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Vol. I: NASA Resources

Jane Van Nimmen and leonard C. Bruno

with

Robert l. Rosholt

The NASA Historical Series

Scientific and Technical Information 0 !fice 1976

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

Washington, D.C.
FOREWORD

1961 to 1966, one can trace the national commit

program, expressed in the doubling and redoub

growing momentum. In the 1967-1968 period, the 

in the Apollo program from development a

operational phase.

This was the decade in which the United State

space exploration and demonstrated its capacity to 

goals in a sustained, orderly, and open program. 

view, in the short period of a decade, the explor

was generating a new Copernican Revolution in o

and our earth. The achievements in space sciences 

of the educational curriculum. Communications an

progressed from experiment to global systems 

benefits to people on earth. Growing perception o

mobilize, coupled with that other legacy from A

beautiful, fragile planet as "spaceship earth"-may 

rank as even more significant than its tremendous a

and science.

A decade in the life of an organization as dynamic and multifaceted as the

National Aeronautics and Space Administration offers a large enough canvas

to discern clearly the patterns and trends of the organization's life. For

NASA, the decade which closed on October 1, 1968, was its first. That

decade has been-and will continue to be-studied by many people and from

many perspectives.

It is with the hope of stimulating such studies that NASA is offering the

NASA Historical Data Book, 1958-1968, of which this volume, NASA

Resources, is the first. The intent of the series is to provide a comprehensive,

factual data base on the tangible aspects of NASA and its programs. The first

volume covers organization and management; the second will cover the

individual space and aeronautics programs.

This volume deals primarily with the resources which the Nation made

available to NASA in that decade and traces the allocation of those resources.

The perceptive eye will find much of NASA history and management

philosophy, as well as many decisions, reflected in these columns of numbers.

In the 1958·1961 period, there is evidence of the piecing together of a new

agency to continue research in aeronautics while undertaking the leadership

of the Nation's civilian space program. This involved the assimilating of

organization, facilities, program, and people from a number of Government

agencies and creating out of them a new organization and program. From

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CONTENTS

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Chapter Four: NASA Finances .

Chapter Five: NASA ProcurementChapter Six: NASA Installations

Appendix A: Selected Aerospace Awards.

Appendix B: Major NASA Organization Charts.

v
PREFACE

The series of which this is the first volume is meant to provide a

comprehensive statistical summary of the first decade of the National

Aeronautics and Space Administration, from its post-Sputnik creation until

the Apollo 8 astronauts became the first men to circle the moon. Volume I,

NASA Resources, measures dollars, people, and things. It is designed as a

reference source for a variety of purposes. In many ways it offers

time-oriented data comparable to a chronology, but from a quantitative

perspective. The statistical summary of NASA's first 10 years documents, in a

nuts-and-bolts fashion, the immense growth and eventual leveling off of the

agency's program. It covers NASA's budget and fmancial history, its scattered

installations, its manpower resources, and a statistical summary of its

contractual history. A companion volume, NASA Programs, is under way. It

will provide similar statistical data for each NASA program.

Chapter I of the present volume briefly sketches the first 10 years,

touching upon organization and management and fiscal, personnel, and

procurement matters. Each subsequent chapter examines a significant

segment of NASA's total physical resources. Chapter II, "NASA Facilities,"

describes the physical history. It documents NASA's inheritance in physical

plant from the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) and

locates in time and place the $2.5 billion obligated for construction of new

facilities. Particulars such as capitalized equipment value, total acreage, and

value and number of buildings owned are included. The geographical and

physical dimensions of NASA are thus given statistical meaning.

Chapter III is focused on manpower, mainly in-house civil servants and

th.::ir locations. Most of the chapter consists of basic tables showing changes

in personnel over time.

Chapter IV documents dollars. Its objective is to supply information on

budget, appropriations, obligations, expenditures, and all other money-related

matters. In other words, it helps portray how NASA managed its dollar

resources.

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Chapter V depicts statistically the scope and key 

industrial contractors have played in the history of N

chapters, the data are presented in tabular form, with 

broken down by fiscal years. Some of the more im

include an installation breakdown. Information su

procurement actions, value of contract awards, and g

of contracts is presented. The chapter concludes 

recapitulation of the major NASA contractors over the 

The final and longest chapter describes NASA's ex

Information on origin, growth, facilities, activities, 

sented. Data are then tabulated by installation.

This work makes no interpretive attempts w

concentrates on its specific, concrete, and necessarily 

by no means a creative effort-creative in the sense o

All the information presented predates this volume 

fragmented, decentralized form. It was gathered from 

the Headquarters program offices, and various N

selected, reduced, and repackaged in a format ho

informative, and easily accessible. This is basically a r

therefore predominantly tabular in form. Narrative 

necessary to explain the data and offer additional infor

Such a work necessarily has limitations. For examp

many blanks in the data for the early years 1958-1

these early years, reflected in its nearly geometric gro

overemphasized. Physical growth was only one dimens

new agency expanded by an order of magnitude over 

NACA; furthermore there was a radical change in 

emphasis on space over aeronautics and in the way in w

business. The switch from in-house research to ma

industry and universities caused a serious overload 
NASA HISTORICAL DATA BOOK

his very fluid situation tended to restrict record

. When the initially composite nature of the

many then-disparate groups, organizations, and

added, the new agency's situation becomes even

of these factors made for a relative lack of data

ormative period. In some cases data were available

in handling information resulted in dissimilarities

kaging. What may appear as gaps, approximations,

e early data, is usually the result of the dynamism

e of its hectic years behind it, NASA settled down

ormation system became regularized and system

problem developed. Because of its own thorough

t the weight of burgeoning amounts of data. At

ion was available, and the researcher faced the

ASA's early years were "information-scarce," its

on-abundant."

nsored by the NASA Historical Office under

nt No. W-12322 with the Science and Technology

of Congress. While all three authors shared

very section of the book, Mrs. Jane Van Nimmen,

Congress, prepared Chapters Two, Five, and Six;

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and Chapters Three and Four were prepared by Dr. Robert L. Rosholt of

Bloomsburg State College, also author of An Administrative History of

NASA, 1958-1963 (SP-4101). Leonard C. Bruno of the Library of Congress

prepared Chapter One and also revised the entire volume. Mrs. Gay Arnelle,

formerly of the Library of Congress, served as editorial assistant and was

succeeded by Mrs. May Faye Johnson of the Library. Mrs. Arnelle also

prepared Appendix A, Selected Aerospace Awards.

The authors are particularly grateful to Dr. Frank W. Anderson, Jr.,

Deputy Director, NASA Historical Office, for his sympathetic supervision of

the entire project, and to Carrie E. Karegeannes, for her diligence in preparing

the manuscript for press. Origins of NASA Names, an unpublished manuscript

by Helen T. Anderson with Susan Whiteley, both formerly of the NASA

Historical Office, was used in preparing the final chapter. Among the many

NASA people who have contributed to the book, some have given

particularly generous support: Hazel W. Bogert, Howard N. Braithwaite,

Frederick L. Dunlap, C. Guy Ferguson. James M. Grimwood, Harry W.

Hammann, Charles M. Hochberg, Robert E. Hunt, Charles W. Kelly, William

R. Leaman, Edward T. Mecutchen, Dominick C. Polizzi, Lee D. Saegesser, and

George R. West. They' of course bear no responsibility for the completeness

or accuracy of this work.

Leonard C. Bruno

March 1974
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INTR
Chapter One

INTRODUCTION

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), created as a

national decision by the Congress and the President, began operations on

October 1, 1958. In effect, its coming-in-to-being was a direct response to the

U.S.S.R.'s first achievements in space.

On August 27, 1957, the Soviet news agency Tass announced in Moscow

that Russia had successfully tested an intercontinental-range ballistic missile.!

The United States had earlier done the same, and the decision by these two

large powers to add intercontinental ballistic missiles to their military arsenals

had quickly advanced the art of rocket propulsion and related technology.

The large thrust of these liquid-fueled rockets had made space flight a

practical possibility for the first time.

Six weeks after its missile test, the U.S.S.R. was the first to orbit an

artificial earth satellite, Sputnik I on October 4, 1957.2 Reaction in the U.S.

immediately following Russia's success was a concern blending both chagrin

and alarm. 3 The chagrin came from the knowledge that the U.S. might have

been first to orbit a satellite if it had used military missiles, but instead had

allowed the Soviets to capture this world scientific triumph. The alarm was

for the challenge to national security; many feared that we had fallen far

behind, especially in nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles. The

much heavier Sputnik II, in November, carrying the dog Laika, compounded

the technological surprise and worldwide propaganda harvest for the

Kremlin 4

Significant amidst the initial flurry of U.S. activity immediately following

the Soviet Sputniks were sweeping congressional hearings, "Inquiry into

Satellite and Missile Programs," conducted by the Preparedness Subcommittee

1 Eugene M. Emme, Aeronautics and Astronautics: An American Chronology of

Science and Technology in the Exploration of Space, 1915·1960 (Washington, D.C.:

NASA, 1961), p. 87.

2 Ibid., p. 91.

•Jay Hohnes, America on the Moon: The Enterprise of the Sixties (Philadelphia:

Lippincott, 1962).

4 Emme, Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1915-1960, p. 91.

3

of the Senate Armed Services Committee, chair

Johnson. This subcommittee held 20 meetings be

and January 23, 1958, and unanimously adopt

Their report urged increased space and missile spe

importance of space exploration as a national obj

were over the U.S. had successfully orbited Exp

centralized, national space program or an agen

generally realized that the scientific experimen

carried by Explorer I was to make the greatest 

International Geophysical Year.

Thus, by the beginning of the 1958 congressio

were introduced, each reflecting a different persp

President Eisenhower submitted a bill recommend

Aeronautics and Space Agency on April 14, 1

Congress formed ad hoc blue·ribbon committees 

legislating the basis for a space program and det

guidelines.7 These hearings got underway on A

National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 

Eisenhower.ll

The new agency was to be headed by an Ad

Administrator, both appointed by the President w

of the Senate.9 President Eisenhower nominated 

be the first Administrator of NASA. Hugh L

5 U.S. Congress, Senate, Preparedness Investigati

Services, Inquiry into Satellite and Missile Programs, Hea

lst and 2d sess., Nov. 25-27, Dec. 13, 14, 16, 17, 1957; J

(Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1958).

6 Emme, Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1915-1960, 

7 Ibid., p. 97.

8 Ibid., p. 100.

o Robert L. Rosholt, An Administrative History ofN

D.C.: NASA SP-4101, 1966), p. 309.
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tee for Aeronautics (NACA), was selected as

nnan was president of Case Institute of Tech

ere promptly confirmed by the Senate and the

gust 19, 1958. On September 25, Glennan an

egin functioning on October I, 1958.'0

ASA was largely one of consolidating a national

lities, and personnel of Government agencies, the

he aerospace industries. From its fIrst day, NASA

the former NACA and its 8000 employees as the

new civilian effort, follow through with the

lunar probes inherited from the Department of

ch Projects Agency (ARPA), and integrate the

Year (IGY) satellite program (Vanguard)." The

Laboratory (JPL), staffed and operated by the

nology (Cal Tech), was transferred to NASA in

ugh NASA requested transfer of about half of the

cy's (ABMA) Development Operations Division in

year later that the space agency received both the

rations Division (the von Braun team) and its

t as well.

indeed a modest-sized pieced-together conglom

response to the Soviet space challenge, with an

nd experienced people, but with many resource

out its ambitious mission laid out in the Space

ed direction, programs, and momentum, it was

o a powerful and efficient goal-oriented organi

y been created from so many disparate programs

growth in its early years. Most significant in the

ion was President John F. Kennedy's call of May

cision to land an American on the moon in the

stronautics, 1915-1960, p. 102.

of this project, see Constance MeL. Green and Milton

story (Washin!!ton, D.C.. NASA SP-4202, 1970).

1960s.' 2 Before this pivotal point in NASA's history, the young agency had

formulated its plan for the decade ahead, was operating its transferred

programs, had laid down initial programs, and was conducting the manned

Mercury program. But it was quite unsure of its long-range support,

particularly beyond Mercury. President Kennedy's response to the dramatic

Soviet space challenge (Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was the fIrst man in space on

April 12, 1961) gave NASA a goal-defined mission-to land an American on

the moon in the 1960s. While this task would never be more than 60 percent

of NASA's overall effort, the Apollo program had to receive sustained

executive, congressional, and public SUPP()ft necessary to achieve success.

I 2 For documentation and commentary on the Apollo decision, sec John M.

Logsdon, The Decision To Go to the Moon: Project Apollo and the National Interest

(Cambridge, Mass.: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1970); Vernon Van Dyke,

Pride and Power: The Rationale of the Space Program (Urbana, Ill.: University of

Illinois, 1964); Eugene M. Emme, "Historical Perspectives on Apollo," Journal of

Spacecraft and Rockets, Aprll1968, pp. 369-382; Memorandum, Hugh Dryden to NASA

Historical Office on Eisenhower-Kennedy Transition, Sept. 27, 1965 (copy in NASAHistorical Archives); Jay Holmes, America on the Moon: The Enterprise of the Sixties

(philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1962); Historical Sketch of NASA (Washington,

D.C.: NASA EP-29, 1965).

For a top-level view of NASA organization and management, see T. Keith Glennan,

"The Challenge of the Space Age," speech before Fort Worth, Texas, Chamber of

Commerce Annual Banquet, Dec. 8, 1958; T. Keith Glennan, "A National Space

Program for Space Research," speech before Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences, New

York, Jan. 27, 1959; Transition Memorandum Prepared by T. Keith Glennan, January

1961 (copy in NASA Historical Archives); James E. Webb, Space Age MaTlJlgement (New

York: McGraw-Hill, 1969), McKinsey Foundation Lecture Series sponsored by the

Graduate School of Business, Columbia Univ.; James E. Webb, "NASA as an Adaptive

Organization," John Diebold Lecture on Technological Change and Management,

Harvard Univ. Graduate School of Business Administration, Boston, Sept. 30, 1968;

James E. Webb commentary in Harmonizing Technological Developments and Sociol

Policy in America, James C. Charlesworth, ed. (philadelphia: American Academy of

Political and Social Science, 1970), pp. 113-118; James E. Webb, "Foreword," in

Rosholt, Administrative History of NASA; Hugh 1. Dryden, "NASA Mission and

Long-Range Plan," Proceedings, NASA-Industry Program Plans Conference (Washington:

July 28-29, 1960), pp. 6-9; Hugh 1. Dryden, "The Overall NASA Space Program,"

Proceedings, Fourth International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, Aug.

27-31,1962, Tamiya Nomura, ed. (Tokyo, Japan, and Rutland, Vt.: Japan Publications

Trading Co., 1963), pp. 1-5; Hugh 1. Dryden, ''The U.S. Space Program-What Is It?

Where Is· It Going? Why Is It Important?" Presentation of the Gold Medal of the

International Benjamin Franklin Society to Dr. Hugh Latimer Dryden. . January 19,

1963 (New York: Franklin Society, 1963); Interview with Hugh Dryden conducted oy
INTRODUCTION 

Aside from being a new agency with a new mission and having to assume

projects and facilities, new and old, NASA had to develop the ability to

manage large-scale contracting of research and development. Unlike its

predecessor agency NACA,I 3 which had done most of its R&D in-house, 90

percent of NASA's annual expenditures by fiscal year 1962 went for goods

and services procured from outside contractors. The Space Act gave NASA

authority to develop, construct, test, and operate space vehicles and to

contract for the conduct of this work with individuals, corporations,

Government agencies, and others.I 4 The method of conducting business led

to the concept formulated in 1960 that NASA Centers should have sufficient

in-house capability to allow them to conceive space flight development

projects, develop technical specifications for private contractors, and supervise contractors to ensure high reliability of systems, subsystems, and

components in their early development stages.

NASA was different in both method and goals from most other

Government agencies. As a heavily mission-oriented R&D agency which

sprang from a unique set of circumstances and was organized to achieve

specific objectives, the management job that evolved for NASA was that of

directing a substantial development program performed largely under

contract with industry. A comparison with NACA illustrates just how much

of a contracting agency NASA was. In 1958. NACA's budget was about $100

million and it employed about 8000 persons. In 1967, NASA's employment

figure peaked at about ::So 000, an increase of 450 percent. NASA annual

expenditures exceeded $5 biilion, an increase of 5000 percent. This almost

NASA Historical Office, March 26,1964 (copy in NASA Historical Archives); Robert C.

Seamans, Jr., "Action and Reaction," 1969 Minta Martin Lecture, Massachusetts

Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.; Robert C. Seamans, Jr., "The Management of

a National Space Program," speech delivered at the United Nations Conference on the

Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, Vienna, Austria: August 1968; Harold B.

Finger and Albert F. Siepert, "NASA's Management of the Civilian Space Program,"

speech presented at the Sixteenth International Conference of the Institute for

Management Sciences, March 26-28, 1969, New York; Harold B. Finger prepared

testimony, Subcommittee on Science, Research and Development, Committee on

Science and Astronautics, U.S. Congress, House, March 28, 1968.

1 3 NACA's reputation was built almost entirely on in-house research capability. It

had little experience in conceiving, planning, and executing large-scale projects requiring

the teamwork of many persons and organizations and expenditure of large amounts of

money, much of it through contracts.

14National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, As Amended, and Related

Legislation (Washington, D.C.: NASA, Office of General Counsel, July 1, 1969), p. 7.

10-to-1 disparity in the increase in money compare

a good indicator of the differing nature of th

different ways of doing business. In its bigge

(411000 in 1965), NASA employed 34300 (8.3 

ees and 376700 (9l.7 percent) out-of-house contr

The skills I}eeded to manage such a program 

required by most Government agencies. And while 

common with other large-scale Federal endeav

circumstances of its creation and early years were 

giving the agency its rather distinctive stamp. 

listed. I 6

First: The straightforwardness of the national c

and the nature of technology made for a cl

knowledge that there would be little room fo

mission's success or failure.

Second: When the United States decided to ex

four years behind in propulsion capability, rather 

which appeared to be the gap between Sputnik [ an

Third: The new agency had no time to start fr

took over various on-going space projects initiated 

the Army, Navy, and Air Force. At the same time

program and conceive new projects to ensure it co

endeavor that would serve the national interest.

Fourth: NASA acquired its initial staffing by 

established R&D teams throughout the Governm

employees), 200 from Project Vanguard and the N

the Army's JPL, and the entire von Braun team (s

Army. Also, key people were recruited from many 

Fifth: Very rapid budget increases created a spe

to ensure the programming of effective expenditure

size each of the first five years, and maintaining ove

meeting the needs of Apollo proved a difficult chall

Sixth: NASA had to operate continuously u

sustained stress and open publicity than any 

organization. By law, its program was largely open 

1 5 All of the above fmancial and personnel figures ar

and Four of this volume and their sources are cited there.

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usual scientific, technological, and management

NASA during its early years made it an agency

egin with, NASA displayed an uncommon unity

der the second Administrator-James E. Webb,

eight years-the agency's top three managers

mple of complementary and interlocking roles,

gement. 1 II Upon his appointment, Webb retained

Robert C. Seamans, Jr., as Deputy Administrator

, and merged their talents by working arrange

lved all three men, often called a "troika," as an

y decisions of the agency. 1 9 Also the Office of

ed an elaborate system to manage the Apollo

system. Thus the wide range of specialized skills

ce, and technology was interlocked. Dr. Dryden

65, and the Apollo 204 fire in January 1967 was

everely.

effective agency depended upon a predictable

mission performance.2o In a word, nothing short

ed. Thus under Webb the agency employed an

ystem to establish traceability that engineering

management decisions had been implemented

mployed an open loop communications system

ge in any critical system was undertaken without

ery other element that might be affected.

ms led to the gearing up of the best-informed

e contractor echelon, to proposals of the best

A sought to identify every possible contingency

le solution in advance. This literally became the

nagement, a series of lectures given by the former NASA

w from the top.

A's Management," pp. 4.Q.

"The three of us decided together that the basis of our

tanding that we would hammer out the hard decisions

ndertake those segments of responsibility for which he

formed an informal partnership within which all major

ur joint responsibility, but with the execution of each

by just one of us." See Webb Foreword in Rosholt,

p. iv.

A's Management," pp. 20-25.

way of life for most of NASA's personnel, admittedly not perfect, but

necessarily geared to the achievement of the difficult and complex tasks

required.

NASA Resources

Aside from recounting the space accomplishments of NASA, a dramatic

example of the agency's life-style during its first 10 years is provided by a

simple comparison of NASA as an institution at its inception and NASA at its

peak.

NASA's fust budget under President Eisenhower for fiscal year 1959 was

$330.9 million, reflecting a few add-ons to NACA's budget.21 For fiscal year

1961 it remained under $1 billion, as NASA's post-Mercury proposals were

not approved by the Bureau of the Budget. Congress, after accepting

President Kennedy's manned lunar landing goal for the decade, was requested

to increase NASA money amounts substantially, and the fiscal year 1965

NASA appropriations total reached its pinnacle with $5.250 billion.

A steady

trail-off subsequently began and by fiscal year 1968 the appropriations total

was $4.589 billion. This figure fell well under $4 billion in more recent years.

During the first 10 years, nearly $32.5 billion was appropriated to the

agency and just over $32 billion was actually spent. In effect, the agency

generally received most of what it asked for. It received annually about 95

percent of its budget requests during its first 10 years. The bulk of these

appropriations was allocated for research and development, with that

category accounting for a low of nearly 60 percent of the total appropriations

in fiscal year 1959 and a high of 87 percent in fiscal year 1966. The average

R&D 10-year percent total was 79.7 percent. The categories of Administrative Operations and Construction of Facilities accounted for the remaining

percentages.22

An R&D expenditures comparison among NASA's four major offices

reveals the Office of Manned Space Flight obligated the greatest percentage of

the lO-year budget with its 67.2 percent-contrasting with 18.8 percent for

the Office of Space Science and Applications, 7.5 percent for the Office of

21 The NASA financial data are contained in Chapter Four of this volume and the .sources are cited there.

22 The three major segments of the NASA budget are Research and Development

(R&D), Construction of Facilities (CoF), and Administrative Operations (AO). AO was

changed to Research and Program Management (R&PM) after 1968.
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shall Space Flight Center with the largest 10-year

59 billion; more than half ($5.083 billion) this total

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Center-$2.458 billion (only a portion of which was Apollo-related). All of

the remaining Centers' totals slowly declined from that figure.

Most major construction was funded in the early years, with the fiscal

years 1959-1964 Construction of Facilities appropriations total averaging

16.8 percent of the total appropriations, contrasting with the 2.2 percent of

the years 1965-1968 when most construction was completed.

During its first decade, NASA built four major installations from the

ground up (Goddard Space Flight Center, Manned Spacecraft Center,

Kennedy Space Center, and Electronics Research Center) and tripled the

number of field installations in six years. In its first 10 years, the agency

spent $2.5 billion for the construction of facilities. 2 3 By far the largest total

spent for construction at one Center during that time was the Kennedy Space

Center's $898.2 million. The next largest total was the Mississippi Test

Facility's $266.2 million.

By the end of 1968 NASA owned more than 57500 hectares (142000

acres) of land-whose total real property value exceeded $2.4 billion. And the

total investment value (real and personal property, leasehold improvements,

and work-in-progress) equaled $4.4 billion by June 30, 1968.

A comparison of 1958 resources with the 1968 status readily indicates the

dramatic growth of the agency. Total real property value increased from

$268.2 million in fiscal year 1959 to more than $2.4 billion in fiscal year

1968. Land value jumped from $668 thousand in fiscal year 1959 to more

than $104 million in fiscal year 1968. And the number of hectares ofland

owned during the same period expanded from 2096 to 57 520 hectares (from

5179 to 142 134 acres).

Broken down by individual installations, Kennedy Space Center owned the

largest number of hectares, 33 906 (83 783 acres), followed by Marshall

Space Flight Center's holdings (which included the Michoud, MTF, and

Slidell sites) of 9586 hectares (23 687.8 acres). The same two Centers led by

far in real property value, with KSC totaling over $682 million for fiscal year

1968 and MSFC over $538 million for the same time.

NASA's personnel story was also one of 10 years of growth.24 NACA

employed 8000 persons when dissolved on September 30, 1958; NASA

in-house employment peaked at about 36 000 in 1967, an increase of 450

23 For a comprehensive, detailed listing of NASA's technical facilities by Center, see

NASA Technical Facilities Catalog, Vols. I-II (NHB 3800.5, March 1967).

24 The NASA personnel data are in Chapter Three of this volume and the sources are

given there.

percent. During NASA's first year, approXima

employees were scientists and engineers. By 19

35 000 were serving as scientists and engineers. N

increased in complexity, the agency had to 

capabilities in the research and development area

Total employment (in-house and out-of-house

411 000 employees. By 1968 this figure was do

1968 total, 88 percent (211 200) were out-o

percent in-house (35 000): By 1971, total emp

150000, with 122 000 out-of-house and 28 000 

As for distribution of permanent employe

Langley Research Center had the largest numbe

four major Centers. This number accounted f

NASA total. By the end of 1960, this top pos

Flight Center, which expanded to over 5000 em

NASA complete. Marshall held this positio

employees (approximately 20 percent of the 

1968. During these years, however, other Cente

1968, four NASA Centers had more than 4000 em

A glance at the distribution of permanent civ

program office reveals the following shred-out 

OSSA 2989, OMSF 10 277, OTDA 1059, an

support 10 226.

Aside from its own people in Headquarters 

depended in great measure on outside contra

unique services and products, and the Space Act 

authority to contract for work with individuals

agencies, and others. After the May 1961 Apo

congressional approval, the agency was able to 

plant and manpower resources. The scope of c

feasibility studies for particular projects to the p

research facilities, even sometimes entire new inst

The requirements for a successful Apollo 

rounded overall program (which did not ignoresearch, aeronautics, and other important 

demanded the full and proper use of all of the N

25 The four Centers were Goddard Space Flight C

Lewis Research Center, and Manned Spal<ecraft Center.
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y skyrocketed as the space program was

ocurement rose from $756 million in fiscal year

ear 1963, a 326.4 percent increase.26 Since the

s only doubled during those years, the average

on increased considerably. The total net value

965, $5.2 billion.

ion of NASA prime contract awards by states

er 43 percent of the 1961-1968contract award

second with 10 percent of the total. Most

the individual centers, and the Marshall Space

ed Spacecraft Center annually let by far the

al. This proportion naturally reflected each

hall built the Saturn V launch vehicle which

o the moon.

contracts awarded, in terms of cumulative

were:

test the Apollo command and service modules

orp., Space Division);

lunar module (Grumman Aircraft Engineering

fabricate the S-IC stage of the Saturn V vehicle

rvices (Boeing Co., Aerospace Division);

ricate, and test the S-II stage of the Saturn V

pport services (North American Rockwell Corp.,

data are given in Chapter Five of this volume and the

5. to design, develop, and fabricate the S-NB stage of the Saturn V

vehicle and provide launch support activities (McDonnell Douglas Corp.,

Douglas Missile & Space Systems Division-which in June 1968 became part

of McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Co., still a division of McDonnell Douglas

Corp.)

In a ranking of NASA's top 10 contractors according to net value of awards

over the years, North American Rockwell Corp. had been number one since

fiscal year 1962. Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp. had been in the top

five since fiscal year 1964, along with the Boeing Co. And the combined

record of the merged McDonnell Douglas Corp. showed only one year since

1962 in which one o~ the companies was not among the top six contractors.

Thus NASA's story has been one of many individuals, private corporations,

Government agencies, and universities, each contributing. Only by discerning

where the dollars went (over 90 percent went outside of the NASA program),

and where the people worked, can the full history be appreciated.

By the end of the first decade of operation, the agency had undergone

substantial change. Budgets had risen to nearly $6 billion a year and had

dropped back to $4 billion, in-house personnel had peaked in 1967, and

projects had been begun and completed as the base of the Apollo program

was achieved. The agency had constructed new facilities from the ground up;

expanded research in aeronautics and space science; orbited communications,

meteorological, and international satellites of many sorts; sent probes to Mars

and Venus; and constructed a new family of launch vehicles. And by the end

of NASA's 10th year, the three Apollo 8 astronauts had orbited the moon

and returned to earth.
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2-12

2-13

2-14

2-15

2-16

2-17

2-18

Chapter Two

NASA FACILITIES

List of Tables

Construction of Facilities: Obligations by Fiscal Year and Program Year 

Investment Value of Former NACA Installations: 1958 and 1968 

Property: FY 1959-FY 1968 

Value of Real Property Components as Percentage of Total 

Industrial (Contractor-Held) Facilities 

Facilities Total Investment Value, FY 1966-FY 1968: In-house and Contractor-Held 

Land Owned by Installation and Fiscal Year in Hectares (and Acres) 

Land Leased by Installation and Fiscal Year in Hectares (and Acres) 

Buildings: Number Owned by Installation and Fiscal Year 

Buildings: Thousands of Square Meters (and Square Feet) Owned by Installation and Fiscal Year 

Buildings: Thousands of Square Meters (and Square Feet) Leased by Installation and Fiscal Year 

Real Property Value by Installation and Fiscal Year 

Land Value by Installation and Fiscal Year 

Buildings Value by Installation and Fiscal Year 

Other Structures and Facilities Value by Installation and Fiscal Year 

Capitalized Equipment Value by Installation and Fiscal Year 

Land Value as Percentage of Total Real Property Value by Installation and Fiscal Year 

Buildings Value as Percentage of Total Real Property Value by Installation and Fiscal Year 

Other Structures and Facilities Value as Percentage of Total Real Property Value by Installation and Fisc

Real Property Value of Installations Ranked as Percentage of NASA Total 

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NASA FACILITIES

This chapter attempts to locate in time and space the $2.5 billion

obligated for construction of NASA facilities between 1958 and 1968. Under

Section 203 of the Space Act, NASA was directed:

to acquire (by purchase, lease, condemnation, or otherwise), construct,

improve, repair, operate, and maintain laboratories, research and testing

sites and facilities...and such other real and personal property as the

Administration deems necessary within and outside the continental

United States....

On August 27, 1958, the NASA FY 1959 supplemental appropriation

(Public Law 85-766) made the first $25 million available for "Construction

and Equipment" (C&E), the appropriation account that became in FY 1962

"Construction of Facilities" (CoF). The next day, August 28, the regular

NACA appropriation was signed (Public Law 85-844), with an additional $23

million earmarked for construction. NACA was transferred to NASA on its

establishment Oct. 1, 1958. Since the Space Act provided in Section 307 that

sums appropriated "for the construction of facilities, or for research and

development, shall remain available until expended," the 58 percent of

construction and equipment funds still unobligated at the end of FY 1959

was carried over into FY 1960.

Periods and amounts in this continuing carryover system may be seen in

Table 2-a. The carryover provision, along with legislation passed in 1959

permitting transfers of up to 5 percent from one appropriation account to

another, contributed a good deal to NASA's funding flexibility. Although

budgets, appropriations, obligations, and expenditures are examined in detail

in Chapter Four, this summary budget history for construction funds is

presented here as a reference point for patterns of growth that emerge in

Tables 2-1 through 2-23.

On its first day of business, October I, 1958, NASA inherited from the

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics its three research laboratories17

Langley, Ames, and Lewis; two development s

Station at Edwards Air Force Base and Pilotless A

Wallops Island; and two liaison offices-one in CWright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. By 

Propulsion Laboratory functions and facilities ha

U.S. Army to NASA. By the end of FY 1959, the 

was under construction at Greenbelt, Maryland. 

Flight Center, this facility was designed to accom

programs, beginning with personnel transferred 

Laboratory. Although the Ohio liaison office ha

1959, NASA planned a substantial expansion o

announced its evolution into the Western Op

summer.

These were NASA's installations at the end of 

year. As revealed in Table 2-1, they stood on 209

NASA-owned land and represented a real proper

million. By the end of FY 1968, NASA's install

than 57465 hectares (142000 acres) of owned 

property value had exceeded $2.4 billion. The 

NASA facilities-comprising real and personal pr

ments, and work-in-progress-equaled $4.4 billion b

DUring its tirst 10 fiscal years NASA was 

installations from the ground up: Goddard Spac

March 16, 1961); Manned Spacecraft Center ne

occupancy in February 1964); John F. Kennedy 

Kennedy, Florida (occupancy of Headquarters bu

Electronics Research Center in Cambridge, Massac

November 2, 1966). Facilities in Huntsville, Alab

Missile Agency's Development Operations Divisio

July 1, 1960, were converted into a fifth major fi

C. Marshall Space Flight Center. Component activ

Assembly Facility in New Orleans with its Com
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Plans, Actual Obligations, and Actual Expenditures for Fiscal Years 1959 Through 1963

(Washington: NASA, February 1965); NASA, Office of Administration, Budget Operations Division, "History of Budget Plans, Actual Obligations, and Actual Expenditures for

Fiscal Years 1964 Through 1966" (draft manuscript, 1968); NASA, Financial Management

Division, "Financial Status of Programs, Construction of Facilities," June 30, 1967; NASA,

Financial Management Division, "Summary Financial Status of Programs," June 30, 1968;

NASA, Budget Operations Division, "Status of Approved Programs, Construction of

Facilities," FY 1959-FY 1968, June 1968.
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aFormerly Langley Aeronautical Laboratory

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Station (both redesignated in 1959).

Sources: U.S. Congress, House, Hearings before 

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which began in late 1961 with funds reprogramm

development account. During FY 1963, KSC la

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Marshall's first acquisitions for the Mississippi Test 

Proportional changes among the three variable

property value show certain trends during the 10 f

and Table 2-2). As of June 30, 1959, value of bui

of the total, while the value of other structures an

tanks, gantries, launch pads; see definition of term

value less than 1 percent. During the 10 years th

value to the total declined almost steadily, until Ju

buildings was 53.9 percent of total real property v

structures and facilities increased to 41.8 percent o

FY 1968.

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work-in-progress. Table 2-1 shows a steadily decrea

value and square footage, the result of occupan

buildings. Work-in-progress decreased since FY 19

of major projects and declining appropriations since 

NASA FACILITIES

Slidell, Louisiana, and Mississippi Test Facility in Hancock County-were

established in 1961 and 1962 along the inland water route from the

Mississippi Delta to Huntsville. In another major construction project, NASA

and the Atomic Energy Commission cooperated in building the Nation's test

site for nuclear rockets, the Nuclear Rocket Development Station at Jackass

Flats, Nevada (occupancy of Administration and Engineering Building on

August 2, 19(4).

In accordance with NASA's policy of contracting the bulk of its research

and development work to be performed out-of-house, during its first 10

years NASA installed over $400 million worth of capitalized equipment in

the plants of more than 20 000 prime and subcontractors. For its three

tracking and data acquisition networks-Space Tracking and Data Acquisition

Network, Manned Space Flight Network, and Deep Space Network-NASA

equipped and inherited stations in North and South America, Europe, Africa,

Australia, and on islands in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and their real

property value had reached $54.5 million by the end of FY 1968. In

addition, the former NACA installations expanded during this period along

with the newer Centers; an indication of their growth is given in Table 2-b.

This enormous facilities expansion reflects the evolution of the civilian

portion of the national space program under NASA, one supported by annual

congressional decisions on the necessary means. Table 2-a shows that the

largest annual percentage increase in both appropriation and budget plan

during NASA's first 10 years occurred in FY 1962, although a larger net

increase and appropriation total came the following year (see Figure 2-1). The

FY 1962 budget submitted in January 1961, the last NASA budget submitted

by the Eisenhower Administration, had requested $99.8 million for construction of facilities, some $23 million less than the FY 1961 appropriation.

Under President Kennedy, NASA was directed to reevaluate the January

budget, and a revised request added $19.2 million to construction funds. But

on May 25, 1961, President Kennedy addressed Congress, asking that the

United States commit resources to. the goal of achieving a manned lunar

landing before the end of the decade. He also urged accelerated development

of a nuclear rocket and of communications and meteorological satellites.

Congress approved this request, appropriating for FY 1962 a total of $316

million for construction of NASA facilities.

The impact of the lunar landing decision on facilities growth was seen first

in land. Large increases at the end of FY 1962 in both land value and acreage

may be attributed to land acquisition for John F. Kennedy Space Center,

Installationa

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opriation for construction of facilities was $35.9 

s than that for its first fiscal year. Even if other 

s figure would suggest, not only that the Apollo 

flight-test stage, but also that the Nation had not 

ther goal comparable to that of sending Americans 

he 1960s. Even when such decisions are reached, as 

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ty. 

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tablished as the Facilities Management Office in 

he Deputy Associate Administrator for Industry 

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y assigned to various Headquarters elements.* 

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Administration to set up a real estate recording and 

ntral repository for facilities data. This repository 

ties Management Office, and figures used in this 

documents maintained there; they include title 

s, easements, outgrants, real property records and 

ster plans, and annual reports. Property tables 

s for Chapter Six were circulated for review at the 

ey were most often reviewed by the Real Property 

onsible for maintaining detailed real property 

nciling property figures with installation fmancial 

ations also supplied figures for FY 1959 through 

y responsibilities of the Construction Office, established 

Office of Industry Affairs, and the Facility Standards 

ramming. The June 5,1961, NASA reorganization had 

ams and, under it, an Assistant Director for Facilities. 

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first effort to centralize facilities management responsi- 

pansion after the May decision to accelerate NASA's 

963, the Office of Programs became the Office of 

Standards Division replacing the Facilities Coordination 

gramming was separated from the Office of Organization 

March 15, 1967, reorganization and was renamed the 

d Analysis. The Facilities Management Office was 

ffice of Facilities on May 22, 1968. FY 1961,.when available. Property figures used here and in Chapter Six are thus the result of a cooperative effort of Headquarters and field installations. Definition of Terms Definitions of the terms used in this chapter were taken from NASA Management Instructions (NMIs) and NASA Handbook (NHB) Approval of Facility Projects. I Buildings. Facilities with the basic function of enclosing usable space. This category of real property includes buildings leased by or on behalf of NASA and improvements to NASA-owned buildings and installed property but excludes leasehold improvements. (NMI 8800 1A) Note: In the tables of this chapter and Chapter Six, square footage of buildings leased does not include GSA-leased buildings. Component Installdtion. An installation, office, or other NASA organi- zational element which is located geographically apart from a NASA installation and which, pursuant to delegations from the Administrator, is assigned for management purposes to the Official-in-Charge of a Headquarters office, the Director of a field installation, or to an immediate subordinate of these officials (NMI 1132.2A). Componellt lllstallatlons of NASA Headquarters include: NASA Pasadena Office NASA Daytona Beach Operation The AEC-NASA Space Nuclear Propulsion Office is organizationally under the NASA Headquarters Office of Advanced Research and Technology and may in some cases be regarded as a component installation. Former component installations of NASA Headquarters were: Western Support Office Western Operations Office Western Coordination Office NASA Office-Downey North Eastern Office

I NASA, Office of Organization and Management, Administrative Services Division,

NASA Management Instruction (NMI) 8800.1

A and 1l32.2A; NASA Handbook (NHB)

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Component installations of Centers:

Marshall Space Flight Center-Michoud Assembly Facility with its

Computer Operations Office; Mississippi Test Facility

Manned Spacecraft Center-White Sands Test Facility

Lewis Research Center-Plum Brook Station

Kennedy Space Center-Western Test Range Operations Division

Easement. An acquired privilege or right of use or enjoyment which one

party may have in the land of another. For example, an easement or

right-of-way for road or highway purposes, or for construction and

maintenance of utility lines (NHB 7330.1,26).

Equipment. Personal property which meets all of the following criteria: (a)

has an estimated service life of one year or.more, (b) has an initial acquisition

cost of $50 or more per unit, (c) retains its identity when put into use, and

(d) will not be consumed during an experiment (NUB 7330.1,26-27).

Collateral equipment. All nonintegral, severable equipment which is

acquired for use, or used, in a facility. Collateral equipment is not required to

make the structure or building useful and operable as a structure or building,

but imparts to the facility its particular character at the time, for example,

furniture in an office building or test equipment in a test stand (NHB 7330.1,

25). See Personal Property.

Integral equipment. That equipment which is normally required to make a

facility useful and operable as a facility and which is built in or permanently

affixed to it in such a manner that removal would impair the usefulness,

safety, or comfort of the facility. Integral equipment would include such

items as elevators, central air-conditioning systems, and electrical and

plumbing fIxtures and equipment (NHB 7330.1, 28). See Installed Property.

Note: As used in this chapter and Chapter Six, equipment refers to

capitalized equipment only. (To be recorded as capital equipment, the

equipment must have an estimated service life of more than one year, be

identifIable as equipment when in use and not part of other equipment,

generally cost $200 or more, and not be intended to be consumed in an

experiment. Noncapitalized equipment is charged to the appropriate cost

account, as "expensed equipment.,,2)

2 NASA, Office of Administration, Financial Management DiVISIOn, Financial

Management Manual, paragraph 9250-32a, 32b.

Facility.

A generic term used to encompass re

integral and collateral equipment of a capital nature; 

encompass operating materials, supplies, and noncap

term "facility" is used in connection with land, bui

basic function of enclosing usable space), structures 

function of a research or operational tool or activity

improvements (NHB 7330.1 ,27).

Field Installation.

A NASA organizational eleme

apart from NASA Headquarters and headed by a 

organizations are NASA fIeld installations:

Ames Research Center

Electronics Research Center

Flight Research Center

George C. Marshall Space Flight Center

Goddard Space Flight Center

John F. Kennedy Space Center

Langley Research Center

Lewis Research Center

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is based on cost plus improvements.

pter Two, total investment value includes both

tractor-held) facilities.

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d, leased, or acquired by permit) but excludes

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therwise noted. Figures presented for this variable

d or land held under use permit or agreement.

Government-owned land for which NASA has

conveying land, buildings, other structures or

f for a specified term of time, in consideration of

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other structures and facilities; easements and

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f real property, they are considered as a separate

ent value in Chapter Two.

Other Structures and Facilities. Category of real property which includes

facilities with the basic function of research or operational tools or activities

as distinct from buildings, which have the primary function of enclosing

usable space. Includes all structures and facilities and installed property

owned or leased by or on behalf of NASA; for example, storage tanks, gantry

cranes, launch pads, blockhouses, airfield pavements, roads, monuments,

sidewalks, parking areas, and fences. Excludes leasehold improvements (NMI

8800.1A).

Personal Property. Items of equipment which are installed in a building or

structure to perform or assist in performing the operation housed within the

buildings or structures and which, if removed, would retain their identity and

usefulness as individual items of equipment; for example, a machine tool

installed in a building (NMI 8800.1 A). See Equipment Collateral.

Real Property. Land, buildings, structures, utilities systems and their

improvements and appurtenances, permanently annexed to land. Real

property includes equipment attached to and made a part of buildings,

structures, and other facilities (such as heating systems), but excludes

collateral equipment (such as machine tools) which is removable without

significant damage to the real property (NHB 7330.1,29).

Real property-when within the control of the United States or of any

instrumentality, entity, or wholly-owned corporation of the United Statesmeans any interest in land, excluding lands in the Public Domain or reserved

or dedicated for National Forest or National Park purposes, and any fiXture,

structure, appurtenance, or other improvement permanently annexed to land,

including lands to which the United States has no title or interest and lands in

Public Domain or dedicated or devoted to National Forest or National Park

purposes (NMI 88oo.1A).

Note. In the tables of Chapters Two and Six total real property value is the

sum of land value, buildings value, and other structures and facilities value.

Leasehold improvements are not included in total real property value, but are

considered as a separate component of total investment value.

Use Permit.

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land, buildings, structures, or other facilities for which another Government

agency has custody and accountability.
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NASA Installations and Abbreviations

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Electronics Research Center (ERC)

Flight Research Center (FRC)

Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)

John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC)

Designated Launch Operations Center from July 1, 1962, until

redesignation as KSC was announced Dec. 20,1963.

Langley Research Center (LaRC)Lewis Research Center (LeRC)

Figures for LeRC in Tables 2-5 through 2-21 include Plum Brook

Station.

Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC)

Figures for MSC in Tables 2-5 through 2-21 include White Sands Test

Facility.

Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)

MSFC totals used in Tables 24 through 2-21 include component

installations and Huntsville.

Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF)

Designated Michoud Operations from December 1961 until July 1965.

Mississippi Test Facility (MTF)

Designated Mississippi Test Operations from D

1965.

Computer Operations Office (COO)

Space Nuclear Propulsion Office (SNPO)

Wallops Station (WS)

Pacific Launch Operations Office (PLOO)

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1, 1965. 

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tions Office on August 5, 1959. West

disestablished June 15, 1966, and its func

NASA Office-Downey (a Headquarters com

Western Support Office established effectiv

disestablished effective March 1, 1968.

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

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NAS 7·100 (formerly NASw-6) between 

Institute of Technology.

