Box 33
Container
Contains 20 Collections and/or Records:
NASA Administration, 1970 - 2015
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 193, Series 5
Scope and Contents
This series is broken down into six sub-series representing the various NASA administrative positions Leestma held throughout his career. There are numerous NASA memos, correspondence, documents, reports, briefings, International Space Station planning information; Preliminary Assessments of the Russian/US/International Partners Space Station Design Option; Flight Crew Operations documents; Safety Review Findings; Hubble Space Telescope documents, among many others. Please see the breakdown of...
Dates:
1970 - 2015
Chief, Mission Development Branch, 1982 - 1998
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 193, Series 5, Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents
Leestma was responsible for assessing the operational integration requirements of payloads that flew aboard the shuttle. This sub-series reflects that work and contained within are Payload Specialist information, Space Station information, and Space Station "Freedom" redesign documentation. Some of the miscellaneous material includes, astronaut mission selection information, NASA News Announcements (newsletters) and Shuttle/Shuttle Mir reports.
Dates:
1982 - 1998
Payload Specialist Information, circa 1982 - 1995
Sub-Group — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 193, Series 5, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 1
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Leestma was responsible for assessing the operational integration requirements of payloads that flew aboard the shuttle. This sub-series reflects that work and contained within are Payload Specialist information, Space Station information, and Space Station "Freedom" redesign documentation. Some of the miscellaneous material includes, astronaut mission selection information, NASA News Announcements (newsletters) and Shuttle/Shuttle Mir reports.
Dates:
circa 1982 - 1995
Remote Manipulator System (RMS) operation, training, information and memos; STS-8 PDRS/PFTA Crew Report, February 1982 - February 1984
File — Box: 33, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSP 193, Series 5, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 1, File 11
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Leestma was responsible for assessing the operational integration requirements of payloads that flew aboard the shuttle. This sub-series reflects that work and contained within are Payload Specialist information, Space Station information, and Space Station "Freedom" redesign documentation. Some of the miscellaneous material includes, astronaut mission selection information, NASA News Announcements (newsletters) and Shuttle/Shuttle Mir reports.
Dates:
February 1982 - February 1984
SPARX information, circa 1984
File — Box: 33, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSP 193, Series 5, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 1, File 12
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Leestma was responsible for assessing the operational integration requirements of payloads that flew aboard the shuttle. This sub-series reflects that work and contained within are Payload Specialist information, Space Station information, and Space Station "Freedom" redesign documentation. Some of the miscellaneous material includes, astronaut mission selection information, NASA News Announcements (newsletters) and Shuttle/Shuttle Mir reports.
Dates:
circa 1984
Letter of thanks from Co-Chairmen, Carl B. Shelley and Peter T. Lyman, Space Station Operations Task Force, to David C. Leestma, July 22, 1987
File — Box: 33, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSP 193, Series 5, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 1, File 13
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Leestma was responsible for assessing the operational integration requirements of payloads that flew aboard the shuttle. This sub-series reflects that work and contained within are Payload Specialist information, Space Station information, and Space Station "Freedom" redesign documentation. Some of the miscellaneous material includes, astronaut mission selection information, NASA News Announcements (newsletters) and Shuttle/Shuttle Mir reports.
Dates:
July 22, 1987
Leestma's foreward and draft copies for "Before Liftoff: The Making of a Shuttle Crew," by Henry S. F. Cooper, Jr., 1987
File — Box: 33, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSP 193, Series 5, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 1, File 14
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Leestma was responsible for assessing the operational integration requirements of payloads that flew aboard the shuttle. This sub-series reflects that work and contained within are Payload Specialist information, Space Station information, and Space Station "Freedom" redesign documentation. Some of the miscellaneous material includes, astronaut mission selection information, NASA News Announcements (newsletters) and Shuttle/Shuttle Mir reports.
Dates:
1987
"PS Issues," Payload Specialist Issues, circa 1987 - 1995
File — Box: 33, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSP 193, Series 5, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 1, File 15
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Leestma was responsible for assessing the operational integration requirements of payloads that flew aboard the shuttle. This sub-series reflects that work and contained within are Payload Specialist information, Space Station information, and Space Station "Freedom" redesign documentation. Some of the miscellaneous material includes, astronaut mission selection information, NASA News Announcements (newsletters) and Shuttle/Shuttle Mir reports.
Dates:
circa 1987 - 1995
"Puddy Brief on Astronaut Office Org" , January 14, 1988
File — Box: 33, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSP 193, Series 5, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 1, File 16
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Leestma was responsible for assessing the operational integration requirements of payloads that flew aboard the shuttle. This sub-series reflects that work and contained within are Payload Specialist information, Space Station information, and Space Station "Freedom" redesign documentation. Some of the miscellaneous material includes, astronaut mission selection information, NASA News Announcements (newsletters) and Shuttle/Shuttle Mir reports.
Dates:
January 14, 1988
Space Oceanography, Astronauts' Guide to Oceanographic Phenomena, August 1988
File — Box: 33, Folder: 7
Identifier: MSP 193, Series 5, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 1, File 17
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Leestma was responsible for assessing the operational integration requirements of payloads that flew aboard the shuttle. This sub-series reflects that work and contained within are Payload Specialist information, Space Station information, and Space Station "Freedom" redesign documentation. Some of the miscellaneous material includes, astronaut mission selection information, NASA News Announcements (newsletters) and Shuttle/Shuttle Mir reports.
