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Box 51

 Container

Contains 2 Collections and/or Records:

Mark K. Craig papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 81
Scope and Contents The Mark K. Craig papers document Purdue alumnus (BSAE 1971) Mark Craig's almost fifty year career in space exploration. Craig contributed to the Apollo, Apollo-Soyuz, Space Shuttle, Space Station, Mars Rover Sample Return, and Lunar-Mars Exploration programs in positions progressing from co-op intern to NASA Assistant Administrator. The papers also reflect Craig’s work on space policy and NASA strategic planning. The collection notably includes materials related to the day-to-day...
Dates: 1917 - 2016; Majority of material found within 1980 - 2000

Human Exploration and Development of Space (HEDS) Strategic Enterprise, 1967 - 2002

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 82, Series 9
Scope and Contents The next phase of Craig's career was at NASA Headquarters as Acting Assistant Administrator, Exploration (September 1989 - February 1990) and then as Director, Space Exploration (Special Assistant for Exploration), Office of Aeronautics, Exploration and Technology (February 1990 - September 1991). He led NASA's planning and research to establish a lunar base and to send humans to Mars, and led coordination with the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, and...
Dates: 1967 - 2002