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Table 2-1. Property: FY 1959·FY 1968

(as of June 30; money amounts in thousands)

1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

$268210 $322603 $407692 $513606 $614194 $830704 $1172392 $1518918 $1996267 $2407505

20.3% 26.3% 25.9% 19.6% 35.3% 41.1% 29.6% 31.4% 20.6%

$ 668 $ 687 $ 887 $ 20308 $ 47700 $ 85769 $ 91397 $ 94579 $ 99218 $ 104350

2.8% 29.1% 2189.5% 134.9% 79.8% 6.6% 3.5% 4.9% 5.2%

$246268 $286025 $367799 $435069 $478056 $506 149 $ 642602 $ 902108 $1 135080 $1298187

16.1%' 28.5% 18.2% 9.9% 6.5% 26.2% 41.3% 24.9% 14.4%

$ 21 274 $ 35891 $ 39006 $ 58229 $ 88438 $235 786 $ 438393 $ 516231 $ 761 969 $1004 963

68.7% 8.6% 49.2% 51.9% 166.6% 85.9% 17.7% 47.6% 31.9%

2095.8 3015.3 3254.2 9050.0 32171.2 47663.2 49931.7 57 653.8 57 731.8 57519.7

(5179) (7451) (8041) (22363) (79497) (117778) (123384) (142466) (142659) (142134)

43.9% 7.9% 178.1% 255.5% 48.2% 4.8% 15.5% (*) (*)

NA NA NA NA 1117 1246 1484 1645 2182 2602

11.5% 19.1% 10.1% 32.6% 19.2%

nts value NA NA

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NA NA $ 4285 $ 2299 $ 911 $ 554 $ 458 $ 280

46.4% -60.4% -39.2% -17.4% -38.9%

NA 92.1 4381.2 6621.2 6645.7 1182.4 475.5 1185.2

(228) (10826) (16361) (16422) (2922) (1176) (2928)

NA NA NA NA NA 3 10 7

NA 66910.3 131081.1 83682.6 38873.6 15310.1 14076.3 9718.0

(720216) (1410945) (900752) (418432) (164 797) (151516) (104 604)

705772.0 1051693.8 1232704.4 1516780.6 1930374.0 2376222.4 2706058.4 2883691.1

(7596866) (11320342) (13268715) (16326486) (20778370) (25577445) (29127772) (31039795)

38.0% 49.0% 17.2% 23.0% 27.2% 23.1% 13.9% 10.6%

NA $185979 $255745 $356799 $ 507865 $ 954948 $1156685 $1418152

37.5% 39.5% 42.3% 88.0% 21.1% 22.6%

NA NA NA NA NA $ 866 $ 938 $ 1062

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Table 2-2. Value of Real Property Components as Percentage of Total

(as of June 30; total real property value in thousands)

1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 

0.3% 0.2% 0.2% 4.0% 7.8% 10.3% 7.8% 6.2% 

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Table 2-3. Industrial (Contractor-Held) Facilities

(as ofJune 30; money amounts in thousands)a

Category 1965 1966 1967 

1. Total real property value $150990 $136 166 $161 383 

Percentage increase -9.9% 18.5% 

Land value $ 6291 $ 6374 $ 8779 

Buildings value $ 71854 $ 77485 $ 98830 

Other structures and facilities

value $ 72 845 $ 52307 $ 53774 

2. Leasehold improvements value NA $ 210 $ 276 

3. Plant equipment value NA $347662 $401086 

4. Work-in-progress value NA $ 46593 $ 71 289 

Total investment value (1 +2+3+4) NA $530631 $634034 

Percentage increase (19.4%) 

Number of hectares owned 127.5 1256.2 4295.4 

(and acres) (315) (3104 ) (10614) 

Percentage increase 885.3% 241.9% 

Number of buildings 339 340 407 

Number of sq meters of bldgs. 1449867.6 1414680.2 1 545 229.0 

(and sq ft) (3 582 701) (3495751) (3818344) 

aindustrial property figures are included in Table 2-1; data for earlier years are not available.

NA =Not available.

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(as of June 30; in thousands)'!

Total Real Property Value Percentage Increase Leasehold Improvements Plant Equipment

Between 6/30/63

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Work-in-Progress Total Investment Percentage 

Facility 1966 1967 1968 1966 1967 1968 1966 

NASA Headquarters

Office of University Affairs $ 21 $ 0 $ 0$ 61 380 $ 60718 $ 8 175 1.6% 

Total 0 0 0 1 580 1939 2035 * 

2T 0 0 62960 62657 10210 IT 

Office of Manned Space Flight

Kennedy Space Center 439648 322720 240231 811 978 948606 1050510 22.2% 

Manned Spacecraft Center 85500 59332 48670 314 195 351 469 420878 8.6 

Marshall Space Flight Center 394946 261 177 104452 926610 927 357 945 573 25.4 

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Ames Research Center 24874 4844 6470 196202 210 781 226 711 5.4 

Electronics Research Center 340 3847 4 151 2887 I! 577 20 157 * 

Flight Research Center 2 187 2235 960 40195 41 069 42819 1.1 

Langley Research Center 32316 18627 17780 301 581 337 124 358608 8.3 

Lewis Research Center 54250 69672 47275 328958 354514 385 733 9.0 

Space Nuclear Propulsion Office II 422 7448 529 35 166 54634 49852 1.0 

Total 125 389 106673 77 165 904989 1 009699 1 083880 24.8 

Office of Space Science and Applications

Goddard Space Flight Center 108661 126086 110817 398967 495 734 614860 10.9 

NASA Pasadena Office (JPL) 10939 7286 0 137 572 148271 182 975 3.8 

Wallops Station 11 297 6691 4220 93862 100061 103388 2.6 

Total 130897 140063 115037 630401 744066 901 223 17.3 

NASA Total $1 176401 $889 965 $585555 $3 651 133 $4 043854 $4 412274

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1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 

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174.0 174.0 174.0 174.0 218.5 218.5 218.5 218.5 218.5 218.5 (430.0) (430.0) (430.0) (430.0) (540.0) (540.0) (540.0) (540.0) (540.0) (540.0) 130.5 137.1 140.6 141.3 2561.7 2563.1 2653.1 5557.5 5557.5 5 342.2 (322.4 ) (338.8) (347.4 ) (349.2) (6 330.0)b (6333.5)b (6 333.5)b (13 733.1) (13 733.1) (13 201.0) 

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Ames Research Center 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

E1ectronics Research Center 0 0 

Flight Research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Goddard Space Flight Center NA NA NA 49.0 49.0 49.0 169.6 469.5 

(121.0) (121.0) 021.0) (419.0) 0160.0) 

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Marshall Space Flight Center Total 25.9 25.9 25.9 25.9 25.9 25.9 

(64.0) (64.0) (64.0) (64.0) (64.0) (64.0) 

Marshall Space Flight Center 25.9 25.9 25.9 25.9 25.9 25.9 

(64.0) (64.0) (64.0) (64.0) (64.0) (64.0) 

Michoud Assembly Facility 0 0 0 0 0 Mississippi Test Facility 0 0 0 0 

Computer Operations Office 0 0 0 0 

Space Nuclear Propulsion Office 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Wallops Station NA NA NA 4.5 3.6 3.6 4.1 4.1 

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Jet Propulsion Laboratory 30.6 32.3 29.3 4.7 4.7 5.8 5.9 5.9 

(75.5) (79.8) (72:6) (11.5) (11.5) (14.3) (14.4 ) (14.4) 

Total NA NA NA 92.1 4381.2 6621.2 6645.7 1182.4 

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Installation 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 

Ames Research Centera NA NA NA 130.7 142.5 153.0 169.6 178.0 

(1407) (1 534) (1 647) (1 826) (1 916) 

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Goddard Space Flight Center NA NA 48.4 57.0 113.3 142.6 187.3 

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Kennedy Space Center 2.1 5.8 56.6 151.4 274.7 

(23) (62) (609) (1 630) (2957) 

Langley Research Center NA NA NA 186.6 183.2 122.6 123.7 137.6 

(2009) (1 972) (1 320) (1 332) (1481) 

Lewis Research Center 115.4 141.6 141.6 141.6 217.8 259.2 213.8 243.2 

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Marshall Space Flight Center Total 145.2 386.1 449.6 478.8 567.5 712.6 

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Michaud Assembly Facility 226.5 235.4 237.2 238.7 323.7 

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Ames Research Center $ 80410 $ 82678 $ 96946 $107819 $113 534b $123 190b $131 906b $136654 $ 

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Flight Research Center NA NA NA NA 5097 6842 7035 8778 

Goddard Space Flight Center NA NA NA 13 961 35350 62939 91 012 

Kennedy Space Center 38148 106206 176793 308023 5

Langley Research Center 103738 116 336 139240 199 148 157258 172 964 192 950 204725 2

Lewis Research Center 63915 101 725 101 338 101633 121 911 155422 197242 197234 2

Manned Spacecraft Center NA 831 22190 60822 131 940 

Marshall Space Flight Center Total (36818) (40037) (104610) (129063) (210580) (286576) (4

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Michoud' Assembly Facility NA 40972 38956 49650 79985 

Mississippi Test Facility 4472 21 532 22602 51 262 

Computer Operations Office 2920 3335 3607 3671 

Space Nuclear Propulsion Office NA NA NA NA 92 16016 

Wallops Station-- NA NA NA NA 31026 42978 50749 55655 

Pacific Launch Operations Office NA NA NA NA 3005 3 105 3847

Western Support Office NA NA NA NA NA NA 36290 34391 

Jet Propulsion L,aboratory 10519 12 081 16243 21922 24813 33394 41 147 47 175 

Total $268210 $322603 $407692 $513606 $614 194 $830704 $1 172 392 $1 518 918 $1 9

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Goddard Space Flight Center NA NA NA 13022 32 141 44358 58074 

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Manned Spacecraft Center NA 74 11 754 39974 103072 

Marshall Space Flight Center Total (36 160) (39233) (73677) (82 027) (108468) (162027) 

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Michoud Assembly Facility NA 21 290 23044 27391 52352 Mississippi Test Facility NA 617 687 11 337 

Computer Operations Office 2251 2849 2844 2907 

Space Nuclear Propulsion Office NA NA NA NA 71 14207 

Wallops Station NA NA NA NA 13397 20602 22517 22241 

Pacific Launch Operations Office NA 888 888 1 547

Western Support Office NA NA NA NA NA NA 26077 25845 

Jet Propulsion Laboratory 6709 7239 10631 14658 16736 25799 31 872 34695 

Total $246268 $286025 $367799 $435069 $478056 $509 149 $642602 $908 108 $1 

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Ames Research Center $12608 $13335 $13368 $ 15 120 $ 17806 $ 22955 $ 28 119 $ 34 674 $ 

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Marshall Space Flight Center Total 45000 51000 64676 84149 103240 244962 2

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Computer Operations Office NA NA NA NA 

Space Nuclear Propulsion Office NA NA NA NA 434 7728 

Wallops Station NA NA NA 6000 9177 12965 18 100 26908 

Pacific Launch Operations Office NA 25 642 246

Western Support Office 194 155 201 22465 

Jet Propulsion Laboratory 10 322 12335 18220 26028 34300 46894 62873 79252 

NASA Headquarters NA NA NA 1340 1 735 I 658 2513 6083 

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Ames Research Center 99.9 a 99.9 a 99.9 a 99.4 a 97.5 97.6 97.8 97.8 

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Flight Research Center NA NA NA NA 90.4 88.8 77.6 79.2 

Goddard Space Flight Center NA NA NA 93.3 90.9 70.5 63.8 

Kennedy Space Center NA 1.2 13.2 24.2 35.8 

Langley Research Center NA NA NA NA 92.5 36.3 41.2 42.2 

Lewis Research Center 90.2 88.5 88.5 88.4 81.3 85.4 56.3 76.3 

Manned Spacecraft Center NA 8.9 53.0 65.7 78.1 

Marshall Space Flight Centerb 98.2 98.0 70.4 63.6 51.5 56.5 

Space Nuclear Propulsion Office NA NA NA NA 77.2 88.7 

Wallops Station NA NA NA NA 43.2 47.9 44.4 40.0 

Pacific Launch Operations Office NA 29.6 28.6 40.2

Western Support Office NA NA NA NA NA NA 71.9 75.2 

Jet Propulsion Laboratory 63.8 59.9 65.5 66.9 67.4 77.3 77.5 73.5 

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1. LaRC 25.6% LaRC 20.8% MSFC 18.0% KSC 20.3% KSC 26.6% 

2. LeRC 19.9 LeRC 18.7 LeRC 16.8 MSFC 18..9 MSFC 20.5 

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5. Loca 6.2 KSC 12.8 ARC 113 ARC 9.0 MSC 8.4 

6. WS 5.1 WS 5.2 GSFC 5.4 MSC 8.7 ARC 8.2 

7. JPL 4.0 GSFC 4.3 MSC 5.2 GSFC 6.0 GSFC 5.6 

8. GSFC 2.3 JPL 4.0 WS 4.3 WS 3.7 WS 3.0 

9. FRC 0.8 MSC 2.7 JPL 3.5 JPL 3.1 JPL 2.4 

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Lewis Research Center 2992.6 2780.6 10 020.3 8957.0

(7395.4) (6 871.1) 31 23 (107 858) (96412) 378 99 2317 4228 5682 

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breakdown, see section on each installation in Chapter Six. Data for earlier years are not

available.

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Technology. FY 1968 figures include all DSN tracking stations.

cTransfer from WSO to MSC of NASA Industrial Plant-Downey is reflected in FY

1968 figures.

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(as of June 30; in thousands)a

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Buildings 3725 11 842 13 438 15910

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aIn-house property includes Manned Space Flight Network (MSFN) and Space Tracking and Data

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Center reports. Data for earlier years are not available.

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June 30,1967.

Source: NASA, Office of Facilities.

Table 2-23. NASA Industrial (Contractor-Held) Real Property at Deep Space Network Tracking

and Data Acquisition Stations: FY 1967 and FY 1968

(as of June 30; in thousands)a

Total Real-Property Value

Location

Goldstone, California

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1962 STADAN 1693 4070 4224 5728 Includes all Alaskan STADAN facilities (Ulaska

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Ulaska in late 1966).

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Cuba.

1960 STADAN 1510 1745 1985 3153 STADAN site called Mohave; Minitrack equipment

transferred from Brown Field Naval Auxiliary

Station, Chula Vista, California.

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Year Station Network Total Real Property Value

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tional tionsb 1965 1966 1967 1968

Guaymas, Mexico 1961 MSFN $ 423 $ 662 $ 716 $ 938

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(Canberra), Australia

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Orroral Valley, Australia 1965 STADAN 0 30'1h 3109 3010 Minitrack equipment fro

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St. John's, Newfoundland 1960 STADAN 306 321 321 343 Former Minitrack station

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Remarks

Applications Technology Satellite station.

Former Minitrack station.

Site on north coast of Australia; used for OGO.

Coral island 81 km (50 mi) east of Palm Beach, Fla.

Former Minitrack station; phased out during July 196 I.

Prime station during near-earth phases of Apollo

missions.After Mercury, station equipment moved to

Carnarvon site.

Contains equipment employed in various NASA networks for testing and training.

Located about 64 km (40 mi) northwest of Santa

Barbara.

Used as a prime site during Mercury and Gemini;

provided only C-band radar support during Apollo.

and MSFN are included in Goddard Space Flight Center reports; DSN figures are included in NASA Pasadena Office (JPL) reports

al (contractor-held) real property. DSN real property inventory was in process on June 30, 1967, and figures were not included in

r reports.

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tation.

ocess on June 30,1967; this figure was not included in end-of-fiscal-year reports and is not included in Table 2-22.

f Facilities; NASA, Office of Tracking and Data Acquisition; William R. Corliss, The Evolution of the Satellite Tracking and Data Acquisition.

AN),GHN-3 (Greenbelt, Md.: GSFC, January 1967), p. 57 ff.; Corliss, "Histories of STADAN, the MSFN, and NASCOM," unpublished

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NASA Personnel

List of Tables

Table

3-1 Civilian and Military In-house Personnel

3-2 Accessions and Separations of Paid Personnel .. 0 • 0 0 0 ••••••••• 0 0 • 0 •••••• 0 • 0 • 0 •••••• 0 0 0 •• 0 0 

3-3 Paid Employees by NASA Occupation Code Groups ..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 •••••• 0 0 0 0 0 ••••• 0 0 ••• 0 • 0 0 0 •

3-4 Paid Employees by General Schedule Grade .... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 •• 0 0 0 0 0 •••••• 0 0 0 0 0 ••• 0 0 • 0 •••• 0 

3-5 NASA Excepted, PoL. 313, and Executive Pay Act Employees 0 ••••• 0 0 0 • 0 •••••• 0 0 0 0 ••• 0 0 ••••• 0 • 

3-6 Military Detailees, Selected Data 0 0 • 0 0 • 0 • 0 •• 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 0 •• 0 0 0 0 •• 0 • 0 0 0 ••• 0 0 0 0 

3-7 Temporary Employees, Selected Data o. 0 •• 0 0 • 0 •••••••• 0 0 0 ••••• 0 0 •• 0 0 0 0 •• : • 0 • 0 0 0 ••• 0 • 0 0 

3-8 Paid Employees by NASA Installation (number on board) 

3-9 Paid Employees by NASA Installation (percentage of NASA total) 0 0 ••••••••••• 0 • 0 0 0 0 ••••• 0 0 0 • • • 

3-10 Paid Employees by NASA Installation (changes in number on board) 0 ••••••••••• 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 •• 0 0 0 0 •• 0 

3-11 Permanent Employees by NASA Installation 0 • 0 0 •• 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 •• 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 •• 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 

3-12 Temporary Employees by NASA Installation 0" 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 •• 0 0 0 • 0 • 0 

3-13 NASA Excepted, PoL. 313, and EPA Employees by NASA Installation .. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 •• 0 0 0 0 0 •• 0 0 0 0 0 3-14 NASA Excepted, PoL. 313, and EPA Employees by NASA Installation (percentilge of NASA total) o' 0 0 0 0 • 0 

3-15 Military Detailees by NASA Installation (number on duty) .. 0 0 0 0 0 0 •• 0 0 •• 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 •• 0 0 0 0 0 •• 0 0 0 0 0 

3-16 Scientific and Technological Permanent Personnel (Code Groups 200, 700, 9(0) by NASA Installation 0 0 • 0 0 0 

3-17 Scientific and Technological Permanent Personnel (Code Groups 200, 700, 900) by NASA Installation (percenta

NASA total) 0 0 0 0 ••• 0 • 0 0 0 ••• 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 •••• 0 •• 0 0 0 0 ••• 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 

3-18 Technical Support Permanent Personnel (Code Group 3(0) by NASA Installation . 0 0 0 0 • 0 •• 0 0 0 0 0 0 •• 0 • 0 

3-19 Technical Support Permanent Personnel (Code Group 3(0) by NASA Installation (percentage of NASA total) 

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inistrative and Clerical Permanent Personnel (Code Groups 600 and 500) by NASA Installation (percentage of

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Chapter Three

NASA PERSONNEL

NASA's predecessor agency, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, employed about 8000 persons when it was disestablished on September 30, 1958. On October 1, 1958, these 8000 persons became employees

of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NACA's annual

budget at the time was about $100 million. In 1967 NASA's employment

figure peaked at about 36000, an increase of 450 percent. NASA's annual

expenditures exceeded $5 billion, an increase of 5000 percent over the figures

for NACA.

This almost 10-to-1 disparity in the increase in money compared to that in

civil servants is a good indicator that NACA carried out most of its activities

in its own installations with its own personnel (i.e., in-house), whereas only

about 10 percent of NASA's activity is performed in-house, the major share

of it being carried out by contractors and thus done out-of-house.

This in-house and out-of-house factor greatly complicates any attempt to

depict NASA's manpower patterns. It is relatively easy to tabulate the

number of in-house positions and the number of persons fI.1ling them. It is

much more difficult to find out how many and what kinds of persons were

working on NASA's program via contract. Requirements of public law

guaranteed that accurate data on in-house personnel be reported. Data on

contractor personnel had to await the development of some kind of reporting

system. One result of this situation is that the data in this chapter focus

primarily on in-house personnel rather than the much larger number of

persons "employed" by NASA through its contractors.

The tables that follow can be divided into four groups. Tables 3-1 through

3-7 consist primarily of data in the form of head counts of in-house personnel

for the agency as a whole. Tables 3-8 through 3-23 present much of the same

data broken out by installation. Tables 3-24 and 3-25 focus on the number of

positions provided for in NASA's annual budget and a distribution of these

positions by major program area. Finally Table:. 3-26 and 3-27 give some

overall dimensions to the number of contractor employees.

The principal cautionary point to be kept in mind when using the data

55

that follow is that people are not as neatly catego

imply. The terms used must be defined and the cate

must also be said about the principal sources of the d

Sources of Data

1. NASA Quarterly Personnel Statistical Report 

discontinued December 31, 1966. Primarily a 

employees with information for each reporting inst

kinds of appointment, occupational code grouping

separations.

2. NASA Personnel Management Information 

puterized successor to the Quarterly Personnel Stat

data in a variety of formats and included a larger num

QPSR.

3. NASA Manpower Information Digest. Issued e

Summarized the data available on NASA's out

manpower. Prepared by the Management Informat

NASA Headquarters.

4. The Resources Analysis Division of NASA He

on the distribution of personnel positions by m

Manpower Utilization Report prepared by the Financ

of NASA Headquarters presented data on man-mon

obligations, but at a level of detail beyond the scope 

Definition of Terms

Many of the terms used in the tables of this chap

Management Instruction 3291, Subject: Personnel D

ReqUirements. All of the quotations that follow ar

Instruction.
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ees. These are called "Other Than Permanent" in

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d others who are included in this category by

OP [Cooperative; alternating work and study]

employees).

gh 3-23 use two different sources of data (QPSR

66, and PMIS subsequently) with slightly varying

Employees and Temporary (QPSR) or Other Than

ees. This difference must be explained even though

ly small. QPST included TAPER's (Temporary

stablishment of Register) in Temporary whereas

Permanent. CO-OP Students are Other Than

ystem but in the QPSR were distributed among

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are Permanent in the PMIS system but handled the

the QPSR.

ermanent Employees and Temporary (i.e., Other

yees Combined. Specifically excluded from this

ersonnel detailed to NASA regardless of any

Military personnel detailed to NASA. (See definition

s. Civil Servants who fill high-level permanent

rovisions of Section 203(b) of the Space Act of

cutive Pay Act employees are included under this

f this chapter.)

es. Persons employed under NASA contracts and

NASA without being NASA employees.

ce categorization scheme to differentiate levels of

s, and so forth. Salaries shown in Table 34 are

dule. Excepted positions are paid in the range from

. Wage Board pay is locally rather than nationally

Groups. The defmitions that follow are verbatim

anagement Instruction 3291 mentioned above. The

tables in this chapter give a subtotal from the 200, 700, and 900 code groups.

This subtotal represents the number of professional scientific and technological personnel members employed by NASA. As of June 30, 1961, several

adjustments were made in the. terminology for the 700 code and extensive

conversions were made from the 200 code to the 700 code. Table 3-22combines the 500 code and the 600 code because they were combined in the

500 code before December 31, 1960. Thus the combination in Table 3-22 is

one .of convenience and not meant to imply any substantive comparability

between the codes. Code 600 is made up of professionals; code 500 is not.

100- and Labor Positions: trade, craft and general

laboring positions (non-supervisory, leader and supervisory), compensated on

the basis of prevailing locality wage rates."

200-Support Engineering and Related Positions: "Includes professional

physical science, engineering, and mathematician positions in work situations

not identified with aerospace technology." .

300-Technical Support Positions: "Includes scientific and engineering aid,

technician, drafting, photography, illustrating, salaried shop superintendents,

quality assurance specialists, production planning and inspecting positions."

500-Clerical and Non-Professional Administrative Positions: "Includes

secretarial, specialized and general clerical, and administrative specialist

positions, the qualification requirements for which are clerical training and

experience or specialized non-professional experience in supply, fiscal,

procurement and similar or related activities."

600-Professional Administrative Positions: "Includes professional management positions in research and development administration in such

activities as financial management, contracting, personnel, security, administration, law, public affairs and the like for which a college degree or the

equivalent, and specialized training and experience are required."

700-AST Scientific and Engineering Positions: "Includes professional

scientific and engineering positions requiring Aero-Space Technology (AST)

qualifications. Includes professional positions engaged in aerospace research,

development, operations, and related work including the development and

operation of specialized facilities and supporting equipment."

9OO-Life Science Positions: "Includes life science professional positions

not requiring AST qualifications. Includes medical officers and other

positions performing professional work in psychology, the biological sciences

and professions which support the science of medicine such as nursing and

medical technology."
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Tables 3-8 through 3-23 list NASA Installations as they existed in 1968. In

the 10 years covered by the tables new installations were established, existing

ones abolished or consolidated, and many name changes made. Chapter Six of

this volume describes what took place in considerable detail and only minimal

information is presented here. The transfers that took place were mostly on

paper rather than the physical moving of employees.

1. Headquarters. From time to time figures for Headquarters include

small ad hoc and emerging units (such as the North Eastern Office before

March 31,1963).

2. NASA Pasadena Office. The NASA Resident Office-JPL was established March 3, 1964, and consolidated with two other offices to form NASA

Pasadena Office August 8, 1966.

3. Western Support Office. The former Western Coordination Office was

renamed Western Operations Office in August 1959. Transformed into

Western Support Office June 15, 1966. Disestablished March 1, 1968. Until

late 1959, personnel figures were included' with the totals for the Flight

Research Center.

4. Other Western Offices. The Pacific Launch Operations Office had an

independent reporting status between March 1962 and October 1965. NASA

Office-Downey had complex connections with other NASA installations. Its

somewhat independent status for reporting purposes stretched from mid1966 to its disestablishment April 9, 1967, and data for it appear only in the

December 31, 1966, column of tables 3-8 through 3-23.

5. Langley Research Center. Dates from 1917. In November 1959 the

490-member Space Task Group was transferred to the jurisdiction of the

Goddard Space Flight Center. In January 1960,225 persons were transferred

to the jurisdiction of Wallops Station.

6. Ames Research Center. Dates from 1941.

7. Lewis Research Center. Dates from 1942.

8. Flight Research Center. pates from 1947. Name changed from High

Speed Flight Station on September 27, 1959.

9. Electronics Research Center. Established on September 1,1964. Data

before that date are for NASA's North Eastern Office (NEO).

10. AEC-NASA Space Nuclear Propulsion Office. Established as AECNASA Nuclear Propulsion Office August 31, 1960, with a further agreement

February 1, 1966, and renamed 

July 28,1961.

11. Goddard Space Flight 

November 30, 1958, 148 person

the Navy Department. In Novem

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1962).

12. Wallops Station. Dates 

Center until January 1960 when 

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March 14, 1959, and named Ge

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independent status in January 19

to it from Goddard. The Manne

1961. The physical move from L

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transferred to it from Marshall. 

named for the late President Kenn

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by the California Institute of Tec

from the Army in December 1958

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1958 1959 1960 1961 1962

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Civil Service) 7867 8326 9123 9496 10085 15682 16536 18454 22052 24758

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Category of Emp10yeea 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/3

Permanent employees (Civil Service) 28358 29482 31 285 32335 32697 32663 3353

Temporary employees (Civil Service) 1 576 587 1 214 773 1 352 692 217

Total paid employees (Civil Service) 29934 30069 32499 33 108 34049 33355 3570

Military detailees 216 239 250 249 222 280 3

Total in-house manpower 30150 30308 32749 33357 34271 33635 360

Net increase, permanent only 4322 158 2441 608 914 -636 237

Percentage increase, permanent only 16.7% 0.5% 8.1% 1.9% 2.7% -1.9% 7

Net increase, permanent only 3600 1 124 1803 1050 362 -34 87

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mployees 375 936 1179 798 995 2066 1568 2616 4428 4006 4700 3002

employees &4 29 164 64 198 507 1059 543 1740 1058 1865 722

459 965 1343 862 1193 2573 2627 3159 6168 5064 6565 3724

mployees 226 460 390 420 422 838 783 1015 1138 1693 1548 2161

employees 85 26 129 94 97 174 360 639 399 1401 723 1404

311 486 519 514 519 1012 1143 1654 1507 3094 2271 3565

total 148 479 824 348 674 1561 1484 1505 4661 1970 4294 159

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Category of Employeea 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 

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Temporary employees 1410 1162 1195 1722 2111 708 181

Total 4724 4047 3324 3922 5262 3024 424

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Temporary employees 502 1329 400 2157 504 1799 48

Total 2286 3463 2345 4628 2924 4128 275

Net accessions, total 2438 584 979 -706 2338 -1104 149

Percentage increase d 8.1% 1.8% 3.0% -2.1% 7.0% -3.1% 4.3

Net accessions, permanent 1530 751 184 -271 741 -13 15

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1045 1186 1445 1602 2031 2336 2635 2997 3939 4474

13.1% 14.1% 15.6% 18.8% 19.8% 14.6% 15.1% 15.8% 16.6% 17.4%

3558 3631 3752 3745 3770 5922 5833 6083 6362 6578

44.7% 43.1% 40.6% 39.1% 36.8% 36.9% 33.4% 32.0% 26.9% 25.6%

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NASA Code Occupational Groupsa 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/3

200 (General scientists and engineers) 405 429 420 427 420 408 422 385 3

1.4% 1.4% 1.3% 1.3% 1.2% 1.2% 1.2% 1.1% 1

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35.3% 36.6% 36.8% 37.7% 37.6% 38.2% 38.0% 38.8% 39

900 (Primarily life sciences) 13 27 41 46 52 54 58 48 

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200, 700, 900 subtotal 10978 11463 12427 12967 13265 13 188 14060 13 760 144

36.7% 38.1% 38;2% 39.2% 38.9% 39.5% 39.4% 40.0% 40

300 (Technical support) 4079 3637 3947 3922 4 144 4163 4852 4610 48

13.6% 12.1% 12.1% 11.8% 12.2% 12.5% 13.6% 13.4% 13

600 (Professional administrative) 2800 3064 3422 3632 3762 3827 4188 4417 46

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500 (Primarily clerical) 5292 5 133 5850 5816 5972 5913 6492 6073 62

17.7% 17.1% 18.0% 17.6% 17.5% 17.7% 18.2% 17.7% 17

100 (Trades and labor) 6785 6772 6853 6771 6906 6264 6 116 5506 56

22.7% 22.5% 21.1% 20.5% 20.3% 18.8% 17.1% 16.0% 15

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481 543 602 683 782 1442 1 555 1 783 2001 2262

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343 384 625 598 563 724 987 1 066 1 706 1 623

132 157 165 167 198 283 318 370 438 498

498 492 457 480 564 918 973 1 063 1 328 1 509

381 426 461 459 483 736 926 1 018 1 433 1 529

264 262 286 291 335 544 793 813 1 509 1 266

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1963 1964 1965 1966 196

Grade and 6/30/68 General Schedule Salary Rates 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 

GS-18 ($27055) '0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

GS-16 ($20 982-$26 574) 4 4 4 153 250 274 276 303 310 

GS-15 ($18404-$23921) 1 360 1 533 1 611 1 532 1 606 1647 1 757 1 812 1908 GS-14 ($15841-$20593) 2087 2285 2464 2586 2640 2762 2955 3 101 3298 

GS-13 ($13 507-$17 557) 2939 3232 3679 3901 3984 4107 4470 4658 4875 

GS-12 ($11461-$14899) 2964 3312 3662 4002 4055 4 192 4265 4329 4323 

GS-ll ($ 9657-$12555) 2654 2885 3 191 3532 3622 3656 3665 3541 3529 

GS·I0 ($ 8821-$11467) 21 21 23 34 57 67 178 205 242 

GS-9 ($ 8054-$10475) 2266 2374 2456 2499 2467 2263 2374 2254 2349 

GS-8 ($ 7 384-$ 9 598) 35 46 50 60 86 90 176 201 199 GS-7 ($ 6734-$ 8 759) 1 949 1 610 1 701 1458 1 576 1 383 2019 1 639 2002 

GS-6 ($ 6 137·$ 7982) 541 591 671 684 700 705 809 818 820 GS-5 ($ 5 565-$ 7 239) 1 709 1779 1 901 1 891 1 926 1 924 2 100 1 990 2 128 

GS-4 ($ 4995-$ 6439) 2 117 1 888 2 119 1 941 1 913 1 819 2002 1 806 2024 

GS-3 ($ 4466-$ 5 807) 1 749 1 154 1 324 1 290 1 301 1 209 1 309 1 233 1 254 

GS-2 ($ 4 108-$ 5 341) 270 103 291 276 425 479 644 392 442 GS-l ($ 3776-$ 4910) 0 0 3 12 89 19 19 86 9 

Wagt: Board 6785 6772 6853 6771 6906 6264 6 116 5506 5651 

Excepted, WAE's , others 484 480 496 486 446 475 493 492 487 

Total paid employees 29934 30069 32499 33 108 34049 33355 35708 34366 35860 

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GS 14-18 ($15841-$27055) 11.5% 12.7% 12.6% 12.9% 13.2% 14.0% 14.0% 15.7% 15.4% 

GS 10-13 ($ 8821-$17557) 28.7 31.4 32.5 34.6 34.4 36.0 35.2 37.1 36.2 GS 7-9 ($ 6734-$10475) 14.2 13.4 12.9 12.1 12.1 11.2 12.8 11.9 12.7 

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GS 1-3 ($ 3 776-$ 5 807) 6.7 4.2 5.0 4.8 5.3 5.1 5.5 5.0 4.8 

Wage Board 22.7 22.5 21.1 20.5 20.3 18.8 17.1 16.0 15.8 

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Total authorized 439 439 439 446 446 446 446 446 44

On board 411 407 415 420 353 355 355 371 3

Accessions (six-month period) 17 15 22 33 21 22 15 25 

Separations (six-month period) 13 28 14 13 7 19 6 15 

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74 66 58 67 52 77 88 117 138 161

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Category of Data 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/

Total on duty 216 239 250 249 222 280 305 323 30

Accessions, previous six months 51 62 26 65 22 111 72 38 2

Separations, previous six months 15 26 30 59 53 49 41 25 3

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99 94 112 71 147 360 935 533 1634 909

x months 174a 29a 164 64 198 507 1059 543 1740 1058

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Total on board 1576 587 1214 773 1352 692 2170 644 21

Accessions, previous six months 1865 722 1410 1162 1195 1722 2111 708 18

Separations, previous six months 723 1404 502 1329 400 2157 504 1799 4

Net increase 667 -989 627 441 579 -660 1478 -1526 15

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Installationa 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/

Headquarters 2001 2017 2 2026 2 135 2 112 2336 2274 23

NASA Pasadena Office 16 19 20 85 87 

Western Support Officeb 308 318 376 370 377 343 294 105 

Other Western officesc 17 19 22 21 21 127

Subtotal Ad 2326 2354 2556 2433 2552 2475 2715 2593 25

Langley Research Center 4220 4234 4330 4329 4371 4263 4485 4296 44

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Lewis Research Center 4697 4760 4859 4878 4897 4834 5047 4825 49

Flight Research Center 616 618 619 622 669 629 662 618 

Electronics Research Center 25 30 33 117 250 340 555 619 

AEC-NASA Space Nuclear Propulsion Office 96 102 112 111 116 112 115 114 

Subtotal Bd II 770 11 910 12 157 12272 12573 12414 13 174 12704 13 

Goddard Space Flight Center 3487 3443 3675 3640 3774 3560 3958 3791 39

Wallops Station 493 502 530 523 554 526 563 538 

Subtotal Cd 3980 3945 4205 4163 4328 4086 4521 4329 45

Marshall Space Flight Center 7332 7227 7679 7639 7719 7503 7740 7434 76Manned Spacecraft Center 3345 3364 4277 4721 4413 4391 4889 4688 50

Kennedy Space Center I 181 1269 I 625 I 880 2464 2486 2669 2618 28

Subtotal Dd II 858 II 860 13 581 14240 14596 14380 15298 14740 155

Total paid employees 29934 30069 32499 33 108 34049 33355 35708 34366 358

aSee introduction to this chapter for an ex-planation of nomenclature and reporting proble-ms. See Tables 3-11 and 3-15 for data on the 

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Langley Research Center 14.1 14.1 13.3 13.1 12.8 12.7 12.6 12.5 12

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Lewis Research Center 15.7 15.8 15.0 14.7 14.4 14.5 14.1 14.0 13Flight Research Center 2.1 2.1 1.9 1.9 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.8 

Electronics Research Center 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.7 1.0 1.6 1.8 2

ABC-NASA Space Nuclear Propulsion Office 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0

Subtotal Bd 39.3 39.6 37.4 37.1 36.9 37.2 36.9 37.0 36

Goddard Space Flight Center 11.6 11.5 11.3 11.0 1I.l 10.7 11.1 11.0 1

Wallops Station 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 

Subtotal Cd 13.3 13.1 12.9 12.6 12.7 12.3 12.7 12.6 12

Marshall Space Flight Center 24.5 24.0 23.6 23.1 22.7 22.5 21.7 21.6 21

Manned Spacecraft Center 11.2 11.2 13.2 14.3 13.0 13.2 13.7 13.6 14

Kennedy Space Center 3.9 4.2 5.0 5.7 7.2 7.5 7.5 7.6 8

Subtotal Dd 39.6 39.4 41.8 43.0 42.9 43.1 42.8 42.9 43

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Headquarters 308 16 141 -132 109 -23 224 -62 

NASA Pasadena Office 16 3 1 65 2 

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Subtotald 372 28 202 -123 119 -77 240 -122 

Langley Research Center 213 14 96 -1 42 -108 222 -189 

Ames Research Center 291 50 38 11 55 -34 74 -78 

Lewis Research Center 579 63 99 19 19 -63 213 -222 

Flight Research Center 48 2 1 3 47 -40 33 -44 

Electronics Research Center 25 5 3 84 133 90 215 64 

AEC-NASA Space Nuclear Propulsion Office 29 6 10 -1 5 -4 3 -1 

Subtotald 1185 140 247 115 301 -159 760 -470 

Goddard Space Flight Center 629 -44 232 -35 134 -214 398 -167 

Wallops Station 63 9 28 -7 31 -28 37 -25 

Subtotald 692 -35 260 -42 165 -242 435 -192 

Marshall Space Flight Center 488 -105 452 -40 80 -216 237 -306 

Manned Spacecraft Center 953 19 913 444 -308 -22 498 -201 

Kennedy Space Center 577 88 356 255 584 22 183 -51 

Subtotald 2018 2 1721 659 356 -216 918 -558 

Total increases (decreases) 4267 135 2430 609 941 -694 2353 -1342 1

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Headquarters 1846 1952 1 978 1966 1998 2019 2081 2152 21

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Lewis Research Center 4577 4735 4805 4806 4815 4778 4819 4756 47

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Electronics Research Center 24 29 32 117 238 331 470 570 

AEC-NASA Space Nuclear Propulsion Office 94 101 107 110 115 112 114 114 

Subtotal Bd 11 384 11 795 11 969 12087 12239 12221 12483 12471 125

Goddard Space Flight Center 3030 3310 3498 3531 3613 3489 3718 3754 37

Wallops Station' 473 483 519 513 520 509 512 506 4

Subtotal Cd 3503 3793 4017 4044 4133 3998 4230 4260 42

Marshall Space Flight Center 7243 7 145 7467 7517 7485 7409 7416 7342 7 

Manned Spacecraft Center 3059 3297 4034 4605 4274 4325 4548 4649 47

Kennedy Space Center 1009 1 174 1434 1 727 2 181 2332 2433 2539 26

Subtotal nd 11 311 11 616 12935 13849 13940 14066 14397 14530 145

Total permanent employees, NASA 28358 29482 31 285 32335 32697 32663 33538 33722 336

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NASA Pasadena Office 0 1 0 6 0 

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Langley Research Center 108 30 "75 31 86 26 205 61 

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Manned Spacecraft Center 286 67 243 116 139 66 341 39 

Kennedy Space Center 172 95 191 153 283 154 236 79 

Subtotal Dd 547 244 646 391 656 314 901 210 

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Headquarters 162 154 157 166 147 154 153 16

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Lewis Research Center 35 36 35 35 27 26 24 2

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Electronics Research Center 2 2 2 5 8 7 7 

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Manned Spacecraft Center 35 38 36 35 29 29 29 3

Kennedy Space Center 6 6 14 14 10 13 13 1

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Subtotal Ad 40.1 38.6 38.6 40.2 42.8 44.5 44.2 43.9 4

Langley Research Center 9.2 8.8 8.7 8.3 7.9 7.9 7.9 7.5 

Ames Research Center 6.8 6.9 6.3 6.0 5.4 5.4 5.6 5.7 

Lewis Research Center 8.5 8.8 8.4 8.3 7.6 7.3 6.8 6.7 

Flight Research Center 1.7 1.7 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.1 1.1 

Electronics Research Center 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.2 2.3 2.0 2.0 1.9 

AEC-NASA Space Nuclear Propulsion Office 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 

Subtotal Bd 27.3 27.5 26.0 26.0 25.2 24.5 23.9 23.5 2

Goddard Space Flight Center 9.2 9.6 9.6 9.5 9.3 8.2 9.0 8.4 

Wallops Station 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 

Subtotal Cd 9.7 9.8 9.9 9.8 9.6 8.5 9.3 8.9 

Marshall Space Flight Center 12.9 13.3 13.5 12.4 11.3 10.7 10.7 10.5 1

Manned Spacecraft Center 8.5 9.3 8.7 8.3 8.2 8.2 8.1 8.1 

Kennedy Space Center 1.5 1.5 3.4 3.3 2.8 3.7 3.6 5.1 

Subtotal Dd 22.9 24.1 25.5 24.0 22.4 22.5 22.5 23.7 2

Total for NASA 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 10

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Lewis Research Center 39 42 40 31 23 18 9 11 

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AEC-NASA Space Nuclear Propulsion Office 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

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Wallops Station 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 

Subtotal Cd 16 17 16 13 7 4 6 10 

Marshall Space Flight Center 31 41 46 50 44 37 32 27 

Manned Spacecraft Center 46 49 60 69 69 148 195 214 20

Kennedy Space Center 8 7 6 6 5 7 7 5 

Subtotal Dd 85 97 112 125 118 192 234 246 23

Total military detailees, NASA 216 239 250 249 222 280 305 323 30

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Marshall Space Flight Center 2486 2590 2735 2788· 2751 2696 2740 2773 27Manned Spacecraft Center 1471 1 621 2002 2357 2184 2226 2383 2404 25

Kennedy Space Center 381 453 591 746 1 017 1085 1 116 1 112 1 

Subtotal Dd 4338 4664 5328 5891 5952 6007 6239 6289 64

Total personnel in category 10695 11 392 12249 12880 13 115 13052 13556 13 637 139

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Installationa 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/3 I 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 

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Subtotal Bd 40.7 40.1 37.9 36.3 36.5 36.5 36.2 36.1 3

Goddard Space Flight Center 12.9 13.2 13.1 12.7 12.9 12.2 12.7 12.9 

Wallops Station 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 

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Manned Spacecraft Center 13.8 14.2 16.3 18.2 16.7 17.0 17.6 17.6 

Kennedy Space Center 3.6 4.0 4.8 5.8 7.8 8.3 8.2 8.2 

Subtotal Dd 40.6 40.9 43.5 45.7 45.4 46.0 46.0 46.1 4

Total personnel in category 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 10

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Langley Research Center 430 452 468 492 507 514 965 985 1

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Lewis Research Center 399 430 417 394 390 408 377 370 

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Electronics Research Center 2 3 3 4 11 13 30 42 

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Subtotal Bd 1106 1150 1148 1150 1182 1194 1616 1636 1

Goddard Space Flight Center 484 516 541 538 558 548 544 555 

Wallops Station 75 65 71 63 161 175 175 185 

Subtotal Cd 559 581 612 601 719 723 719 740 

Marshall Space Flight Center 1283 1122 1131 1138 1126 1140 1092 1067 

Manned Spacecraft Center 333 386 476 516 480 484 504 537 

Kennedy Space Center 123 146 172 232 270 387 409 429 

Subtotal Dd 1739 1654 1779 1886 1876 2011 2005 2033 1

Total personnel in category 3508 3491 3647 3742 3879 4019 4429 4485 4

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Subtotal Bd 31.5 32.9 31.5 30.7 30.5 29.7 36.5 36.5 

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Wallops Station 2.1 1.9 1.9 1.7 4.2 4,4 4.0 4.1 

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Marshall Space Flight Center 36.6 32.1 31.0 30,4 29.0 28.4 24.7 23.8 

Manned Spacecraft Center 9.5 11.1 13.1 13.8 12,4 12.0 11.4 12.0 

Kennedy Space Center 3.5 4.2 4.7 6.2 7.0 9.6 9.2 9.6 

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Installationa 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 

Headquarters 21 20 20 18 17 17 20 26 

NASA Pasadena Office 0 0 0 0 0 

Western Support Officeb 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 

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Langley Research Center 1566 1569 1546 1542 1501 1426 964 910 

Ames Research Center 738 758 775 759 766 743 722 694 

Lewis Research Center 1710 1713 1746 1755 1741 1758 1775 1771 

Hight Research Center 263 273 262 259 253 247 241 241 

Electronics Research Center 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 9 

AEC-NASA Space Nuclear Propulsion Office 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Subtotal Bd 4277 4313 4329 4315 4261 4175 3709 3625 

Goddard Space Flight Center 245 257 260 253 255 254 245 232 

Wallops Station 228 243 254 262 168 142 140 124 

Subtotal Cd 473 500 514 515 423 396 385 356 

Marshall Space Flight Center 1565 1530 1477 1450 1424 1346 1239 1146 

Manned Spacrcraft Center 267 246 310 326 239 229 208 205 

Kennedy Space Center 67 60 57 27 97 13 4 3 

Subtotal Dd 1899 1844 1803 1760 1588 1451 1354 

Total personnel in category 6670 6669 6707 6651 6461 6176 5566 5362 5

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Wallops Station 3.4 3.6 3.8 3.9 2.6 2.3 2.5 2.3 

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Manned Spacecraft Center 4.0 3.7 4.6 4.9 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.8 

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Marshall Space Flight Center 1909 1903 2124 2141 2184 2227 2345 2356 2

Manned Spacecraft Center 988 1044 1246 1406 1371 1386 1453 1 50s 1 

Kennedy Space Center 438 515 614 722 797 847 904 995 1

Subtotal Od 3335 3462 3984 4269 4352 4460 4702 4854 4

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Electronics Research Center 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.8 104 1.9 2.2 2.5 

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Goddard Space Flight Center 12.4 13.1 12.5 12.1 12.0 11.7 12.1 10.9 1

Wallops Station 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 

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Administrative support c c 14.6 13.8 14.7 15.3 1

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Characteristica 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 

Contractor scientists and engineers 7300 12600 25000 48200 68800 72 600 77 400 6480

Percentage of contractor employment 20.0% 21.9% 21.6% 22.1% 19.8% 19.3% 21.5% 23

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Percentage of NASA employment 34.3% 33.1% 34.6% 36.8% 38.2% 39.4% 39.7% 40

Total scientists and engineers 10800 18400 33200 59200 81200 86100 91700 7930

Percentage of total employment 23.1% 24.5% 23.9% 23.8% 21.4% 20.9% 23.2% 25

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Contractors 67.6% 68.5% 75.3% 81.4% 84.7% 84.3% 84.4% 81

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Space sciences and applications 19.0 17.2 14.6 16

Manned space flight 62.0 65.3 68.4 64

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Industry 81.9 81.2 81.8 78

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NASA employees-AO 15.3 15.7 15.6 18

aBased on data from a variety of sources. See page 10 of "NASA Manpower Information Digest," January 26, 1968.

bExciudes JPL and MIT.

