the missions themselves. All of the materials related to the Apollo mission results remain in Mr. Armstrong’s original arrangement.
Dates:
October 22, 1968
Apollo 12 Lunar Sample Information, December 1970
Item — Box: 73, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSA 5, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Sub-Group 5, File 2, Item 14
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The Results files contain materials that document the conclusion of the Apollo mission and relate scientific findings made possible by those missions, as well as summaries and reports of the missions themselves. All of the materials related to the Apollo mission results remain in Mr. Armstrong’s original arrangement.
Dates:
December 1970