Dates:
August 1988
Documents about the docudrama, "Challenger," (George Englund Productions), includes the script, 1988 - 1989
File — Box: 33, Folder: 8
Identifier: MSP 193, Series 5, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 1, File 18
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Leestma was responsible for assessing the operational integration requirements of payloads that flew aboard the shuttle. This sub-series reflects that work and contained within are Payload Specialist information, Space Station information, and Space Station "Freedom" redesign documentation. Some of the miscellaneous material includes, astronaut mission selection information, NASA News Announcements (newsletters) and Shuttle/Shuttle Mir reports.
Dates:
1988 - 1989
Investigation of Johnson Space Center Test and Training Incidents, August 12, 1989
File — Box: 33, Folder: 9
Identifier: MSP 193, Series 5, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 1, File 19
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Leestma was responsible for assessing the operational integration requirements of payloads that flew aboard the shuttle. This sub-series reflects that work and contained within are Payload Specialist information, Space Station information, and Space Station "Freedom" redesign documentation. Some of the miscellaneous material includes, astronaut mission selection information, NASA News Announcements (newsletters) and Shuttle/Shuttle Mir reports.
Dates:
August 12, 1989
Policy Memos, circa 1989 - 1992
File — Box: 33, Folder: 10
Identifier: MSP 193, Series 5, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 1, File 20
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Leestma was responsible for assessing the operational integration requirements of payloads that flew aboard the shuttle. This sub-series reflects that work and contained within are Payload Specialist information, Space Station information, and Space Station "Freedom" redesign documentation. Some of the miscellaneous material includes, astronaut mission selection information, NASA News Announcements (newsletters) and Shuttle/Shuttle Mir reports.
Dates:
circa 1989 - 1992
Incident Board, circa 1990 - 1992
File — Box: 33, Folder: 11
Identifier: MSP 193, Series 5, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 1, File 21
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Leestma was responsible for assessing the operational integration requirements of payloads that flew aboard the shuttle. This sub-series reflects that work and contained within are Payload Specialist information, Space Station information, and Space Station "Freedom" redesign documentation. Some of the miscellaneous material includes, astronaut mission selection information, NASA News Announcements (newsletters) and Shuttle/Shuttle Mir reports.
Dates:
circa 1990 - 1992
"Bill Thorton Folder," Space Exercise Program documents and memos, circa 1990
File — Box: 33, Folder: 12
Identifier: MSP 193, Series 5, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 1, File 22
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Leestma was responsible for assessing the operational integration requirements of payloads that flew aboard the shuttle. This sub-series reflects that work and contained within are Payload Specialist information, Space Station information, and Space Station "Freedom" redesign documentation. Some of the miscellaneous material includes, astronaut mission selection information, NASA News Announcements (newsletters) and Shuttle/Shuttle Mir reports.
Dates:
circa 1990
Space Flight Medals, September 28, 1990
File — Box: 33, Folder: 13
Identifier: MSP 193, Series 5, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 1, File 23
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Leestma was responsible for assessing the operational integration requirements of payloads that flew aboard the shuttle. This sub-series reflects that work and contained within are Payload Specialist information, Space Station information, and Space Station "Freedom" redesign documentation. Some of the miscellaneous material includes, astronaut mission selection information, NASA News Announcements (newsletters) and Shuttle/Shuttle Mir reports.
Dates:
September 28, 1990
“Space Station ‘White Papers’ ”, 1991
File — Box: 33, Folder: 14
Identifier: MSP 193, Series 5, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 1, File 24
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Leestma was responsible for assessing the operational integration requirements of payloads that flew aboard the shuttle. This sub-series reflects that work and contained within are Payload Specialist information, Space Station information, and Space Station "Freedom" redesign documentation. Some of the miscellaneous material includes, astronaut mission selection information, NASA News Announcements (newsletters) and Shuttle/Shuttle Mir reports.
Dates:
1991
Augustine Report, NASA Briefing to National Space Council on the Advisory Committee on the Future of the U.S. Space Program Recommendations, Richard H. Truly, Administrator, January 11, 1991
File — Box: 33, Folder: 15
Identifier: MSP 193, Series 5, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 1, File 25
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Leestma was responsible for assessing the operational integration requirements of payloads that flew aboard the shuttle. This sub-series reflects that work and contained within are Payload Specialist information, Space Station information, and Space Station "Freedom" redesign documentation. Some of the miscellaneous material includes, astronaut mission selection information, NASA News Announcements (newsletters) and Shuttle/Shuttle Mir reports.
Dates:
January 11, 1991
Augustine Report, (NASA's response to report), January 3, 1992
File — Box: 33, Folder: 16
Identifier: MSP 193, Series 5, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 1, File 26
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Leestma was responsible for assessing the operational integration requirements of payloads that flew aboard the shuttle. This sub-series reflects that work and contained within are Payload Specialist information, Space Station information, and Space Station "Freedom" redesign documentation. Some of the miscellaneous material includes, astronaut mission selection information, NASA News Announcements (newsletters) and Shuttle/Shuttle Mir reports.
Dates:
January 3, 1992
David C. Leestma papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 193
Scope and Contents
The David C. Leestma papers document his personal experience as an astronaut during the early years of the Space Shuttle program and as a NASA manager and director. Included are papers related to the three missions for which he served as a mission specialist; STS-41-G, STS-28, and STS-45. Leestma later served as manager and director at the Johnson Space Center's Astronaut Office, Flight Crew Operations Directorate, Advanced Planning Office and for initiatives such as the Space...
Dates:
1969 - 2015; Majority of material found within 1982 - 1998