Source: "NASA Manpower Infonnation Digest," January 26, 1968.January 23, 1967; January 25, 1966; and February 16, 1965.
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4-1 NASA Appropriations by Appropriation Title and Fiscal Year 

4-2 Adjusted Appropriations as of June 30,1968 ..........................•................

4-3 Authorizations and Appropriations Compared with Budget Requests 

4-4 Requests, Authorizations, Appropriations, Obligations, and Disbursements-All Appropriations 

4-5 Requests, Authorizations, Appropriations, Obligations, and Disbursements-Administrative Operations 

4-6 Requests, Authorizations, Appropriations, Obligations, and Disbrusements-Research and Development 

4-7 Requests, Authorizations, Appropriations, Obligations, and Disbursements-Construction of Facilities 

4-8 Funding NASA's Program for FY 1959 

4-9 Funding NASA's Program for FY 1960 

4-10 Funding NASA's Program for FY 1961 

4-11 Funding NASA's Program for FY 1962 

4-12 Funding NASA's Program for FY 1963 

4-13 Funding NASA's Program for FY 1964 

4-14 FundingNASA'sProgramforFY1965 c ••.•.•. , ..•..••••...•••, .•.••.••..•.

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4-15 Funding NASA's Program for FY 1966 

4-16 Funding NASA's Program for FY 1967 ...................•...........................

4-17 Funding NASA's Program for FY 1968 

4-18 Direct Obligations, Actual and Comparative, by Appropriation Title 

4-19 Administrative Operations Direct Obligations, by Installation .... :...........................

4-20 Amounts Programmed for Administrative Operations (I968 only), by NASA Installation 

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NASA FINANCES

During its first decade the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

spent (obligated) just over $32 billion. This sum represented a little over three

percent of the money spent by the United States Government during that

period and about one half of one percent of the Nation's gross national

product. The goal of this chapter is to present in tabular form some of the

details making up the $32-billion figure.

The sources of financial data were numerous. Almost all of these sources

were summary in nature and no attempt was made to look at the detailed

documents behind them. The recently computerized SCAG (Status of

Contracts and Grants) will someday prepare information like this by simply

writing the proper program for it. At present, however, the press of serving

management on a current day-to-day basis does not allow for a great deal of

attention to be paid by NASA fmancial offices to reconstructing the past.

This chapter can present only a small fraction of the financial data

generated during NASA's first decade. The several sources of data have not

necessarily been reconciled with one another in the manner that an

accountant might hope for. Rather the goal has been to give perspective to

the vicissitudes (or absence thereof) of NASA's activities over a lO-year

period. To indicate what has been excluded from this chapter and to point

out some of the difficulties in using and comparing financial data, a brief

overview of the entire budgeting and fmancial management processes might

be helpful. The major steps in the process of financing NASA's program are

these:

1. Long-range Financial Planning. (This function appears to have a very

spotty history in NASA and no attempt has been made to summarize it. J )

2. Preparing NASA's Annual Budget. This step includes the preparation of

spending proposals by NASA's field installations, the aggregation and

winnowing of these proposals by NASA Headquarters, the receiving of

1 See Rosholt, Administrative History of NASA, pp. 211-217, for a brief account of

early planning for the manned lunar landing program.

113

Presidential guidelines from the Bureau of the Bud

reconciliation of differences between NASA and the 

available on what NASA stood ready to spend if 

available. The general assumption is that agencies al

for more than they eventually get.)

3. President's Budget Submitted to Congress. 

budget submission to Congress publicly reveals NAS

national budget and constitutes the basis for subsequ

(The President's requests for NASA, hereafter refer

requests, have been summarized in this chapter. Th

comparable over time but any breakdowns of t

changing definitions, as indicated in the footnotes. 

that the January submission is six months before th

year upon which the budget is based. Thus the 

submitted to Congress in January 1967 and was for 

1967, through June 30, 1968.)

4. Congressional Authorization. The President'

request for congressional appropriations, but fo

programs it is necessary for Congress to enact 

appropriation. This two-step process applies to NA

law is largely the product of the House and Se

although it may be altered on the House and S

House-Senate Conference Committee. (Most of the a

summarized later in this chapter.)

5. Congressional Appropriation. It is at this poin

chief input as to the amount of national resources 

President's request may be modified at five prin

Appropriations Subcommittee on Independent Offic

Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Independ

2Ibid., p. 60, gives the origin of this requirement.
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ng conference committees. It is possible that the

ees may become involved as well. (Data on NASA

d in detail in this chapter.)

get Apportionment. The Bureau of the Budget

on the release of appropriated funds to the various

no indication that this process has had an adverse

8 and no attempt has been made to summarize it

Once NASA has obtained primary jurisdiction

d to it by Congress a detailed pie-cutting operation

marked for various programs, projects, and places,

going spending. (Constant reprogramming makes it

e this step and very little is done with it in this

zed, however, that this is a very dynamic element

vities.)

ng, Costing, Disbursing. The flow of financial

moving picture camera to depict it but this data

ries of still pictures. NASA carries out most of its

henever a contract is entered into, an appropriate

ted to fulfIll eventually the terms of the contract.

oney actually changes hands and thus is disbursed

ncial activities described above are eventually

by NASA and by Congress's General Accounting

ality of all actions and in some cases the quality of

ormance.

In summary, only a relatively small amount of financial data can be

presented in this chapter. Primary emphasis will be on NASA's budget

requests, congressional authorizations, and congressional appropriations-all

for obtaining resources-and on obligations, for the disposition of resources.

The tables can be divided into three groups. Tables 4-1 through 4-7 are

summary tables providing an overview of the entire budget process. Tables

4-8 through 4-17 focus on the obtaining of resources to carry out NASA's

programs. Tables 4-18 through 4-29 focus on the disposition of those

resources. It will readily be noted that money is made available to NASA in

rather large chunks, but is disposed of in relatively small pieces. In 9 of the 10

years covered in this chapter NASA appropriation acts were divided into

three parts or "Titles," which now are termed Administrative Operations

(AO), Research and Development (R&D), and Construction of Facilities

(CoF). The last two are "no-year" appropriations and thus have no time limit

placed on their use. Nevertheless, they are kept intact as "program year"

monies, and thus during anyone fiscal year, funds may be available from the

current program year and several past program years. For the most part, this

chapter ignores this phenomenon except for table 4-29, which attempts to

articulate programmed funds, obligated funds, and disbursed funds.

In depicting the dispostion of the agency's resources, principal attention

has been paid to actual obligations for each fiscal year. This probably gives

the best measure of the flow of agency activity. Because disbursements lag

after the event (often by several years), programmed amounts antedate the

event and the ideal, accrued costs were not available for much of the 10 years

covered in this chapter.
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(in millions of dollars)

Fiscal Year S&E/AOa R&Db C&E/CoFc Total

1959d 86.3 196.6 48.0 330.9

1960 91.4 347.6 84.6 523.6

1961 170.8 670.4 122.8 964.0

1962 206.8 1 302.5 316.0 1 825.3

1963 2 897.ge 776.2 3 674.1

1964 494.0 3 926.0 680.0 5 100.0

1965 623.5 4 363.6 262.9 5 250.0

1966 584.0 4 531.0 60.0 5 175.0

1967 640.0 4 245.0 83.0 4 968.0

1968 628.0 3 925.0 35.9 4 588.9

Total 3524.8f 26405.6g 2469.4 32399.8

aSalaries and Expenses 1959-1962; Administrative Operations 1963-1968.

bResearch and Development. See Note e below.

cConstruction and Equipment 1959-1961; Construction of Facilities

1962-1968.

dSee subsequent tables for FY 1959 funding pattern. Funds were appropriated to NACA, NASA, and transferred from DOD.

eResearch, Development, and Operations (RD&O).

fBecause of 1963 arrangement this total is understated by about

$440000000. (See Note e.)

gBecause of 1963 arrangement this total is overstated by about

$440000000. (See Note e.)

Source: Tables 4-8 through 4-17 of this chapter.
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Total S&E/AOa Percentage R&Da Percentage C&E/CoFa Percentage 

of Total of Total of Total

330.9 86.3 26.1 196.6 59.4 48.0 14.5

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5 099.7 496.1 9.7 3861.5 75.7 742.1 14.6

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32397.1 4016.9b 12.4 25809.5 b 79.7 2571.0 7.9

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sted appropriation for RD&O for FY 1963 as of June 30, 1968, stood at $2 910491 027. For rough comparability

000 was moved into the AO column and thus all indicated figures are estimates.

Tables 4-8 through 4-'7 of this chapter.
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(in millions of dollars)

Amounts and Percentages Cut (or Added) by Congress

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Action $ % $ % $ % $ %

FY 1959

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Auth. 10.4a O.4a 32.8 4.0 43.2 1.1

Appr. 70.4a 2.4a 42.8 5.2 113.2 3.0

FY 1964

Auth. 42.1 7.5 232.1 5.3 87.0 10.9 361.2 6.3

Appr. 66.3 11.8 425.7 9.8 120.0 15.0 612.0 10.7

FY 1965

Auth. 17.5 2.7 181.9 4.0 18.1 6.4 217.5 4.0Appr. 17.5 2.7 159.4 3.5 18.1 6.4 195.0 3.6

FY 1966

Auth. 18.4 3.0 38.9 0.9 12.3 16.5 69.6 1.3

Appr. 25.4 4.2 44.9 1.0 14.7 19.7 85.0 1.6

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Auth 8.0 1.2 (2.0) (*) 5.6 5.5 11.6 0.2

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Auth. 23.1 3.4 204.4 4.7 6.7 8.7 234.2 4.6Appr. 43.3 6.5 427.0 9.8 40.8 53.2 511.1 10.0

Total

Auth. 109.1 2.9 752.5 2.7 169.6 6.1 1031.2 3.0

Appr. 203.8 5.5 1246.3 4.5 306.3 11.0 1756.4 5.1

aResearch, Development, and Operations. Source: Tables 4-4 through 4-7.

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Budget Authorization Appropriation Obligationsa Expendituresa

Request

146.6 146.6 146.6

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508.3 490.3 523.6e 487.0 401.0

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500000 based on FY 1959 authorization

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($1 661 488 R&D; $1 070005 CoF).

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which existing authorization was available.

hlncludes $141 000 000 supplemental request for

FY 1964 R&D program.

ilncludes $72 494 000 R&D supplemental against

FY 1964 authorization.

Source: NASA, Office of Administration, Budget

Operations Division, "Budget History,

Summary All Appropriations," Jan. 18, 1968;

Tables 4-8 through 4-17 of this chapter.
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Fiscal Budget Authorization Appropriation Obligationsa Expendituresa

Year Request

1959 90.8b 90.8c 86.3d 85.0 86.7

1960 94.4 94.4 91.4 89.4 91.0

1961 170.8 170.8 170.8 166.0 159.1

1962 226.7 226.7 206.8 213.2 207.1

1963e 18.71964 560.3 518.2 494.0 493.8 415.9

1965 641.0 623.5 623.5 619.9 577.5

1966 609.4 591.0 584.0 611.2 619.4

1967 663.9 655.9 640.0 646.6 649.91968 671.3 648.2 628.0 639.2 651.5

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fiscal year.

b$80 480 000 for NACA, $10 354 000 for NASA.

CActual authorization of $3 354000. Implied

authorization of $87 480 000.

d$78 100000 to NACA, $8 186300 to NASA.

eln FY 1963, R&D and S&E were combined as

RD&O. See Table 4-12.

fUnderstated because of 1963 problem.

Source: NASA, Office of Administration, Budget

Operations Division, "Budget History,

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1968; Tables 4-8 through 4-17 of this

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Request

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Source: NASA, Office of Administration, Budget

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Fiscal Year Budget Request Authorization Appropriation Obligationsa Expenditure

1959 98.3b 102.0c 48.0d 38.0 24.7

1960 68.6 62.8 84.6e 89.7 54.41961 122.8 127.8 122.8 98.2 98.2 1961 (DOD transfer) 1.1 1.1 1.1

1962 333.1 323.1 f 316.0 217.1 114.3

1963 819.0 786.2 776.2 569.8 225.31964 800.0 713.0 680.0 546.6 437.7

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1966 74.7 62.4 60.0 270.4 572.4

1967 101.5 95.9 83.0 115.9 288.61968 76.7 70.0 35.9 64.4 126.1

Total 2776.8 2607.2 2470.5 2532.3 2472.6

aActual obligations and disbursements during the fiscal year.

b$26 220 000 for NACA, $72 050 000 for NASA.

c$29 933 000 for NACA, $72 050 000 for NASA.

d$23 000000 for NACA, $25 000 000 for NASA.

eInc1udes $21825 000 based on FY 1959 authorization.,

fIncludes $71 000 000 supplemental for which existing authorization was available.

Source: NASA, Office of Administration, Budget Operations Division, "Budget History, Construction of Facil

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S&P R&Da

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osition of the R&D and C&E requests.

nBased on Executive Order 10783. The $59 200000 excludes an $8 000 000 working

fund (see Note r below).

°Based on EO 10783.

PBased on EO 10793. Consists of NOA associated with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory,

transferred from the Army to NASA in December 1958.

qBased on EO 10783. Consists of prior years unobligated balances associated with the

U.S. Scientific Satellite Project (Project Vanguard).

rConsists of $50000000 in appropriations directly to NASA and $146619532 in

appropriations transferred from DOD.

:>Consists of $101 100000 appropriated to NACA, $83 186300 appropriated to

NASA, and $146 619 532 transferred from DOD.

Source: Rosholt, Administrativt! History of NASA, pp. 58-59, 85-88; NASA, Office of

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Action S&Ea R&Da C&Ea Total

Regular requestb 94430 000 333 070 000 57800 000 485300 000

Authorizationc 94430 000 333 070 000 62800 OOOd 490 300 000

Appropriatione 91 400 000 335 350 OOOf 73 825 500 575 OOOh

Supplemental requesti 12200 000 10800000 23 000 000

Authorization j j jAppropriationk 12200 000 10 800 000 23 000 000

Later transfers1

From S&E to R&D - 550 000 + 550 000

From R&D to C&E - 14 730 366 + 14 730 366

Adjusted appropriations 90 850 000 333369634 99355366 523575 000

aS&E = Salaries and Expenses; R&D =Research and Development; C&E =Construction and Equipment

bJan. 19, 1959.

cp.L. 86-45, June 15, 1959. P.L. 86-45 extended the need for annual authorizations indefinitely. This

had originally been a one-year rider to the FY 1959 appropriation (P.L. 87-766).

d Includes an implied authorization of $5 000 000 for "unforeseen" contingencies.

ep.L. 86-213, Sept. I, 1959.

f$16 675 000 based on FY 1959 authorization.

g$21 825 000 based on FY 1959 authorization.

500 000 based on FY 1959 authorization, P.L. 86-12.

IJanuary 1960.

jp.L. 86-213had provided excess authorizatio"tlOf $23225 000.

kp.L. 86-425, April 14,1960.

IBased upon provisions in NASA's authorization and appropriation acts. Figures as of June 30, 1968

Source: Rosholt, Administrative History of NASA, pp. 85-88; [Bureau of the Budgetl, The Budget of the

U.S. Government, Fiscal Year 1962, pp. 175-181; NASA, Office of Administration, Budget

Operations Division, Chronological IIistory, Fiscal Year 1960 Budget Submission, undated;

information supplied by Budget Operations Division, NASA.
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Action S&Ea R&Da C&Ea Total

Regular requestb 167560000 545 153000 89287000 802000000

Budget amendmentC 3200000 76300000 33500000 113000000

Total 170760000 621 453 000 122787000 915000000

Authorizationd 170760000 671453000 127 787000 ,970000000

Appropriatione 170760000 621 453 000 122787000 915000000

Supplemental requestf 49606000 49606000

Authorization g g

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From S&E to C&E - 590000 + 590000

From R&D to C&E -2442877 + 2 442 877

Adjusted appropriati.ons 166818000 671 362 123 125819877 964000000

Transfers from DOIY 1 661488 1 070005 2731493

as&E = Salaries and Expenses; R&D = Research and Development; C&E = Construction and Equipment. bJan. 18, 1960.

cFeb. 8, 1960. The February 1960 budget amendment stemmed primarily from the transfer of the

Saturn project from the Army to NASA.

dp.L. 86-481, June 1, 1960 (the increase stemmed from the work of Senate Leader Lyndon Johnson).

ep.L. 86-626, July 12, 1960.

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gP.L. 86-481 provided excess authorization of $55000000.

hp.L. 87-14, March 31,1961.

iBased on provisions of public law. Figures of June 30, 1968.

jPrior year unobligated balances transferred from ARPA-DOD (42 U.S.C. 2453).

Source: Rosholt, Administrative History ofNASA, pp. 136-138; [Bureau of the Budget], The Budget of

the U.S. Government, Fiscal Year 1963, Appendix, pp. 745-751; NASA, Office of Administration,

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Action S&Ea R&Da CoFa Total

Regular requestb 189986000 819819000 '99825000 1 109730000

Budget amendmentC 6700000 99720000 19250000 125 670000

Budget amendmentd 30000000 376000000 143000000 549000000

Total 226686000 1 295 539000 262075000 1 784300000

Authorizatione 226686000 1 305 539000 252075000 1 784300000

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From S&E to GSA - 320000 - 320000

Adjusted appropriations 213770000 1268119136 343040864 1 824930000

as&E =Salaries and Expenses; R&D =Research and Development; CoF =Construction of Facilities.

bJanuary 1961 Eisenhower budget.

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dMay 26, 1961, amendment associated with the accelerated manned lunar landing program.

ep.L. 87-98, July 21, 1961.

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gP.L. 87-332, Sept. 30, 1961.

hFeb. 7,1962.

ip.L. 87-98 provided excess authorizations of $113550000. P.L. 87-584, Aug. 14, 1962, amended P.L.

87-:-98 to authorize explicitly the land acquisitions for which the CoF supplemental was sought.

Jp.L. 87-545, July 25,1962.

kBased on provisions of public law. Figures as of June 30,1968.

Source: Rosholt, Administrative History of NASA, pp. 193-196, 233-234, 285; [Bureau of the Budget], The

Budget of the U.S. Government, Fiscal Year 1964, Appendix, pp. 781-787, NASA, Office of Administration, Budget Operations Division, Chronological History, Fiscal Year 1962 Budget Submission,

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Action RD&Oa CoFb Total

Regular request 2968278000 818998000 3787276000

AuthorizationC 2957878000 786237250 3 744 115250Appropriationd 2897878000 776237000 3674 115000

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bCoF = Construction of Facilities.

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eBased on provisions of public law. Figures as of June 30, 1968.

Source: Rosholt, Administrative History of NASA, pp. 284-285; (Bureau of

the Budget), The Budget of the U.S. Government, Fiscal Year 1965,

Appendix, pp. 765-772; NASA, Office of Administration, Budget

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Action AOa R&Da CoFa Tot

Regular requestb (560300000) (4351 700000) 800000000 57120

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Source: The Budget ofthe U.S. Government, Fiscal Year

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Action AO R&D

Regular request 609400 000 4575900 000

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ap.L. 89-53, June 28, 1965. b P.L. 89-128, Aug. 16,1965.

cBased on provisions of public law. Figures as of June 30, 1968.

Source: The Budget of the U.S. Government, Fiscal Year 1968, Appendix, pp. 873-879; NASA, Office ot

Programming, Budget Operations Division, Chronological History, Fiscal Year 1966 Budget

Submission, Sept. 19, 1965; information supplied by NASA, Budget Operations Division.

Table 4-16. Funding NASA's Program for FY 1967

Action AO R&D

Regular budget 663900000 4246600 000

Authorizationa 655900 000 4248600 000

Appropriationb 640 000 000 4245 000 000

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From R&D to CoF - 2 000 000

From AO to GSA - 417 000

Adjusted appropriations 647483 000 4235 100 000

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ap.L. 89-528, Aug. 5,1966.

bp.L. 89-555, Sept. 6,1966.

cBased on provisions of public law. Figures as of June 30, 1968

Source: The Budget of the U.S. Government, Fiscal Year 1969, Appendix, pp. 873-879; NASA, Office of

Programming, Budget Operations Division, Chronological History, Fiscal Year 1967 Budget

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cBased on provision of public law. Figures as of June 30, 1968.

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Table 4-18. Direct Obligations, Actual and Comparative, by Appropriation Title

(in millions of dollars)

Appropriation Title 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 

Administrative Operations, comparativea 86.0b 117.3 222.7 315.5 424.4 493.9 620.0 611.2 

Research and Development, comparativec 174.7 280.0 587.5 1159.0 2454.2 3824.4 4358.6 4468.9 

Construction of Facilities, comparative 38.0 89.7 98.2 217.1 569.8 546.6 522.2 270.4 

Total, all appropriations 298.7 486.9 908.3 1691. 7 3448.4 4864.8 5500.7 5350.5 

Salaries and Expenses, actual 85.0 89.4 166.0 213.2

Administrative Operations, actual 493.9 620.0 611.2 

Research and Development, actual 175.7 307.9 644.2 1261.3 3824.4 4358.6 4468.9 Research, Development and Operations, actual 2878.6

Construction and Equipment, actual 38.0 89.7 98.2 

Construction of Facilities, actual 217.1 569.8 546.6 522.2 270.4 

Total, all appropriations 298.7 486.9 908.3 1691.7 3448.4 4864.8 5500.7 5350.5 

Percentages of yearly total

Administrative Operations, comparative 28.8% 24.1% 24.5% 18.6% 12.3% 10.2% 11.3% 11.4% 

Research and Development, comparative 58.5 57.5 64.7 68.5 71.2 78.6 79.2 83.5 

Construction of Facilities, comparative 12.7 18.4 10.8 12.8 16.5 11.2 9.5 5.1 

Total, all appropriations (l00%) 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 

Percentages of Ten-Year Total

Administrative Operations, comparative 11.1%

Research and Development, comparative 81.0

Construction of Facilities, comparative 7.9

Total, all appropriations (dollars) 32 082.2

aCalculated by adding "R&D Support of Plant" to "Salaries and Expenses" for 1959-1962. Figures for 1963 based on data from H

Fiscal Years 1959 Through 1963 (see Source, below).

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Source: NASA, Office of Programming, Budget Operations Division, History of Budget Plans. Actual Obligations, and Actual Expenditu

Through /963 (Washington, D.C.: NASA, February 1965); an untitled draft History of Budget Plans...Fiscal Years 1964-

Administration, Budget Operations Division, "Budget History, Summary All Jan. 18, 1968; "Budget 

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1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

5.5 8.5 13.9 25.9 46.3 45.6 51.5 54.1 57.0 55.4

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27.5 31.2 35.8 45.2 53.6 61.5 68.5 66.4 66.3 66.2

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Installation Personal Services Travel Operation of Installation 

NASA Headquarters 34.1 2.2 21.8 

Western Support Officec .7 * .3 

NASA Pasadena Office 1.3 .1 .5 

Langley Research Center 48.5 1.0 12.8 

Ames Research Center 26.7 .7 6.3 

Lewis Research Center 54.7 1.0 10.6 

Flight Research Center 3.8 .2 2.7 

Electronics Research Center 10.0 .3 5.1 

Space Nuclear Propulsion Office-Cleveland 1.0 .1 * 

Space Nuclear Propulsion Office-Nevada .5 * * Space Nuclear Propulsion Office-W (Headquarters)d .4 .1 0 

Goddard Space Flight Center 37.1 2.2 16.6 

Wallops Station 8.5 .1 3.6 

Jet Propulsion Laboratory 0 0 .1 

Marshall Space Flight Center 89.7 2.8 33.7 

Manned Spacecraft Center 33.4 4.0 28.6 

Kennedy Space Center 36.9 .7 55.5 

NASA total 387.2 15.4 198.1 

aAn asterisk indicates less than $50 000.

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dIndudes SNPO-Albuquerque.

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41 10.1 24.7 35.9 45.7 45.2 31.0 11.5 214.8

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51 2.2 13.7 23.7 65.4 108.0 148.8 259.7 264.2 260.6 264.0 1408.9

61 3.7 8.0 28.3 75.2 93.2 84.6 69.0 79.2 75.8 90.5 560.3

65 2.0 3.2 4.3 3.5 5.4 2.3 20.6

periments 7A .7 .3 1.0

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ulsion systems 71 .4 1.0 4.8 26.6 39.8 42.6 38.5 29.1 49.4 42.7 268.2

72 1.5 3.0 9.1 25.9 67.6 78.7 58.1 57.1 53.5 41.6 396.473 1.1 5.2 4.8 7.8 12.5 15.2 13.2 1.2 62.3

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Space research and technology (7A-75, 77-79) 4.6 4.8 4.7 9.1 10.0 7.4 6.5 5.5 6.

(Office of Advanced Research and Technology) (5.7) (6.5) (4.9) (9.1) (10.7) (7.8) (7.3) (6.1) (7.

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the J964-1 968 period to indicate an occasional lack of continuity between the two periods.

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procurement costs with the space flight project (see note d below). Second, the coding/accounting structure was in a state of development until about 1963 and it has been difficult to reconstruct the early years. Third, there is a paucity of information from the early years and some of

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Economic studies 143-65 1.1 .6 1.4 .8 

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Meteoroid Satellite Project S-55c, S-55d 713-74 1.0 2.9 .3 .3 

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RAM-C (Radio Attenuation Measurements) 730-75 .9 1.3 

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Manned flight experiments 860-86 

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Radio Astronomy Satellites 877-85 .9 4.4 

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Bio-sampling lunar and planetary flights 882-87 

Biosatellites 883-87 .6 .9 7.8 17.3 23.7 

Scout development 890-83 5.5 2.9 7.8 4.4 4.7 -* .3 * -

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Delta procurement (492)

Tiros ITOS improvement (601)Tiros Operational System,TOS (602)

Nimbus A-D (604)

Applications Technology Satellites A-E (630)

Orbiting Solar Observatories (821)

Orbiting Astronomical Observatories (831)Orbiting Geophysical Observatories (841)

Sounding rockets (879)

Wallops Station-total

Jet Propulsion Laboratory-total

Tracking and data acqUisition SRT (ISO)

Network operations (311)

Equipment and components (312)

Ranger (801)

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Mariner-Mars '66 (808)

Mariner-Mars '69 (816)

Marshall Space Flight Center-total

Agena procurement-excluding Gemini

Centaur development (891)

Saturn I vehicle (931)

Saturn IB vehicle (932)

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Gemini support (923)

Apollo space operations (924)

Gemini launch vehicle (939)

Kennedy Space Center-total

Apollo spacecraft (914)

Saturn IB vehicle (932)

Saturn V vehicle (933)

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aprojects for which installation obligations exceeded $50 million.

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dquarters 419.5 157.9 179.5 168.2 152.4 200.0 I 277.5

pport Officeb 74.9 46.5 15.4 18.2 13.0 1.9 169.9

search Center 83.7 78.1 106.6 124.7 91.5 83.2 567.8

arch Center 18.4 40.3 54.2 64.2 65.6 67.1 309.8

arch Center 326.9 299.9 323.2 249.9 162.7 131.3 1 493.9

arch Center 11.5 12.8 9.6 17.7 10.2 23.5 85.3

Research Center .2 2.7 8.8 16.4 27.0 55.1

ear Propulsion Office 73.9 60.3 45.8 50.1 47.8 42.0 319.9

pace Flight Center 577.5 369.7 374.1 354.9 387.3 430.9 2494.4

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ion Laboratory 450.4 184.1 202.3 225.7 213.6 194.4 1470.5

ace Flight Center 1610.4 1301.4 1474.0 1549.9 1342.1 1110.2 8388.0

acecraft Center 1079.9 1363.7 1431.5 1515.7 1446.5 1184.7 8022.0

pace Center 10.1 57.1 59.5 134.0 217.1 358.4 836.2

Total 4740.3 3976.3 4284.6 4489.5 4172.7 3861.8 25525.2

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Program Office 1965 and Before 1966 1967 1968 Tota

Office of Administration 27.2 27

Technology Utilization 10.7 4.8 5.0 4.0 24

University Affairs 137.0 46.0 31.0 9.9 223

Tracking and Data Acquisition 675.2 231.1 270.3 265.2 1 441

Advanced Research and Technology 1 054.0 288.9 269.4 301.8 1 914

Space Science and Applications 2922.8 742.5 584.0 548.0 4 797

Manned Space Flight 8 212.5 3187.7 3012.8 2705.7 17 118

NASA Total 13 012.2 4500.9 4172.6 3861.8 25547

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Table 4-28. Construction of Facilities Direct Obligations, by Installation

(in millions of dollars)

Total 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 

Program Plana 

Ames Research Center 55.2 1.7 2.4 3.6 3.1 7.0 11.9 13.6 5.8 1.6 

Electronics Research Center 29.9 0 0.1 0.4 4.2 2.4 

Flight Research Center 6.3 0 1.7 * 0.1 1.7 -0.2 1.5 1.4 .1 

Goddard Space Flight Center 84.8 3.4 5.7 9.5 13.9 13.0 10.6 16.4 6.4 2.7 

Kennedy Space Center 917.9 1.0 11.5 83.0 204.3 197.8 190.9 117.9 62.9 

Langley Research Center 74.5 2.4 4.4 7.0 15.5 6.5 9.0 7.2 5.1 9.8 

Lewis Research Center 113.3 3.1 5.9 10.0 5.1 10.9 26.5 18.6 8.2 7.1 

Manned Spacecraft Center l7Ud 8.7 42.7 39.9 40.0 19.5 11.2 

Marshall Space Flight Center 143.ge 11.7 26.9 46.2 23.8 27.1 5.3 1.4 

Michoud Assembly Facility 56.2 5.0 24.7 11.8 10.7 2.1 0.5 

Mississippi Test Facility 268.1 5.0 72.0 101.9 67.1 18.9 1.3 

Space Nuclear Propulsion Office 28.2 0.7 13.2 8.0 2.5 0.9 2.1 

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1966 1967 1968 Total Program Plana 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 Obligations

Office 2.6 U.O 0.5 0.9 -* -* * 0.3 0.8 - 0.7 2.6

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kIncludes $2.1 million reserve for claims ($2057625):

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1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 

AU appropriations: R&D for manned space flight:

Obligated, first year 85 86 87 86 89 86 95 96 Obligated, fIrst year 78 94 93 98 98 

Disbursed, first year 34 45 49 46 47 49 54 35 Costs, fust year 

Disbursed, fust year 14 46 47 49 59 

Obligated, second year 10 10 II 10 II 4

Disbursed, second year 46 43 39 40 36 35 R&D for space sciences and

applicationsb:

Obligated, third year 3 2 2 Obligated, first year 96 81 91 94 95 

Disbursed, third year 10 6 8 10 Costs, fust year 

Disbursed, fust year 18 32 41 49 47 

Obligated, first and second years 95 96 98 96 97 99 R&D for advanced research and

Disbursed, first and second years 80 88 88 86 85 89 technology:

Obligated, first year 74 69 61 94 96 

All appropriations for manned Costs, fust year 

space flight: Disbursed, first year 19 41 34 28 35 

Obligated, first year 80 95 87 83 89 89 97 99

Disbursed, fust year 17 46 48 42 49 53 59 77 R&D, aU othersc:

Obligated, first year 64 82 73 88 84 

Obligated, second year 21 6 13 12 8 2 Costs, fust year 

Disbursed, second year 70 48 41 42 36 34 Disbursed, rust year 22 54 46 60 41 

Obligated, third year -2 -2 2 Construction of facilities:

Disbursed, third year 12 8 8 Obligated, first year 42 70 52 45 57 

Costs, fust year 

Obligated, fust and second years 101 101 100 95 97 99 Disbursed, fust year 5 17 20 II 7 

Disbursed, first and second years 87 94 89 84 89 93

Obligated, second year 30 22 42 39 

Research and development: Costs, second year 

Obligated, rust year 89 86 89 95 97 94 96 97 Disbursed, second year 41 55 40 36 

Costs, fust year 64 68 77

Disbursed, rust year 17 39 44 47 53 53 53 65 Obligated, third year 17 7 3 

Co,ts, third year 

Obligated, second year 10 II 10 4 6 3 Disbursed, third year 24 15 29 

Costs, second year 32 28

Disbursed, second year 63 50 46 47 40 37 Obligated, fust and second years 72 92 81 84 

Costs, first and second years 

Obligated, fust and second years 99 97 99 99 100 100 Disbursed, first and second years 46 72 60 47 

Costs, first and second years 96 95

Disbursed, first and second years 89 80 90 94 93 90 Administrative operations:

Obligated, first year 99 99 100 100 97

Disbursed, fust year 88 81 82 79 82

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blncludes university affairs for 1959-1963 period.

cTracking and data acquisition only for 1959-1963 period.

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5-1 Total Number of Procurement Actions by Kind of Contractor: FY 1960-FY 1968 and Estimated FY 1959 

5-2 Number of Actions by Kind of Contractor: Six-Month Periods 

5-3 Number of Actions by Kind of Contractor and Fiscal Year 

5-4 Number of Actions Awarded Small and Large Business: Six-Month Periods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

5-5 Number of Actions Awarded Small and Large Business by Fiscal Year 

5-6 Total Procurement Value by Kind of Contractor: FY 1960-FY 1968 

5-7 Value of Awards by Kind of Contractor: Six-Month Periods 

5-8 Value of Awards by Kind of Contractor and Fiscal Year 

5-9 Value of Awards to Small and Large Business: Six-Month Periods 

5-10 Value of Awards to Small and Large Business by Fiscal Year 

5-11 Value of Awards to Business, Competitive and Noncompetitive Procurement: Six-Month Periods 

5-12 Value of Awards to Business, Competitive and Noncompetitive Procurement by Fiscal Year 

5-13 Value of Direct Awards to Business by Contract Pricing Provision: FY1961-FY1968 

5-14 Value of Direct Awards to Business by Contract Pricing Provision: Six-Month Periods 

5-15 Total Number of Actions in Direct Awards to Business by Contract Pricing Provisions: Six-Month Periods 

5-16 Total Number of Actions in Direct Awards to Business by Contract Pricing Provisions by Fiscal Year 

5-17 Distribution of NASA Prime Contract Awards by States: FY 1961-FY 1968 

5-18 Distribution of NASA Prime Contract Awards by U.S. Region: FY 1964-FY 1968 

5-19 Value of Awards by Installation 

5-20 NASA's Active Prime Contracts of $25 Million and Over 

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NASA PROCUREMENT

Since FY 1962, more than 90 percent of NASA's annual expenditures

have been for goods and services procured from outside contractors. Even

before the Space Act was signed on July 29, 1958, large-scale procurement

was planned for NASA as a departure from the balance between in-house and

contracted effort under the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.

The NACA had maintained a relatively small contracting staff, for its work

was based on an in-house research capability. While the NACA had performed

much of its research in response to requirements generated by other

organizations, the new space agency would develop its own requirements as

program planning expanded.

NASA needed many unique services and products, ranging from whole

launch vehicles to miniaturized electronic components. The scope of

contracted work varied from feasibility studies for particular projects or parts

of projects to the planning and construction of research facilities, sometimes

entire new installations.

The Space Act gave NASA authority to develop, construct, test, and

operate space vehicles and to contract for the conduct of this work with

individuals, corporations, Government agencies, and others. NASA also

received the procurement authority outlined in the Armed Services Procurement Act of 1947, which granted certain agencies the option to use both

formal advertising and negotiation as procurement methods.

Because the administration of cost contracts (the kind primarily used in

R&D work) required day-to-day field supervision, the decision was made in

1958 responsibility by letting the field installations handle all

procurement within certain dollar limitations. For those awards expected to

exceed the prescribed amounts, approval at various stages in the procurement

process had to be sought in Headquarters from the Administrator, Deputy

Administrator, or, in recent years, the Associate Administrator for Organization and Management. Final approval of source selection in competitive

procurements for these awards was given by the Administrator, with the

concurrence of the Deputy Administrator and Associate Administrator. This

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policy required the three top officials of the agency 

and answer sessions with source evaluation board

ment decision before making their final judgments.

The balance of effort between in-house resear

contracted work was based on the concept form

NASA Centers should have sufficient in-house cap

conceive ofspace flight development pIOjects, devel

for private contractors, and supervise contractors t

systems, subsystems, and components in their ear

the same time, NASA management wanted install

research and development work in-house to mainta

scientific and technical staffs.

NASA retained in-house the conceptual and pr

major projects in every program to be sure that p

maintained within NASA, that contractors were 

requirements, and that a sound basis existed for 

supervision of contractor efforts. Four interre

designing, fabrication, assembly, and test and 

in-house for a few selected subsystems (those whic

of the art). Except for these few elements retained of technical capability needed to plan and dir

contracted out detailed design, fabrication, assemb

NASA Centers contracted with industry for all prod

efforts and with the external scientific commun

experiments.

Rapid changes observed throughout the agency 

to accelerate the NASA program may be measure

The net value of NASA procurement rose from $7

$3.2 billion in FY 1963, a 326.4 percent increa

procurement actions only doubled during those y

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rice contract and the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract

961, when they represented 15.3 percent and 82.7

e net value of awards. The incentive contract began

creasing role in NASA procurement, until by FY

ccounted for nearly half the new value of awards

t of the total by FY 1968.

ement Process'

Once a project has been approved and a decision

ternal participation, the responsible organizational

ent request (PR). The PR, after approval by the

becomes the basic working document for the

e PR includes a description of what is wanted and

needed (suggested suppliers, security classification,

he basis of the PR and other available information,

draws up a procurement plan. This plan outlines in

to be taken to carry out the procurement action.

of the items to be procured, a list of all known

r completing each major phase of the action, the

ntract to be used, and special provisions to be

If the items to be procured can be clearly and

ecifications and drawings, formal advertising for

e. If the items cannot be well defined (and most

egotiation route must be taken, whereby negotia

rs (called "sources") are conducted on the basis of

business proposals submitted to NASA. The

usually results in a fixed-price contract whereas

sually involves a cost reimbursement contract

xed-fee (CPFF) variety. In NASA, 90 percent of

pent via the negotiation route.

plan has been approved by the proper authorities,

on.

this stage an attempt is made to keep things as

When formal advertising is used, the procurement

story ofNASA, p. 63-65.

action is publicized as widely as possible and an "Invitation for Bid" (IFB) is

sent to each interested supplier. The IFB contains all information needed to

prepare a bid. It is the crucial instrument in bringing user and supplier

together.

Negotiation is more complicated. An instrument called a "Request for

Proposal" (RFP) is used instead of an IFB. Since a proposal is infinitely more

complicated and expensive to prepare than a bid, NASA attempts to limit the

sending of RFPs to parties known to be qualified. This necessitates a

screening process, which may be done informally through letters and

telephone calls or formally through a "pre-pr,oposal conference" held with

interested parties. After the screening, RFPs are sent to firms considered to

have the reqUired experience, facilities, and capabilities. A firm may submit a

proposal even if it does not initially receive an RFP. All larger RFPs are

announced in the Department ofCommerce's Business Daily and thus any firm

can request them.

Bid and Proposal Evaluation: When formal advertising is used, it is

necessary to make sure that the low bidder is responsible and that his bid

meets all requirements. When negotiation is used, a much more elaborate

evaluation process is necessary since cost figures are only one factor to be

considered. Proposals are usually evaluated from three angles-the quality of

the proposal (design, cost, schedules, etc.), the technical competence of the

proposer (personnel, facilities, experience), and the managerial competence of

the proposer (reporting system, accounting system, etc.). The RFP includesthe criteria on which the evaluation is made. Administrative and legal

personnel, as well as technical personnel, participate in proposal evaluation.

Source Selection, Contract Negotiation, and Contract Award: In formal

advertising, a standard contract is awarded to the lowest responsible and

responsive bidder. When negotiation is used, a decision is made, from the

evaluation described above, on the supplier to do the work. After selection,

negotiations are begun to iron out the details of the contract. Since a CPFF

contract is used in most cases, thorny problems of clarifying costs and

determining the fee must be solved. When both sides agree, the actual

contract award is made.

Contract Administration: The award of a contract is only part of the

overall procurement process. What follows may be even more significant. It is

true that the contractor has primary responsibility for performance and, for

routine procurements, contract administration may be only taking delivery of

the goods or services. In R&D contracting, however, numerous interim
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problems arise in which NASA has vital interest. In such cases, reviewing and

evaluating the contractor's progress is very important and may become a

specialty in itself. Elaborate reporting techniques have been developed which

sometimes reveal the need for NASA to provide technical or administrative

assistance to the contractor. NASA may certain contractor actions

which require changes in costs. In certain cases the contract may have to be

modified or terminated.

Contract administration involves NASA operating technicians, procurement specialists, and people from such activities as safety, reporting, and

security.

Definition of Teons

Advertised award-Procurement actions resulting from acceptance of bids

made by contractors in response to formal advertising.

Award-See Procurement action.

Competitive negotiation-Procurement actions resulting from soliciting proposals or obtaining quotations from two or more sources.

Direct actions (direct awards}-Procurement actions placed directly with

business firms and nonprofit institutions or organizations. The term excludes

procurement actions placed with or through other Federal agencies.

Intragovernmental award-Procurement actions placed with or through other

Federal agencies.

Modification-Any written alteration in the specifications, delivery point, rate

of delivery, contract period, price, quantity, or other contract provision of an

existing contract, whether accomplished by unilateral action in accordance

with a contract provision or by mutual action of the 

It includes (a) bilateral actions, such as supplemen

unilateral actions such as change orders, notices of t

of the exercise of an option.

Negotiated award-Procurement actions resulting 

cedures authorized under Title 10 U.S.C. 2304(a).

Net value-Net amount of obligations resulting 

procurement actions.

Noncompetitive negotiation-Procurement actions re

tion of proposals from only one source.

Procurement action (Award)-Any of the follow

obligates or deobligates funds:

a. Letter contracts or other preliminary notices of 

b. Definitive contracts, including purchase orders.

c. Orders against indefinite delivery contracts.

d. Modifications.

