Box 46

Scope and Contents This sub-series includes items related to Ross' leadership role in the recovery of the Space Shuttle Columbia wreckage. One can find reports, maps, Columbia recovery situation reports and action plans, investigation board reports; "Team E 5" correspondence, protocol information, field recovery status updates, lists of recovered items, situation reports, incident action plans, and additional documents. There is also STS-107 commemorative material, memorial service programs and other...

Scope and Contents The Jerry L. Ross papers document Ross' student life at Purdue, his test flight engineer work, and NASA career as an engineer and astronaut. The collection includes Purdue coursework and memorabilia; papers from Ross' work at Edwards Air Force Base, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, and Test Pilot School; NASA Space Shuttle training, mission documents and mission related scrapbooks, memorabilia, and flight crew films and interviews, along with documents and maps from Ross' work on Space Shuttle...