Small business-A concern that meets the pertinent c

Small Business Administration and set forth in Parag

Procurement Regulation. Generally a small business 

independently owned and operated, is not dominant i

and with its affiliates does not employ more than 

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FY 1960-FY 1968 Estimate for FY 1959

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80.0 1531.4a 93.0 25.0

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Table 5-2. Number of Actions by Kind of Contractor: Six-Month Periods (in thousands) 1960 1961 1962 1963 7/1-12/31 1/1-6/30 7/1-12/31 1/1-6/30 7/1-12/31 1/1-6/30 

Kind of Contractor % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % 

Business 88.2 36.6 88.7 46.1 86.7 48.7 86.3 60.9 94.6 73.8 94.0 102.8 95

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Outside United Statesb * 30c .1 70c 

Total 100.0 41.5 100.0 52.0 100.0 56.2 100.0 70.6 100.0 78.0 100.ld 109.4 99

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Kind of Contractor % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % 

Business 95.8 136.4 82.2 96.2 77.4 138.9 67.2 97.9 68.9d 118.7 74.5d 95.2 75.5 116.9 67

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Total 100.0 142.4 100.0 117.0 100.0 179.4 100.0 145.6 100.1d 172.3 99.9d 127.7 100.0 154.9 100

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Business 93.0 25.0 94.6 41.7 88.4 82.7 86.4 109.6 94.2 176.6

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FY 1964 FY 1965 FY 1966 FY 1967 FY 1968

Kind of Contractor % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number

Business 95.8 237.1 79.3d 235.1 68.1 216.6 75.0 212.1 70.7 205.0

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Kind of Business % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % 

Small business 63 85.6 62 59.7 64 88.9 65 63.2 64 75.6 63 60.1 63 73.6 6

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Total 100 136.4 100 96.2 100 138.9 100 97.9 100 118.7 100 95.2 100 116.9 10

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18 59.7 6 26.3 19 121.7 2.9 26.8 11.2 146.8 4.3 83.4 6.8 132.8 3.5 93.4 4.4 128.8

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(in millions)

1965 1966 1967 1968

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Contractor % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount

77.7 $1755.4 83.1 $2309.3 79.0 $1778.4 85.5 $2381.8 79.4 $1482.3 85.3 $1879.9 81.2 $1566.8

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Kind of Contractor % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount

Business 41 $ 88 52 $174.0 56 $423.3 66 $1030.1 70.0 $2261.7

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Table 5-8. Value of Awards by Kind of Contractor and Fiscal Year (Continued)

(in millions)

FY 1964 FY 1965 FY 1966 FY 1967 FY 1968

Kind of Contractor % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount

Business 76.7 $3521.1 79.8 $4141.4 81.2d $4087.7 83.1 $3864.1 83.4 $3446.7

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Government agencies 15.1 692.6 12.0 622.8 10.2 512.5 7.9 366.9 6.9 287.0

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Total 100.0 $4593.9 100.0 $5187.4 100.0 $5031.6 100.0 $4650.9 100.0 $4132.7

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% Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount

16 $ 28.5 14 $ 36.8 12 $ 39.6 12 $ 83.7 9 $ 71.6 8 $ 119.7 6 $ 93.9 7 $ 146.4 5 $ 113.6

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1965 1966 1967 1968

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10 $ 172.7 5 $ 115.0 8 $ 140.9 4 $ 92.3 8.0 $ 124.6 4.0 $ 84.7 7.0 $ 104.9

90 1582.7 95 2194.3 92 1637.5 96 2289.5 92.0 1357.7 96.0 1795.2 93.0 1461.9

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58 $1012.6 65 $1508.9 67 $1183.6 72 $1709.2 67.0 $ 989.4 69.0 $1302.0 64.0 $1005.8

42 742.8 35 800.4 33 594.8 28 672.8 33.0 492.9 31.0 577.9 36.0 561.0

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Kind of Procurement % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount

Competitive 33 $26 18 $ 27.6 65 $276.8 55 $ 565.8 58 $1302.0

Noncompetitive 67 54 82 128.7 35 146.5 45 464.3 42 959.7

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Kind of Procurement % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount

Competitive 60 $2119.5 63 $2630.1 66 $2692.5 70.0 $2698.4 67.0 $2307.8

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% Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount

* $ 0.1 1.4 $ 13.1 7.7 $ 162.7 7.9 $ 269.3 15.1 $ 602.2 48.7 $1922.5 68.0 $2567.6 .51.9 $1735.4

* .1 .4 3.8 .5 10.2 .8 27.2 2.5 100.6 1.9 73.6 3.1 117.1 2.1 71.3

1.0 9.3 7.2 152.5 7.1 242.1 12.6 501.6 46.8 1848.9 64.9 2450.5 49.8 1664.1

15.5 56.3 13.8 125.4 11.9 251.8 11.5 388.4 12.3 492.5 10.3 407.1 10.9 411.3 9.2 310.0

15.3 55.4 13.8 125.0 11.7 247.5 11.5 387.0 12.3 492.0 10.1 399.2 10.9 409.5 9.2 308.8

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82.7 299.9 82.4 748.6 76.5 1618.0 78.8 2664.9 71.1 2841.3 40.3 1591.0 20.5 774.6 37.8 1263.2

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Pricing Provision % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % 

Incentive 0.1 $ 0.1 2.1 $ 13.1 6.5 $ 48.9 8.4 $ 113.8 5

Fixed price .1 .1 .6 3.8 .1 .4 .7 9.8 

Cost reimbursable 1.5 9.3 6.4 48.5 7.7 104.0 5

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Firm 17.5 26.2 13.7 29.2 16.\ 47.4 12.4 77.6 11.8 89.2 11.7 158.3 9

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Other cost reimbursable 80.4 120.0 84.6 180.4 81.9 232.9 84.5b 527.3 81.1 613.2 79.5 1079.3 

Cost-no-fee ** .1 .3 .1 .2 1.7b 10.9 3.4 25.9 3.4 45.5 

Cost-plus-fixed-fee 80.4 120.0 84.4 179.9 81.7 232.3 82.7b 516.3 77.3 584.5 76.1 1033.5 83

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% Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount

9.6 $ 190.3 9.0 $ 209.6 23.4: $ 392.6 22.1 $ 497.2 83.8 $1425.3 64.8 $1521.0 73.3 $1046.6 60.7 $1110.2 41.4 $ 625.2

.9 18.7 3.0 69.5 1.9 31.1 1.8 39.9 2.0 33.7 1.3 30.5 6.1 86.6 2.5 46.3 1.7 25.0

8.7 171.6 6.0 140.1 21.6b 361.5 20.3 457.3 81.8 1391.6 63.5 1490.5 67.2 960.0 58.2 1063.9 39.7 600.2

12.7 251.8 9.9 229.9 15.7 263.2 9.1 204.2 13.4 227.5 8.2b 191.5 15.4 219.8 8.2 150.4 10.6 159.6

12.7 250.9 9.9 228.9 15.7 263.1 7.7 172.8 13.3 226.4 8.1 b 190.9 15.3 218.6 8.2 150.0 10.5 158.8

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Pricing Provision % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Numb

Incentive 0.2 1 0.6 10 1.9a 26 1.5a 42 2.8a 66 

Fixed price .2 1 .2 4 ..1a 2 .1 a 3 .4a 10 

Cost reimbursable .4 6 1.7a 24 1.3a 39 2.3a 56 

Other fixed price 56.7 242 36f 309 40.6 310 40.3 674 46.0a 645 45.6 1320 47.0 1127 

Firm 54.8 234 36.4a 307 40.3 308 40.1 671 45.3a 636 45.1 1395 46.8 1122 

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Escalation .1 2

Other cost reimbursable 39.6 169 59.3a 500 56.4 431 55.6 930 49.1 689 51.7 1496 48.1 a 1153 

Cost-no-fee .7 3 .2a 2 .1 1 1.5 25 2.0 28 1.8 52 LOa 25 

Cost-plus-fixed-fee 38.9 166 58.8a 496 56.0 428 54.0 904 46.9 658 49.7 1438 46.6a 1119 

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Labor hour .2 3 .4 5 .3 9 .7 17 

Time and materials 3.5 15 4.0 34 2.9 23 3.4 57 2.7 38 .9 25 1.5 36 

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n % Number % Number % Number % % Number % Number % Number % Number

4.8 227 5.4 375 6.8 341 8.8 615 10.1 497 11.5 768 15.8 645 13.1 798

1.0 47 .7 52 1.0 48 .9 62 1.0 47 1.5 98 1.3 52 1.3 81

3.8 180 4.7 323 5.8 293 7.9 553 9.1 450 10.0 670 14.6 593 11.8 717

53.0a 2529 54.0 3750 59.9 3011 53.9a 3774 51.1 2519 50.0 3351 51.2 2087 47.7 290352.7a 2516 54.0 3746 59.3 2979 53.8a 3761 50.9 2509 49.8 3335 50.8 2070 47.5 2889

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38.7 1848 37.9 2636 28.6a 1438 34.8a 2434 33.1 1629 36.0 2410 27.3 1110 35.6 2166

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100.0 4770 100.0 6946 100.0 5024 100.0 7005 100.0 4925 100.0 6698 100.0 4073 99.9a 6083

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FY 1961 FY 1962 FY 1963 FY 1964 FY 1965 FY 1966 FY 1967 

Pricing Provision % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Numb

Incentive 0.1 0.4 10 1.6 68 3.1 237 5.1 602 7.9 956 10.9 126

Fixed price .1 .2 4 .1 5 .6 48 .8 99 .9 110 1.2 14

Cost reimbursable .2 6 1.5 63 2.5 189 4.3 503 7.0 846 9.6 112

Other fixed price 43.4 551 40.4 984 45.8a 1965 47.3 3565 53.6a 6279 56.4 6785 50.5 587

Firm 42.6 541 40.2 979 45.2a 1941 47.1 3550 53.4a 6262 56.0 6740 50.3 584

Redeterminable .8 10 .2 5 .5a 22 .2 15 .la 15 .1 10 .1 

Escalation * 2 * 2 .3 35 .1 

Other cost reimbursable 52.7 669 55.8 1361 50.9 2185 48.1 3626 40.0 4689 33.9 4077 36.3 421

Cost-no-fee .4 5 1.1 26 1.9 80 1.3 95 1.6 190 1.6 198 1.4 1Cost-plus-fixed-fee 52.1 662 54.6 1332 48.8 2096 46.6 3515 38.3 4484 32.2 3872 34.8 403

Cost sharing .2 2 .1 3 .2 9 .2 16 .1 15 .1 7 .1 

Labor hour .1 3 .3 14 .4 28 .3 31 .1 8 * 

Time and materiats 3.9 49 3.3 80 1.5 63 1.2 88 1.0 115 1.7 203 2.3 26

Total 100.1a 1270 100.0 2438 100.1a 4295 100.1 a 7544 100.0 11 716 100.0 12029 100.0 11 62

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mount Total Amount Total Amount Total Amount Total Amount Total Amount Total Amount Total Amount Tot;t! Amount Total

80 176 100.0 5939143 100.0 52181405 100.0 53490238 100.0 54103399 100.0 54127046 100.0 53 943 466 100.0 53498450 100.0 522 663323 100.0

37 130 9.8 81 264 8.7 97068 4.4 146400 4.2 236890 5.8 319163 7.7 241233 6.1 197651 5.6 1 356 799 6.0

675 .2 4227 .5 2057 .1 846 1 351 2210 .1 429 225 12 020 .1

402 .1 5583 .6 6291 .3 6197 .2 10 836 .3 10077 .2 7887 .2 7008 .2 54281 .2

25 37 322 336 464 233 193 116 1726

48713 39.1 441 179 47.0 1 098486 50.4 1663071 47.6 1 875 663 45.7 1808100 43.8 1 562968 39.6 1 317953 37.7 9916133 43.7

2567 .7 3622 .4 7094 .3 12238 .4 10292 .3 12518 .3 20272 .5 34762 1.0 103365 .5

3 165 .8 3796 .4 9015 .4 20226 .6 25156 .6 28049 .7 27980 .7 21015 .6 138402 .6

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6231 1.6 10 975 1.1 27141 1.2 41 805 1.2 50795 1.2 21400 .5 43104 1.1 78869 2.3 280320 1.2

5063 1.3 50925 5.4 92 393 4.2 141 568 4.1 181606 4.4 195 840 4.8 289210 7.3 336598 9.6 I 293 203 5.7

2921 .8 3352 .4 6025 .3 6416 .2 7447 .2 4630 .1 4709 .1 3487 .1 38987 .2

160 124 394 1 237 3905 .1 4698 .1 3024 .1 13542 .1

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3872 1.0 8403 .9 14837 .7 15420 .4 18107 .4 16032 .4 11681 .3 9043 .3 97395 .4

1055 .3 1646 .2 2921 .1 4167 .1 6710 .2 6957 .2 4578 .1 3649 .1 31 683 .1

679 .2 1898 .2 2548 .1 1 822 .1 2223 .1 3584 .1 3134 .1 5968 .2 21 856 .1

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112 128 96 434 290 357 408 1 825

6830 1.8 13785 1.5 23961 1.1 29469 .8 42805 1.0 37504 .9 43754 1.1 36491 1.0 234 599 1.0

99 325 2516 .1 27354 .8 54679 1.3 61 169 1.5 32224 .8 16364 .5 194 730 .9

538 959 575 551 321 100 3044

705 .2 4618 .5 12683 .6 45042 1.3 77 279 1.9 126574 3.1 7507) 1.9 47796 1.4 389 770 1.7

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Region FY 1964 FY 1965 FY 1966 FY 1967 FY 1968 

Net Value of Awards (Millions of Dollars)

Total $3490 $4104 $4127 $3943 $3498

New England 101 97 107 112 116

Mideast 478 664 733 872 784

Southeast 618 835 907 860 812

Great Lakes 129 167 209 158 115

Plains 298 221 84 39 41

Southwest 160 175 197 279 255

Rocky Mountain 13 11 14 22 37

Far West 1692 1931 1870 1596 1335

Alaska & Hawaii 1 3 6 5 3

Percent of Total

Total 100 100 100 100 100

New England 3 2 3 3 3

Mideast 14 16 18 22 23

Southeast 18 21 22 22 24

Great Lakes 4 4 5 4 3

Plains 8 6 2 1 1

Southwest 5 4 5 7 7

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Far West 48 47 45 40 38

Alaska & Hawaii * *

Percent Increase (Decrease) Over Previous Year

Total 60 18 (5) (11)

New England 91 (4) 10 5 4

Mideast 85 39 10 19 (10)

Southeast 51 35 9 (5) (6)

Great Lakes 82 29 25 (24) (27)

Plains 43 (26) (62) (54) 5

Southwest 146 9 13 42 (9)

Rocky Mountain 30 (15) 27 57 68

Far West 53 14 (3) (15) (16)

Alaska & Hawaii (50) 200 100 (17) (40)

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34 $116.1 3 $ 25.3 4 $ 67.7 5 $ 155.1 4 $ 189.0 4 $ 209.0 4 $ 187.1 4 $ 168.9 11 $ 436.1

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23 76.0 21 155.0 14 209.3 9 303.5 8 382.8 10 517.7 9 473.8 9 398.9 II 471.0

2 36.9 7 232.0 6 261.3 5 287.2 6 292.6 8 375.0 10 414.2

35 118.5 9 66.9 5 70.8 2 83.4 2 103.9 3 130.8 3 139.6 3 142.7 3 103.6

5 17.2 3 24.0 2 34.5 7 214.7 8 347.4 6 324.2 5 262.0 5 214.8 4 152.9

11 82.1 13 204.8 23 737.2 31 1436.0 29 1487.4 31 1546.7 32 1487.0 30 1233.1

34 257.8 39 595.6 29 949.8 30 1378.1 32 1689.9 31 1587.3 28 1304.9 26 1088.3

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Fy 196

Procuring Contract Obligat

Contractor Contract Description Installation Number (thousa

North American Rockwell Corp. Design, develop and test Apollo command and Manned NAS 9-150 $41874

Space Division service module

Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp. Development of Apollo lunar module Manned NAS 9-1100 3579

Boeing Co. Design, develop and fabricate S-IC stage of Saturn

V Marshall NAS 8-5608 2340

Aerospace Division vehicle; construct facilities in support of S-IC and Kennedy

provide launch support services

North American Rockwell Corp. Design, develop, fabricate and test S-I1 stage of Marshall NAS 7-200 211 5

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V vehicle and provide launch support services Kennedy

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provide launch support services

General Electric Co. Apollo checkout equipment, related engineering Headquarters NASW410 13692

Command Systems Division design, quality and data management and engineering Manned

support; support services to Mississippi Test Facility Marshall

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North American Rockwell Corp. Develop and procure 200 OOo-pound-thrust J-2 Marshall NAS 8-19 8236

Rocketdyne Division rocket engine with supporting services and hardware

Chrysler Corp. Fabricate, assemble, check out and static test Saturn Marshall NAS 8-4016 61 2

Space Division S-IB stage; provide product improvement program and Kennedy

spare parts support; modify areas of Michoud plant

assigned to contractor; provide launch support services

Aerojet-General Corp. Design, develop and produce nuclear-powered rocket SNPC SNP-l 5263

engine (NERVA)

General Motors Corp. Guidance computer subsystem for Apollo command Manned NAS 9-497 4582

AC Electronics Division service module

General Dynamics Corp. Develop, fabricate and deliver Centaur vehicles and Lewis NAS 3-3232 128

Convair Division support equipment
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FY 1968 Cumulative

Procuring Contract Obligations Obligations

Contract Description Installation Number (thousands) (thousands)

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supporting services and hardware

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Equipment and construction of facilities for integrated Manned NAS 9-1261 22352 123047

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complex for integrated mission control center at

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supporting services alld hardware

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Design, fabricate, deliver and provide operational Ames NAS 2-1900 21000 81003

support for Biosatellites

Apollo launch support services at Kennedy Space Kennedy NAS 10--1600 33136 75800

CenterGemini-Apollo mission trajectory and Apollo Manned NAS 9-4810 25650 71966

spacecraft systems analysis program

Development of nuclear power conversion system Lewis NAS 5-417 6732 70127

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Procuring Contract Obligat

Contractor Contract Description Installation Number (thousa

International Business Machines Corp. Launch vehicle digital computers, data adapters and Marshall NAS 8-11562 $ 868

Federal Systems Division associated hardware for Saturn IB and Saturn V vehicles

Hughes Aircraft Co. Develop and test Applications Technology Satellite Goddard NAS 5-3823 700

Aerospace Group

Bendix Corp. Stabilized platform systems and associated hardware for Marshall NAS 8-13005 1086

Navigation & Control Division Saturn IB and Saturn V vehicles

Bellcomm, Inc. Systems analysis, study, planning and technical support Headquarters NASW417 1000

for manned space-flight programs

General Electric Co. Design, develop, fabricate and test Nimbus Goddard NAS 5-978 577

Missile & Space Division spacecraft

Boeing Co. Apollo/Saturn V technical integration and evaluation Headquarters NASW 1650 4332

Bendix Corp. Operation, maintenance and support services for Goddard NAS 5-9870 69

Field Engineering Corp. Manned Space Flight Tracking and Data Acquisition

Network

Bendix Corp. Apollo lunar surface experiments package Manned NAS 9-5829 1983

Aerospace Systems Division

TRW Inc. Design, develop, fabricate and test Orbiting Goddard NAS 5-3900 1615

TRW Systems Group Geophysical Observatories

Catalytic Co.nstruction Co. Management services, fabrication, installation and Kennedy NAS 10--1138 247

checkout of propellant servicing systems. Saturn

Launch Complex No. 39A

Union Carbide Corp. Liquid hydrogen, lease of trailers and transportation Pasadena NASW452 1409

Linde Co. costs

Brown Engineering Co. Engineering, operation and fabrication services in Marshall NAS 8-20073 1409

support of the propulsion and vehicle engineering

laboratory, Marshall Space Flight Center
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Procuring Contract Obligations Obligations

Contract Description Installation Number (thousands) (thousands)

rp. Design, develop and fabricate H-l liquid-propellant Marshall NAS 7-190 $ 1460 $ 44010

rocket engine

Design and fabricate S-band tracking data equipment Goddard NAS 5-9035 1 388 43994

and space components for Project Apollo

Development of Apollo prototype space suits and Manned NAS 9-3535 9607 42019

on portable life support systems

ce Co. Operation and maintenance of DAF stations and Goddard NAS 5-3480 13614 41296

support services for DAF network

Support services for Saturn IB and Saturn V vehicles Marshall NAS 8-14017 12045 39370

Lngineering, operation and fabrication services in Marshall NAS 8-20055 10286 38912

support of Astronics Laboratory, Marshall Space

Flight Center

Management and engineering services in support Lewis NAS 3-8711 24340 38475

of Centaur program

Operation, maintenance and logistic support of Goddard NAS 5-9968 11 382 36633

Space Tracking and Data Acquisition Network

Provide administrative and management services Kennedy NAS 10--1113 10057 35918

on at Kennedy Space Center

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Saturn V vehicles

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Procuring Contract Obliga

Contractor Contract Description Installation Number (thous

Sperry Rand Corp. Digital data processing systems for Project Apollo Goddard NAS 5-9816 $ 12

Univac Division including related documentation and support services

Lockheed Aircraft Corp. General electronics, instrumentation, and engineering Manned NAS 9-5191 147

Electronics Co. support services for Apollo spacecraft

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. Liquid hydrogen Pasadena NASW352 5

Boeing Co., Aerospace Division Facilities for Saturn V S-IC stage program Marshall NAS 8-5606 9Bendix Corp. Maintenance and operation of Manned Space Flight Goddard NAS 5-10750 270

Field Engineering Corp. Network

Source: NASA, Office of Industry Affairs, Procurement Office, NASA Procurement

Program: Policies and Trends Handbook (PATH) (Washington, D.C.: NASA,

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Net Value of Awardsb 

Contractor and Place Rankin Thousands Percentage Contractor and Place Rankin 

of Contract Performancea FY 1962 of Dollars of Total of Contract Performancea FY 1962 

Total A wards to Business 2261600 100.0 19. Mason-Rust 62 

Lexington, Ky.

1. North American Aviation, Inc. 525806 23.2 20. Hayes International Corp. 17 

Canoga Park, Calif. Birmingham, Ala.

2. McDonnell Aircraft Corp. 2 193052 8.5 21. Philco Corp. 26 

St. Louis, Mo. Palo Alto, Calif.

3. Aerojet-General Corp. 4 160483 7.1 22. Union Carbide Corp. 25 

Azusa, Calif. Fontana, Calif.

4. Douglas Aircraft Co., Inc. 3 133006 5.9 23. Lear-Siegler, Inc. 

Santa Monica, Calif. Anaheim, Calif.

5. General Dynamics Corp. 7 103 118 4.6 24. General Motors Corp. 59 

San Diego, Calif. Indianapolis, Indiana

6. Boeing Co. 13 101031 4.5 25. Republic Aviation Corp. 20 

Seattle, Wash. Farmingdale, N.Y.

7. Chrysler Corp. 6 75416 3.3 26. Universal Marion Corp. 

Detroit, Mich. Marion, Ohio

8. General Electric Co. 10 52957 2.3 27. Martin Marietta Corp. 47 

Philadelphia, Pa. Baltimore, Md.

9. United Aircraft Co. 5 48879 2.2 28. Raytheon Co. 

Windsor Locks, Conn. Bedford, Mass..

10. Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp. 9 48197 2.1 29. Norair EngineeringCorp. 100 

Bethpage, N.Y. Washington, D.C.

11. Radio Corporation of America 11 42169 1.9 30. Electro-Mechanical Research, Inc. 79 

Princeton, N.J. Sarasota, .Fla.

12. International Business Machines Corp. 15 36135 1.6 31. Bellcomm, Inc: 

Rockville, Md. Washington, D.C.

13. Bendix Corp. 12 32517 1.4 32. Fairchild Stratos Corp. 

Teterboro, N.J. Hagerstown, Md.

14. Space Technology Laboratories, Inc. 14 32510 1.4 33. Catalytic Construction Co. 

Redondo Beach, Calif. Philadelphia, Pa.

15. Ling-Temco-Vought, Inc. 8 26722 1.2 34. Killsman Inshument Corp. 70 

Dallas, Tex. Elmhurst, N.Y.

16. Brown Engineering Co. 16 24104 1.1 35. Radiation Inc. 37 

Huntsville, Ala. Melbourne, Fla.

17. LockhelKi Aircraft Corp. 21 23656 1.0 36. yollins Radi9 Company 31 

Sunnyvale, Calif. Cedar Rapids, Iowa

18. Hughes Aircraft Co. 18 18317 .8 37. Federal Mogul Bower Bearings, Inc. 46 

Culver City, Calif. Los Alamitos, Calif.
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s Inc. 35 3893 .2 57. Calumet & Hecla, Inc. 33 2687 .1

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rp. 34 3820 .2 58. Pearce & Gresham Co. (S) 2673 .1

Decatur, Ill.

44 3765 .2 59. Ball Bros. Research Corp. 39 2593 .1

Boulder, Colorado

57 3700 .2 60. Thompson-Ramo-Wooldridge Inc. 30 2556 .1

Cleveland, Ohio

88 3690 .2 61. Control Data Corp. 2457 .1

Minneapolis, Minn.

82 3632 .2 62. Piracci Construction Co. Inc. (S) 2422 .1

Baltimore, Md.

3515 .2 63. Doyle & Russell Inc. 45 2273 .1

Norfolk, Va.

(S) 67 3416 .2 64. Noble Co. (S) 95 2227 .1

Oakland, Calif.

(S) 56 3374 .1 65. Vitro Corp. of America 50 2 187 .1

Silver Spring, Md.

41 3210 .1 66. Kaiser Engineers 2144 .1

Oakland, Calif.

Regulator Co. 23 3 175 .1 67. Electronic Associates, Inc. 69 2045 .1

Long Branch, N.J.

3096 .1 68. Northrop Corp. 63 1958 .1

Hawthorne, Calif.

22 3057 .1 69. Western Electric Inc. 19 1930 .1

New York, N.Y.

c. 3000 .1 70. Sverdrup & Parcel & Associates, Inc. 53 1928 .1

St. Louis, Mo.

(S) 52 2952 .1 71. Canoga Electronics Corp. (S) I 897 .1

Van Nuys, Calif.

2937 .I 72. Consolidated Electrodynamics Corp. 73 1764 .1

Arlington, Va.

Corp. 24 2777 .1 73. Spacecraft, Inc. (S) I 762 .1

Huntsville, Ala.

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Huntsville, Ala.

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of Contract Performancea FY 1962 of Dollars of Total of Contract Performancea FY 1962 

76. American Machine & Foundry Co. I 617 .1 89. International Telephone & 40 

Stamford, Conn. Telegraph Corp.

71. Beech Aircraft Corp. I 586 .1 Ft. Wayne, Indiana

Boulder, Colo. 90. Progressive Welder & Machine Co. (S) 58 

78. Consolidated Systems, Corp. 48 1520 .1 Pontiac, Mich.

Monrovia, Calif. 91. Computer Control Corp. (S) 

79. Textron, Inc. 1504 .1 Framingham, Mass.

Belmont, Calif. 92. Bechtel Corp. 78 

80. Management Services Inc. (S) 43 1496 .1 San Francisco, Calif.

Oak Ridge, Tenn. 93. Aleo Products Inc. 

81. Rohr Corp. 71 I 473 .1 Schenectady, N.Y.

Chula Vista, Calif. 94. Schrimsher J. T. Construction Co. (S) 66 

82. Space-General Corp. 83 I 448 .1 Huntsville, Ala.

EI Monte, Calif. 95. California Computer Products Inc. (S) 92 

83. Electronic Communications Inc. 1440 .1 Anaheim, Calif.

St. Petersburg, Fla. 96. Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co. 84 

84. Electro Optical System Inc. (S) 87 I 397 .1 Los Angeles, Calif.

Pasadena, Calif. 97. Gulton Industries Inc. 98 

85. Textron Electronics Inc. I 336 .1 Metuchen, N.J.

Cumberland, Md. 98. Quiller Construction Co., Inc. (S) 

86. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. I 320 .1 Los Angeles, Calif.

San Francisco, Calif. 99. McDonough Construction Co. 

87. Federal Service Inc. I 320 .1 Atlanta, Ga.

Washington, D.C. 100. Geophysics Corp of America (S) 68 

88. Ryan Aeronautical Co. I 303 .1 Bedford, Mass.

San Diego, Calif. Other 

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Source: NASA, Annual Procurement Report, FY 1963.

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Net Value of Awardsb Net Value of Awardsb

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ss 3521095 100.00 19. Raytheon Co. 28 23422 .67

Bedford, Mass.

n, Inc. 917244 26.05 20. Ling-Temco-Vought, Inc. 15 21545 .61

Dallas, Tex.

p. 2 267623 7.60 21. Union Carbide Corp. 22 20100 .57

Fontana, Calif.

c. 4 250306 7.11 22. Hayes International Corp. 20 18715 .53

Birmingham, Ala.

6 197067 5.60 23. Blount Brothers Construction Co. 17005 .48

Montgomery, Ala.

neering Corp. 10 156393 4.44 24. Control Data Corp. 61 16940 .48

Minneapolis, Minn.

5 148200 4.21 25. Hughes Aircraft Co. 18 14907 .42

Culver City, Calif.

8 143562 4.08 26. Kollsman Instrument Corp. 34 13584 ·.39

Elmhurst, N.Y.

3 135776 3.86 27. Mason-Rust 19 11 916 .34

Lexington, Ky.

7 99414 2.82 28. Sperry Rand Corp. 47 11 797 .34

Great Neck, N.Y.

Machines Corp. 12 85627 2.43 29. Ingalls Iron Works Co. 11 385 .32

Birmingham, Ala.

merica 11 49815 1.42 30. Radiation, Ino. 35 10797 .31

Melbourne, Fla.

13 41886 1.I9 31. Fairchild Stratos Corp. 32 10412 .30

Hagerstown. Md.

24 41886 1.19 32. Federal-Mogul-Bower Bearings, Inc. 37 10337 .29

Los Alamitos, Calif.

Inc. 16 41566 1.18 33. Air Products

& Chemicals, Inc. 38 10020 .28

Allentown, Pa.

17 39019 1.11 34. Ernst/Smith Joint Venture 9847 .28

Orlando, Fla.

ridge Inc. c 38995 1.11 35. Republic Aviation Corp. 25 9286 .26

f. Farmingdale, N.Y.

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of Contract Performancea FY 1963 of Dollars of Total of Contract Performancea FY 1963 

38. Martin Marietta Corp. 27 8452 .24 57. Garrett Corp. 53 

Baltimore, Md. Phoenix, Ariz.

39. Documentation, Inc. (S) 45 7312 .21 58. Consolidated Electrodynamics Corp. 72 

Bethesda, Md. Pasadena, Calif.

40. Honeywell, Inc. 48 7100 .20 59. Wyle Laboratories 74 

St. Petersburg, Fla. Huntsville, Ala.

41. Jones, J. A. Construction Co. 6641 .19 60. Venneri, Arthur, Co. 

New Orleans, La. Westfield, N.J.

42. Genisco Technology Corp. (S) 6576 .19 61. Hercules Powder Co. 

Compton, Calif. Wilmington, Del.

43. Ball Brothers Research Corp. 59 5976 .17 62. Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. 

Boulder, Colorado Oeveland, Ohio

44. Catalytic Construction Co. 33 5931 .17 63. Electronic Associates, Inc. 67 

Philadelphia, Pa. Long Branch, N.J.

45. Westinghouse Electric Corp. 39 5900 .17 64. Space-General Corp. 82 

Baltimore, Md. El Monte, Calif.

46. Spaco, Inc. (S) 46 5708 .16 65. Basic Construction Co. 

Huntsville, Ala. Newport News, Va.

47. Electro-Mechanical Research Inc. 30 5433 .15 66. American Machine & Foundry Co. 76 

D.C. Stamford, Conn.

48. Ampex Corp. 40 5200 .15 67. Graham, Wm. J. & Son (S) 

Redwood City, Calif. Golden Beach, Fla.

49. Bell Aerospace Corp. 49 5132 .15 68. Huber, Hunt & Nichols 

Buffalo, N.Y. Sunnyvale, Calif.

50. Sullivan, Long & Hagerty 44 4950 .14 69. Thiokol Chemical Corp. 42 

Birmingham, Ala. Denville, N.J.

51. Collins Radio Co. 36 4939 .14 70. Doyle & Russell, Inc. 63 

Dallas, Tex. Norfolk, Va. 52. Avco Corp. 41 4898 .14 71. International Telephone & Cincinnati, Ohio

53. Scientific Data Systems (S) 75 4877 .14 Telegraph Corp. 89 

Santa Monica, Calif. Nutley, N.J.

54. Bechtel Corp. 92 4737 .13 72. Vitro Corp. of America 65 

San Francisco, Calif. Ft. Walton Beach, Fla.

55. Pearce & Gresham Co. (S) 58 4536 .13 73. Lear Siegler, Inc. 23 

Decatur, Ala. Santa Monica, Calif.

56. American Telephone & Telegraph Co. 56 4499 .13 74. Management Services, Inc. (S) 80 

Washington, D.C. Oak Ridge, Tenn.
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Inc. (S) 2379 .07 Engineering, Inc. (S) 1576 .04

Cambridge, Mass.

50 2310 .07 89. Systems Engineering Labs., Inc. (S) 1575 .04

Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Inc. 2304 .07 90. Memorex Corp. (S) 1556 .04

Santa Clara, Calif.

merica (S) 100 2242 .06 91. Zia Company, The 1527 .04

Los Alamos, N. Mex.

97 2230 .06 92. Textron Electronics, Inc. 85 1516 .04

New Haven, Conn.

2043 .06 93. Xerox Corp. 1457 .04

Birmingham, Ala.

Corp. 78 1953 .06 94. Oeveland Electric Illuminating 1450 .04

Cleveland, Ohio

he 1942 .06 95. Canoga Electronics Corp. (S) 71 1412 .04

Van Nuys, Calif.

43 1 887 .05 96. Associated Builders Corp. (S) 1408 .04

Oeveland, Ohio

s, Inc. 84 I 808 .05 97. Radiation Service Co. 1 396 .04

Melbourne, Fla.

rica 1766 .05 98. Schjeldahl, G. T. Co. (S) 1 395 .04

Northfield, Minn.

orp. 1648 .05 99. Hewlett-Packard Co. 1 377 .04

Palo Alto, Calif.

(S) 73 1 589 .05 100. American Optical Co. I 371 .04

Pittsburgh, Pa.

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Net Value of Awardsb 

Contractor and Place Rankin Thousands Percentage Contractor and Place Rank in 

of Contract Performancea FY 1964 of Dollars of Total of Contract Performancea FY 1964 

Total

A wards to Business 4141434 100.00 19. Brown Engineering Co., Inc. 14 

Huntsville, Ala.

1. North American Aviation, Inc. 1099448 26.55 20. Philco Corp. 18 

Downey, Calif. Houston, Tex.

2. Boeing Co. 4 305988 7.39 21. Hayes International Corp. 22 

New Orleans, La. Birmingham, Ala.

3. Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp. 5 267226 6.45 22. Honeywell, Inc. 40 

Bethpage, N.Y. St. Petersburg, Fla.

4. Douglas Aircraft Co., Inc. 3 251 668 6.08 23. Hughes Aircraft Co. 25 

Santa Monica, Calif. Culver City, Calif.

5. General Electric Co. 7 181472 4.38 24. Catalytic Construction Co. 44 

Huntsville, Ala. Merritt Island, Fla.

6. McDonnell Aircraft Corp. 2 166670 4.02 25. Trans World Airlines, Inc. 

St. Louis, Mo. Various

7. International Business Machines Corp. 10 128 312 3.10 26. Union Carbide Corp. 21 

Huntsville, Ala. Fontana, Calif.

8. Aerojet-General Corp. 8 123 186 2.97 27. LTV Aerospace Corp. 20d 

Sacramento, Calif. Dallas, Tex.

9. General Dynamics Corp. 6 111 148 2.68 28. Fairchild Hiller Corp. 31 

San Diego, Calif. Hagerstown, Md.

10. Radio Corporation of America 11 106552 2.57 29. Mason-Rust 27 

Princeton, N.J. New Orleans, La.

11. Chrysler Corp. 9 85986 2.08 30. Westinghouse Electric Corp. 45 

New Orleans, La. Baltimore, Md.

12. General Motors Corp. 13 72 531 1.75 31. Radiation, Inc. 30 

Milwaukee, Wisc. Melbourne, Fla.

13. Bendix Corp. 12 66100 1.60 32. Control Data Corp. 24 

Teterboro, N.J. Minneapolis, Minn.

14. TRW Space Technology Laboratories 16c 50533 1.22 33. Bellcomm, Inc. 37 

Redondo Beach, Calif. Washington, D.C.

15. United Aircraft Corp. 17 43330 1.05 34. Pacific Crane

& Rigging 

West Palm Beach, Fla. Merritt Island, Fla.

16. Sperry Rand Corp. 28 39401 .95 35. Martin Marietta Corp. 38 

St. Paul, Minn. Baltimore, Md.

17. Lockheed Aircraft Corp. 15 35796 .86 36. Lear Siegler, Inc. 73 

Sunnyvale, Calif. Anaheim, Calif.

18. Collins Radio Co. 51 31 532 .76 37. Air Products

& Chemicals, Inc. 33 

Richardson, Tex. Long Beach, Calif.
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mancea FY 1964 of Dollars of Total of Contract Performancea FY 1964 of Dollars of Total

rp. 35 7537 .18 57. Electro-Mechanical Research, Inc. 47 4615 .11

Sarasota, Fla.

p. 69 7441 .18 58. Vitro Corporation of America 72 4435 .11

Huntsville, Ala.

36 7297 .18 59. Dynamic Corporation of America 4358 .11

Garden City, N.Y.

57 7 179 .17 60. Minnesota Mining

& Mfg. Co. 4257 .10

Camarillo, Calif.

ms 53 6800 .16 61. Graham Engineering Co. (S) 4063 .10

f. Houston, Tex.

Foundry Co. 66 6614 .16 62. Brown/Northrop Goint venture) 4060 .10

Houston, Tex.

(S) 6436 .16 63. Beckman Instruments, Inc. 77 3997 .10

Fullerton, Calif.

(S) 46 6308 .15 64. Computer Control Co. 3908 .09

Framingham, Mass.

52 6299 .15 65. Wolf Research

& Develop. Corp. (S) 3882 .09

Houston. Tex.

Inc. 63 6025 .15 66. Clark David Co., Inc. 3839 .09

N.J. Worcester, Mass.

76 5830 .14 67. Taag Designs, Inc. (S) 3790 .09

College Park, Md.

c. 5830 .14 68. Zia Company 91 3779 .09

Las Cruces, N.M.

Bearings, Inc. 32 5603 .14 69. Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. 3701 .09.

f. Milwaukee, Wise.

(S) 39 5240 .13 70. Pennsalt Chemical Corp. 3559 .09

Various

Goint venture) 5 178 .13 71. Consolidated Systems Corp. 81 3555 .09

Momovia, Calif.

rp. 43 5036 .12 72. Calumet

& Hecla, Inc. 3418 .08

Bartlett, Ill.

(S) 4749 .11 73. Aero Spacelines, Inc. (S) 3387 .08

Van Nuys, Calif.

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Net Value of Awardsb 

Contractor and Place Rankin Thousands Percentage Contractor and Place Rank in 

of Contract Perforrnancea FY 1964 of Dollars of Total of Contract Perforrnancea FY 196

76. Space-General Corp. 64 3293 .08 89. Western Union Telegraph Co. 

EI Monte, Calif. Various

77. Hathaway E A & Co. (S) 3216 .08 90. Universal Marion Corp. 

Mountain View, Calif. Marion, Ohio

78. Systems Engineering Labs, Inc. (S) 89 3- 019 .07 91. Swenson Carl N. Co. 

Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. 

79. Electronic Communications, Inc. 2952 .07 Mountain View, Calif.

St. Petersburg, Fla. 92. Whittaker Corp. 83 

80. Consolidated Electrodynamics Corp. 58 2938 .07 Van Nuys, Calif.

Pasadena, Calif. 93. Consultants

& Designers, Inc. 

81. Kiewit/Leavell Goint venture) 2820 .07 Arlington, Va.

Sandusky, Ohio 94. Raytheon Co, 19 

82. Electro Optical Systems, Inc. 84 2808 .07 Wayland. Mass.

Pasadena, Calif. 95. Canoga Electronics corp. (S) 95 

83. Sylvania Electric Products, Inc. 2652 .06 Van Nuys, Calif.

Waltham, Mass. 96. Int'!. Telephone & Telegraph Corp. 71 

84. Washington Technological San Fernando, Calif.

Asso., Inc. (S) 2615 .06 97. Dow Chemical Co. 

Rockville, Md. Various

85. Wise Contracting Co. (S) 2561 .06 98. Melpar, Inc. 

Hampton, Va. Falls Church, Va. 86. Sun Shipbuilding

& Dry Dock Co. 2554 .06

Chester, Pa. 99. Dortech Corp. 

87. Litton Industries, Inc. 2449 .06 Various

College Park, Md. 100. Management Services, Inc. (S) 74 

88. Virginia Electric Power Co. 2421 .06 Huntsville, Ala.

Hampton, Va. Other 

aAwards during year include awards on several contracts which have different dRank of Ling-Temco-Vought, Inc., of which LTV A

principal places of performance. The place shown is that which has the largest amount of division.

awards.

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over and on all other contracts of $25 000 and over. (S) Indicates small business.

CRank of Thompson-Ramo-Wooldridge Inc., of which TRW Space Technology

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Net Value of Awardsb Net Value of Awardsb

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ncea FY 1965 of Dollars of Total of Contract Performancea FY 1965 of Dollars of Total

s 4087679 100.00 19. Hayes International Corp. 21 28 111 .69

Birmingham, Ala.

n, Inc. I 128928 27.61 20. Philco Corp. 20 25445 .62

Houston, Tex.

neering Corp. 3 381 152 9.32 2I. Brown Engineering Co. 19 24303 .59

Huntsville, Ala.

2 313 682 7.67 22. Hughes Aircraft Co. 23 22365 .55

Culver City, Calif.

c. 4 259697 6.35 23. Honeywell, Inc. 22 22238 .54

St. Petersburg, Fla.

5 235 652 5.76 24. Union Carbide Corp. 26 19735 .48

Sacramento, Calif.

12 123 278 3.02 25. Collins Radio Co. 18 16968 .42

Richardson, Tex.

Corp. 7 108181 2.65 26. Fairchild Hiller Corp. d 15252 .37

Farmingdale, N.Y.

8 100494 2.46 27. Mason-Rust 29 12156 .30

New Orleans, La.

9 92076 2.25 28. ThiokoI Chemical Corp. 39 11 514 .28

Denville, N.J.

11 83481 2.04 29. Vitio Corporation of America 58 11 243 .28

Huntsville, Ala.

13 78030 1.91 30. Air Products

& Chemicals, Inc. 37 10 278 .25

Long Beach, Calif.

. 6 52316 1.28 31. Trans World Airlines, Inc. 25 10227 .25

Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

merica 10 51 343 1.26 32. Control Data Corp. 32 10 137 .25

Minneapolis, Minn.

14c 49886 1.22 33. Northrop Corp. 40 9704 .24

f. Huntsville, Ala.

17 44541 1.09 34. Bellcomm, Inc. 33 9685 .24

Washington, D.C.

15 40703 1.00 35. Westinghouse Electric Corp. 30 9518 .23

. Baltimore, Md.

16 29540 .72 36. Spaco, Inc. (S) 45 8391 .21

Huntsville, Ala.

27 28763 .70 37. Brown/Northrop (joint venture) 62 7394 .18

Houston, Tex.
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Table 5-25. Top One Hundred Contractors: FY 1966 (Continued)

Net Value of Awardsb 

Contractor and Place Rankin Thousands Percentage Contractor and Place Rankin 

of Contract Performancea FY 1965 of Dollars of Total of Contract Performancea FY 196

38. Bechtel Corp. 7 182 .18 57. Electro Optical Systems, Inc. 82 

Cape Kennedy, Fla. Pasadena, Calif.

39. Garrett Corp. 41 7032 .17 58. Dow Chemical Co. 97 

Los Angeles, Calif. Titusville, Fla.

40. Scientific Data Systems 42 6340 .16 59. Electronic Associates, Inc. 47 

Santa Monica, Calif. West Long Branch, N.J.

41. Graham Engineering Co. (S) 61 6199 .15 60. Western Electric Co. 

Houston, Tex. New York, N.Y.

42. Space-General Corp. 76 6176 .15 61. American Telephone & Telegraph Co. 

EI Monte, Calif. Greenbelt, Md.

43. Management Services, Inc. (S) 100 6022 .15 62. General Precision, Inc. 

Huntsville, Ala. Houston, Tex.

44. Ball Brothers Research Corp. 53 5964 .15 63. Motorola, Inc. 48 

Boulder, Colo. Scottsdale, Ariz.

45. Documentation, Inc. 51 5 781 .14 64. Melpar, Inc. 98 

College Park, Md. Falls Church, Va.

46. Martin Marietta Corp. 35 5723 .14 65. American Machine & Foundry Co. 43 

Baltimore, Md. York, Pa.

47. Catalytic Construction Co. 24 5471 .13 66. American Science & Engrg., Inc. (S) 

Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Cambridge, Mass.

48. Pacific Crane & Rigging Co. 34 5393 .13 67. In!'1. Telephone & Telegraph Corp. 96 

Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Fort Wayne, Ind.

49. Federal Electric Corp. 5129 .13 68. Raytheon Co. 94 

Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Wayland, Mass.

50. International Latex Corp. 4943 .12 69. Sylvania Electric Products, Inc. 83 

Dover, Del. Waltham, Mass.

51. Avco Corp. 46 4907 .12 70. Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. 69 

Wilmington, Mass. Milwaukee, Wisc.

52. Zia Co. 68 4891 .12 71. Telecomputing Services, Inc. 

Las Cruces, N. Mex. Greenbelt, Md.

53. Sanders Associates, Inc. 49 4799 .12 72. Computer Sciences Corp. 

Nashua, N.H. EI Segundo, Calif.

54. Radiation, Inc. 31 4686 .II 73. Electronic Communications, Inc. 79 

Melbourne, Fla. SI. Petersburg, Fla.

55. Gulton Industries, Inc. 4429 .11 74. Keltec Industries, Inc. 54 

Albuquerque, N. Mex. Alexandria, Va.

56. Ampex Corp. 55 4384 .11 75. Aero Spacelines, Inc. (S) 73 

Redwood City, Calif. Van Nuys, Calif.
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66 2771 .07

tories, Inc. (S) 78 2701 .07

namics Corp. 80 2666 .07

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Net Value of Awardsb

Contractor and Place Rankin Thousands Percentage

of Contract Performancea FY 1965 of Dollars of Total

89. GCA Corp. 2142 .05

Bedford, Mass.

90. Astrodata, Inc. (S) 2094 .05

Anaheim, Calif.

91. Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co. 60 2029 .05

Camarillo, Calif.

92. Arinc Research Corp. 2006 .05

Huntsville, Ala.

93. Computer Application, Inc. 1984 .05

New York, N.Y.

94. Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. 1 979 .05

Greenbelt, Md.

95. Bell Aerospace Corp. I;) 1971 .05

Buffalo, N.Y.

96. Litton Industries, Inc. !l7 1915 .05

Beverly Hills, Calif.

97. Marion Power Shovel Co. 90 1844 .05

Marion, Ohio

98. Consultants & Designers, Inc. 93 1 812 .04

Arlington, Va.

99. Marquardt Corp. 1 767 .04

Van Nuys, Calif.

100. Kollsman Instrument Corp. 1711 .04

Syosset, N.Y.

Other 373 601 9.14

dData for current year include awards to Republic Aviation Corp., now a division of

Fairchild Hiller Gorp. For Fiscal Year 1965, these companies ranked 25th on a combined

basis.

(5) Indicates small business.

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Net Value of Awardsb 

Contractor and Place Rankin Thousands Percentage Contractor and Place Ranki

of Contract Performancea FY 1966 of Dollars of Total of Contract Performancea FY 196

Total

A wards to Business 3864133 100.00 19. Trans World Airlines, Inc. 31 

Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

1. North American Aviation, Inc. 983 814 25.46 20. General Precision, Inc. 62 

Downey, Calif. Houston, Tex.

2. Grumman Aircraft Engrg. Corp. 2 481 137 12.45 21. Honeywell, Inc. 23 

Bethpage, N.Y. St. Petersburg, Fla.

3. Boeing Co. 3 273514 7.08 22. Hughes Aircraft Co. 22 

New Orleans, La. Culver City, Calif.

4. McDonnell Douglas Corp. 4c 243913 6.31 23. Brown Engineering Co., Inc. 21 

Santa Monica, Calif. Huntsville, Ala.

5. Int'!. Business Machines Corp. 7 186 355 4.82 24. Martin Marietta Corp. 46 

Huntsville, Ala. Denver, Colo.

6. General Electric Co. 5 179 261 4.64 25. Union Carbide Corp. 24 

Huntsville, Ala. Sacramento, Calif.

7. Bendix Corp. 11 120028 3.11 26. Federal Electric Corp. 49 

Owings Mills, Md. Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

8. Aerojet-General Corp. 8 95691 2.48 27. Computer Sciences Corp. 72 

Sacramento, Calif. Huntsville, Ala.

9. Chrysler Corp. 10 76602 1.98 28. Air Products

& Chemicals, Inc. 30 

New Orleans, La. Long Beach, Calif.

10. General Motors Corp. 6 65222 1.69 29. Thiokol Chemical Corp. 28 

Milwaukee, Wisc. Denville, N.J.

11. General Dynamics Corp. 9 60990 1.58 30. Mason-Rust 27 

San Diego, Calif. New Orleans, La.

12. Radio Corporation of America 13 57512 1.49 31. Catalytic Construction Co. 47 

Princeton, N.J. Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

13. TRW Inc. 14 52551 1.36 32. Westinghouse Electric Corp. 35 

Redondo Beach, Calif. Baltimore, Md.

14. LTV Aerospace Corp. 18 46326 1.20 33. Brown/Northrop (joint venture) 37 

Dallas, Tex. Houston, Tex.

15. Lockheed Aircraft Corp. 15 42036 1.09 34. Fairchild Hiller Corp. 26 

Houston, Texas Greenbelt, Md.

16. United Aircraft Corp. 16 39989 1.03 35. Bellcomm, Inc. 34 

West Palm Beach, Fla. Washington, D.C.

17. Sperry Rand Corp. 17 38666 1.00 36. Garrett Corp. 39 

Huntsville, Ala. Los Angeles, Calif.

18. Philco-Ford Corp. 20 32059 .83 37. Bechtel Corp. 38 

Houston, Tex. Cape Kennedy, Fla.
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Net Value of Awardsb Net Value of Awardsb

lace Rankin Thousands Percentage Contractor and Place Rankin Thousands Percentage

mancea FY 1966 of Dollars of Total of Contract Performancea FY 1966 of Dollars of Total

America 29 8988 .23 57. Southern Bell Telephone Co. 4432 .11

Huntsville, Ala.

95 8877 .23 58. American Tel.

& Tel. Co. 61 4397 .11

Greenbelt, Md.

33 8815 .23 59. American Science

& Engrg., Inc. (S) 66 4175 .11

Cambridge, Mass.

Corp. 19 7289 .19 60. Aero Spacelines, Inc. (S) 75 3631 .09

Van Nuys, Calif.

32 7 III .18 61. Gillmore-Qlson Co. (S) 3602 .09

n. Cleveland, Ohio

Co., Inc. (S) 41 7109 .18 62. Perkin-Elmer Corp. 3546 .09

Norwalk, Conn.

ms 40 7080 .18 63. Western Union Telegraph Co. 3472 .09

Washington, D.C.

(S) 36 6785 .18 64. Computer Application, Inc. 93 3461 .09

New York, N.Y.

h Corp. 44 6648 .17 65. Wolf Research

& Develop. Corp. (S) 86 3360 .09

Arlington, Va.

58 6471 .17 66. Computing

& Software, Inc. 71 3337 .09

Greenbelt, Md.

50 6336 .16 67. Electronic Associates, Inc. 59 3312 .09

West Long Branch, N.J.

45 5880 .15 68. Pacific Crane

& Rigging Co. 48 3234 .08

Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

Electric 5776 .15 69. Lawrence, J. H. Co. (S) 3226 .08

Greenbelt, Md.

nc. 53 5626 .15 70. Ampex Corp. 56 3 176 .08

Redwood City, Calif.

52 5096 .13 71. Avco Corp. 51 3049 .08

Wilmington, Mass.

42 5007 .13 72. Electro Optical Systems, Inc. 57 2896 .07

Pasadena, Calif.

Inc. 43 4745 .12 73. Air Reduction Co. 83 2754 .07

New Orleans, La.

o. 4737 .12 74. Communications Satellite Corp. 2745 .07

Andover, Me.

acturing Co. 70 4731 .12 75. In1'l. Tel.

& Tel. Corp. 67 2651 .07

Fort Wayne, Ind.
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Net Value of Awardsb 

Contractor and Place Rank in Thousands Percentage Contractor and Place Rank 

of Contract Performancea FY 1966 of Dollars of Total of Contract Performancea FY 19

76. Melpar, Inc. (S) 64 2640 .07 89. Goodyear Aerospace Corp. 

Greenbelt, Md. Akron, Ohio

77. Radiation, Inc. 54 2506 .06 90. Greenhut Construction, Inc. (S) 

Melbourne, Fla. Pensacola, Fla.

78. Texas Instruments, Inc. 81 2440 .06 91. Electro-Mechanical Research, Inc. 79 

Dallas, Texas College Park, Md.

79. Consolidated Electrodynamics Corp. 78 2405 .06 92. Kollsman Instrument Corp. 100 

Rochester, N.Y. Syosset, N.Y.

80. Systems Engrg. Lab., Inc. (S) 77 2360 .06 93. Minnesota Mining

& Mfg. Co. 91 

Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Hutchinson, Minn.

81. GCA Corp. 89 2342 .06 94. Sylvania Electric Products, Inc. 69 

Bedford, Mass. Waltham, Mass.

82. New Orleans Public Service, Inc. 2312 .06 95. Pearce DeMoss King, Inc. (5) 

New Orleans, La. Huntsville, Ala. 83. Western Electric Co. 60 2282 .06 96. Hazeltine Corp. 

Cape Kennedy, Fla. New York, N.Y. 84. Motorola, Inc. 63 2219 .06 97. Cleveland Electric Il1uminating Co. 

Scottsdale, Ariz. Cleveland, Ohio 85. Dynalectron Corp. 2 162 .06

Houston, Tex. 98. ITT World Communications, Inc. 

86. Keltec Industries, Inc. 74 2098 .05 New York, N.Y.

College Park, Md. 99. Marquardt Corp. 99 

87. Virginia Electric Power Co. 87 2053 .05 Van Nuys, Calif.

Hampton, Va. 100. Western Union International, Inc. 

88. Kaiser Industries Corp. 2032 .05 New York, N.Y.

Oakland, Calif. Other 

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Net Value of Awardsb Net Value of Awardsb

Rank in Thousands Percentage Contractor and Place Rank in Thousands Percentage

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s 3446703 100.00 19. Trans World Airlines, Inc. 19 25275 .73

Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

ell Corp. 838734 24.33 20. Federal Electric Corp. 26 21998 .64

Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

g. Corp. 2 394138 11.43 21. Catalytic-Dow Qoint venture) 18836 .55

Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

3 296683 8.61 22. United Aircraft Corp. 16 18084 .52

Windsor Locks, Conn.

p. 4 209001 6.06 23. Brown Engineering Co., Inc. 23 16336 .47

Huntsville, Ala.

6 190723 5.53 24. Honeywell, Inc. 21 15749 .46

St. Petersburg, Fla.

Corp. 5 147653 4.28 25. Control Data Corp. 42 15518 .45

Minneapolis, Minn.

7 123832 3.59 26. Northrop Corp. 40 15 378 .45

Huntsville, Ala.

8 67073 1.95 27. Union Carbide Corp. 25 15 345 .45

Sacramento, Calif.

merica 12 63212 1.83 28. Brown/Northrop Qoint venture) 33 14522 .42

Houston, Tex.

9 62627 1.82 29. General Precision Systems, Inc. 20 12424 .36

Houston, Tex.

11 54444 1.58 30. Mason-Rust 30 12094 .35

New Orleans, La.

13 52395 1.52 31. Computer Sciences Corp. 27 II 796 .34

Huntsville, Ala.

10 46838 1.36 32. Garrett Corporation 36 10 661 .31

Los Angeles, Calif.

14 42705 1.24 33. Bellcomm, Inc. 35 10 000 .29

Washington, D.C.

15 40460 1.17 34. Hughes Aircraft Co. 22 9675 .28

Culver City, Calif.

18 31969 .93 35. Comm. Satellite Corp. 74 8460 .25

Andover, Me.

17 31 823 .92 36. ILC Ind ustries, Inc. 48 8085 .23

Dover, Del.

24 26791 .78 37. Vitro Corporation of America 38 7513 .22

Huntsville, Ala.
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of Contract Performancea FY 1967 of Dollars of Total of Contract Performancea FY 1967 

38. Westinghouse Electric Corp. 32 7370 .21 57. Wackenhut Services, Inc. 

Friendship Airport, Md. Houston, Tex.

39. Fairchild Hiller Corp. 34 6747 .20 58. American Tel.

& Tel. Co. 58 

Greenbelt, Md. Greenbelt, Md.

40. American Science

& Engrg., 59. Scientific Data Systems 44 

Inc. (S) 59 6471 .19 Santa Monica, Calif.

Cambridge, Mass. 60. Thiokol Chemical Corp. 29 

41. Leasco Systems

& Research Corp. 49 6291 .18 Brunswick, Ga.

College Park, Md. 61. Aero Spacelines, Inc. (S) 60 

42. Spaco, Inc. (S) 45 6039 .18 Van Nuys, Calif.

Huntsville, Ala. 62. Graham Engineering Co., Inc. (S) 43 

43. Radiation, Inc. 77 5507 .16 Houston, Tex.

Melbourne, Fla. 63. Computer Application, Inc. 64 

44. Zia Co. 52 5364 .16 New York, N.Y.

Las Cruces, N.M. 64. Chesapeake

& Potomac Tel. Co. 

45. Avco Corp. 71 5309 .15 r.re..nbelt. Md.

Lowell, Mass. 65. Southern Bell Tel. Co. 57 

46. Management Services, Inc. 54 5302 .15 Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

Huntsville, Ala. 66. Dynalectron Corp. 85 

47. Air Products

& Chemicals, Inc. 28 5244 .15 Houston, Tex.

Allentown, Pa. 67. Wolf Research

& Develop. Corp. 65 

48. Sanders Associates, Inc. 51 5231 .15 Arlington, Va.

Nashua, N.H. 68. Texas Instruments, Inc. 78 

49. Computing

& Software, Inc. 66 4721 .14 Attleboro, Mass.

Greenbelt, M(l. 69. Electronic Associates, Inc. 67 

50. Perkin-Elmer Corp. 62 4717 .14 West Long Branch, N.J.

Norwalk, Conn. 70. Comcor, Inc. 

51. Ball Brothers Research Corp. 46 4496 .13 Anaheim, Calif.

Boulder. Colo. 71. Lawrence, J. H. Co. (S) 69 

52. Teledyne, Inc. 4177 •12 Greenbelt, Md.

Northridge, Calif. 72. Catalytic Construction Co. 31 

53. Weston Instruments, Inc. 4037 .12 Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

College Park, Md. 73. Int'l. Tel.

& Tel. Corp. 75 

Fort Wayne, Ind. 54. Minnesota Mining

& Mfg. Co. 93 4009 .12 74. SJ Industries, Inc. (S) 

Hutchinson, Minn. Alexandria, Va.

55. Bell Aerospace Corp. 39 3720 .Il 75. Western Gear Corp. 

Buffalo, N.Y. Hampton, Va.

56. Hayes International Corp. 41 3702 .Il 76. Cleveland Elec. llluminating Co. 97 

Birmingham, Ala. Cleveland, Ohio
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2110 .06 89. Klate Holt Co. (S) 1 621 .05

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Akron, Ohio

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Huntsville, Ala.

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Santa Clara, Calif.

7U 2023 .06 93. Wyle Laboratories 1 515 .04

Hampton, Va.

Co. 1 9'13 .06 94. Motorola, Inc. 84 1 513 .04

Scottsdale, Ariz.

Inc. 72 I 847 .05 95. Hazeltine Corp. 96 1454 .04

New York, N.Y. 96. Systems Engrg. Labs., Inc. (S) 80 1440 .04 

. 83 1803 .05 Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. 

97. Xerox Corp. 1347 .04 

ons, Inc. 98 I 782 .05 Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 

98. Southwestern Bell Tel. Co. 1 346 .04

c. 1 755 .05 Houston, Tex.

99. Hewlett-Packard Co. 1 315 .04

1702 .05 Palo Alto, Calif.

100. A-V Corp. (S) 1 306 .04

100 1 635 .05 Houston, Tex.

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NASA Pasadena Office 

Ames Research Center 

Electronics Research Center 

Flight Research Center 

Goddard Space Flight Center 

Goddard Institute for Space Studies 

John F. Kennedy Space Center 

Langley Research Center 

Lewis Research Center 

Plum Brook Station 

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White Sands Test Facility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

George C. Marshall Space Flight Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

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6-10 Total Procurement Activity by Fiscal Year: NASA Pasadena Office 

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6-82 Technical Facilities: Crew Systems 

6-83 Technical Facilities: Environmental Test Chambers .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

6-84 Technical Facilities: Flight Simulation and Training 

6-85 Technical Facilities: Guidance and Control 

6-86 Technical Facilities: Instrumentation and Electronics Systems 

6-87 Technical Facilities: Propulsion and Power, Landing and Recovery, and Information Systems 

6-88 Technical Facilities: Space Science 

6-89 Technical Facilities: Structures and Mechanics 

6-90 Technical Facilities: White Sands Test Facility 

6-91 Industrial Real Property 

6-92 Property 

6-93 Value of Real Property Components as Percentage of Total 

6-94 Personnel ·.............................

6-95 Personnel: White Sands Test Facility 

6-96 Distribution of Permanent Personnel Positions by Fiscal Year and Budget Activity 

6-97 Funding by Fiscal Year 

6-98 Actual Obligations for Construction of Facilities by Fiscal Year and Program Year 

6-99 Total Procurement Activity by Fiscal Year ..........•....................................

6-100 Awards to Personnel Granted under Section 306 of the Space Act of 1958 

Marshall Space Flight Center

6-101 Technical Facilities: Aero-Astrodynarnics 

6-102 Technical Facilities: Astrionics 

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chnical Facilities: Quality and Reliability Assurance 391

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Industrial Property. 402

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sonnel: Michoud Assembly Facility (Including Computer Operations Office) 406

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(Including Computer Operations Office) ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 409

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6-131 Property " . . . . . . . . . 

6-132 Value of Real Property Components as Percentage of Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

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6-139 Technical Facilities: Radar and Tracking 

6-140 Technical Facilities: Telemetry 

6-141 Technical Facilities Other Than Launch, Radar and Tracking, Telemetry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

6-142 Industrial Real Property 

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as the Administration deems necessary within and

outside the continental United States; to acquire by

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Introduction

On October 1, 1958, NASA consisted of a Headquarters staff in Washington and nearly 7700 persons working in the research laboratories that had

been part of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Since the

establishment of the first laboratory in 1917, these NACA laboratories with

their personnel and facilities had formed the Nation's chief governmental

research capability in aeronautics. With the signing of the National Aeronautics and Space Act on July 29, 1958, President Eisenhower implemented

the decision made in March 1958 that the civilian space program would be

built on the NACA core.

The installation profiles in this chapter describe this effort to structure a

new agency. They also show the impact of NASA's program acceleration after

1961 and present a detailed picture of each installation complementary to the

overall view of previous chapters.

Of the 7867 persons who became NASA permanent employees on October

1, 1958, more than one third were aeronautical research scientists or

engineers. Nearly all of them worked in the field at the three laboratories

which became "Centers" with the establishment of NASA-Langley Research

Center, Ames Research Center, and Lewis Research Center-and at the High

Speed Flight Station (renamed Flight Research Center in 1959). These

experienced persons brought to NASA a basic strength in aerodynamics,

propulsion, structures, and materials research.

Expansion of the capabilities of the basic group of NASA installations

began in December 1958 (see Figure 6-1) when contract functions and

Government-owned facilities of the California Institute of Technology's Jet

Propulsion Laboratory were transferred from the U.S. Army to NASA.

Scientists and engineers at Jet Propulsion Laboratory brought NASA

additional competence in spacecraft technology, propulsion, lunar and

planetary sciences, and deep-space tracking and data acquisition.

The first new NASA installation was authorized by Congress in August

223

1958 and was under construction in Greenbelt, M

1959. The new Center, designated Goddard Space 

house NASA space flight programs, with an in

satellite specialists transferred from the Naval Rese

Since the summer of 1946, Langley's Pilotless 

had operated the experimental station on Wallop

the Langley Research Division in 1945. In 1959 

sounding rocket launch facilities, became an autono

In 1960 Marshall Space Flight Center was 

Alabama, with the transfer to NASA of the U

Agency's Development Operations Division. This 

1960-added to NASA engineering strength in lau

vehicle design, development, assembly, and testing.

The decision to "take longer strides" in space 

Rover, and applications satellite programs becam

Kennedy delivered his second State of the Union m

Congress on May 25, 1961. He urged commitme

the goal of landing men on the moon and retur

before the decade was out and asked for quicker d

rocket and worldwide weather and communication

Congress endorsed his proposals and, one week 

1962 Appropriations Act, NASA announced on A

Canaveral had been chosen as the site for manne

Acquisition of acreage in the Merritt Island area b

year, with funds reprogrammed from the NASA 

account. At that time, all NASA launches were co

Station or from U.S. Air Force facilities at Cape 

Space Flight Center maintained its Launch Operatio

To meet precise schedules planned for lunar 

facilities but all installations for manned space flig

year-round operations were possible. Originally NA
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zed 1952; named NACA High Speed Flight Station and made autonomous 7/1/54; designated FRC 9/27/59

I Authorized 1958; dedicated 3/16/61

I Established under Langley in 1945; became autonomous 5/1/59

I Established 3/60; transfer of personnel from U.S. Army effective 7/1/60

I Designated 12/18/61

I Established 6/16/62

I Manager appointed 10/1/62

I Establ ished 8/29/60

Established 1/3/61 as Space Task Group; major occupancy of Clear Lake site 2/64

T

I Establ ished 11 /62

I Established 3/7/62, effective 7/1/62, as Launch Operations Center; redesignated KSC 12/20/63

I Established 3/7/62; disestablished 10/1/65 I

I Established 8/14/62; dISestablished 9/1/65 1

I I I 

I Established 9/1/64

I Established 5/11/62 as part of WOO; autonomous 6/16/66; disestablished 4/9/67 I

I Established 2/1/62 as part of WOO; made autonomous 3/12/64

I rEstablished 6/23/63 as part of LOC; placed under Hq. 4/15/65I

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program had been expected to move to Goddard Space Flight Center, but

with the lunar landing decision the expanding program needed separate

facilities. On September 19, 1961, NASA announced that a new Manned

Spacecraft Center would be built near Houston, Texas.

Two more sites in a temperate climate were required for assembling and

testing of launch vehicles. On September 7, 1961, NASA announced its

decision to convert an Army manufacturing plant in New Orleans into a

launch vehicle assembly facility. The new fabrication site, later designated

Michoud Assembly Facility, was to accommodate several contractors under

one roof. Organizationally, it was part of Marshall Space Flight Center, which

had been assigned responsibiJity for development of Saturn launch vehicles. A

second component of Marshall, near Michoud along the inland water route

from Huntsville to the Gulf of Mexico, was announced on October 25,1961.

This site in southwestern Mississippi, later designated Mississippi Test Facility,

was to serve as a central test area for launch vehicles and engines.

To carry out the accelerated nuclear rocket program, in July 1961 NASA

signed anew, more detailed agreement with the Atomic Energy Commission

for the joint Space Nuclear Propulsion Office. In February 1962, NASA and

the AEC announced establishment of the Nuclear Rocket Development

Station in Nevada.

In March 1962, Marshall's Launch Operations Directorate reorganized, and

NASA established two new field installations-Pacific Launch Operations

Office and the Launch Operations Center, renamed on December 23, 1963,

the John F. Kennedy Space Center, NASA. On October 1, 1965, Pacific

Launch Operations Office was disestablished and all NASA launch responsibilities, except for Scout vehicle launches (supervised by Langley Research

Center), were consolidated under Kennedy Space Center.

In late 1961 NASA began efforts to remedy a remaining gap in its in-house

technical competence. Space flight experience had shown a need for

increasing capabilities in electronics research and technology, and NASA's

Office of Advanced Research and Technology recommended establishment of

a new center specializing in this field. In January 1963, the NASA FY 1964

budget request sent to Congress included $5 million to begin the new

installation and on September 1, 1964, Electronics Research Center was

officially established in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Providing administrative and other support for these field installations

were several NASA field offices-the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Liaison

Office, Western Support Office (which evolved from a small NACA California

liaison office), NASA Pasadena Office, No

NASA Office-Downey. By mid-1968 all these office

except the NASA Pasadena Office, which adminis

California Institute of Technology for the opera

Laboratory.

Division of effort among the Centers in the early y

on an unavoidable distinction between the establi

formerly NACA-operated' and ,the rapidly growing 

Ames, Lewis, and Flight-occupied with advanced 

studies-were thought of as "research" Centers, whil

(the new "space flight" Centers), Manned Spac

Propulsion Laboratory were considered principally 

During this period the development Centers were 

portion of their resources to supporting research, an

assigned specific development projects closely relate

Centaur project, Ames' Pioneer project, and Langl

examples of this project distribution. 

For an initial period of two years following th

decision, Center directors were placed under the As

clarify and strengthen his central position as gene

program expansion demanded further refmement of 

ment structure in Headquarters to operate the comp

the field installations began in late 1963 to repor

Administrators of Headquarters program offices, 

management. After November 1963, Marshall, Mann

nedy Space Centers reported to the Office of Manned 

Wallops, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Pacific La

reported to the Office of Space Science and Applica

Langley, and Lewis reported to the Office of A

Technology. Based on primary program activity of 

than on a distinction between research and d

organizational lineup was still effective in mid-1968. 

performed by the Centers in each major program a

indicated in Table 6-a.

This chapter presents data on Headquarters an

installations arranged alphabetically. Installations th

grouped in the section of former field activities. In

land, and !eadership; a history, documented 
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0 11 800 6506 0 0 0 18306

(64.5) (35.5) (0.5)

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tables on property, personnel, finances, and procurement are given for each

installation and its components. These tables offer an installation-byinstallation look at data presented for NASA as a whole in other chapters of

the book. Definitions of terms used in the tables of Chapter Six may be

found in introductions to pertinent preceding chapters.

Tables listing recipients of NASA incentive an

given at the end of each installation section. Thes

limitations of the present volume, a partial substit

installation's history not examined here-the pe

Future program and Center histories shoulQ provid

chapter.
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In 1958 NASA Headquarters was housed in the Dolle

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the National Capilol and the Library of Congress.
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Location: Washington, D.C.

Land: None. As of June 30, 1968, NASA Headquarters occupied

all or part of the following Government-owned, GSAleased, or contractor-leased buildings:

Federal Office Building No.6, 400 Maryland Ave.,

S.W.

Federal Office Building No .. lOB, 600 Independence

Ave., S.W.

Reporters Building, 300 7th Street, S.W.

Temporary E, 4th Street and Adams Drive, S.W.

Building at 1100 17th Street, N.W. (contractorleased).

Van Ness Center, 4301 Connecticut Ave., N.W. (contractor-leased).

NASA Warehouse, 1411 South Fern Street, Arlington, Va.

NASA Scientific and Technical Information Facility,

5007-09 Calvert Street, College Park. Md.

Administrator: Thomas O. Paine (Oct. 7, 1968- , Acting Administrator).

James E. Webb (Feb. 14, 1961-0ct. 7,1968).

T. Keith Glennan (Aug. 19, 1958-Jan. 20,1961).

Deputy Administrator:

Thomas O. Paine (March 25, 1968-0ct. 7, 1968).

Robert C. Jr. (Dec. 21, 1965-Jan. 5, 1968).

Hugh L. Dryden (Sept. 19, 1958.tDec. 2,1965).

Associate Administrator:

Homer E. Newell (Oct. I , 1967- ).

Robert C. Seamans, Jr. (Sept. I, 1960-0ct. 1, 1967).

Richard E. Horner (June I, 1959-July 15,1960).

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History

The National Advisory Committee for Aeronaut

moved in June 1954 from 1724

F Street, N.W., t

1512

H Street,

N.W" It was still on

H Street in th

launch of the U.S.S.R.'s Sputnik I led to a thoroug

United States space activities and a debate on the 

program, particularly on the extent to which 

orientation. % NACA management developed space 

early 1958, and on March 5 President Eisenhower ap

tions of his Advisory Committee on Government O

space agency be built on the existing NACA str

legislation to establish a National Aeronautics and S

to Congress, and the NACA was directed to plan 

programs, internal organization, and management s

new functions to be assigned to NASA.'

After the signing of the Space Act on July 29, 

NASA sought additional building space. In Septemb

Administrator occupied the newly acquired Dolley M

Street, N.W. Built in 1830 by Benjamin Tayloe, 

occupied by the wife of President James Madis

Around the turn of the twentieth century, when th

Cosmos Club, it provided temporary quarters in W

'NACA Headquarters had been on

F Street since 19

occupied the Leiter Mansion at 1500 New Hampshire Av

Navy Building; 1918-1919, a building at 4th Street and Miss

Munsey Building; and in 1915, the State, War, and Navy Dep

2 Day book, William M. Thompson, General Systems B

Management Division, formerly NACA Fiscal Officer; Rosho

NASA, Chapter One.

'Memorandum for the President from the Presiden

Government Organization, March 5, 1958; cited in Rosho

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958, Dolley Madison House officially became the

uarters.4

ber 196Cpart of NASA Headquarters moved into

ral Office Building No.6, which it shared with the

cation, and Welfare. On November 8, 1963, NASA

f asecond new Federal Office Building, No. lOB.

ho since 1963 had occupied the Universal Building,

ut Avenue, N.W., moved in October and November

Building at 300 7th Street, S.W., near the two

Office Buildings. NASA's Procurement Division

ding in April 1966 for space in No. lOB, and in

Program Office left No. lOB to initiate a planned

nt Plaza North Building.5

reflected the overall growth of NASA. It was also

singly complex Headquarters functions assumed in

ACA, with its FY 1958 appropriation of $117.3

an appropriation of nearly $2 billion by FY 1962,

n FY 1965. .

of Headquarters was to fonn. a unified agency out

the NACA and the Naval Research Laboratory

cutive Order 10783 on October 1, 1958, and·

the U.S. Army of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory

perations Division of the Army Ballistic Missile

tories had operated with a relatively high degree of

and policy direction had emanated from a small

that permitted many informal and direct con

by a Director, Executive Secretary, and Associate

e rust official NASA Headquarters organization

NASA occupied not only Dolley Madison House and the

s times used space in buildings at 736 Jackson Place, 801

treet, N.W., 7th and D Streets, S.w., and a temporary

Lincoln Memorial.

ommittee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences, NASA

1964, Hearings, Pt. 2, 88th Cong., 1st sess., June 12, 13,

.C.: GPO, 1963), 1046-1049; interview with Sidney G.

nt Branch, NASA Administrative Services Division, July

History ofNASA, 29, 33-34.

retained a trio of top management positions-Administrator, Deputy

Administrator, and Associate Administrator. Program activities in 1958 were

divided between "research" and "development," but after a little more than a

year this distinction was changed to "advanced research" and "space flight,"

with an additional category for launch vehicle programs. A few months later,

a fourth program area oflife sciences was established.'

In 1961 the importance of Headquarters as central coordinator of the

agency's projects was heightened by a national policy decision that clarified

the immediate goals of United States efforts in space. On May 25, 1961,

President Kennedy urged a joint session of Congress to accelerate the Nation's

space program by committing resources to a manned lunar landing before the

end of the decade and to development of a nuclear rocket and worldwide

applications satellite systems. Congress approved his proposal in authorizations enacted in July and the Appropriations Act for FY 1962 in August

1961.8

To implement these national objectives, NASA had to expand. Sudden

growth demanded immediate solutions to administrative and program

problems of directing interrelated research and development projects. Two

basic problems were the demarcation of major program areas and the

establishment of effective working relationships between Headquarters and

the directors of field Centers.

NASA Headquarters responded to the 1961 decision by dropping earlier

program area distinctions and establishing four new offices for Manned Space

Flight, Space Sciences, Applications, and Advanced Research and Technology. At the same time, the Center directors were placed organizationally

directly under the Associate Administrator to strengthen the control of

general management. Initial steps to improve staff services to general

management also were taken in 1961 by setting up staff offices for Programs

and Administration. Division directors in the Headquarters Office of

Administration were to serve as functional managers, responsible for high

standards of performance in their own areas of specialization throughout

NASA and its field installations.'

7Major NASA orgarnzation charts are given in Appendix B of this volume. A collection of organization charts 1958-1963 is given in Rosholt, Administrative History of

NASA. Append. B.

8p.L 87-98, 75 Stat. 216, July 21, 1961, and P.L. 87-141, 75 Stat. 342, Aug. 17,

1961.

'NASA Announcement 314, June 5,1961; NASA Release 61-213, Sept. 24, 1961;

Rosholt, Administrative History ofNASA. 297.
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After two years the gain in central control permitted further refmement of

the Headquarters organizational structure. After November 1963, Center

directors reported directly to program offices instead of to general management, and program office directors were given the title of Associate

Administrator for their respective areas.' 0 By combining the Office of

Applications with the Office of Space Sciences, the program offices were

reduced to three, but eventually the Office ofTracking and Data Acquisition

became a fourth program office.I' This group of four was still the same in

mid-1968.

With a stable lineup of program offices, organizational planning after 1963

a series ofrealignments in staff offices designed to facilitate the flow

of accurate information to the top. By 1968 two new major management

positions had evolved to deal with internal and external matters. An Associate

Administrator for Organization and Management was placed over staff offices

concerned chiefly with internal problems, while an Associate Deputy

Administrator managed staff offices concerned with international, legislative,'

and public affairs. ' 2

In addition to the well-known programs managed by Headquarters offices

and the normal administrative workload of any large organization, in 1968

Headquarters functions included handling relations with Congress, the

Department of Defense, and other Government agencies; patent issues arising

from NASA-sponsored investigations; negotiation and review of special

contracts; labor relations; contracts with the academic community dealt with

by a special Office of University Affairs; and quick dissemination of technical

information through the work of the Office of

the -growing Headquarters personnel complement assembled to carry out

these functions can be traced along with the expansion of the physical plant

and the refinement of the organizational structure. In the fall of 1958 when

the'NACA became the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, only

180 persons were employed in NASA Headquarters-a little over two percent

of the 7966 total paid employees. The permanent staff included nine persons

holding excepted positions and 37 aeronautical research scientists and

engineers.

'ONASA Release 63-225,Oct. 9, 1963.

, 'NASA Release 66-3, Jan. 2, 1966. The Office of Tracking and Data Acquisition

had previously been lined up with the other program offices by an organization chart

effective from April 26, 1963, through Nov. 1, 1963.

'2NASA Releases 6749 and 67-50; NASA Management Instruction llOl.IA, Attachment A, May I, 1968.

The largest annual increment in personnel cam

lunar landing decision; between December 19

Headquarters permanent personnel increased by 

1641. The total number of NASA permanent emp

the period ending December 31, 1966. On that 

reported 2152 permanent employees-more than 

total. Of these 2152 persons, 160 held excepte

classified as scientists or engineers. Because of 

. quarters had reduced its permanent staff to 2077 b

Mission

As of 1968 the mission of NASA Headquarter

executive direction for programs authorized by th

the national objectives stated in the National Aero

1958, as amended:

(1) Conducting research into, and for the solut

within and outside the earth's atmosphere and 

testing, and operating aeronautical and space vehicle

(2) conducting activities required for the ex

manned and unmanned vehicles;

(3) Arranging for participation by the scientifi

scientific measurements and observations to be 

aeronautical and space vehicles and conducting or 

of measurements and observations;

(4) Providing for the widest practicable and app

information concerning its activities and the results.

The following offices in Headquarters assisted m

the technical aspects of this mission.

Office ofManned Space Flight-As of 1968 OM

NASA activities directly related to manned space f

of Manned Space Flight held launch responsibility 

unmanned missions utilizing the three installations 

the manned space flight programs:

(1) George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, inc

Computer Operations Office, and Mississip

l:2) Manned Spacecraft Center, including White S

'3NASA Personnel Division. For additional data on 

Table 6-2 and Otapter Three.
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pace Center, including NASA activities at the 

nges. 

and Applications-OSSA was responsible for the

ght program directed toward scientific investi

sun, planets, and interplanetary space utilizing

space techniques such as sounding rockets, earth

obes; for scientific experiments to be conducted

n and training of astronaut-scientists; for research

flight applications in such areas as meteorology,

, geodesy, and earth resources surveys, and for

systems using these developments; and for the

and use of light- and medium-class launch

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applications programs:

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responsible for the planning, direction,execution, evaluation, documentation,

and dissemination of the results of all NASA research and technology

programs conducted primarily to demonstrate the feasibility of a concept,

structure, component, or system which might have general application to the

Nation's aeronautical and space objectives; and for coordinating NASA's

supporting research and technology program. The Office of Advanced

Research and Technology had over-all institutional responsibility for the

research Centers primarily carrying out NASA's advanced research programs:

(I) Ames Research Center,

(2) Electronics Research Center,

(3) Flight Research Center,

(4) Langley Research Center,

(5) Lewis Research Center,(6) Space Nuclear Propulsion Office.

Office of Tracking and Data Acquisition-OIDA was responsible for the

development, implementation, and operation of tracking, data acquisition,

communications, and data-processing facilities, systems, and services required

for NASA ·flight systems; and for coordination of the management of

automatic data-processing systems and services.
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(as ofJune 30; in thousands)

$1340

1963

$1735

1964

$1658

1965

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Table 6-2. Personnel

1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 

9/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 

Requested for FY ending 200e 488f 715g 951 

Total,paid employees 180 274 429 484 585 662 748 960 1477 1693 

Permanent 176 267 420 477 561 645 716 922 1321 1641 

Temporary 4 7 9 7 24 17 32 38 156 52 

Code group (permanent only)

200b 2 2 4 5 8 7 11 8 9 9 

700c 35 55 101 115 121 154 176 213 320 443 

900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

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600 d 0 0 0 0 0 167 203 274 411 488 

500 134 202 302 343 415 300 306 398 545 660 

300 1 1 4 4 5 5 8 14 19 24 

100 4 7 9 10 12 12 12 15 17 17 

Subtotal 139 210 315 357 432 484 529 701 992 1189 

Excepted: on duty 9 46 68 72 88 96 100 108 133 156 

Accessions: permanent 375 107 147 75 135 1412 107 251 435 369 Accessions: temporary 86 7 11 13 23 281 43 27 123 39 

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1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30

quested for FY ending 2300 2100 2156 2135 2611

al, paid employees 2158 2026 2135 2112 2336 2274 2373 2176 2310

Permanent 1978 1966 1998 2019 2081 2152 2138 2093 2077

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900 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2

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500 745 717 729 740 775 767 761 709 707

300 18 15 13 7 8 7 11 8 8

100 20 18 17 17 20 26 25 21 20

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cepted: on duty 157 166 147 154 153 160 159 169 177

cessions: permanent 118 135 144 169 222 235 162 NA" NA

cessions: temporary 152 40 101 91 196 30 104 NA NA

litary detailees 33 40 40 37 33 32 30 24 23

a1ncludes Electronics Research Task Group.

bBeginning June 30, 1961, the data reflect conversion

some professionals from the 200 occupational code

oup (engineers) to the 700 code group (aerospace

chnologists). For key to code group numbers and

finition of terms, see Chapter Three.

CData before June 30, 1961, are for "aeronautical re

arch scientists." Beginning June 30, 1961, the data

flect conversion of these personnel members to the

0 code group (aerospace technologists).

urce: NASA Personnel Division. Data through Dec. 31,

1966, from NASA Quarterly Personnel Statistical

Report; data after Dec. 31, 1966, from Personnel

Management Information System and the NASA

supplement to SF 113-A, "Monthly Report of

Federal Civilian Employment Short Form."

dBefore Dec. 31, 1960, the data reflect inclusion of code

group 600 personnel in the 500 code group.

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Office.

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Operations Office and 6 for Pacific Missile Range Office.

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Activity 1959b 1960b 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 

Manned space flight 147 567 437 419 453 578 

(% of total) (2.9) (16.0) (19.6) (41.7) (23.6) (20.0) (20.9) (22.3) 

Space applications 84 58 27 37 41 48 

(% of total) (1.0) (3.0) (11.2) (4.3) (1.5) (1.8) (1.9) (1.9) 

Unmanned investigations in space 243 287 147 159 184 225 

(% of total) (1.9) (7.0) (32.4) (21.2) (8.0) (7.6) (8.5) (8.7) 

Space research and technology 179 279 158 189 190 207 

(% of total) (15.4) (24.0) (23.8) (20.5) (8.6) (9.0) (8.8) . (8.0) 

Aircraft technologyC 56 41 22 22 27 27 

(% of total) (77.9) (46.0) (7.4) (3.0) (1.2) (Ll) (1.3) (1.0) 

Supporting activitiesd 42 128 1056 1265 1268 1507 

(% of total) (0.9) (4.0) (5.6) (9.4) (57.2) (60.5) (58.6) (58.1) 

Total 751 1360 1847 2091 2163 2592 

aBased on number of actual positions reported in annual NASA Budget Estimates.

FY 1961 actual figure was reported in NASA, Budget Estimates, FY 1963; FY 1962

actual ftgure was reported in NASA, Budget Estimates, FY 1964; etc.

bActual positions data are not available for FY 1959 and FY 1960. Percentages

in these two columns are based on distribution used by NASA Office of Programming, Budget Operations Division, in preparing History ofBudget Plans, Actual

Obligations, and A ctual Expenditures for Fiscal Years 1959 Through 1963 (Washington, D.C.: NASA, 1965), Section 8.

Source: NASA, Budget Estimates, FY 1963-FY 1969; NASA, Budget Operations Division.

cFY 1961 figure represents "Aircraft and missile tech

dFy 1963 and later figures include tracking and data 

university program, technology utilization, and general su

Until FY 1963, general support positions were reported w

budget activities. FY 1961 figure represents tracking and 

and FY 1962 figure represents tracking and data acquisit

utilization (reported as "Industrial applications").
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Table 6-4. Funding by Fiscal Year

(program plan as of May 31, 1968, in millions)

1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 Total

$112.30 $157.70 $70.20 $55.50 $136.70 $158.60 $179.90 $171.00 $157.40 $336.70 $1536.00

5.67 8.53 13.87 25.95 51.30 47.09 51.76 54.24 57.53 58.44 374.38

$117.97 $166.23 $84.07 $81.45 $188.00 $205.69 $231.66 $225.24 $214.93 $395.14 $1910.38

ropriations were for salaries and expenses; FY 1963

esearch, development, and operation.

Source: NASA, Office of Programming, Budget Operations Division, History of

Budget Plans, Actual Obligations, and Actual Expenditures for Fiscal

Years 1959 Through 1963 (Washington, D.C.: NASA, February 1965);

NASA, Budget Operations Division, "Status of Approved Programs,"

FY 1959-FY 1968, May 1968.

Table 6-5. Total Procurement Activity by Fiscal Year

(money amounts in millions)

1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 . 1966 1967 1968 Total

$116.1 $25.3 $67.7 $155.1 $189.0 $209.0 $187.1 $168.9 $436.1a $1554.3

34% 3% 4% 5% 4% 4% 4% 3.6% 10.6% 5.3%

NASA Pasadena Office total. Source: NASA, Procurement and Supply Division, NASA Procurement: October 1,

1958 to June 30,1960 (Washington, D.C.: NASA, September 1960); NASA,

Annual Procurement Report, Fiscal Years 1961-1968 (Washington, D.C.:

NASA, 1962-1968).
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NASA DAYTONA BEACH OPERATION

History'

Resident Manager: S. S. Schneider (Jan. 7,1963- ).

On December I, 1962, NASA established a Headquarters NASA Plant

Officer at the General Electric Company, Daytona Beach, Florida. 2 The

office was officially opened February 4,1963.

NASA Daytona Beach Operation was established June 23, 1963, as an

integral part of NASA Launch Operations Center (redesignated John F.

Kennedy Space Center, NASA, December 20, 1963).3 On April 15,1965,

Daytona Beach Operation was placed under the NASA Headquarters Office

of Manned Space Flight, with the Resident Manager reporting directly to the

Director of the Apollo Program.4 

12/31 

1964

12/31 6/30

1963

6/30

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(total paid employees)

(2) Providing support in planning and coordina

contractor in NASA programs;

(3) Providing local technical guidance, inspect

production planning and control;

(4) Exercising contract administration author

tracting officers and coordinating matters of m

NASA elements;

(5) Representing NASA with DOD field agenc

(such as security) to NASA in connection w

contractor. 5

Location: Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Florida.

Mission 8 IS 28 34 

The mission of the Daytona Beach Operation was to provide a focal point

for NASA and Department of Defense representation at the General Electric

Company, Apollo Systems Department:

(1) Furnishing administrative support and services to all elements of

Headquarters program offices, field installations, project offices, and other

NASA-DOD activities in residence at the plant;

1966

6/30 12/31

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1967

6/30 12/31

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Source: Kennedy Space Center, Professional Staffi

'This section was prepared by S. S. Schneider, NASA Daytona Beach Operation.

2 NASA Circular 267, Dec. I, 1962.

'NASA Circular 267A, June 23, 1963;KSC Release 67.Q4.

4 NASA Management Instruction 1138.2, April 15, 1965. 5 NASA Management Instruction 1138.2A, Sept. 29, 19
NASA HISTORICAL DATA BOOK

E

tract with the California Institute of Technology

pulsion Laboratory became a NASA responsibility

initial NASA contract was negotiated by Head

o-day administration decisions delegated to a

sentative in the U.S. Army Ordnance District, Los

ve approvals and decisions were assigned to the

mes Research Center, who visited JPL one or two

nuary 1, 1960, responsibility for negotiation and

s delegated to the new Procurement and Con

estern Operations Office (WOO), Santa Monica,

1, 1962, a Contracting Officer's Representative,

by Earle J. Sample and his staff at the NASA Pasadena

Dec. 3, 1958, Subject: Transferring Certain Functions

e to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

, Contracting Officer, NASA Hq., to Col. Paul H. Scor

S. Army Ordnance District, Jan. 22, 1959, Subject:

Officer's Representative, Contract No. Letter,

's Representative, Army Ordnance, to NASA, June 11,

orney under Contract at California Institute of Tech

ry, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Con

Hq., to Commanding Officer, Army Ordnance, Nov. 12,

inistration-Designation of NASA Western Operations

Cushman, NASA Hq., to WOO, Attn. Earle J. Sample,

ct Administration-Designation of NASA Western Opera

Letter, Cushman, NASA Hq., to Commanding Oflicer,

s Angeles County, California.

ple (Oct. 19, 1965- ).

(Director, NASA Resident Office-JPL, March 12,

19,1965; Manager, WOO NASA Residency-JPL,

963-March 12, 1964).

assisted by a staff of three, was placed in residence at JPL as an extension of

the Contracts Management Division (as it was called then) of the Western

Operations Office. He was designated Manager, NASA Residency-JPL,s and

was given the duties formerly delegated to Army Ordnance and the

Procurement Officer at Ames Research Center. His function was day-to-day

contract administration. Responsibility for negotiation of the master contract

between NASA and Caltech and major changes to it remained a responsibility

of the Procurement Officer in the Contracts Management Division, Western

Operations Office.

On April 8, 1963, the staff was increasl:id to 10 persons and the Residency

was detached from the Contracts Management Division and assigned to the

Director, Western Operations Office. Later in 1963, the staff was increased to

17 persons. On March 12, 1964, NASA established the NASA Resident

Office-JPL (NRO-JPL), and the new office reported directly to the NASA

Headquarters Associate Administrator for Space Science and Applications.'Responsibility for negotiation with Caltech remained with the Contracts

Management Division, Western Operations Office.

With the emergence of the Voyager program as a major activity and the

decision to assign project management to IPL, with procurement of major

system contracts directly by NASA, the Deputy Administrator directed on

October 19, 1965, that certain elements of the WOO procurement and

contract administration staff be relocated to Pasadena "to form a NASA

Voyager Pr.ocurement Management Group (VPMG)" and that "certain other

procurement functions currently performed by WOO ... should be relocated

to Pasadena ...." These two groups, plus the JPL contract administration

group already in Pasadena, would report to a "single NASA Resident

Representative and ... overall Director of NASA contract activities ...."7

Army Ordnance, Jan. 21, 1959, Subject: Appointment as Contracting Officer's Representative, Contract No. NASw-6; Letter, Cushman, NASA Hq., to WOO, Attn. Earle J.

Sample, June 6, 1961, Subject: Revisions to Contract For a brief history of

WOO and WSO, see the section Former Field Activities in Chapter six.

5 Memorandum, Earle J. Sample, Chief Contracts Management Division, WOO, for

Director, WOO, Jan. 23, 1962, Subject: Contracts Administration Division Reorganization.

6 NASA Management Instruction 2-2-17, March 12, 1964, Subject: Establishment

and Functions of the NASA Resident Office-JPL.

7Memorandum, Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr., NASA Associate Administrator, to

Associate Administrator for Space Science and Applications and Deputy Associate

Administrator for Industry Mfairs, Oct. 19, 1965, Subject: Prime Contracting Arrangefor Voyager.
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This action joined three procurement activities and constituted the new

NASA Pasadena Office formalized August 8, 1966."

An initial cadre of 10 relocated to Pasadena from WOO October 21, 1965,

grew to a total of 89 in 1966; 15 persons were assigned full-time to the

Voyager program until it was canceled November 1. 1967. With cuts in the

FY 1968 budget, some elements of the Western Operations Office were made

a part of the NASA Pasadena Office. WOO was disestablisheCl and Nal'U was

substantially reduced to 76 persons. 9

"NASA Management Instruction 1138.9, Aug. 8, 1966, Subject: Functions and

Authority-NASA Pasadena Office.

!>NASA Release 67-292; Memorandum, Harold B. Finger, NASA Associate Administrator for Organization and Management, to NASA Administrator James E. Webb, Nov.

15, 1967, Subject: A Plan for Consolidation of Activities at WSO and NaPa; Memorandum, Finger to Earle J. Sample, Director, NaPO, Nov. 21, 1967, Subject: WSO-NaPO

Task Force; Proposed NASA Management Instruction 1138.9A [n.d.), Subject: Functions and Authority-NASA Pasadena Office.

Mission

The Pasadena Office's nnSSlon was negotiatin

istering NASA contracts with the California Instit

operation of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory; provid

administration, and related services in support of t

and Applications (OSSA) and other NASA orga

ducting a public affairs program in the western Un

the western terminus of the NASA teletype networ

'ONAsA Management Instruction 1138.9.
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Table 6-7. Industrial Real Property: NASA Pasadena Office-JPL

(as of June 30; money amounts in thousands)a

acility

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Land in Hectares Number of Buildings Buildings in Square Meters Land Value

(and acres) (and sq ft)

1967 1968 1967 1968 1967 1968 1967 1968

59.1 59.1 117741.9 129 112.0

(145.9) (145.9) 121 207 (1 267 364) (1 389750) $799 $799

7792.1 8 362.4

0 0 28 36 (83872) (90012) 0 0

445.2 497.9

0 0 II 10 (4792) (5 359.0) 0 0

3511.3 3669.9

0 0 29 32 (37795) (39 503) 0 0

59.1 59.1 129490.4 141 642.2

(145.9) (145.9) 189 285 (I 393823) (1524624) $799 $799

Other Structures Total Real Property

Buildings Value and Facilities Yalue Value

1967 1968 1967 1968 1967 1968

$34871 $41 102 $4770 $ 5084 $40446 $46985

2258 2923 3364 17798 5 (i22 20721

180 170 116 189 296 359

·1228 1 373 1028 I 176 2256 2549

$38543 $45568 $9278 $24247 $48620 $70614

property over 10 years, see section on JPL in this

es not include data on DSN tracking stations other

s for the other stations for FY 1968 are: number of

meters of buildings, 17 915.4 (192840 sq ft); build

; other structures and facilities value, $3 268000;

and total real property value, $8 308000. Comparable data are not available for FY 1967. For breakdown of DSN tracking stations' total real

property for FY 1967 and FY 1968, see Table 2-23 in Chapter Two.

Source: NASA, Office of Facilities.
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1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

Classification 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30

Total, paid employeesa 16 19 20 85 87 91 87 79

Permanent 16 18 20 79 87 86 87 76

Temporary 0 1 0 6 0 5 0 3

Code group (permanent only)a

200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

700 2 3 3 8 8 9 9 8

600 9 10 11 43 49 48 48 39

500 5 5 6 28 30 29 30 28

Excepted: on duty 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1

Military detailees 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14

aFor definition of terms and Code group classifications, see

Chapter Three.

Source: NASA, Personnel Division. Data through Dec. 31, 196

from NASA Quarterly Personnel Statistical Report; da

after Dec. 31, 1966, from NASA Personnel Manageme

Information System and the NASA Supplement to SF

113-A, "Monthly Report of Federal Civilian Employment Short Form."

Table 6-9. Funding by Fiscal Year: NASA Pasadena Office

(program plan as of May 31, 1968; in millions)

Appropriation Title 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 

Research and developmenta $184.10 $202.30 $225.90 $213.60 

Construction of facilitiesb $7.73 $8.56 $3.58 $11.43 3.00 358 .94 .35 

Administrative operationsc 17.47 .88 1.66 

Total $7.73 $8.56 $3.58 $11.43 $187.10 $223.35 $227.72 $215.61 

aData for FY 1963 and prior years included in Western Support Office figures.

bDoes not include facilities planning and design.

CData for FY 1964 and prior years included in Western Support Office figures.

Source: NASA, Office of Programming, Budget Operati

Budget Plans, Actual Obligations, and Actual E

1959 Through 1963 (Washington, D.C.: NASA, 

Budget Operations Division, "Status of Approv

FY 1968, May 1968.
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(money amounts in millions)

Net value of contract awardsa

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1966

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1967

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1968

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2.3%

aFigures include contract with Jet Propulsion

Laboratory.

*1968 amount included in NASA Headquarters total.

Source: NASA, Procurement and Supply Division, NASA

Procurement: October 1, 1959 to June 30,1960

(Washington, D.C.: NASA, September 1960);

NASA, Annual Procurement Report, Fiscal Years

1961-1968 (Washington, D.C.: NASA, 1962-1968).
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Ames Research Cenler, Morfell Field, CalifornQ, photographed from the au in 1963. ARC's mission responsibility has included Ploflu:r 6 (upper right; launched Dec.

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VTOL research with the fan-in-wing Ryan jet aircraft

(near right) beginning in 1968, and feenlry testing in

the Atmosphere Entry Simulator (lower far righl).
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The second National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics laboratory was

authorized by Congress August 9, 1939. A Special Survey Committee on

Aeronautical Research Facilities headed by Col. Charles A. Lindbergh

evaluated 54 proposed locations, and the NACA announced selection of the

40.9-hectare (10 I-acre) Moffett Field site September 22. 2 Moffett Field had

History'

Associate Director:

John F. Parsons (Oct. I, 1958-

NACA Ames Aeronautical

1952-(Oct. 1,1958).

Location:

Land:

Director:

Mountain View, Santa Clara County, California.

148.4 hectares (366.6 acres), total as ofJune 30, 1968:

- 147.9 hectares (365.5 acres) NASA-owned.

0.5 hectares (l.l acres) leased.

- Acquisition of two additional parcels of9.5 and 13.0

hectares (23.5 and 32.0 acres) under consideration.

H. Julian Allen (Oct. 15,1965- ).

Smith J. DeFrance (Oct. I, 1958-Oct. 15, 1965; Director,

NACA Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, June 24, 1947-0ct.

I, 1958; Engineer-in-Charge, NACA Ames Aeronautical

Laboratory, July 25, I 940-June 24, 1947).

; Associate Director

Laboratory, Aug. I,

been a Navy rigid-airship base before its transfer t

1935 for use as an air training base.' Ih April 1942 

property, recommissioning it Moffett Naval Air Stati

December 20, 1939, for the fIrst NACA building o

Parsons arrived January 29,1940, to supervise constr

The name "Ames Aeronautical Laboratory," pro

Dr. Edward P. Warner, honored Dr. Joseph S. Am

Chairman from 1927 to 1939. On April 18, 

commemorating the NACA's 25th anniversary, the 

the public.'

Smith J. DeFrance, Engineer-in-Charge, arrived 

flight research was under way by 1941. The fIrst res

1941, was a study of methods to protect aircraft 

March 13, 1941, 7- by lO-foot wind tunnel No. 1 (

the first time and in August, when the l6-foo

calibration tests, both 7- by lO-foot tunnels be

programs (the 16-foot was converted to the 14-foot t

On June 8, 1944, upon completion of the 40- by 80-

Administration Building, the facility was formally de

Renamed "Ames Research Center" October 1, 19

of NASA, the laboratory, with about one third of i

related, gradually expanded its efforts to cover new a

February 1961, Ames' life science research ac

installation undertook space-project management for 

9, 1962, when it was assigned responsibility fo

Biosatellite project management also was assigned 

1 This section was prepared by Manley J. Hood with additional information provided

by William P. Peterson, both of Ames Research Center.

2Edwin P. Hartman, Adventures in Research: A History ofAmes Research Center,

1940·1965 (Washington, D.C.: NASA SP-4302, 1970), PI. I, Chap. 4; Twenty-FIfth

Annual Report of the NACA, 1939 (Washington, D.C.: GOP, 1940),38-39. The original

site consisted of 25.1 hectares (62 acres) granted Dec. 7, 1939, on revocable use permit

from the U.S. War Department and 15.932 hectares (39.369 acres) of purchased land

decded Dec. 15, 1939.

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3 Hartman, Pt. I, Chap. 5.

4 [bid., Chap. 6.

slbid., Chap. 5; Twenty-Sixth Annual Report of the 

D.C.: GPO, 1941),20.

'Hartman, PI. I, Chaps. 5, 6; Twenty-Sixth Annual Rep

7Hartman, Pt. I, Chaps. 5, 8; George W. Gray, Frontiers 

A. Knopf, 1948),43-50. See Table 6-11 for a list of Ames wi

• Hartman, Pt. 111, Chap. 2.
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of space flight projects remained a minor portion of

ging the Pioneer and Biosatellite projects, Ames

sponsible for numerous space flight experiments.

probes, cosmic-dust collection, navigational and

ssion, thermal-eontrol, and life science experiments

acecraft, including Pioneers, Biosatellites, Explorers,

ni. In addition, several Ames experimenters were

d lunar material. Much of this research at Ames was

on ofthe Space Science Division in 1962.

tended earlier pioneering research in the field of

and developed ground-based simulators into highly

r obtaining design information on critical flight

V/STOL, supersonic, and hypersonic aircraft and by

contributed to the design and development

nd the XV-SA fan-in-wing V/STOL aircraft. Through

ted to improvement of performance, stability, and

and civil aircraft, both conventional and V/STOL.) 0

lunt, high-drag bodies, developed by H. Julian Allen

ion to problems caused by the severe aerodynamic

entry at high speed. Several years later, Ames

al spacecraft shapes to ensure the minimum total

all atmosphere-entry speeds of interest. In addition,

basic understanding of ablative heat shields and to

d heat-shield materials. Studies of manual control

ft during atmosphere entry defined optimum flight

with a wide range of lift-drag ratios. I I

proval Documents 00-84-800-811 and 00-87-800-833, for

cts, respectively.

and 324 ff.

. J. Eggers, Jr., Technical Report 1381 in Forty-Fourth

A, 1958 (Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1959), 1125-38 (super

lication of blunt-body discoveries, NACA Technical Note

A R-236 (May 1966) for a more recent work on optimum

e-entry speeds. For a list of ,Ames publications on ablative

ation Bibliography" (April 18, 1966); for a summary, see

Characteristics and Their Evaluation by Means of MC Jets

" Seventh International Aeronautical Congress, Paris, June

Ames led in developing facilities for simulating high-speed atmosphere

entry-using models shot from light-gas guns into high-speed jets flowing in

the opposite direction or using stationary models in air or other gases heated

by gas-heated pebble beds, by rapid compression, or by electric arcs. Arc-jet

development, which began at Ames in 1956 and increased in intensity

1960-1962, was a major contribution to aerothermodynamic research.) 2

In studies from 1957 on, the use of lifting bodies to develop adequate

aerodynamic characteristics including lift-to-drag ratios required for manned

entry into planetary atmospheres, maneuvering to desired landing sites, and

landing was hypothesized and experimentally verified.

Other significant Ames research achipvements included improved techniques for gravity-gradient stabilization of spacecraft and for midcourse

navigation of manned spacecraft, evidence for lunar origin of tektites and

identification of minerals in meteorites, information on the depth of granular

material on the lunar surface, measurements of the flow ofsolar wind around

the earth, and synthesis of nucleotides.

Mission

Ames Research Center's mission was assigned as research responsibility in

the physical and life sciences, flight-project management responsibility for

Pioneer and Biosatellite projects, and operational responsibility for the NASA

Convair 990 aircraft and other research facilities:

(1) Conducting studies in atmosphere entry and environmental physics,

including basic studies of the physics of high-temperature gases; stability,

control, and performance of a wide range of spacecraft configurations; and

spacecraft materials and structures;

(2) Conducting studies in guidance and control systems;

(3) Conducting aeronautical research directed at fundamental studies in

aerodynamics, propulsion, and operating problems of subsonic, supersonic,

V/STOL, and hypersonic aircraft;

(4) Conducting studies in solar physics, planetary environments, and

geophysics;

(5) Conducting basic research in environmental biology, exobiology, and

biotechnology, including long-term advanced life support systems. I 3

) 2 Hartman, Pt. III, Chap 3.

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(with costs in thousands)

Year Test Section Size in Meters Init. Accum.

Facility Name Built (and feet) Mach No. Range Reynolds No. Range Cost Cost 

7- by 10-foot wind 1941 2.1H x 3.0W x 4.9L CV up to 402.3 km per hr 2.3 x 106 max. $ 438a $ 1318a Low-sp

tunnel No.1 (7H x lOW x 16L) (250 mph) U.S. A

7- by 10-foot wind 1941 NAb NAb Low-sp

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40- by 80-foot wind 1944 12.2H x 24.4W x 24.4L 0.0 to 370 km per hr CV 0.0 to 2.1 x 106 7139 8886 Low-sp

tunnel (40H x 80W x 80L) (0.0 to 230 mph CV) V/STO

12- foot pressure wind 1946 3.5H x 3.5W x 5.5L 0.0 to 0.98 CV 0.0 to 9 x 106 3489 5094 Aerody

tunnel (11.3H x I1.3W x 18L) craft a

of unu

1- by 3-foot supersonic 1946 0.4 to I.5H x 0.3W x 1.7L 0.4 to 0.9 and 1.4 to 6.0 0.5 x 106 to 12 x 106 1228 4118 Aircraf

wind tunnel (1.25 to 2.8H x IW x 5.5L) and hy

6- by 6-foot supersonic 1948 1.8H x 1.8W x 4.4L 0.25 and 0.6 to 2.2 CV 1 x 106 to 5 x 106 3802 6380 Space v

wind tunnel (6H x 6W x 14.4L) hicle st

namics 

ranges

42- inch shock tunnel 1949 Hexagonal, 1.1 dia x 1.8

L 4.5 to 14.0 1 x 104 to 1 x 106 327 1468 Spacec

(formerly I-foot (3.5 dia x 6L) fer stud

shock tunnel)

Pressurized ballistic 1949 0.5 to 1.5 diax 61L 3352.8

m per sec 300 x 106 NAc NAc Superso

range (1.5 to 5 dia x 203L) (11 000 fps) model speed mics

2- by 2-foot transonic 1951 0.6H x 0.6W x 1.5L 0.6 to 1.4 CV 1 x 106 to 8.7 x 106 447 1431 Space v

wind tunnel (2H x 2W x 5L) aerody

14-foot transonic wind 1955 4.2H x 4.3W upstream to 0.6 to 1.2 CV 2.8 x 106 to 4.2 x 106 I 881 11 427d Aircraf

tunnel 4.3W downstream x 10.3L loads fo

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33.75L)

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(with costs in thousands)

Init. Accum.

Mach No. Range Reynolds No. Range Cost Cost

2.45 to 3.5 CV I x 106 to 5 x 106 NAf NAf

1.55 to 2.5 CV 1.5 x 106 to 6.5 x 106 NAf NAf

I 555h 3272h

Research Supported

Aircraft aerodynamics, subsonic and

supersonic

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Resistance of space structures to

meteoroid impact; 4 light-gas-gun

and flight-range combinations

0.5 dia

(1.66)

8,15,20,26 7 x 106 to 13 x 106 I 776 2674 Heat, mass, and momentum transfer,

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Variable up to 17

I x 106 to 6.9 x 106 12630

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13 332

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vehicle aerodynamics in planetary

atmospheres

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(2 dia x 40L)

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(3.5 dia x 75L)

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(30 000 fps) model speed

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384

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and planetary atmospheres

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entry problems, with models flying

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n unitary complex.

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Functional Name

Flight Simulation

Laboratory

Space Technology

Facility

Year lnit. Accum.

Built Cost Cost

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1940 $248 $4386

1955 1154a 1995a

Research Supported

Piloting problems and control systems for all k

launch vehicles, and spacecraft

Geochemical studies of meteorites, cratering s

magnetic-field and plasma analysis and experim

fluid-physics research

Physical Sciences

Research Laboratory

Bioscience Laboratory

Life Sciences Research

Facility

Space Environment Research

Facility

Structural Dynamics

Laboratory

Flight and Guidance

Simulation Laboratory

alncluding costs of Bldg. 204.

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1961

1964

1965

1965

1966

1966

879

952

4204

2124

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1009

4629

3464

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Experimental pathology; housing for experime

Biotechnology, environmental biology, and ex

Effects of space environment on spacecraft ma

Response of aircraft, launch vehicle, and space

to impact, vibration, and thermal loads

Navigation, guidance, and control systems for 

vehicles, and spacecraft

NA =Not available.

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(as of June 30; money amounts in thousands)

1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

147.9d 

15.9a 15.9 15.9 46.6b 46.6 46.6 91.4c 91.4 147.9

(39.4) (39.4) (39.4) (115.0) (115.0) (115.0) (225.7) (225.7) (365.5) (365.5)

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5

(1.1)

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, thousands of

85.1 85.1 94.5 101.9 102.8 111.7 116.4 138.5 16D.4 163.3

(916) (916) (1017) (1097) (1106) (1202) (1253) (1491) (1727) (1758)

t structures 129.7 129.7 142.0 151.2 152.3 161.2 166.6 188.8 210.7 211.4

(1396) (1396) (1528) (1628) (1639) (1735) (1792) (2032) (2268) (2276)

eportedh 130.7 142.5 153.0 169.6 178.0 160.4 163.3

0 0 0 (1407) (1534) (1647) (1826) (1916) (1726) (1758)

thousands of 0 0 0 0 1.2 1.2 1.2 0 0 1.5

(13) (13) (13) (16)

$ 20 $ 20 $ 20 $ 663 $ . 663 $ 773i $ 773 $ 773 $ 2373 $ 2372

80390 82658 96926 107 156 110 639k 1202591 129021 133769 159406 161 816

litiesi 2232m 2268n 21120 2112 2346 2383

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$80410 $82678 $96946 $107819 $113534 $123190 $131906 $136654 $164125 $166571

$12608 $13 335 $13 368 $ 15120P $ 17806q $ 22955 $ 28 119 $ 34674 $ 41 812 $ 53670

hectares (28.0 and 11.4 acres), acquired by direct pur

ectares (75.6 acres) of U.S. Navy land were available to

permits.

held under use permit from U.S. Navy transferred 10

luded original 25.1 hectares (62.0 acres) granted to NACA

ecember 1939, 5.8 acres granted Ames by use permit from

3.1 hectares (7.8 acres) obtained on U.S. Navy use

s) was obtained in May 1964 on a "license-to-use"

sferred to NASA in 1965.

d56.6 hectares (139.8 acres) acquired May 23, 1967, through trade for surplus

U.S. Navy land in San Diego.

eNumber of major structures or complexes assigned an Ames "N" classification

number (excluding the Electrical Substation, N-225). Single construction projects were usually assigned one "N" number, and costs were accumulated as one

project, even though several bUildings or structures were involved. Components of

these major buildings are included in totals used in Tables 2-1 and 2-7 in

Char.ter Two.

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tunnels, water cooling towers, docks, outside passageways, vacuum spheres, water

towers, etc.
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Table 6-14. Value of Real Property Components as Percentage of Total

(as of June 30; total property value in thousands)

Component 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 

Land * * * 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 

Buildings 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.4 97.5 97.6 97.8 97.8 

Other structures

and facilitiesa NA NA NA NA 1.9 1.9 1.7 1.6 

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 

Total ARC-real property value $80410 $82678 $96946 $107819 $113534 $123190 $131 906 $136654 

aOther structures and facilities were included with buildings during FY 1959 through FY 1962.

*

= Less than 0.1%

NA = Not available.

Source: Derived from Tables 2-10 throu

gDefinition of floor area was refined in 1967; increase of about 93 sq m (1000 sq feet)

in gross floor area over FY 1967 figure previously reported was because of inclusion of a

small building (N-205) which was once considered inconsequential.

hPreviously reported figures are used in Tables 2-1 and 2-8 in Chapter Two; decrease

in area from 1966 to 1967 was due to a change in definition to "floor area" for Maintenance, Repair, and Operation of Facilities Report. By FY 1968 the reported figure was

the same as "gross floor area."

ilncluded in figures for buildings from FY 1959 through FY 1962.

jAdjusted figure: $1 258000 appeared in end of fiscal year reports.

kAdjusted figure: $110796000 appeared in end of fiscal year reports.

lAdjusted figure: $120417000 appeared in end offiscal year reports.

mAdjusted figure: $1 887000 appeared in end of fis

nAdjusted figure: $1 923 000 appeared in end of fis

OAdjusted figure: $1 925000 appeared in end of fis

PAdjusted figure: $15500000 appeared in end of fi

qAdjusted figure: $18584000 appeared in end of fi

NA =Not available.

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Table 6-15. Personnel

1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963

9/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31

1509 1440 1437 2051

1413 1427 1464 1429 1421 1418 1462 1529 1658 1825 2116 2166

1386 1406 1439 1413 1404 1397 1429 1502 1631 1788 1964 2110

27 21 25 16 17 21 33 27 27 37 152 56

78 80 83 86 82 79 79 33 39 42 48 48

357 355 370 360 374 362 392 473 543 586 663 725

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 16

435 435 453 446 456 441 471 506 582 628 721 789

0 0 0 0 0 40 40 43 50 61 83 87

175 181 188 181 173 136 131 142 158 188 214 261

159 162 163 151 147 149 157 167 179 191 208 215

617 628 635 635 628 631 630 644 662 720 738 758

951 971 986 967 948 956 958 996 1049 1160 1243 1321

0 15 21 21 21 21 22 24 26 25 28 28

119 42 115 65 85 63 71 142 178 251 250 223

48 4 9 1 7 22 28 34 26 29 158 42

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Table 6-15. Personnel (Continued)

1964 1965 1966 1967 

Employee Category 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 

Requested for FY ending 2309 2176 2185 2191 

Total, paid employees 2204 2215 2270 2236 2310 2232 2264 2171 

Permanent 2152 2136 2175 2155 2191 2189 2173 2164 

Temporary 52 79 95 81 119 43 91 7 

Code group (permanent only)

200a 34 30 32 31 28 29 31 31 

700b 757 768 776 782 815 837 842 859 

900 23 16 17 14 16 15 14 13 

Subtotal 814 814 825 827 859 881 887 903 

600c 109 113 119 125 127 140 140 143 

500 256 251 256 261 298 293 281 276 

300 198 199 209 199 185 181 180 202 

100 175 759 766 743 722 694 685 640 

Subtotal 1338 1322 1350 1328 1332 1308 1286 1261 

Excepted: on duty 26 25 19 19 20 21 20 21 

Accessions: permanent 107 93 115 105 128 104 93

Accessions: temporary 60 114 103 124 143 39 98

Military detailees 13 11 11 10 9 10 9 10 

aBeginning June 30, 1961, the data reflect conversion of some professionals from

the 200 Code group (engineers) to the 700 Code group (aerospace technologists). For

key to Code group numbers and definition of terms, see Chapter Three.

bData before June 30, "1961, are for "aeronautical research scientists." Beginning

June 30, 1961, the data reflect conversion of these personnel members to the 700

Code group (aerospace technologists).

cBefore Dec. 31, 1960, the data reflect inclusion of Code group 600 personnel in

the 500 Code group.

NA =Not available.

Source: NASA, Personnel Division. Data through De

NASA Quarterly Personnel Statistical Repor

31,1966, from NASA Personnel Managemen

System and the NASA Supplement to SF 11

Report of Federal Civilian Employment Sho
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Table 6-16. Distribution of Permanent Personnel Positions by Fiscal Year and Budget Activitya

1959b 1960b 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

16 0 0 19 5 10 7 11

(0.0) (0.0) (1.1) (0.0) (0.0) (0.8) (0.2) (0.4) (0.3) (0.5)

30 0 0 0 0 4 9 1

(0.0) (2.0) (2.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.2) (0.4) (0.05)

pace 220 32 336 360 395 395 392 340

(2.0) (8.0) (14.8) (1.9) (16.9) (16.4) (17.9) (17.8) (18.0) (16.3)

gy 795 1244 1012 863 839 933 916 939

(4.0) 05.0) (53.5) (74.5) (51.0) (39.2) (38.0) (42.0) (42.2) (45.1)

426 393 319 292 351 406 399 353

(94.0) (75.0) (28.6) (23.6) (16.1) (13.3) (15.9) (18.3) (18.4) (16.9)

0 0 318 667 620 475 450 439

(0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (16.0) (30.3) (28.0) (21.3) (20.7) (21.1)

1487 1669 1985 2201 2210 2223 2173 2083

ual positions reported in annual NASA Budget Estimates. FY 1961

NASA, Budget Estimates, FY 1963; FY 1962 actual figure was

timates, FY 1964, etc.

e not available for FY 1959 and FY 1960. Percentages in these

stribution used by NASA Office of Programming, Budget Operations

y ofBudget Plans, Actual Obligations. and Actual Expenditures for

963 (Washington, D.C.: NASA, 1965), Sect. 8.

cFY 1961 figure represents "aircraft and missile technology."

dFy 1963 and later figures include tracking and data acquisition,

technology utilization, and general-support positions. Until FY 1963

general-support positions were reported with the 5 other budget activities.

Source: NASA, Budget Estimates, FY 1963-FY 1969; NASA, Budget

Operations Division.

Table 6-17. Funding by Fiscal Year

(program plan as of May 31, 1968, in millions)

1959 1960 1961

t 0 $ 3.60 $ 4.30

$ 3.75 6.20 0.54

b 16.30 17.76 19.89

$20.05 $27.56 $24.73

lities planning and design.

opriations were for salaries and expenses; FY 1963

arch, development, and operation.

1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 Total

$ 1.50 $16.80 $40.30 $54.20 $64.00 $65.60 $ 66.60 $316.90

6.30 14.29 11.37 5.67 2.75 0 3.17 54.04

22.92 25.57 29.87 31.82 33.23 33.81 33.76 264.93

$30.72 $56.66 $81.54 $91.69 $99.98 $99.41 $103.53 $635.87

Source: NASA, Office of Programming, Budget Operations Division,

History ofBudget Plans, Actual Obligations, and Actual Expenditures for Fiscal Years 1959 Through 1963 (Washington, D.C.: NASA,

February 1965); NASA, Budget Operations Division, "Status of

Approved Programs," FY 1959-FY 1968, May 1968.
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(in millions)

Program

Program Year Plana FY 1959 FY 1960 FY 1961 FY 1962 FY 1963 FY 1964 FY 1965 FY 1966 FY 1967 FY 1

1959 $ 3.7 $1.7 $1.4 $0.5 $0.1 $ * 0 0 0 0 

1960 6.2 1.0 2.9 1.7 * $ 0.3 $ 0.2 * 0 0 

1961 0.5 0.2 0.3 * 0 * 0 0 0 

1962 6.5 1.0 4.5 0.5 0.3 $0.3 -* 

1963 14.6 2.4 6.9 2.9 1.2 $0.7 $0

1964 11.6 4.2 5.3 1.7 0.2 

1965 5.8 4.9 0.5 0.2 0

1966 2.8 2.1 0.5 0

1967 0.3 0 0

1968 3.2 0 

Total $55.2 $1.7 $2.4 $3.6 $3.1 $7.0 $11.9 $13.6 $5.8 $1.6 $0

aAs of June 30, 1968; includes facilities planning and design. Source: NASA, Budget Operations Division, "Status of 

Programs, Construction of Facilities," FY 1959

*

=Less than $100 000. Because of rounding, columns and rows may June 1968; NASA, Financial Management Divis

not add to totals. Financial Status of Programs," June 30, 1968.

Net value of contract awards

Percentage of NASA total

Table 6-19. Total Procurement Activity by Fiscal Year

(money amounts in millions)

1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 

$7.7 $11.0 $14.4 $28.0 $47.9 $80.9 $77.3 .$86.3 $78.5 

2% 2% 1% 1% 1% 2% 2% 1.9% 1.9% 

Source: NASA, Procurement and Supply Division, NASA Procurement:

October 1,1958 to June 30,1960 (Washington, D.C.: NASA,

September 1960); NASA,Annual Procurement Report,

Fiscal Years 1961-1968 (Washington, D.C.: NASA, 1962-

1968).
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Table 6-20. Awards to Personnel Granted under Section 306

of the Space Act of 1955a

Year

1964

1965

Inventor

Adrien E. Anderson

Woodrow L. Cook

James C. Daugherty

J. Lloyd Jones, Jr.

David G. Koenig

Alfred J. Eggers, Jr.

Clarence A. SyvertsonGeorge G. Edwards

George C. Kenyon

Howard A. Stine

Charles E. Shepard

Velvin R. Watson

Contribution

Commercial air transport

Flight craft

Electric arc apparatus

Amount

$1000

1000

2500

aFor complete listing of awards under this Act, see Appendix A, Sect. I.B.

Source: NASA, Inventions and Contributions Board.
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Elcctronics Research Centcr, Cambridgc, Massachusetts, undcr construction (aboye) in February 1969. At right a 1966 artist's concept

the planned Cenler on in Kendall Squarc silC.
ELECTRONICS RESEARCH CENTER

(ERC)

History

Deputy Director:

Albert J; Kelly (Sept. 1, 1964-June 1, 1967).

'Letter, NASA Administrator James E. Webb to Qlairman George P. Miller, House

Committee on Science and Astronautics, March 21, 1963, reprinted in U.S. Congress,

House, Committee on Science and Astronautics, Subcommittee on Applications and

Tracking and Data Acquisition, 1964 NASA Authorization, Hearings, Pt. 4, 88th Cong.,

1st sess., March 12-14, 19, 20, 26, April 2-3, 9, 10, 30, May 2, 9, June 6, 1963

(Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1963),3012-3015.

The ERC history section was prepared for the Data Book by Edward T. Martin,

Electronics Research Center, with supplementary information provided by Richard D.

Dowling, NASA History Office.

During the first few years after NASA's establishment in 1958, electronics

research and development was diffused throughout the agency, conducted as

part of the development of booster, spacecraft, or ground support systems.

NASA had not fallen heir to electronics research comp'etence to the degree

that it had inherited capabilities in other disciplines from the NACA field

installations and through the transfer of personnel and projects from the

Department of Defense. A limited competence related to specific mission

requirements had developed at various NASA Centers, but NASA depended

heavily on research conducted in industry and the universities.'

On November 1, 1961, recognizing the importanc

space exploration and the need for improving its in

field, NASA gave electronics technology the same 

propulsion research and aeronautical and space vehic

in a major NASA reorganization, a Directorate of Ele

established in the Office of Advanced Research a

March 2, 1962, gUidelines from the Associate Admi

of the FY 1964 NASA budget, OART was directed 

"a plan to strengthen NASA's capability in the elec

control field to support current and long-range progra

Establishment of a new research center special

recommended in late September 1962 by the Dir

Control, and in early October he recommended th

the best location for the new installation. 4 Th

university-industrial strength and capability in e

research," and because of this concentration of curr

expected to prOVide "a compatible, stimulating envi

growth of NASA electronic capabilities.'"

In rnid-Gctober 1962 in the process of presenti

budget for President Kennedy's approval, the NASA 

discussed the proposed Electronics Research Center alocation.'" During detailed discussions of the en

2NASA, Office of Advanced Research and Technolo

Directorate, "NASA Electronics Research Center: Staff R

U.S. Congress, Senate, Committee on Aeronautical and Spa

zation for Fiscal Year 1964, Hearings, Pt. 1, 88th Cong., 

(Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1963),706-707.

3 Senate, Committee..., NASA Authorization for Fiscal 

706; NASA, "NASA Electronics Research Center: Staff Rep

4Sena te, Committee..., NASA Authorization for Fisca

383-384.

5 NASA, "Electronics Research Center: Staff Report," 2

'Senate, Committee..., NASA Authorization for Fisca

705.

3.6 hectares (8.8 acres) NASA-owned; as ofJune 30, 1968,

1.24 hectares (3.06 acres) planned for acquisition during

FY 1969; 5.0 additional hectares (12.4 acres) ultimately would be acquired.

Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

James C. Elms (Oct. 1, 1966- ).

Winston E. Kock (Sept. 1, 1964-Gct. 1, 1966).

Land:Location:

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the proposal with the Bureau of the Budget in the

62.7

ent the FY 1964 budget to Congress January 17,

on in the construction of facilities request for land

nd engineering services for an Electronics Research

oston area.a On February 6, 1963, NASA established

Task Group in Boston as a temporary fIeld annex to

Research and Technology, to "conduct that planning

SA for prompt action" when Congress approved the

extensive hearings, in which both House and Senate

closely the need for and proposed location of the

lion was authorized and appropriated for land

ry design in FY 1964.' °

ation Act, 1964, stipulated that no funds might be

SA Administrator submitted a full report on the

-fmding committee was established to study the

other committees were formed to examine the need

oposed Center. A complete report was transmitted to

64.' '

sident Johnson signed the NASA Authorization Act,

$10 million in construction funds for the new

tion committee, convened in March 1964, worked

60 possible locations." On August 19, 1964, the

, 17, 18, 1963, 935 ff.

Associate Administrator Robert C. Seamans, Jr., to R. L.

ce of Advanced Research and Technology, Feb. 6, 1963,

an Electronics Research Task Group; NASA, Office of

chnology, Electronics Research Task Group, "Electronics

nts, Operations, Implementation Plans," July 1963.

Act, 1964, P.L. 88-113, 77 Stat. 141, Sept. 6, 1963;

riation Act, 1964, P.L. 88-215, 77 Stat. 425, Dec. 19, 1963.

; NASA Announcement 63-255, Nov. 14, 1963; NASA,

rch Center, prepared for U.S. Congress, Senate, Committee

ciences (Washington, D.C.: GPO, Jan. 31, 1964).

Act, 1965, P.L. 88-369, 78 Stat. 310, July 11,1964.

Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences, NASA

r 1966, Hearings, Pt. 2, 89th Cong., 1st sess., March 22-30,

O, 1965),760.

NASA Administrator accepted the offer of the City of Cambridge, Massachusetts, of 11.7 hectares (29 acres) of land in Kendall Square.' •

The Electronics Research Center was established offIcially September 1,

1964.' 5 NASA's North Eastern OffIce (established August 14, 1962) and the

Electronics Research Task Group were combined, and the personnel of both

(totaling 80) were placed under the ERC Director." In November 1964,

Electronics Research Center moved from the building occupied by North

Eastern OffIce at 30 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, into leased space at

Technology Square in Cambridge.' 7 Recruiting ofscientists, technicians, and

support personnel began immediately, and 'by June 30,1965, the Center had

238 permanent, full-time employees. Its permanent staff numbered 794 on

June 30, 1968.' a A broad program was undertaken in fIve areas of

electronics research-electronic components, guidance and control, systems,

instrumentation and data processing, and electromagrietics.' 9

The first research and development procurement request to industry was

issued December 4, 1964, for a study to identify guidance and navigation

research efforts.' °'The fIrst research grant was awarded in December 1964 to

the University of Pennsylvania for a $40 000 survey of the state of the art in

microwave research. 2 ' '

In-house research began in such varied fields as holography, laser

gyroscopes, thin fIlm microelectronics, and aircraft collision avoidance

systems. Electronics Research Center was identified as the lead Center to

begin the development, in 1967, of a detailed plan to provide the necessary

technology for an integrated avionics system for a second-generation

supersonic transport during the 1972-1975 time·span.' 2 ' ,

,.Letter, NASA Administrator James E. Webb to Cambridge Mayor Edward Crane,

Aug. 19, 1964; NASA Release 64-208.

'5NASA General Management Instruction No. 2-2-18, Sept. 1, 1964; NASA Releases

64-172,64-199, and 64-201.

"ERC Release 644; NASA Release 64-219.

'7Senate., Committee..., NASA Authorization for Fiscal Year 1966, Pt. 2,760;

ERC Release (unnumbered), Nov. 13, 1964.

, aERC Personnel Files; NASA Office of Administration, Personnel Division.

'9 Senate, Committee.. "' NASA Authorization for Fiscal Year 1966. Pt. 2, 761, Fig.

233; NASA General Management Instruction 2-2-18, Attachment A.

,oERC News Release (unnumbered), Dec. 4,1964.

21 ERC News Release (unnumbered), Dec. 18,1964.

22 U.S. Congress, House, Committee on Science and Astronautics, Subcommittee on

Advanced Research and Technology, 1968 NASA Authorization, Hearings, Pt. 4, 90th

Cong., Ist sess., March 14-22, April 4-20, 1967 (Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1967),287.
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Construction plans for the permanent site were begun December 8,1964,

with the award of a master planning contract to the joint venture firm of

Edward Durell Stone, New York City; Giffels & Rossetti, Detroit; and Charles

A. Maguire Associates, Boston-Providence.' 3 'The New England Division of

the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was designated in March as design

and construction agent! 4 'Groundbreaking for the first phase of construction

was held November 2, 1966.' 5

Mission

The mission of Electronics Research Center was research and development

to improve performance and reliability of space and aeronautical electronic

systems and components:

(l) Organizing, managing, and conducting basic and applied aerospace

electronics research to investigate concepts and techniques leading to space

23 NASA Release 64-307.

24 Department of Defense News Release 366-63.

25 ERC Construction Projects Office; Daily Log (Corps of Engineers Notice to Proceed, to Contractor, Oct. 25,1966).

and aeronautical electronic equipment with reli

characteristics far beyond those of 1968;

(2) Providing a focal point for national aerosp

coordinating nationwide research efforts and spons

conducted by industry, universities, and private insti

Research focused on (a) aerospace electronics m

(b) guidance and navigation of space vehicles, 

ground-based equipment; (c) space vehicle and aircr

and information systems; (d) electronic system sim

ation, and integration in the fields of guidance, con

communication, and instrumentation; (e) electronic 

distribution; (f) bioelectronics; (g) space and g

computing systems, and instrumentation technolog

microwave propagation, microwave communication

receiving phenomena; (i) optical communication

measurements.' ,

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(as of June 30; money amounts in thousands)a

Categoo" 1965 1966 1967 1968

in hectares (and acres)

Owned 0 2.4 2.6 3.6

(6) (6.3) (8.8)

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Number owned 0 0 0 0

Area owned, thousands of sq m 0 0 0 0

(and sq ft)

Area leased, thousands of sq mb 9.0 12.1 20.3 23.0

(and sq ft) (97.0) (130.3) (218.2) (247.5)

Land 0 $739 $769 $1099

Buildings 0 0 0 1671

Other structures and facilities 0 0 0 9

Real property 0 $739 $769 $2779

Capitalized equipment $100 $1808 $6961 $13227

For definition of terms, see Introduction to Chapter Two.

CSA-leased; not included in NASA'total in Table 2-9 in Chapter Two.

Source: NASA, Office of Facilities.
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Table 6-22. Personnel

1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 

6/30a 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 

Requested for FY ending 250 250 550 1000 

Total, paid employees 25 30 33 117 250 340 555 619 791 

Permanent 24 29 32 117 238 331 470 570 700 

Temporary 1 1 1 0 12 9 85 49 91 

Code group (permanent only)

200 0 0 0 3 7 7 13 15 19 

700 4 5 6 41 87 131 204 253 319 

900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Subtotal 4 5 6 44 94 138 217 268 338 

600 8 9 9 24 48 66 83 90 104 

500 10 12 14 45 85 113 133 161 185 

300 2 3 3 4 11 13 30 42 64 

100 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 9 9 

Subtotal 20 24 26 73 144 193 253 302 362 

Excepted: on duty 2 2 2 4 8 7 7 7 7 

Accessions: permanent 2 3 3 66 124 106 151 132 169 

Accessions: temporary 0 0 0 0 11 23 98 45 84 

Military detailees 0 0 0 3 3 1 3 3 0 

aIncludes NASA North Eastern Office for last three months of reporting period; Source: NASA, Personnel Division. Data through Dec. 

personnel of North Eastern Office and Electronics Research Task Group merged on Quarterly Personnel Statistical Report; data aft

Sept. 1,1964, to form the initial personnel complement of ERe. For key to Code NASA Personnel Management Information Sys

group numbers and definition of terms, see Chapter Three. ment to SF 113-A, "Monthly Report of Feder

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bFY 1964 and later fIgures include tracking and data

acquisition, technology utilization, and general-support

positions.

Source: NASA, Budget Estimates, FY 1966-FY 1969;

NASA, Budget Operations Division.

Table 6-24. Funding by Fiscal Year

(program plan as of May 31, 1968, in millions)

ropriation Title 1964 1965

ch and development $0.20b $ 2.70

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North Eastern Office.

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(in millions)

Program

Program Year Plana FY 1963 FY 1964 FY 1965 FY 1966 FY 1967 FY 1968 

1963 $ 0.1 0 $0.1 $0 $0 $0 $ 0 

1964 4.8 0 0.4 1.0 0.6 0.3 

1965 11.2 0 2.4 1.1 7.3 

1966 6.2 0.8 0.4 4.1 

1967 7.6 0.1 5.9 

1968 0 0 

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aAs of June 30, 1968; includes facilities planning and design.

*

=Less than $100 000. Because of rounding, columns and

rows may not add to totals.

Source: NASA, Budget Operations Division, "Status of Approved 

Construction of Facilities," FY 1959-FY 1968, June 19

Financial Management Division, "Summary Financial Sta

Programs," June 30,1968.

Table 6-26. Total Procurement Activity by Fiscal Year

(money amounts in millions)

Net value of contract awards

Percentage of NASA total

*

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1965

$4.0

*

1966

$14.7

*

1967

$21.7

*

1968

$50.6

1.2%

Total

$91.0

0.3%

Source: NASA, Annual Procurement Report, Fiscal Years 1965-1968 (Washington, D.C.: NASA, 1966-1968).
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FLIGHT RESEA
,

Fl..i8hl Reseuch Center, Edwards. California, photOllaphed in 1967. Research at FRC has included I joint

program with the Air Foroe 10 study

designs for a s!»Ice shuttle, nying

the wingless lifting bodies X·24A,

M2-F3, and HL-IO (left 10 right at

left); inVl:stigation of aircraft flight al

speeds lix times the speed of sound

with the rocket-powered X·IS (foreground at right); and studies of Iaflle

supersonic Iranilporls with the XB-70

(right rear).
FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER

(FRC)

I This section was prepared by Ralph B. Jackson, Flight Research Center.

2Forty-Second Annual Report of the NACA, 1956 (Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1957),

6-7.

3 Ibid. First preliminarY glide flight test of the XS-l had been conducted at Pinecastle Army Air Base (Florida) Jan. 19, 1946.

In September 1946, 13 engineers and techriicians were sent from the

NACA Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory to the U.S. Army Air

Corps test facility at Muroc, California. The group, called the Muroc Flight

Test Unit, was on temporary assignment at the Rogers Dry Lake location to

begin the X-I flight test program.2 The first X-I aircraft (then called XS-l)

arrived at Muroc October 7 from Bell Aircraft's Niagara Falls plant. On

October II, Bell test pilot Chalmers H. (Slick) Goodlin made the first Muroc

X-I glide flight; he made the first powered flight on December 9,1946. 3 The

first supersonic flight (mach 1.06 at 13000-meter [43 POO-foot] altitude)

was made October 14, 1947, by Capt. Charles E. Yeager (USAF). NACA pilot

History'

Associate Director:

De E. Beeler (April I ,1961-

1, I959-AprilI, 1961).

Herbert H. Hoover became the fIrst civilian to exc

March 4, 1948.4

The group was given official status as the NACA 

September 1947, and by the end of 1948 it had g

fall of 1949 it was permanently established as the 

Research Station, a division of Langley.s Muroc A

Edwards Air Force Base January 27, 1950. The 

approved a permanent NACA facility at Edwards 

1952. The U.S. Air Force leased 70.8 hectares (17

in early February 1953 construction began on a 

space, instrumentation facilities, shops, and offices

On July 1, 1954, the station was renamed the 

Station and made autonomous. That summer the 

the new NACA facilities, the buildings which w

Transition from the NACA to the National Aero

istation was accomplished in October 1958, and 

NASA redesignated the station Flight Research Cen

During its first two decades, Flight Research 

commercial and military aircraft, as well as flight te

and D-558 through the X-IS. On June 8, 1959, 

first glide flight, followed by the fIrst powered 

September 17,1959.8 No funding for the X-IS w

and the test program was expected to end in Decem

Manned flight tests of the M2-F I lifting-body 

fust glide flight of the heavyweight M2-F2 was m

4 Ibid., 7; NACA HSFS X-Press (extra edition), Oct. 1

Center, Historical Division, The Rocket Research Aircraf

Historical Publications Series 62-110V (Edwards AFB, 196

5 Forty-Second Annual Report of the NACA, 1956, 7.

'Ibid.; NACA General Directive Number Two, March 

7NASA Release 59-225.

8FRC Release 2-{)4; Wendell H. Stillwell, X-IS Re

(Washington, D.C.: NASI\., 1965), vi.

9NASA, Budget Estimates, FY 1969, 11, RD 18-10.

I 0FRC Releases 17-{)3 and 14-66; NASA Release 66-89

; Assistant Director, Nov.

88.2 hectares (218 acres) under USAF use permit as of June

30, 1968.

Paul F. Bikle (Sept. 15, 1959- ).

Walter C. Williams (Director, NACA High Speed Flight

Station, July 1, 1954-Sept. 15, 1959; Supervisor, NACA

High Speed Flight Research Station, Fall 1949-July 1,

1954; Supervisor, NACA Muroc Flight Test Unit, September 1946-FallI949).

Location: Edwards, Kern County, California.

Land:

Director:

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s ftrst glide flight was December 22, 1966." In

the USAF-developed X-24A, was being prepared

o program, the ftrst manned test of a free-flight

the lunar landing research vehicle) was flown

late NASA research pilot Joseph A. Walker.' 3

XB-70 supersonic aircraft research program was

rch Center March 25, 1967." The program was

y January 1969.' 5

esearch Center was research in and evaluation of

within and outside the atmosphere, including

ding; low-speed, supersonic, and hypersonic flight;

FY 1969,n, RD 18-8, 18-9.

Rdease 5-67.

FY 1969, II, RD 18-8, 18-9.

(1) Conducting aerodynamics and aeronautics projects, such as X-15,

XB-70, supersonic transport, and hypersonic research; space vehicle systems

projects to study flight behavior of advanced reentry vehicles (including M-2,

HL-lO, and X-24A heavyweight lifting bodies); and electronics systems

projects on display, guidance, and control in advanced flight missions and on

improvement of systems and sensors used in biomedical monitoring, tracking,

and data acquisition;

(2) Maintaining special facilities, including general-aviation aircraft for

handling-qualities investigations; century series ftghters used for pilot proftciency and general investigations; X-15 rocket aircraft for hypersonic

research and reentry investigations; special-purpose vehicles, such as lifting

bodies, variable stability aircraft, or airborne simulators; laboratory facilities;

and simulation equipment;

(3) Operating a three-station radar range for tracking and data acquisition

in support of flight activity."

"Ibid., I, AO 2-65.
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Table 6-27. Technical Facilities

(with cost in thousands)

Facility Name

Air Vehicle Flight

Simulation Facility

Edwards, California,

Tracking Station

Ely, Nevada,

Tracking Station

Beatty, Nevada,

Tracking Station

Communications Building (voice

communications facility)

Runway Noise Acquisition System

High Temperature Loads

Cahbration Laboratory

Year

Built

1956

1958

1958

1958

1963

1964

1966

lnit.

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4244

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68

121

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4811

2688

2122

278

141

2555

Research Supported

Flight planning, pilot training, systems analysis, vehicle

flight-data analysis

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communications for real-time and postflight analysis in 

aircraft test programs

Voice communication for real-time support of high-per

test programs

Determination of noise produced by advanced aircraft 

Heating, loading, and calibration for aircraft and comp

Source: NASA, Technical Facilities Catalog (March 1967 ed.), I, Sect. 3.
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(as of June 30; money amounts in thousands)

gory 1962a 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

nd acres)

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

19b 

NA 5 8 18 21 33

thousands of sq m 17.8 16.0 23.8 23.9 37.6 28.6 32.7

t) (191) (172) (256) (257) (405) (308)b (352)

thousands of sq m 0.7 0.7 0.7

t) NA (8) NA (7) (8) 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

NA $4609 $ 6074 $ 5458c $ 6954 $ 7399b $ 7627

ures and facilities NA 488 768 1577 1824 1913 1900

ty NA $5097 $ 6842 $ 7035 $ 8778 $ 9312 $ 9527

equipment $6000 $9093 $14444 $22172 $29230 $29522 $32332

r years are not available. For definition of terms, see

apter Two.

ldings decreased because of redefinition; the 1966 figure

bstations which were dropped from the 1967 report.

ber of buildings increased by 10 during FY 1965, building

use of a close analysis of reporting for FY 1964 and

wed that figures were erroneous. The FY 1965 report was

,

based on an actual engineering review of drawings and an onsite inspection

of facilities.

NA =Not available.

Source: NASA Office of Facilities. Supplementary information was

provided by E. Harlow Mortensen.
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Table 6-29. Value of Real Property Components as Percentage of Total

(as of June 30; total real property value in thousands) ---

Component 1963a 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

Land 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Buildings 90.4 88.8 77.6 79.2 79.5 80.0

Other structures and facilities 9.6 11.2 22.4 20.8 20.5 20.0

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Total real property value $5097 $6842 $7035 $8778 $9312 $9527

aData for earlier years are not available.

Source: Derived from Tables 2-10 through 2-13 in Chapter Two.

Table 6-30. Personnela

1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 

Employee Category 9/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12

Requested for FY ending 322 416 494 

Total, paid employees 292 306 340 332 408 416 447 494 538 5

Permanent 280 294 312 317 392 401 435 477 517 5

Temporary 12 12 28 15 16 15 12 17 21 

Code (permanent only)

200 11 11 11 12 14 14 1 1 1 

700c 68 72 76 79 96 108 137 147 160 1

900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Stbtotal 79 83 87 91 110 122 138 148 161 1

600 0 0 0 0 0 15 15 17 20 

500 46 47 54 50 54 38 39 47 51 

300 21 19 23 25 33 27 39 31 42 

100 134 145 148 151 195 199 204 234 243 2

Subtotal 201 211 225 226 282 279 297 329 356 3

Excepted: on duty 1 5 7 7 8 7 7 7 8 

Accessions: permanent 28 22 48 37 83 28 47 77 78 

Accessions: temporary 13 2 19 8 102 25 22 14 19 

Military detailees 8 6 3 2 3 3 4 3 2 
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1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

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g 593 604 605 596 590

619 622 669 629 662 618 642 607 622

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1 2 58 21 53 11 55 25 56

only)

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0

197 200 198 200 201 202 201 198 197

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

199 202 200 202 203 204 203 200 198

37 39 39 41 42 45 43 43 45

58 59 54 58 64 59 59 59 52

62 61 65 60 59 58 49 68 73

262 259 253 247 241 241 233 212 198

419 418 411 406 406 403 384 382 368

6 6 5 5 4 4 6 6 6

58 44 27 32 61 54 40 NA NA

6 18 59 51 54 16 44 NA NA

5 5 4 4 3 5 7 10 10

59, Flight Research Center was designated High Speed

efore June 30, 1960, include statistics for Western

hich was redesignated Western Operations Office Aug. 5,

estern Support Office for later data on Western

, 1961, the data reflect conversion of some professionals

up (engineers) to the 700 Code group (aerospace tech

Code group numbers and defmition of terms, see Chapter

30,1961, are for "aeronautical research scientists."

61, the data reflect conversion of these personnel mem

roup (aerospace technologists).

dBefore Dec. 31, 1960, the data reflect inclusion of Code group 600

personnel in the 500 Code group.

NA

=Not available.

Source: NASA Personnel Division. Data through Dec. 31, 1966, from

NASA Quarterly Personnel Statistical Report; data after

Dec. 31, 1966, from NASA Personnel Management Information

System and NASA Supplement to SF 113-A, "Monthly Report

of Federal Civilian Employment Short Form."
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Table 6-31. Distribution of Permanent Personnel Positions by Fiscal Year and Budget Activitya

Program 1959b 1960b 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 

Manned space flight 3 6 19 50 51 34 

(% of total) (0.0) (0.0) (0.7) (1.2) (3.2) (8.3) (8.4) (5.6) 

Space applications 0 0 0 0 0 0 

(% of total) (0,0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) 

Unmanned investigations in space 0 1 3 3 2 1 

(% of total) (0,0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.2) (0.5) (0.5) (0.4) (0.2) 

Space research and technology 0 45 56 51 77 104 

(% of total) (0.0) (0,0) (0.0) (8.6) (9.5) (8.4) (12.7) (17.2) 

Aircraft technologyC 438 443 361 344 317 308 

(% of total) (90.0) (90.0) (99.3) (84.5) (61.6) (56.8) (52.4) (51.1) 

Supporting activitiesd 0 29 147 157 158 156 

(% of total) (10.0) (10.0) (0.0) (5.5) (25.2) (26.0) (26.1) (25.9) 

Total FRC 441 524 586 605 605 603 

aBased on number of actual positions reported in annual NASA Budget Estimates.

FY 1961 actual figure was reported in NASA, Budget Estimates, FY 1963; FY 1962

actual figure was reported in NASA, Budget Estimates, FY 1964, etc.

bActual positions data are not available for FY 1959 and FY 1960. Percentages in

these two columns are based on distribution used by NASA Office of Programming,

Budget Operations Division, in preparing History ofBudget Plans, Actual Obligations,

and Actual Expenditures for Fiscal Years 1959 Through 1963 (Washington, D.C.:

NASA, 1965), Sect. 8.

cFY 1961 figure represents "aircraft and missile technology."

dFy 1963 and later figures include tracking and data 

utilization, and general support positions. Until FY 196

reported with the 5 other budget activities. FY 1962 fig

and data acquisition plus technology utilization (reporte

tions").

Source: NASA, Budget Estimates, FY 1963-FY 1969

Operations Division.

Table 6-32. Funding by Fiscal Year

(program plan as of May 31, 1968, in millions)

Appropriation Title 1959 1960 1961

Research and development 0 $0.90 $1.20

Construction of facilitiesa 0 1.74 0

Administrative operationsb $3.28 4.35 5.12

Total $3.28 $6.99 $6.32

aDoes not include facilities planning and design.

bFy 1959-1962 appropriations were for salaries and expenses; FY 1963

appropriation was for research, development, and operation. .

1962 1963

$0.10 $1\.50

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Table 6-34. Total Procurement Activity by Fiscal Year

(money amounts in millions)

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4 

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Godd:ud Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Matybnd, in 1967. CommuniClltioru, meteor01ogjcaJ, and scientu)C satellite projects rrtlna,;ed by GSFC IaYe included (left 10 right below) SyMom J in 1964, Explortr 6 InterpLanetary

Monitoring Pbtform in 1959, 050 / Orbitinl SOW ObxO'atory in 1962, OAO 1 Orbiting AstronomicaJ ObXMt lory in 1968, and Tiro: /0 Tek:Yision Infrared Ob$ervation Satellite in 1965.
GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER

(GSFC)

Location:

Land:

Director:

Greenbelt, Prince Georges County, Maryland.

John F. Clark (May S, 1966- ; Acting July 22,

1965-May S, 1966).

Harry J. Goett (Sept. 1, 1959-July 22,1965).

announced that the new center would be in Gr

owned by the federal government"; the site w

Agriculture's Beltsville Agricultural Research Cen

cations completed by September 16, NASA Admin

approved the first master plan in November, be

Laboratory's Vanguard group which was to form 

center's personnel actually joined NASA?

The October 1, 1958, Executive Order anno

NASA4 legally effected transfer of several space 

U.S. Scientific Satellite Project (project Vanguard

small earth satellite had been announced by Presi

1955, as part of the U.S. participation in the Intern

(1957-58),5 and Vanguard 1 had been launched Mar

To accomplish the transfer with "an absolute m

with the progress of Project Vanguard, an agreeme

use of Naval Research Laboratory facilities until th

was completed; it was expected to be ready about 

transfer took place November 30, 1958, of 157 pe

was later (January 1960) designated the Vanguard 

Deputy Director:

John W. Townsend (July 22, 1965-July 12,1968).

Associate Director:

Eugene W. Wasielewski (Oct. 16, 1960- ).

History

In August 1958, before NASA was officially established, Congress

authorized $3.75 million for a "Space projects center" to be located in the

vicinity of Washington.' On August 1, Senator 1. Glenn Beall of Maryland

'Public Law 85-657, Aug. 14,1958; V.S. Congress, House, Select Committt:e on

Astronautics and Space Exploration, Authorizing Construction for the National Aero281

nautics and Space Administration, Hearings, 85th Cong., 2

ington, D.C.: GPO, 1958), 1,29-30.

The section on historY of GSFC was prepared for the Da

Goddard Space Flight Center.

2ReIease by Sen. J. Glenn Beall, Aug. 1,1958; Rosho

NASA, 79-80.

3 Glennan, Memorandum of Record, Nov. 19, 1958

sequent master plans were prepared in 1962 and 1964; see 

mittee on Science and Astronautics, Master Planning ofNA

No. 167, 89th Cong., 1st sess., March 15, 1965 (Washington

4 Executive Order 10783, 23 F.R. 7643 (Federal Regist

5 Rosholt, Administrative History ofNASA, 4, 4445.

• "Agreement Between Department of Defense and Na

Administration Regarding Transfer of Records, Property, 

nel of Project Vanguard," cover letter, Deputy Secy. of D

NASA Administrator T. Keith GlenlJan, Nov. 20, 1958.
7

NASA HISTORICAL DATA BOOK

ecember 28, another 46 persons from Naval

ansferred to constitute Beltsville's Space Sciences

persons was transferred to or employed directly

he Center between October 1, 1958, and March

e Beltsville Center came into formal existence,S

for the first two major buildings was let April

unced that the facility would be named Goddard

of Dr. Robert Hutchings Goddard (1882-1945),

research who had achieved the first launch of a

March 16, 1926.' 0 Goddard Space Flight Center

e 35th anniversary of that launch in 1961.' ,

for which Goddard Space Flight Center assumed

plorer 6 launched August 7,1959. The Explorer

Explorer 35, launched July 19, became the first

latform (IMP) anchored in lunar orbit.' 2 God

r a series of orbiting observatory satellites; on

biting Solar Observatory (OSO 1) was launched,

physical Observatory (OGO 1) September 4,

ns technology, the Center managed the Tiros

tion Satellite) program, whose initial flight, April

mmittee on Science and Astronautics" (requested in

March 9, 1959; mimeo, prepared by NASA Personnel

A, B, and C.

nter, General Notice No.1, Jan. 15,1959, Subject:

Center"; NASA General Notice, Jan. 22, 1959, Subject:

ce Center"; reprinted as Exhibits 6 and 7 in Append. D

nto Space: The Early Years of Goddard Space Flight

A SP4301, 1968). See also Exhibits 8-11 for documen

nter's functions and organization.

re into Space, Chap. 1. 

5. See also Rosenthal, Venture into Space, Chap. 3.

ments in Particles and Fields, 1958-1964 (Washington,

A Release 67-178.

213, 64-232, and 66-313; NASA, Significant Achieve

64 (Washington, D.C.: NASA SP-I00, 1966),68-70,73,

1, 1960, provided the first global cloud-cover photographs from near-circular

orbit. The Tiros program evolved into the ESSA weather satellites, operational system of the Department of Commerce's Environmental Science

Services Administration. The first operational ESSA satellite was launched by

NASA February 3, 1966.' 4 Goddard also developed the Nimbus satellites for

advanced meteorological research, and on December 6, 1966, launched the

first Applications Technology Satellite.' 5

Goddard contributed to development of space communications with the

Echo passive balloon satellites and on July 10, 1962, launched AT&T's

Telstar 1, the first privately built comsat. It also managed Relay (first satellite

launched December 13, 1962) and Syncom (first successful launch July 26,

1963) active, repeater satellite projects. This concept was adopted by

Communications Satellite Corporation for its commercial satellite system;

first in this series was Intelsat 1 ("Early Bird"), launched by NASA April 6,

1965.' 6

Goddard Space Flight Center cooperated with the United Kingdom on the

first international satellite, Ariel 1 (launched April 26, 1962) and on a joint

U.S. Canadian satellite project, Alouette 1 (launched September 29, 1962).

Goddard also worked with Italy on the San Marco project, and San Marco 1

became the first satellite built and instrumented in Western Europe and

launched in the United States by a European crew, December 15, 1964.' 7

In the early years of the Center, Goddard launch crews were stationed at

the Eastern and Western Test Ranges (then designated Atlantic and Pacific

Missile Ranges), from which they supervised launch of all unmanned scientific

and applications missions using the Atlas-Agena, Delta, Centaur, and

14NASA Releases 60-152, 60-167; ESSA Release 66-7; NASA, Significant Achievements in Satellite Meteorology, 1958-1964 (Washington, D.C.: NASA SP-96, 1966);

NASA, Significant Achievements in Space Applications, 1965 (Washington, D.C.: NASA

SP-137, 1966); see also NASA, Significant Achiel'ements in Space Applications, 1966

(Washington, D.C.: NASA SP-156, 1967).

I 5 NASA Release 66-308.

" See NASA, Significant Achievements in Space Communications and Navigation,

1958-1964 (Washington, D.C.: NASA SP-93, 1966), for a summary of communications

satellite development. For a discussion of ComSatCorp, see 3S ff.

I 7GSFC, Ariel I: The First International Satellite (Washington, D.C.; NASA SP-119,

1966): Jonathan D. Casper, "The Alouette Program: A Case Study in NASA international Cooperative Activities," NASA HHN42, NASA Historical Office comment ed.;

U.S. Congress, Senate, Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences, 1nternational

Cooperation and Organization for Outer Space, Staff Rpt., Sen. Doc. No. 56, 89th

Cong., 1st sess., Aug. 12, 1965 (Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1965).
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Thor-Agena launch vehicles (Ranger, Mariner, Tiros, Echo, Explorer, Nimbus,

and Syncom missions). On October 1, 1965, these functions were consolidated under John F. Kennedy Space Center, NASA.I a

Included in the 1958 transfer of the Vanguard Division from the U.S.

Navy to NASA was the Minitrack tracking network (conceived for IGY

Vanguard missions by Naval Research Laboratory in the spring of 1955).19

From this early radio-interferometer concept evolved the NASA Space

Tracking and Data Acquisition Network (STADAN), which combined some

of the original Minitrack stations with new 26-m (85-ft) and 13.7-m (45-ft)

antenna dishes, the Goddard Range and Range Rate tracking system, the

satellite tracking automatic antenna system (SATAN), and enlarged automated ground-based communications links between the STADAN stations.2 0

NASA's manned space flight program under the Space Task Group, though

located physically at Langley Research Center, was part of GSFC's early

responsibilities. However, Space Task Group became independent January 3,

1961, and 667 persons left the Goddard staff to form what later became the

Manned Spacecraft Center.' 1 'Goddard retained responsibility for development and operation of the Project Mercury tracking network. This global

system, with its real-time capabilities, became operational in late 1961,

supporting the Mercury-Atlas 4 flight (September. 13, 1961); MA-5 (Novem1 aNASA Release 65-313. For a summary of the activity of the Goddard launch team

at Pacific Missile Range-Western Test Range, see Memorandum, John J. Neilon, Deputy

Director, Unmanned Launch Operations, KSC, to Alfred Rosenthal, GSFC Historian,

Jan. 23, 1968.

19WiIliam R. Corliss, History of the Goddard Networks, preliminary ed. (Greenbelt,

Md.: GSFC, Nov. 1, 1969), 3741.

2°/bid., Chap. 2. '1 Swenson, Grimwood, and Alexander, This New Ocean, 303; Rosholt, Administrative History ofNASA, Append. C.

ber 29, 1961);MA-6, the first U.S. manned orbital f

Jr., as pilot (February 20, 1962); and subsequent 

The Manned Space Flight Network was contin

Gemini program, began supporting Apollo flight

21-27, 1968, supported ApoOo 8 on man's first 

gravitational sphere and first journey around the mo

Working closely with the international scientific 

Goddard had been responsible for some 80 major 

650 sounding rocket experiments to study earth-su

of near-earth space, and the application of space 

communications, and other human needs.

Mission

Goddard Space Flight Center was assigned t

scientific, communications, and meteorological sa

sbunding rocket and orbiting spacecraft experimscience; managing the Thor-Delta launch vehicle p

Space Tracking and Data Acquisition Network (S

Space Flight Tracking Network (MSFN).2 3

"Swenson, Grimwood, and Alexander, This New Oce

History ofthe Goddard Networks, Chap.. 3-5.

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laboratories, conference rooms, exhibit area, and a computer facility (one

computer consisting of partly owned, partly leased components).

In addition to a permanent research staff, postdoctoral research associates

were supported through NASA grants to the National Academy of SciencesNational Research Council. Staff members held adjunct faculty appointments

at various universities in the New York area, and by 1968 these universities

had awarded 30 Ph.D. degrees for research sponsored and supervised by

Institute staff members.

Goddard Institute sponsored seminars, colloquia, and semiannual conferences and participated in summer institutes. GISS staff members published

more than 300 papers in scientific journals and edited or authored 15 books

between the Institute's establishment in 1961 and mid-1968.

lishment of the Goddard Institute for Space

rid the Institute began formal operations in May

of the GSFC Theoretical Division. 1 In July 1962

nally from the Theoretical Division and thence

he GSFC Assistant Director, Space Sciences and

ccupied 102.2 square meters (I 1000 square feet)

Riverside Drive, New York. In February 1963, it

3-square·meter (7000-square-foot) area in the

Watson Building, 3 and two years later added

0 square feet) of new office space at 2900

January 1966 the research staff, management

personnel were brought together with the leasing

building at 2880 Broadway. 5 These facilities

e library, infrared and microwave radiation

Mission

Goddard Institute for Space Studies was assigned the responsibility for

research in astrophysics, planetary physics, and atmospheric physics in close

collaboration with universities in the New York area:

(1) Conducting an astrophysics program including nucleosynthesis~stellar

structure and evolution, galactic structure, and an observational program in

infrared and submillimeter astronomy;

(2) Engaging in planetary physics studies of the origin of the solar system

and the evolution of planetary bodies a!ld their atmospheres;

(3) Undertaking basic studies in atmospheric physics on convection and

radiative transfer and of general circulation and heat balance of the earth's

atmosphere.

roved in December 1960 by NASA Administrator T.

Glennan to Silverstein, Dec. 14, 1960. The section on

for the Data Book by Alfred Rosenthal, Goddard Space

398, July 23, 1962.

rlain, Vice Pres., Columbia University, to Robert Jastrow,

Levine, GISS Executive Officer, to Herbert Fivehouse,

Services Div., GSFC, Sept. 30, 1964.

General Services Administration and Columbia University,

GISS Semiannual Conferences

Title

Origin of the Solar System

The Planet Jupiter

Radio Sources and Radio Astronomy

Origin of the Atmospheres and the Oceans

Stellar Evolution

Date

January 1962

October 1962

December 1962

April 1963

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Namea Year Pressure Temperature lnit. Accum. Technological Areas Supported

Built (altitude) Cost Cost

ators, 1962 5 l( 10- 7 77 to 373 K $ 40 $ 52 Thermal-vacuum, thermal-balance

torr (_196° to testing of spacecraft materials,

+100°C) subsystems, and experiments

ators, 1962 10- 7 torr 168b 267b Thermal-vacuum, thermal-balance,

thermal-gradient testing of Explorersize spacecraft and experiments

dity 1962 208 to 423 K 96 147 Temperature-humidity testing of

2 x (_65° to Explorer or Agena-size spacecraft

+150°C) and ground support equipment

berc 1962 1O- 3mm Hg 878 878 Rough vacuum for structural

ft I. dynamics tests

amber, 1963 1O- 9mm Hg 77 to 373 K 379 382 Performance testing of optical

(_196° to experiments for Orbiting Astronomical

ft) +100°C Observatories

lar 1963 10-9 torr LN2 430 850 Research into temperature control

ber, baffle of spacecraft

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1964 10- 10 torr 15 K 5015 5346 Thermal-balance and performance

40 ft (-258°C) testing of spacecraft systems under

simulated space conditions of vacuum,

heat flux, and cold sinks

cept Dynamic Test Chamber and Thermal Vacuum

hamber contractor-operated (Sperry Gyroscope).

amber.

m Sperry-operated.

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55-68; Appendix A.
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Year Init. Accum. Functional Name Facility Name Built Cost Cost Technological Areas Suppo

Vibration test facility Vibration System 1960 $100 $100 Vibration testing of spacecraft and sounding ro

(5000 lbs force)a Vibration test facility Vibration System b NA 100 100

(5000 lbs force)

Vibration test facility Vibration System 1963 348 348

(l0 000 lbs force)

Vibration test facility Vibration System 1963 233 233

(28 000 lbs force)

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Antenna test range Antenna Test Range 1964 250 340

Antenna control systems Antenna Control Systems 1964 35 65 Antenna servo control and hydraulic drive inves

facility Facility and new design concepts

Antenna test range (vertical) Vertical Test Range 1964 140 150 Development and test of antennas for spacecraf

Ce.ntrifuge,20-foot Twenty-Foot Centrifuge 1960 55 55 Steady-state acceleration testing of spacecraft an

components

Ultraviolet plasma facility Ultraviolet Plasma Facility 1961 210 420 Low-temperature plasma studies

Propulsion laboratory, hot Hot Gas Propulsion Laboratory 1963 300 NA Auxiliary propulsion

gas

Spin device dynamic test facility Dynamic Test Chamber Spin 1963 53 57 Spinning of spacecraft and sounding rockets or 

Device

Optical tracking and Goddard Optical Research Facility 1963 230 2500 Development of precise real-time angle 

communications facility precise laser ranging systems

Propulsion facility (chemical) Chemical Propulsion Research 1964 242 400 R&D of chemical reaction control systems and i

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Optical facility, vacuum Vacuum Optical Bench 1964 473 825 Calibration and alignment of large astronomical 

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Facility Name Built Cost Cost Technological Areas Supported

Low Temperature Optical Facility 1964 $361 $632 Calibration and alignment of large astronomical experiments

Optical Coating Laboratory, 80 in. 1964 65 30 Deposition of thin film on.large optics in the visible and UV spectral regions

s Air Bearing Table 1965 125 125 Spin and attitude control system testing

Ultra High Vacuum System 1965 70 NA Evaluation of spacecraft components in space thermal and pressure environment

Magnetic Field Component Test 1965 1075 1200 Simultaneous simulation of magnetic field, temperature, and vacuum 00-6)

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ity . High Intensity Acoustic Facility 1965 130 190 Simulation of launch noise to determine and evaluate effects on spacecraft systems, subsystems, and structures

Launch Phase Simulator 1966 4465 NA

Attitude Control Test Facility 1966 1835 NA

Measurement Systems Section 1966 65 NA

Electric Propulsion System

& Test 1966 750 NA

Installation

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moment; evaluation of magnetic attitude control systems

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control

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1200

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Static and dynamic balancing of spacecraft and sounding rockets

Production of high-energy charged-particle beams, gamma radiation, and

neutron beams to determine effects on materials and electrical and optical

devices

Space sciences

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y Gyroscope).

fety system; not including building structures.

ities Catalog (March 1967 ed.), I, Sect. 7.

dAt White Sands Missile Range.

eAt Barriera do Inferno Range, Natal, Brazil.

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Table 6-37. Property

(as of June 30; money amounts in thousands)a

Category 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 

Land in hectares (and acres)

Owned 231.1 231.1 224.2 279.2 288.7 3728.6 

(571.0)b (571.O)b (553.9)C (689.9)d (713.5)e (9 213.6)f (

Leased NA 49.0 49.0 49.0 169.6 469.5 

(121) (121) (12l) (419) (1 160) (

Buildings

Number owned NA NA 8 30 52 216 

Area owned, thousands of sq

m NA 48.4 57.0 113.3 142.6 187.3 

(and sq ft) (521) (613) (1 219) (1 535) (2016) (

Area leased, thousands of sq

m NA 10.7 23.1 16.5 9.9 4.6 

(and sq ft) (115) (249) (178) (106) (49) 

Value of:

Land NA NA $ 58 $ ,m $ 735 $ 1 145 $ 

Buildings NA NA 13022 32141 44358 58074 6

Other structures and facilities NA NA 881 2788 17846 31793 4

Real property NA NA $13961 $35350 $ 62939 $ 91 012 $11

Capitalized equipment NA $23000 $37 191 $59404g $110 243g $199031g $25

aIncluding all onsite and offsite property owned or leased by GSFC, including

Goddard Institute for Space Sciences in New York City and all STADAN and MSFN

tracking stations. For definition of terms, see Introduction to Chapter Two. Data

for FY 1960 are not available.

bAcquired 221.7 hectares (547.7 acres) from Dept. of Agriculture June 9, 1961,

for GSFC proper; acquired 9.4 hectares (23.3 acres) from State of Alaska during

February 1961 for Gilmore Creek Tracking Station. Adjusted figure; 221.8 hectares

(548 acres) appeared in end-of-fiscal-year reports.

CRelinquished 6.9 hectares (17.06 acres) to Prince Georges County, Md., during

1962 for road construction. Adjusted figure; 248.1 hectares (613 acres) appeared in

end-of-fiscal-year reports.

dRelinquished 0.08 hectares (0.2 acres) to Alaska during September 1963 for road

construction; acquired 55.1 hectares (136.2 acres) from General Services

Administration for tracking station at Corpus Christi, Tex., during June 1964.

Adjusted figure; 247.7 hectares (612 acres) appeared in end-of-fiscal-year reports.

eAcquired 7.6 hectares (18.8 acres) from Dept. of Agriculture Dec. 21, 1964;

acquired 1.9 hectares (4.8 acres) from the city of Greenbelt, Md., for interchange

construction.

fAcquired 3.4 hectares (8.5 acres) from Public Dontain 

acquired 3436.4 hectares (8491.6 acres) for Alaska site du

gIncludes capital equipment and other property at GS

stations and Government-furnished equipment at contrac

hWith the disestablishment of the Western Support Of

responsibility for two industrial (contractor-held) facilitie

These weie TRW-Redondo Beach (NAS 7-223 F), Redon

Mexico State University (NAS 7-424 F) for a 1128.7-hec

range at White Sands Missile Range.

NA = Not available.

Source: NASA, Office of Facilities. Supplementary info

R. M. Buckingham.
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(as of June 30; total real property value in thousands)

Component 1963a 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

Land 0.4 1.2 I.I 1.3 1.3 1.2

Buildings 93.3 90.9 70.5 63.8 62.0 61.4

Other structures

and facilities 6.3 7.9 28.4 34.9 36.9 37.4

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Total real property value $13 961 $34350 $62939 $91012 $11 I 234 $132040

a Data for earlier years are not available.

Source: Derived from Tables 2-10 through 2-13 in Chapter Two.
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Table 6-39. Personnel

1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 

Employee Category 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12

Requested for FY ending 800 1250 2000 2668 

Total, paid employees 216 398 11na 1269 1881 1599b 1858 2755 28

Permanent 214 385 1096 1252 1741 1320 1711 2287 25

Temporary 2 13 21 17 140 279 147 468 2

Code group (permanent only)

200c 52 74 151 157 203 23 26 42 

700d 76 141 459 525 645 604 700 980 10

900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Subtotal 128 215 610 682 848 627 726 1022 11

600e 106 109 166 223 2

500 31 78 249 313 364 253 373 468 5

300 53 88 154 161 215 202 261 355 4

100 2 4 83 96 208 129 185 219 2

Subtotal 86 170 486 570 893 693 985 1265 14

Excepted: on duty 4 20 32 35 37 30 32 36 

Accessions: permanent 214 187 231 200 566 266 344 621 4

Accessions: temporary 2 12 23 16 168 222 114 387 1

Military detailees 0 0 10 10 11 3 6 9 
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1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

e Category 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30

nding 3700 3612 3677 3759 3782

es 3675 3640 3774 3560 3958 3791 3995 3752 4073

3498 3531 3613 3489 3718 3754 3788 3702 3746

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67 64 63 59 58 60 60 58 56

1542 1579 1624 1531 1660 1695 1736 1733 1762

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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439 447 461 463 531 540 548 542 540

649 649 647 634 680 672 682 624 619

541 538 558 548 544 555 534 526 552

260 253 255 254 245 232 228 219 217

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oup (480 employees) was transferred from Langley

GSFC in November 1959.

ployees were transferred from GSFC when Space Task

hed as an independent installation in January 1961.

lude Goddard Institute for Space Studies.

30, 1961, the data reflect conversion of some

the 200 Code group (engineers) to the 700 Code group

gists). For key to Code group numbers and definition

er TIuee.

ne 30, 1961, are for "aeronautical research scientists."

1961, the data reflect conversion of these personnel

Code group (aerospace technologists).

eBefore Dec. 31, 1960, the data reflect inclusion of Coae group 600

personnel in the 500 Code group.

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=Not Available.

Source: NASA, Personnel Division. Data through Dec. 31, 1966, from

NASA Quarterly Personnel Statistical Report; data after Dec. 31,

1966, from NASA Personnel Management Information System

and the NASA Supplement to SF 113-A, "Monthly Report of

Federal Civilian Employment Short Form."
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Table 6-40. Distribution of Permanent Personnel Positions by Fiscal Year and Budget Activitya

Program 1960b 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 19

Manned space flight 0 0 0 0 0 0 

(% of total) (60.0) (0.0) (0.0 (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (

Space applications III 325 340 380 358 345 36

(% of total) (7.0) (7.4) (13.9) (11.0) (10.5) (9.7) (9.3) (

Unmanned Investigations in space 855 1236 922 1141 1215 1096 112

(% of total) (19.0) (57.1) (53.0) (29.7) (31.6) (32.8) (29.5) (2

Space research and technology 2 16 151 143 163 163 17

(% of total) (1.0) (0.2) (0.7) (4.9) (4.0) (4.4) (4.4) (

Aircraft technology 0 0 0 0 0 0 

(% of total) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (

Supporting activitiesc 529 756 1689 1946 1968 2108 211

(% of total) (13.0) (35.3) (32.4) (54.4) (53.9) (53.1) (56.8) (5

Total GSFC 1497 2333 3102 3610 3704 3712 378

aBased on number of actual positions reported in annual NASA Budget

Estimates. FY 1961 actual figure was reported in NASA, Budget Estimates,

FY 1963; FY 1962 actual figure was reported in NASA, Budget Estimates,

FY 1964, etc.

bActual positions data are not available for FY 1959 and FY 1960. Percentages in the FY 1960 column are based on distribution used by NASA Office of

Programming, Budget Operations Division, in preparing History ofBudget Plans,

Actual Obligations, and Actual Expenditures for Fiscal Years 1959 Through

1963 (Washington, D.C.: NASA, 1965), Sect. 8.

cFY 1963 and later figures include tracking and dat

nology utilization, and general support positions. Unti

positions were reported with the five other budget activ

FY 1962 figures represent only tracking and data acqui

Source: NASA, Budget Estimates, FY 1963-FY 196

Operations Division.
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Table 6-41. Funding by Fiscal Year

(program plan as of May 31, 1968; in millions)

1959 1960 1961 1962

$72.90 $116.70 $140.30 $171.50

3.85 14.00 9.40 11.52

1.82 15.55 20.38 39.11

$78.57 $146.25 $170.08 $222.13

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ment, and operation.

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$275.40 $370.50 $374.60 $353.10 $386.20 $430.50 $2691.70

21.18 17.53 2.31 2.40 0.71 0.56 83.46

52.81 61.94 .93.25 64.55 71.19 68.44 489.04

$349.39 $449.97 $470.16 $420.05 $458.10 $499.50 $3264.20

Source: NASA, Office of Programming, Budget Operations Division, History ofBudget

Plans, Actual Obligations, and Actual Expenditures for Fiscal Years 1959

Through 1963 (Washington, D.C.: NASA, February 1965); NASA, Budget

Operations Division, "Status of Approved Programs," FY 1959-1968, May 1968.

Table 6-42. Actual Obligations for Construction of Facilities by Fiscal Year and Program Year

(in millions)

an FY 1959 FY 1960 FY 1961 FY 1962 FY 1963 FY 1964 FY 1965 FY 1966 FY 1967 FY 1968 Total

$3.4 $0.2 $0.2 -* * * * 0 0 0 $ 3.9

5.5 6.7 $ 0.9 $ 0.5 $ 0.2 * * -" 0 13.9

2.6 5.8 0.7 0.2 * * -* -* 9.4

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7.9 5.2 5.1 1.1 $0.8 $0.2 20.2

4.4 10.3 1.7 1.2 0.1 17.7

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$3.4 $5.7 $9.5 $13.9 $13.0 $10.6 $16.4 $6.4 $2.7 $1.6 $83.3a

for tracking and data acquisition facilities. Source: NASA, Budget Operations Division, "Status of Approved Programs, Construc- 

ecause of rounding, columns and rows may not add to totals. tion of Facilities," FY 1959-FY 1968, June 1968; NASA Financial Management Division, "Summary Financial Status of Programs," June 30, 1968.
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Table 6-43. Total Procurement Activity by Fiscal Year

(money amounts in millions)

Net value of contract awards

Percentage of NASA total

1960

$76.0

23%

1961

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1962

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to June 30,1960 (Washington, D.C.: NASA, September 1960); NASA, Annual

Procurement Report, Fiscal Years 1961-1968 (Washin

1962-1968).

Year

1964

Inventor

Robert C. Baumann

Leopold Winkler

William R. Cherry

(with Joseph Mandelkorn, LeRC)

Table 6-44. Awards to Personnel Granted under Section 306 of

the Space Act of 1958a

Contribution

Spin adjusting mechanismSolar cell for radiation environment

Amount

$2000

6000

1966 John M. Thole

Wallace S. Kreisman

(with Robert M. Chapman,

Geophysics Corp.)

1967 John B. Schutt

(with Charles M. Shai, Electro

Mechanical Research Inc.)

Inflation system for balloon satellites

Alkali-metal silicate protective coating

1000

1500

aFor complete listing of awards under this Act, see Appendix A, Sect. I.B.

Source: NASA, Inventions and Contributions Board.
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Kennedy Space Flight Cenler's Vehicle Assembly

Building (above lerr) dwarfed the 1ll-meter·laU (365

foot-IaU) Apollo/Saturn V-SOOF tesl vehicle and in

mobile bundler in May 1966. The Launch Contro

Center extends diagonally from the VAB. Heavy

launch lOW at Cape Kennedy (at left), photographed

May 1968, shows NASA Complexes 36A and 368 in

1M foreground with Centaur pads going back to Pad

37. Mariner, In(elsat, Orbiting Astronomical Observa

tory, and Pioneer spacecraft have been launched on

Centaur vehicles, Freedom 7 (above), on the

Mercury-Redstone J, carried America', first man into

space May S, 1961. On Dec. 21, 1968, the Salurn

V

thrust ApoUo 8 out of the earth's field of gravity into

man's fitst orbit of the moon.

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(KSC)

Deputy Director, Center Administration:

Albert F. Siepert (February 1963-

Location:

Land:

Director:

Kennedy Space Center, Brevard County, Florida.

35257.7 total hectares (87123.7 acres) as of June 30, 1968:

-33 905.8 hectares (83 783 acres) NASA-owned.

-1351.3 hectares (3339 acres) perpetual easements from

State of Florida.

-0.7 hectares (1.7 acres) leased.

Kurt H. Debus (Dec. 20, 1963- ; Director, NASA

Launch Operations Center, July 1, 1962-Dec. 30, 1963;

Director, MSFC Launch Operations Directorate, July 1,

1960-July 1, 1962; at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama: Chief,

Missile Firing Laboratory [part of Army Ballistic Missile

Agency's Development Operations Division], Feb. I,

1956-July 1, 1960; Chief, Missile Firing Laboratory [part

of Ordnance Missile Laboratories' Guided Missile Development Division], January 1953-Feb. I, 1956; Chief, Experimental Missiles Firing Branch [part of Technical and

Engineering Division's Guided Missiles Development

Group], November 1951-January 1953).

).

kilometers [15 miles] south of the Cape), which h

United States Air Force September I, 1948, was 

Range Proving Ground and was reactivated Oct

Army-Navy-Air Force effort under executive cont

Staff.2 .

On May 16, 1950, the Department of Defe

officially responsible for the installation: Headqu

Proving Ground, became Headquarters, Long Range 

An Air Force order dated May 17 renamed Joint Lo

the Long Range Proving Ground Air Force Base.3 

from Cape Canaveral-on July 24, 1950-was Bum

with an Army-JPL WAC-Corporal second stage. O

Range Proving Ground Air Force Base was redes

Base. Long Range Proving Ground Division was ass

Development Command (ARDC) May 14, 1951

became Air Force Missile Test Center (AFMTC).4

In August of the same year at the Army's Redst

Alabama, organizational changes resulted in th

Technical and Engineering Division and the subseq

Experimental Missiles Firing Branch December I, 1

formed to supervise the construction of Redstone 

Canaveral Missile Test Annex and to conduct th

Cape Canaveral, a barren promontory on Florida's Atlantic Coast, was

selected as a missile launching site in the late 1940s. On May 11, 1949,

President Truman signed a bill authorizing establishment of a launching range

for guided missiles.'

A month later the Banana River Naval Air Station (24

Deputy Director, Center Operations:

Miles Ross (September 1967-

History

).

299

1 Public Law 60, 81st Congress. Also see Francis E

Lindemann, "Historical Origins of NASA's Launch Operat

KHM-l (KSC Historical Section, October 1964), ix, 14. T

Datil Book was prepared by Francis E. Jarrett, Jr., Kennedy 

2 Letter, Department of the Air Force, Subject: Estab

quarters, Sept. 30, 1949; Emme,Aeronautics and Astronau

3Department of the Air Force, General Order GQ-38

lindemann, "Historical Origins," ix. IS.

4Headquarters, Air Research Development Command

29, 1951; Jarrett and Lindemann, "Historical Origins," x

Force, General Order GO-51, July 19, 1950.
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eps had already been taken by Redstone Arsenal

rt facilities from Air Force Missile Test Center at

le Test Annex. In early January 1953, the

g Branch was redesignated Missile Firing Labora

nse approved the Army's proposal for develop

ediate-range ballistic missile November 8, 1955,

Department of the Army established the Army

BMA) at Redstone Arsenal to manage both the

d the Jupiter program. Missile Firing Laboratory

allistic Missile Agency's Development Operations

winter, effective December 24, 1956,90 Missile

s were permanently assigned at Air Force Missile

1958, Missile Firing Laboratory had grown to 292

and had been given responsibility for launch

ction for the Juno V booster (redesignated Saturn

he establishment of the National Aeronautics and

ber 1, 1958, the fust NASA payload, Pioneer 1,

ntic Missile Range (as the test range on the Cape

1, 1958) under the direction of the U.S. Air

r Force Missile Test 'Center announced establish

NASA Tests, and NASA Administrator T. Keith

1, 1959, memorandum the liaison, coordinative,

s office, which had been designated the Atlantic

fice (AMROO).7 Effective July 1, 1960, with the

opment Operations Division to NASA, Atlantic

ffice was terminated. Missile Firing Laboratory

ns Directorate (LOD) of the new NASA Marshill

oning as the central authority at both Atlantic

istorical Origins," 20-23, 32.

er 1958, ABMA was operating under Army Ordnance

lished March 1958.

istrative History of NASA, 81, n. 32; 123-124; Memo

r, May 1, 1959, Subject: Functions and Authority

Operations Office (AMROO). Provisions of the memo

A Management Manual by General Management Instruc

Missile Range (AMR) and Pacific Missile Range (PMR) for all NASA launch

operations and perfOrming liaison work with the military range commandersand their staffs. S

Even before the transfer, Missile Firing Laboratory had been negotiating

with Air Force Missile Test Center for the reassignment of MFL facilities at

Cape Canaveral Missile Test Annex to NASA. Missile Firing Laboratory had

also been developing a master plan for future NASA launch facilities. With

the decision in the spring of 1961 to undertake a manned lunar landing

before 1970, Launch Operations Directorate and Air Force Missile Test

Center initiated a joint study of lunar mission launch site facilities and

requirements. NASA and the Department of Defense signed an agreement on

management and funding of the lunar landing program's launch site August

24, 1961. On the same day NASA announced the decision to acquire some

32373 hectares (80000 acres) north and west ofCape Canaveral Missile Test

Annex on which to construct facilities for manned lunar launches.9

NASA announced March 7, 1962, that Launch Operations Directorate

would become an independent NASA field installation effective July 1,1962.

Marshall Space Flight Center retained a "Launch Vehicle Operations

Division" and Launch Operations Directorate's NASA Test Support Office at

Pacific Missile Range became another independent installation-the Pacific

Launch Operations Office (PLOO). The rest of the Launch Operations

Directorate-338 former Marshall Space Flight Center employees-formed the

Launch Operations Center at Cape Canaveral. The functions of the new

Center were to support NASA's launch operations, supervise large-scale

construction for the manned lunar landing launch site, and continue liaison

with Air Force Missile Test Center.' °

After a series of discussions on their respectIve mission responsibilities at

the Cape, NASA and the Department of Defense signed an agreement January

17, 1963, which provided that Air Force Missile Test Center would continue

as "host agency" for the 6070-hectare (l5 DOD-acre) Cape Canaveral launch

SNAsA Announcement No. 156, June 13, 1960.

9"Agreement Between DOD and NASA Relating to the Launch Site for the Manned

Lunar Landing Program," signed by Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell L. Gilpatric

and NASA Administrator James E. Webb, Aug. 24,1961; NASA Release 61-189.

,oNASA Circular No. 208, March 7, 1962, Subject: Establishment of the Launch

Operations Center at AMR and the Pacific Launch Operations Office at PMR; NASA

Release 62-53; Rosholt, Administrative History of NASA, Append. C; NASA General

Management Instruction 2-2-9.1, Jan. 10, 1963.
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area, but that NASA would be host agency for the new 35207.7-hectare

(87 OOO-acre) Merritt Island Launch Area (MILA) to the north and west.

NASA and the Department of Defense would carry out their own logistic and

administrative functions and would perform specific mission functions in

their own behalf regardless of location (such as preparation, checkout,

launch, and test evaluation).' I

In a televised speech on Thanksgiving Day, 1963, less than a week after the

assassination of the late President Kennedy, President Johnson announced

that "Station No. I of the Atlantic Missile Range and the NASA Launch

Operations Center in Florida shall hereafter be known as the John F.

Kennedy Space Center." He added: "I have also acted today with the

understanding and support of my friend, the Governor of Florida, Farris

.Bryant, to change the name of Cape Canaveral. It shall be known hereafter as

Cape Kennedy." 11

The following day, November 29, 1963, the President signed Executive

Order 11129 designating both NASA and Department of Defense facilities as

"John F. Kennedy Space Center." NASA officially redesignated Launch

Operations Center the John F. Kennedy Space Center, NASA,December 20,

and in January the Air Force redesignated its Cape Canaveral Missile Test

Annex the Cape Kennedy Air Force Station.' 3 '

In compliance with Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara's November

1963 directive to consolidate Department of Defense intercontinental

ballistic missile and satellite test range facilities under a central U.S. Air Force

authority, the Air Force Systems Command (AFSC) established National

Range Division Provisional Headquarters at Patrick Air Force Base January 2,

1964. (Air Force Systems Command had replaced Air Research and

Development Command April I, 1961.) National Range Division, as

organized by AFSC May 4, set up permanent headquarters at Andrews Air

, , "Agreement between the Department of Defense and the National Aeronautics and

Space Administration Regarding Management of the Atlantic Missile Range of DoD and

the Merritt Island Launch Area of NASA," signed by Secretary of Defense Robert S.

McNamara and NASA Administrator James E. Webb, Jan. 17, 1963; NASA Release

63-11.

"Cabell Phillips,New York Times, Nov. 29, 1963, 10.

'3Ailgela C. Gresser, "Historical Aspects Concerning the Redesignation of Facilities

at Cape Canaveral," KHN-1 (Cocoa Beach, Fla.: KSC Historical Section, April 1964), 15,

17; NASA Announcement 63-283, Dec. 20,1963; Department ofthe Air Force, Special

1964.

Force Base, Maryland. Air Force Missile Test Cen

Eastern Test Range, and on May 15, 1964, the Atla

the Eastern Test Range. ' 4

Ground was broken for the first building in 

industrial complex January 28, 1963, and the fir

new KSC headquarters in April 1965.' 5 NASA 

Island Launch Area designation July 26, 1965, an

property the John F. Kennedy Space Center, NAS

Area, Launch Complex 39, and other facUities.' 6

Until the first Saturn

V was launched Novembe

at the Eastern Test Range took place from la

Kennedy. On August 20, 1963, the Army Corps of 

construction had begun on the Vehicle Assembly 

Vertical Assembly Building) for Launch Compl

complex, with its interrelated mobile launch hard

Saturn

V launch vehicle, was the first launch facilit

north of Cape Kennedy.' 7 The crawler transport

launch vehicle, launch umbilical tower, and the mo

the Vehicle Assembly Building to the launch pads

for the first time June 22, 1965. After certain m

transporter completed its first successful load-carry

and moved its first mobile service structure July 22, 

About 500 Manned Spacecraft Center employee

1, 1965, with the transfer of the Manned Sp

Operations Organization. As a result of this real

14Air Force Systems Command, Special Order S0-<>45

1494-63; AFSC Releases 41-5-1 and 45-R-50; Departme

Order Nov. 2, 1964. For parallel development

the section on Pacific Launch Operations Office (PLOO) 

Activities below.

15 AP, Baltimore Sun, Jan. 29, 1963; KSC Release 93-65

"KSC Announcement, July 26, 1965.

17DOD Release 1141-63. On redesignation of the Ver

Letter, George E. Mueller, NASA Associate Administrator 

KSC, Sept. 9, 1965.

iSK8c Release 128-65; Aviation Week& Sptu:e 

KSC issue J, 82 ff.; Missiles and Rockets, Feb. 7, 1966, 34.

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bly, checkout, and launch of the Apollo space

ASA consulidated its unmanned launch activities

Space Flight Center's Launch Operations Division.

to the Western Test Range, as well as the staff

unch Operations Office, became the KSC Western

vision. With this reorganization, KSC assumed

and launch of all NASA vehicles except the Scout,

Research Center management and was launched

the Western Test Range.' 0

was assigned the responsibility for preparation,

gned NASA space vehicles:

and operating launch facilities, including ground

anned and unmanned spacecraft and scientific

chnical and administrative support for all NASA

d planning and studies leading to development of

epts and techniques.' I '

er (AFMTC), Headquarters-formerly Long Range

ion (renamed AFMTC June 30, 1951); renamed

rce Eastern Test Range (AFETR) May 15, 1964.

ment Command (ARDC)-replaced by Air FOice

FSC) April 1, 1961.

med Eastern Test Range May 15, 1964.

tation-redesignated Joint Long Range Proving

.

01 ;MSC Roundup, Jan. 6,1965,1.

C Release 238-65. For background on launch activity at

on Pacific Launch Operations Office under Former Field

mmittee on Science and Astronautics, Subcommittee on

Cape Canaveral-redesignated Cape Kennedy Nov. 29, 1963.

Cape Canaveral Missile Test Annex-redesignated Cape Kennedy Air Force

Station Jan. 22,1964.

Experimental Missiles Firing Branch-became Missile Firing Laboratory

January 1953.

Florida Missile Test Range-redesignated Atlantic Missile Range effective May

1,1958.

Joint Long Range Proving Ground-redesignated Long Range Proving Ground

AFB May 17, 1950.

Joint Long Range Proving Ground, Headquarters-redesignated Headquarters,

Long Range Proving Ground Division May 16, 1950.

Launch Operations Center (LOC)-became John F. Kennedy Space Center,

NASA, Dec. 20,1963.

Launch Operations Directorate (LOD)-became Launch Operations Center

(LOC)July 1,1962.

Long Range Proving Ground AFB-redesignated Patrick AFB Aug. 1, 1950.

Long Range -Proving Ground Division-renamed Air Force Missile Test Center

June 30,1951.

Merritt Island Launch Area (MILA)-designation discontinued July 26, 1965;

area was to be called John F. Kennedy Space Center, NASA.

Missile Firing Laboratory-became MSFC Launch Operations Directorate

(LOD) July 1, 1960.

Mobile Arming Tower-name changed to Mobile Service Structure Sept. 9,

1965.

Pacific Missile Range-established June 16, 1958; part of USN responsibilities

transferred to Air Force Western Test Range in May 1965; Pacific

Missile Range continues as a national range under U.S. Navy management, but consists of the Sea Test Range, missile impact location

stations in the Pacific, and several tracking stations.

Pad A and Pad Launch Area A and Launch Area B :sept. 9,

1965.

Vertical Assembly Building-redesignated Vehicle Assembly Building Sept. 9,

1965.

Manned Space Flight, 1968 NASA Authorization: Hearings, Pt. 2, 90th Cong., 1st sess.,

March 14-21, 1967 (Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1967), 1064; NASA Management Instruction 1142.2, June 29, 1965.
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Facility Name Launch Area Aa Ordnance Laboratory Launch Equipment Shop Launch Control Center (LCC)

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Year Initial Accumulated

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1965 $24075 $34249.2 Launch of Saturn

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1965 746 763 Technical support for fabrication and repair 

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7000 8242 Central control for vehicle checkout and lau

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1967d 20957 5431.9 Launch of Saturn

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1967 13300 19809.9 Inspection and malfunction operations for S

craft; fueling, checkout, final ordnance hook

verification for Apollo spacecraft

aFormeriy called Pad A.

bFormerly called Vertical Assembly Building.

cFormerly called Pad B.

dBy late 1967, only launch pad and liquid hydrogen facility

had been completed. When completed, Launch Area

B would be

identical to Launch Area A.

eFor all three LUTs.

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me Facility Name Year Init. Accum. Technological Areas Supported

Completed Cost Cost

a 1964 $ 95 $ 304 Radar boresighting, RFI checks; was used for GeminiAgena docking checks

Cryogenic Test, 1964 1200 1 267.6 Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs

Nos. 1 and 2 1966b

s 1964 834 1 533.9 Spacecraft environmental control systems operations

Fluid Test Support 1964 228 508 Hypergolic propulsion systems, cryogenic fuel cell

BUilding systems, life support systems

Hypergolic 1964 977 3 133.7 Propellant systems

2) Test, Nos. 1,2

raft Operation and 1964 8147 28024.6 Assembly and checkout of manned spacecraft; crew

Checkout training and preflight preparations

Building

Parachute 1964 329.4 341 Storage, receiving, inspection, and packing of parachutes

and other recovery equipment, flight crew equipment, andextravehicular activity (EVA) equipment

Propellent Systems 1964 125 235 Receiving, disassembly, cleaning, reassembly, and

ory Component testing of contaminated components of Saturn-Apollo

Laboratory propellant systems

n Pyrotechnic Installation 1964 1204 1320 Manned spacecraft operations

Central Instrumentation 1965 5729 5 827.5 Saturn-Apollo support

Facility (CIF)

Ordnance 1965 159.4 178.3 Pyrotechnic testing, inspection, and associated

Laboratory electric and electronic instrumentation

Flight Crew Support 1966 1005.2 1 863.2 Manned spacecraft operations

Building

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Table 6-47. Technical Facilities: NASA Launch Complexes at Cape Kennedy Air Force Station

(with costs in thousands)

Launch Complex

Number

17 (A&B)c

Year

Completed

1957

1957

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$ 6552

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Capability and Uses

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OGO, OAO, and ATS programs

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launch vehicles; supported OSO, IMP, GEOS, Biosat

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Intelsat programs

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Apollo static test facility for operational testing of A

service module and associated support equipment

Atlas-Agena launch vehicle; service structure modifie

commodate Lunar Orbiter, ATS, and OGO programs

Assembly, checkout, and launch of Saturn IB launch

vehicleAtlas-Centaur launch vehicle; supported Surveyor pr

Assembly, checkout, and launch of Saturn IB launch

vehicle

aTotal accumulated cost estimate as of Dec. 31, 1967, including

all buildings, structures, and subfacilities.

bContractor-operated (General Dynamics/Convair).

cContractor-operated (Douglas Aircraft Co., later McDonnell

Douglas Corp.).

dcontractor-operated (North American Rockwell Corp.).

eUnder USAF cognizance.

fYear LC-16 was completed for Titan ICBM R&D test program

gIncluding both A and B.

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Name Facility Name Year Init. Accum.

Completed Cost Cost

a Spin Test Building 1955 $ 250 $ 261

ty Missile Assembly Building 1956b 2572 2723

"R&D"

ty Missile Assembly Building 1956 1239 1239

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Missile Assembly 1957- 1088.9 2605

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Balancing and pyro installation for Delta vehicles

Saturn-Apollo assembly

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Checkout and spacecraft testing

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and tracking during Gemini program; used

for Apollo checkout and tracking until

adoption of Unified S Band

Laboratory, office, and checkout facilities

for Lunar Orbiter and Biosatellite programs

Office space

Spacecraft prelaunch assembly for unmanned

launch operations

Recycling of suits, boots, and gloves for

astronauts' protection ensemble

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Administrative support offices

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and planetary spacecraft

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(with costs in thousands)

Functional Name

Fuel transfer and conditioning

facility

Leak test facilityC

Facility Name

Propellant Laboratory

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Test Building

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Lunar Orbiter program

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tanks of the Delta vehicle 2n

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Electric Co., Inc.).

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d acres)

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NA 39 64 114 201 524 611

owned, thousands of sq

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(23) (62) (609)

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NA $32670 $55653 $60117 $60487 $60487 $60 516

NA 474 14065 42742 110335 186080 242915

and facilities NA 5004 36488 73934 137201 285079 378948

NA $38,148 $106206 $176 793 $308023 $531 646 $682379

pment $7000 $10294 $16771 $28203 $64307 $94240 $127900

ch Ope~ations Center was not officially established until

anned land acquisition began before the end of FY 1962

mmed from research and development. For defmition

uction to Chapter Two.

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A, designation announced Dec. 20, 1963.

cAcreage leased for Taylor Creek and Merritt Island Airport tracking

stations.

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Source: NASA Office of Facilities. Supplementary information was

provided by Francis E. Jarrett, Jr., Charles Hibbard, and

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Table 6-50. Value of Real Property Components as Percentage of Total

(as of June 30; total real property value in thousands)

Component 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 19

Land 85.6% 52.4% 34.0% 19.6% 11.4% 8

Buildings 1.2 13.2 24.2 35.8 35.0 35

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100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100

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Table 6- 51. Personnela

1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31b 6/30 12/31 6/30

1200 2205 2045 2750 2720

604 1181 1269 1625 1880 2464 2486 2669 2618 2867 2782 3044

560 1009 1174 1434 1727 2181 2332 2433 2539 2693 2711 2917

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156 366 429 555 691 966 1032 1059 1065 1148 1147 1263

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188 248 299 348 414 452 482 513 540 539 539 579

39 123 146 172 232 270 387 409 429 415 417 454

31 67 60 57 27 97 13 4 3 3 4 3

395 628 721 843 981 1164 1247 1317 1427 1494 1512 1600

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79 196 91 188 144 226 141 210 57 138

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3. Data include figures for Daytona Beach Operation, not

ection on Headquarters in this chapter).

ent periods include Western Test Range Operations

the data reflect conversion of some professionals from the

the 700 Code group (aerospace technologists). For key to

ition of terms, see Chapter Three.

1, are for "aeronautical research scientists." Beginning

conversion of these personnel members to the 700 Code

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in the 500 Code group.

NA =Data not available.

Source: NASA, Personnel Division. Data through Dec. 31, 1966, from NASA

Quarterly Personnel Statistical Report; data after Dec. 31, 1966, from

NASA Personnel Management Information System and the NASA

Supplement to SF 113-A, "Monthly Report of Federal Civilian Employment Short Form."

Table 6-52. Personnel: Western Test Range Operations

Employee Category

1965

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Table 6-53. Distribution of Permanent Personnel Positions by Fiscal Year and Budget Activitya

Program 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 19

Manned space flight 291 592 770 1413 1409 1518 19

(% of total) (87.4) (57.4) (48.4) (58.2) (54.4) (55.8) (6

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(% of total) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (

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(% of total) (9.6) (0.4) (0.4) (0.8) (4.9) (5.3) (

Space research and technology 10 2 3 0 0 0 

(% of total) (3.0) (0.2) (0.2) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (

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(% of total) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (

Supporting activitiesb 0 434 813 996 1054 1057 8

(% of total) (0.0) (42.0) (51.0) (41.0) (40.7) (38.9) (2

Total 333 1032 1592 2428 2589 2720 29

aBased on number of actual positions reported in annual quisition, technology utilization, and general support positions.

NASA Budget Estimates. FY 1962 actual figure was re- Until FY 1963 support positions were reported with the five

ported in NASA, Budget Estimates, FY 1964; FY 1963 other budget activities.

actual figure was reported in NASA, Budget Estimates, FY

1965, etc. Source: NASA, Budget Estimates, FY 1963-FY 1969; NASA

bFy 1963 and later figures include tracking and data ac- Budget Operations Division.

Table 6-54. Funding by Fiscal Year

(program plan as of May 31, 1968, in millions)

Appropriation Title 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1

Research and development 0 0 0 $ 10.10 $ 57.10 $ 59.40 $134.00 $217.10 $359

Construction of facilitiesa $4.00 $27.77 $115.83 333.19 275.37 88.52 7.63 35.23 21

Administrative operationsb 0 0 6.40 18.82 29.83 40.84 81.44 92.81 93

Total $4.00 $27.77 $122.23 $362.11 $362.30 $188.76 $223.Q7 $345.14 $474

aDoes not include facilities planning and design.

bFY 1962 appropriation was for salaries and expenses; FY 1963 appropriation was for research, development, and operation.

Source: NASA, Office of Programming, Budget Operation

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ne 30, 1968; includes facilities planning and design.

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difications to the Mercury Control Center which was

er various locations.

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s project numbers.

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not add to totals.

Source: NASA, Budget Operations Division, "Status of Approved Programs, Construction of Facilities," FY 1959-1968; NASA, Financial Management Division, "Summary Financial Status of Programs," June 30, 1968.

alue of contract awards

ntage of NASA total

Table 6-56. Total Procurement Activity by Fiscal Year

(money amounts in millions)

1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 Total

'$36.9 $232.0 $261.3 $287.2 $292.6 $375.0 $414.2 $1899.2

2% 7% 6% 5% 6% 8.1% 10.0% 6.4%

e: NASA, Procurement and Supply Division, NASA Procurement: October 1. 1958 to June 30. 1960 (Washington, D.C.: NASA,

September 1960); NASA, Annual Procurement Report, Fiscal Years 1961-1968 (Washington, D.C.: NASA,1962-1968).
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Deputy Director:

Charles J. Donlan (Nov. 6, 1967-May 1, 1968; Associate

Director, March 20, 1961-Nov. 6,1967).

Land:

Director:

1692.8 total hectares (4183 acres) as of June 30,1968:

- 173.6 hectares (429 acres) in West area, NASA-owned.

- 129.5 hectares (320 acres) in West area, USAF use

permit.

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8.9 hectares (22 acres) in East area, USAF use permit.

-10.1 hectares (25 acres) in Town of Poquoson, Virginia, leased by Town of Poquoson.

- 1326.2 hectares (3277 acres) on Plumtree Island,

Virginia, USAF use permit.

- 44.5 hectares (110 acres) in City of Newport News,

Virginia, NASA-owned.

Edgar M. Cortright (May 1,1968- ).

Floyd L. Thompson (May 23, 1960-May 1, 1968; Special

Assistant to the NASA Administrator, May 1968-Nov. 25,

1968; Associate Director, Oct. 1, 1958-May 23, 1960;

Associate Director, NACA LAL, Aug. 1, 1952-0ct. 1,

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Henry J. E. Reid (tJuly 30, 1968; Senior Staff Associate,

LaRC, May 23, 1960-June 30, 1961; Director LaRC, Oct.

1, 1958-May 23, 1960; Director, NACA LAL, May 1948-

Oct. 1, 1958; Director, NACA LMAL, June 1947-May

1948; Engineer-in-Charge, NACA LMAL, Jan. 1, 1926-June

1947).

Leigh M. Griffith (Engineer-in-Charge, NACA LMAL, Nov. 1,

1922-Dec. 31, 1925).

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On October 9, 1916, the National Advisory Com

appointed a subcommittee (consisting of C. D. Walc

W. Stratton) to consider the need for a site for NAC

The subcommittee's studies, coordinated with the i

Navy Departments, led to selection on November 

kilometers (4 miles) north of Hampton, Virginia. 2 

chosen by the Army as an aircraft proving ground, 

the NACA to obtain approval from the Secretary o

portion of the site for NACA purposes. This approva

27,1916.'

In the January 15, 1917, issue of

Aviation maga

appeared that the Government installation near Ham

Langley Field in honor of Samuel P. Langley (1

pioneer, scientist, and astronomer and third Secret

Institution. The Langley designation was not formali

ofWar until August 7,1917.4

Langley Field was authorized by the NACA as an 

effective June 28, 1917, with a contract issued for 

1 J. C. Hunsaker, "Forty Years of Aeronautical Research

1955 (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1956), 

Early History of NASA:' prepared for J F. Victory, Dec. 

"Fifty Years of Flight Research:

A Chronology of the 

1917-1966," HHN-65 (NASA, Historical Office, comment 

Michael D. Keller, "A History of the NACA Langley Labor

Historical Office, comment ed., March 1968). This section o

prepared for the Data Book by Robert W. Mulac, Langley Re

2NACA, Executive Committee Minutes, Nov. 9, 1916

Office Files; Third Annual Report of the NACA, 1917 (Was

16,20.

3 "IJnportant Events," 3.

4"Site Recommended for 'Langley Field,'" AviJJtion, 

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estimated cost of $80 900. 5 On July 17, 1917,

ectare (6-acre) site (Plot 16 in what was later called

uction of the laboratory building was completed in

207.'

f the fITst NACA wind tunnel (l.S-meter [S-foot]

ere approved April 29,1918; construction began in

was completed a year later.' On June 20, 1919,

rch was authorized to facilitate comparison of

wind-tunnel data,8 and flight research began that

N4H trainer aircraft.' '

NACA passed a resolution, subject to the approval

that the new NACA installation be named the

utical Laboratory.' ° During formal dedication of

20, marked by the first operation of the 1.S-meter

Attorney General's permission for the name was

ley Aeronautical Laboratory May 26, 1948, by

Laboratory became the Langley Research Center

NASA October 1, 1958. I 2

arch Tunnel-with a 6-meter throat-was

When completed November 30, 1927, it was the

world.' 3 In 1928 the NACA cowling for radial

ttee Minutes, July 12,1917; Third Annual Report ofthe

Book," Record Group (RG) 255, National Archives; Lang

ittee Minutes, April 29, 1918; Fourth Annual Report of

, D.C.: GPO, 1920), 24; George W. Gray, Frontiers of

Knopf, 1948), 14-15, 34-35; Journal of the Society of

21).

zation No. 10, Langley Files.

on Flight Research," Aug. 4, 1948; Edward P. Warner

y Report on Free Flight Tests," Technical Report No. 70,

CA (Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1920), 571-599.

ttee Minutes, April 22,1920.

ttee Minutes, June 11, 1920; D. W. Taylor speech, copy

Sixth Annual Report of the NACA (Washington, D.C.:

r Staff, June 4,1948; NACARelease, Sept. 26, 1958.

of the NACA, 1926 (Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1927),6;

; Keller, "A Chronology," 31.

air-cooled engines was developed, and its use led to significantly greater flight

speeds with no increase in engine power.' 4 In the same year the first

refrigerated wind tunnel for research into prevention of icing of wings and

propellers was placed in operation, and the Atmospheric Wind Tunnel was

used to demonstrate high lift by means of airfoil pressure or suction slots for

boundary-laver controL' 5

NACA reported to industry in 1930 results of Langley studies of optimum

position of engine nacelles, the first applications of which were in the Boeing

247, Douglas DC-2, and Martin B-lO aircraft. 16 The world's first full-scale

wind tunnel was built at Langley in 1930; this tunnel, with a 9- by l8-meter

(30- by 60-foot) throat, was still in use for aerospace research in 1967.'? On

March 20, 1936, Langley placed in operation the world's largest high-speed

wind tunnel, with a 2.4-meter (8-foot) throat. " Developed from use of the

4.6-meter (lS-foot) spin tunnel built in 1934, the Langley free-flight wind

tunnel was placed in operation April 20, 1939.' •

Early NACA contributions to wing improvement had resulted from the

fITst Langley variable-density tunnel (built in In3, destroyed by fITe and

rebuilt in 1927, and improved in 1929). But in the 1930s, the Langley group

working on drag characteristics of wings began designs for a tunnel that

would reduce turbulence by straightening and straining the airflow with a

steep contraction and a series of wire screens. In 1938 the first lowturbulence tunnel was completed, and laminar flow airfoil testing began.

A

larger version, capable of wing section tests at large Reynolds numbers,

became operative in 1941, reducing turbulence to less than 0.015 percent.

Turbulence had measured 2.0 percent in the old variable-density tunnel.' °'

Construction started in 1940 on the NACA combined-loads testing

machine, the basic concepts of which had been developed at Langley in 1939.

'4Gray, Frontiers ofFlight, 37, 113-117.

15 Ibid., 309; Fourteenth Annual Report of the NACA, 1928 (Washington, D.C.:

GPO, 1929), 6, 25.

" NACA, Fortieth Anniversary brochure, 1955.

"Gray, Frontiers of Flight, 37-38; Keller, "A Ouonology," 33; Sixteenth Annual

Report of the NACA, 1930 (Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1931),7; see table on technical

facilities in this section. •

'8Gray, Frontiers ofFlight, 42-43.

1 'NACA. Fortieth Anniversary brochure; Emme, Aeronauti£s and Astronautics,

1915-1960, 37; Keller, "A Chronology," 43.

• °NACA, Executive Committee Minutes, Sept. 8, 1927; Gray, Frontiers ofFlight, 36,

47-48; Keller, "A Chronology," 44.
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Completed in 1949, this facility was the first capable of applying positive and negative forces along each of three axes and positive and negative moments about these axes, in any combination of forces, each added independently.2 I ' In 1941 a Langley report established requirements for satisfactory aircraft flying qualities and provided a criterion for aircraft development that would be used generally throughout the aircraft industry.22 'The rocket aircraft research program for investigation of aircraft flight characteristics beyond the speed of sound was conceived in 1943, and on March 16, 1944, at a seminar at Langley, the NACA proposed that a jet-propelled transonic research

airplane be developed.23 ' 'During 1944 the Laboratory developed the

wing-flow method (testing small semispan wings or semispan aircraft models

in the transonic-airflow field over the wing of a subsonic airplane in

high-speed flight). In the same year the radio telemeter was first used for

transmission of aerodyanmic research data at transonic speeds from vehicles

used in the "bomb drop" technique.24 ' •

The swept-back-wing concept for overcoming shockwave effects at critical

mach numbers was formulated and experimentally confirmed in 1945.25

During that year a report, which would become a classic reference,

summarized NACA data on airfoil sections.26 ' Also in 1945, Langley

conducted the IITst launching of a two-stage rocket-propelled research model

2I Gray, Frontiers of Flight, 160; Emme, Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1915-1960,

39,63.

22Robert R. Gilruth, "Requirements for Satisfactory Hying Qualities of Airplanes,"

Technical Report No. 755, Twenty-ninth Annual Report of the NACA, 1943 (Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1948),46-57.

23 Himsaker, "Forty Years," 268-269; John Stack, "Compressible Hows in Aeromutics," Journal of the Aeronautical Sciences, XII (April 1945), 127-148, Eighth Wright

Brothers Lecture presented before the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences, Washington,

D.C., Dec. 17, 1944; NASA, Fifty Years ofAeronautical Research, EP45 (Washington,

D.C.: NASA, 1968),31-33; Gray, Frontiers of Flight, 355 ff.; Emme, Aeronautics and

Astronautics, 1915-1960,47; Fortieth Annual Report oftheNACA, 1954 (Washington,

D.C.: GPO, 1956), 34.

24Robert R. Gilruth, "Resume and Analysis of NACA Wing-How Tests," paper presented at Aeronautical Conference, Sept. 3-5, 1947, London, England; Emme, Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1915-1960, 48.

25Gray, Frontiers of Flight, 341-344; Emme, Aeronautics and Astronautics,

1915-i960,49.

26 Ira H. Abbott, Albert E. von Doenhoeff, and Louis S. Stivers, Jr., "Summary of Air

Foil Data," Technical Report No. 824, Thirty-fust Annual Report of the NACA, 1945

(Washinltton, D.C.: GPO, 1949), 259-523.

(the Tiamat) and launched the first successful roc

vehicle for wing-and-body research. Both launchin

newly established Pilotless Aircraft Research Di

Wallops Island, Virginia. 27

The NACA revealed on May 21, 1947, a nearly 

five-bladed propeller and muffled exhaust, and on N

first successful hypersornc-flow wind tunnel (

throat) was put into operation.a ' The follow

published a report containing the theoretical pred

inertial coupling), a problem later to be realize

fuselage, high-speed aircraft.2" In 1949 contin

established in the 2A-meter (8-foot) high-speed wialtered to incorporate the slotted-throat principle de

The transonic area rule developed at Langley w

in transonic wind tunnels in 1951, and on January 

test of a complete airplane model designed to 

principle was made at Wallops Island. 3I An a.c. ar

first successfully operated December 19, 1956, an

gun" technique for studying projectile impacts wa

operation. Pilotless Aircraft Research Division lau

spherical rocket motor with spin stabilization July 

254-millimeter (1 a-inch) diameter. 32

Space-inflatable spheres, forerunners of. the Ech

lite, were first launched successfully from Wa1J.ops 

was launched August 12, 1960, culminating Lang

inflatable-sphere spacecraft.34

27Ernme, Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1915-1960, 5

Wallops Station in this chapter.

2B Emme, Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1915-1960, 57,

uWlIIiam H. Phillips, "Appreciation and Prediction of 

Report 927, Thirty-fifth Annual Report of the NACA, 19

1951),121-165.

30Emme, Aeronautics and Astronautics 1915-1960, 63

269; Keller, "A Chronology," 60,62.

31 Emme, Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1915-1960, 6

270; NASA, Fifty Years ofAeronautical Research, 36-37.

32Emme, Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1915-1960, 84,

33NASA,First Semiannual Report (Washington, D.C.: G

34NAsA, Third Semiannual Report (Washington; D.C.: 

Semiannual Report (1961), 7, 10-16.
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33 Langley Research Center personnel members

to form what became the Space Task Group,

n of a manned satellite project (designated later

). Of this group, 14 came from Langley's Pilotless

which had earlier in 1958 begun designs of the

became Little Joe.35

scientists conceived the multipurpose, solid-fuel

complete Scout was launched for the first time

11, 1962, NASA announced adoption of the

OR) plan advocated by Langley for first manned

63 the phenomenon of tire hydroplaning was

blic as a hazard in driving automobiles on wet

t Fire spacecraft was launched April 14, 1964,

d-1157 meters per second (37963 fps) during

hed by a man-made object in free flight at that

ear, Project RAM (Radio Attenuation Measure

that ejection of a small amount ofliquid into the

ntering body was a promising method for dealing

eentry.4 0

966, Lunar Orbiter 1 four days later became the

lunar orbit. It was the first in the LaRC-managed

obtained high-resolution photographs of various

assessment oftheir suitability as landing sites for

ecraft and to contribute to knowledge of the

ompson to all concerned, Nov. 5,1958; Swenson, Grim

Ocean, 114,123 ff., 132.

Report, 75-77.

istory of the Development of the Lunar Orbit Rendez

h Center," Feb. 17, 1966; NASA Release 62-159.

ranscript; NASA, TN D-2056.

A, Twelfth Semiannual Report (Washington, D.C.: GPO,

4-34; NASA Release 64-65; NASA, Twelfth Semiannual

SA, News Conference Transcript, Oct. 17, 1967.

Mission

Langley Research Center was assigned responsibility for:

(l) Basic and applied research to provide the scientific and technical

background necessary for (a) manned and unmanned exploration and use of

space and (b) improvement in performance, safety, and utility of airborne

flight; development of advanced concepts for future NASA programs;

research and technical support for projects assigned to other NASA

installations and other Government agencies; and support of the NASA

technology utilization program.

(2) Aeronautical research to provide a rational technological base for

successful development and use of practicable aircraft, such as supersonic and

high-subsonic-speed transports, high-performance military aircraft, advanced

hypersonic ramjet-powered vehicles, and improved V/STOL aircraft.

(3) A broad range of research programs to provide a rational technological

base for future space developments, such as studies in atmosphere entry

aerothermodynamics, heat shielding, circumvention of communications

blackout for space missions, establishment of requirements and advanced

design concepts for controlled atmosphere entry and landing spacecraft, and

for a manned' orbital research laboratory.

(4) Development, procurement, and operation of the solid-propellant

Scout launch vehicle; management of other spacecraft systems and experiments for evaluation of the earth's atmospheric characteristics, the radiation

and micrometeoroid hazards of the earth and moon environments, the lunar

gravitational field, and the properties of the lunar surface; research and

development support for other unmanned spacecraft and launch vehicle

projects.

(5) An extensive research program to provide guidance and technology for

the formulation and execution of advanced planetary flight missions.42

42NASA, Hq. Management Instruction, NMI 1144.5, July 15, 1964; NASA, Budget

Estimates, FY 1969, IV, AO 2-72 through 2-75.
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Table 6-57. Technical Facilities: Wind Tunnels

(with costs in thousands)

Year Test Section Size loil. Accum.

Facility Name Built in Meters (and Feet) Mach No. Range Reynolds No. Range Cost Cost 

Full-scale tunnel 1930 9.1H x 18.3W x 17.1L 0.0 to 0.14 0.0 to I x 106 \ 029 1 139 Large-scale 

(30H x 60W x 56L) and recover

flight dynam

Low-turbulence pressure 1940 0.9W x 2.3H 0.1 to 0.4 2 x 106 to 15 x 106 729 729 Effects of b

tunnel (3W x 7.5H) and surface 

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characterist

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(20 across flats x 25H) (0.0 to 90 fps) decelerators

descent

300-mph 7- by IO-foot 1945 2.3 x 3.1 0.0 to 483 km per hr 0.0 to 2.5 x 106 2052a 2205a Full-span an

tunnel (7 x 10) (0.0 to 300 mph) static mode

tests, V/STO

4· by 4·foot supersonic 1948 1.4H x lAW x 2.IL 1.25 to 2.6 1.4 x 106 to 6.6 x 106 909 3407 Force, mom

pressure tunnel (4.5H x 4.5W x 7L)

II-inch hypersonic tunnel 1949 NA 6.8.9.6 (air) 0.3104 x 106 (air) 168 298 Pressure inv

10.5,18.0 (helium) I .2 to lOx 106 (helium) force testing

26-inch lransonic blowdown 1950 octagonal, ,lolled 0.6 across flat, 0.6 to 1.45 2 x 106 to 27 x 106 135 135 Flutter inve

tunnel (Ilotted 2.2 across flats)

Unitary plan wind tunnel 1955 1.2H x 1.2W x 2.IL 1.47 to 2.86 (1) (I) 0.56 x 106 to 7.83 x 106 15427 15620 Force, mom

(4H x4W x 7L1 2.29 to 4.63 (2) (2) 0.76 x 106 to 7.78 x 106 heat-transfe

8...(oot transonic pressure 1958b 2.IW x 2.1H 0.2 to 1.3 eVe 0.3x106 t07x106 5495 6793 Force, mom

tunnel (7.1W x 7.IH) and buffetin

20·inch hypersonic tunnel 1958 0.5 x 0.5 3 x 106 to 10.5 x 106 1409 I 409 Heat-transfe

(mach 6) (1.6 x 1.6)

ll·inch ceramic·heated 1958 0.3 dia 2.4.6 NA 212 321 High-tempe

tunnel <0.9 dial

Transonic dynamics tunnel 1959b 4.9W x 4.9H x 9.1 L 0.0 to 1.2 8.5 to 106 (Freon 12) 1100 11110 Flutter, buf

(l6W x 16H x 30L) 3.5 to 106 (air) loads, and o

9· by 6-foot thermal 1959b 1.8 by 2.7 2.9 x 106 to 18.4 x 106 4249 4254 Aerodynam

structures tunnel (6 hy 8.75)

Hypersonic flow apparatus 1959 0.4 dia 10.03 1.3 x 106 to 2 x 106 280 335 Force, press

(1.25 dial

Mach 8 variable-density 1960 0.5 dia 7.5 to 8 0.1 x 106 to 12 x 106 74 74 Fundamenta

hypersonic tunnel (1.5 dial investigation

ranges using 

measuremen

22-inch helium tunnel 1960 0.6 dia 18.22.26 3 x 106 to 15 x 106 997 1289 Force, press

(22.5 dial tests

High-speed 7- by 10-foot 1961 b 2.0H x 3.1L up to 1.2 4 x 106 to 4.2 x 106 2052d 3437d Static and d

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foil.

Mach No. Range Reynolds No. Range Cost

0.2 to 1.3 1.2 x 106 to 3.7 x 106 1422

2.0 to 4.5 8.5 x 106 to 20.5 x 106 354

8.5 4.8 x 10 6 to 7.5 x 106 507 b

3,4,5,6 0.1 x 106 to 2.4 x 106 230

3,4.6,10 NA 560

12 to 28 (nitrogen) to 0.01 x 106 to 1 x 106 140

60 with helium (nitrogen)

12 0.01 x 106 to 0.02 x 106 226

10,12 0.4 x 106 to 2.5 x 106 6396

2 to 3 (shock tube) 1 x 10" to 5 x 106 82

15 to 30 (expan. tube) I x 105 '0 1 x 106

2 to 7 5 x 104 to 5 x 105 3715

18 0.155 x 106 to 0.785 x 106 570

to 18 0.001 x 106 to 0.1 x 106 3581

6.8.7.7 0.06 x 106 to 3.7 x 106 10537

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Research Supported

Force and pressure investigation

Force, pressure. and flutter testing

Heat-transfer. pressure. and force testing

Deployable reentry vehicles such as paraglider

type and advanced launch vehicles such as

winged reusable systems; high"81titude exhaustplume aerodynamic interference

Tests of reentry materials

Force and moment, pressure distribution. and

heat-transfer-rate studies on reentry configurations; high<nergy flows

High<nthalpy hypersonic fluid mechanics

HeaHransfer. aerodynamic tests

Convective heaHransfer investigations; hyperYelocity gas dynamics; development of a

radiative heat-transfer expansion tube

Thermal protection materials and systems

Heat-transfer. pressure, and force studies

High-enthalpy hypersonic fluid mechanics

Studies of structures and thermal protection

for hypersonic night

Ablation, char-layer effects. ablation sensors,

protective coatings, and refractory metals

Flow-field phenomena, radiation heating

distribution to a flight vehicle; basic radiative

properties of the gas in question at a given

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facility Name

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tunnel

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tunnels

Year

Built

1966

1967

Test Section Size

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1.8 dia

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1.5 dia (60 dial mach 20

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10,20 0.6 x 106 to 57 x 106 3148 NA Aeroel

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bCompletion of last major modification.

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Research Supported

Space vehicle systems,

spacecraft structures,

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Table 6-59. Technical Facilities Other Than Wind Tunnels and Environmental Test Facilities

(with costs in thousands)

Year Init. Accum.

Functional Name Facility Name Built Cost Cost Research or Technical A

Landing impact Impacting Structures 1942 $ 448 $ 621 Vertical-landing impact tests of manned 

test facility and nosecones; horizontal-landing tests 

Structures research Structures Research 1942 1699 2471 Elevated temperature; static and dynam

laboratory Laboratory ronmental tests

Instrument research Instrument Research 1951 768 1956 Optics; spectroscopy; vacuum, pressure, 

laboratory Laboratory ments; digital readout systems; cryogeni

measurements; radiation effects; acousti

Landing loads track Landing Loads Track 1957 2500 4487 Loads and motions measurement during 

facility

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range Range

Whirl tower Helicopter Apparatus 1959 40 202 Helicopter blade research; tests of rocke

centrifugal g tower

Arc jet facility, 2.5 Megawatt Atmos- 1961a 15 37 Materials testing for reentry heating

atmospheric 2.5 pheric Arc Jet

megawatt

Rocket propulsion Rocket Static Test 1961 276 345 Pressure, force, strain, and temperature 

static test facility Facility

Materials jet, arc Arc Heated Materials 1961 50 50 Ablation, char-layer effects, ablation sen

heated Jet refractory metals

Propellant mixing Propellant Mixing 1961 105 410 Hybrid-propellant systems; acceleration 

facility Facility space environmental effects; combustion 

combustible mandrel feasibility studies

Materials radiation Materials Radiation 1962 87 1008 Space radiation effects on spacecraft ma

laboratory Laboratory (and systems

1966)

Docking simulator Visual Docking 1963 34 59 Docking simulation

(visual) Simulator

Rendezvous docking Rendezvous Docking 1963 320 325 Rendezvous-docking studies; Apollo doc

simulator Simulator niques; aircraft visual landing approache
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Year Init. Accum.

Facility Name Built Cost Cost Research or Technical Areas Supported

Fixed-Base Supersonic 1964 $ 875a $ 875a Subsonic and supersonic aircraft performance, stability and control,

Transport Simulator air traffic control, instrumentation

Dynamics·Research 1964 3213 3689 Space vehicle systems, spacecraft structures, and launch vehicle

Laboratory structures

Spherical Rocket Motor 1964 152 152 Investigation of flight rocket combustion phenomena, acceleration

Test Apparatus effects

Lunar Orbit and Letdown 1965 1920 1945 Visual simulator for navigation and control of spacecraft in vicinity

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(LOLA)

High Intensity Noise 1965 334 455 Noise studies

Facility

Low Frequency Noise 1965 550 578 Noise and sonic boom studies; human factors

Facility

150 Cubic Foot Space 1965 1480 1480 Space environmental effects

Vacuum Facility

Projection Planetarium 1965 177 363 Studies of manual control using the "out the window" visual

information

Magnetic Compression 1965 500 514 Plasma physics and astrophysics

Experiment

Lunar Landing Research 1965 3500 3856 Lunar landing studies

Facility

Stabilization and Control 1965 1 366 1 366 Instrumentation

Laboratory

Space Radiation Effects 1965 12382 14568 High-energy corpuscular radiation simulator for measuring

Laboratory (SREL) effects on material specimens and electronic circuitry

Integrated Life Support 1966 986 3500 Life support systems engineering, human factors engineering

System

Particle Accelerator for 1966 766 NA Effect of impact on materials

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Functional Name Facility Name Built

Electronic instrument Electronic Instrument 1966

laboratory Laboratory

Noise research facility Noise Research 1966

Laboratory

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vous Simulator

Plasma accelerator 20-Megawatt Linear 1966

(20 megawatt) Plasma Accelerator

Vehicle antenna test Vehicle Antenna Test 1966

facility Facility

Fatigue research Fatigue Research 1967

laboratory Laboratory

Life support technology Life Support Technology 1967

laboratory Laboratory

aOf this IJgUre, $250 000 financed by FAA.

bNewport News, .

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Cost Cost Research or Technical 

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testing of components, subsystems, an

270 $ 710 Noise studies

60c 60c Rendezvous and station-keeping simul

2000 2004 Magnetoplasrnadynamic studies and re

3472 3629 Telemetry systems

1 169 NA Fatigue of aerospace materials and stru

2656 NAd Life support

dConstruction contract awarded August 1966.

NA =Data not available.

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(as of June 30; money amounts in thousands)

Space Radiation Effects Laboratorya

Land in hectares

(and acres)

Buildings

Number

Area in square meters

(and square feet)

Value

Land

Buildings

Other structures and facilities

Total industrial real property

aOperated by Virginia Associated Research Center

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and Virginia Polytechnic Institute) under Contract

No. NAS 1-4546 F. These figures are included in Table

6-67; data for earlier years not available.

1967 1968

44.5 44.5

(110 ) (110 )

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$ 6 $ 6

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$10689 $15 208

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Table 6-61. Property

(as of June 30; money amounts in thousands)

Category a 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 

Land in hectares (and acres)

Owned 174 174 174 174 218.5 218.5 218.5 218.5 

(430) (430) (430) (430) (540)b (540) (540) (540) 

Leased 0 0.1 0.04 10.5 

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Buildings

Number owned NA NA NA NA 106 82 90 96 

Area of buildings owned, thousands of 186.6 183.2 122.6 123.7 137.6 

square meters (and square feet) NA NA NA (2 009) (l 972) (l 320) (l 332) (l 481) (l 

Area of buildings leased, thousands of 0 0.1 0.7 0.1 

square meters (and square feet) NA NA NA NA 0 (1) (7) (1) 

Value

Land $ 110 $ 110 $ 110 $ 110 $ 116 $ 116 $ 116 $ 116 $ 

Buildings NA NA NA NA 145438 62808 79474 86316 10

Other structures and

facilities NA NA NA NA 11 704 110040 113360 118293 12

Real property $103738 $116 336 $139240 $199148 $157 258 $172 964 $192 950 $204725 $23

Capitalized equipment NA NA NA $ 25000 $ 33314 $ 46583 $ 55288 $ 64540 $ 8

aFor definition of terms, see Introduction to Chapter Two.

b44.5 hectares (110 acres) acquired for Space Radiation Effects Laboratory

in Newport News, Va.

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Table 6-62. Value of Real Property Components as Percentage of Total

(as of June 30; total real property value in thousands)

Component 1963a 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

Land 0.1 0.1 0.1 • • •

Buildings 92.5 36.3 41.2 42.2 45.1 47.5

Other structures

and facilities 7.4 63.6 58.7 57.8 54.9 52.4

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Total LaRC real

property value $157 258 $172 964 $192950 $204725 $235285 $249588

aData for earlier years are not available.

*= Less than 0.1%.

Source: Derived from Tables 2-10 through 2-13 in Chapter Two.

Table 6-63. Personnel

1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963

egory 9{30 12{31 6{30 12{31 6{30 12{31 6{30 12{31 6{30 12{31 6{30 12{31

nding 3333 3220 3330 4000

es 3368 3501 3795 3456a 3191b 3208 3338 3460 3894 4007 4220 4234

3322 3458 3765 3452 3189 3201 3295 3441 3766 3984 4112 4204

46 43 30 4 2 7 43 19 128 23 108 30

ent only)

302 300 335 298 285 285 83 81 80 75 91 89

847 862 1009 857 845 842 1106 1112 1285 1347 1445 1489

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

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0 0 0 0 0 85 94 110 124 138 148 165

362 397 463 425 364 275 299 331 385 432 432 436

266 290 302 268 243 275 291 337 412 414 430 452

1545 1609 1656 1604 1452 1439 1422 1470 1480 1578 1566 1569

2173 2296 2421 2297 2059 2074 2106 2248 2401 2562 2576 2622

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1964

Employee Category 6/30 12/31

Requested for FY ending 4296

Total, paid employees 4330 4329

Permanent 4255 4298

Temporary 75 31

Code group (permanent only)

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January 1960 from Langley to Wallops reports.

CBeginning June 30, 1961, the data reflect conversion of some professionals from the 200 Code group

(engineers) to the 700 Code group (aerospace technologists). For key to Code group numbers and defInition of

terms, see Chapter Three.

dData before June 30, 1961, are for "aeronautical

research scientists." Beginning June 30, 1961, the data

reflect conversion of these personnel members to the

700 Code group (aerospace technologists).

1965 1966 1967 

6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30

4278 4238 4179 4236

4371 4263 4485 4296 4405 4211 42194285 4237 4280 4235 4227 4168 4037

86 26 205 61 178 43 182

84 82 84 84 81 65 51

1561 1554 1563 1541 1557 1565 1553

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428 462 499 499 491 469 437

507 514 965 985 1022 994 1022

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205 177 248 187 189 NA NA

85 134 238 70 170 NA NA

16 14 8 6 5 5 5

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group 600 personnel in the 500 Code group.

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1966, from NASA Quarterly Personnel Statis

Report; data after Dec. 31, 1966, from NASA

Personnel Management Information System a

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Table 6-64. Distribution of Permanent Personnel Positions by Fiscal Year and Budget Activitya

Program 1959b 1960b 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

fligh t 176 24 56 47 24 37 23 46

(5.0) (10m (5.4) (0.7) (1.4) (1.1) (0.6) (0.9) (0.6) (1.1)

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(2.0) (5.0) (3.0) (0.9) (0.6) (0.6) (0.4) (0.7) (0.3) (0.4)

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(4.0) (5.0) 06.6) (3.8) (4.0) (5.5) (5.4) (5.9) (6.4) (5.7)

and technology 636 2516 2203 1660 1741 1756 1637 1632

(4.0) (15.0) (19.3) (68.4) (54.0) (38.8) (41.0) (41.5) (39.3) (40.4)

logyC 1350 956 752 650 718 737 811 846

(85.0) (60.0) (41.1) (26.0) (18.4) (15.2) (16.9) (17.4) (19.5) (21)

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(0.0) (5.0) (14.6) (0.2) (21.6) (38.8) (35.7) (33.6) (33.9) (31.4)

RC 3287 3679 4080 4279 4244 4233 4161 4037

number of actual positions reported in annual.NASA

tes. FY 1961 actual figure was reported in NASA, Budget

1963; FY 1962 actual figure was reported in NASA, Budget1964, etc.

sitions data are not available for FY 1959 and FY 1960.

these two columns are based on distribution used by NASA

ramming, Budget Operations Division, in preparing History

s, Actual Obligations, and Actual Expenditures for Fiscal

rough 1963 (Washington, D.C.: NASA, 1965), Sect. 8.

cFY 1961 figure represents"Aircraft and missile technology."

dFY 1963 and later figures include tracking and data acquisition,

technology utilization, and general support positions. Until FY 1963

support positions were reported with the five other budget activities.

FY 1961 and FY 1962 figures are for only tracking and data acquisition.

Source: NASA, Budget Estimates, FY 1963-FY 1969; NASA,

Budget Operations Division.
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Table 6-65. Funding by Fiscal Year

(program plan as of May 31, 1968, in millions)

Appropriation Title 1959 1960 1961 1962

Research and development $ 7.00 $13.90 $18.50 $14.50

Construction of facilitiesa 10.84 4.51 12.30 6.91

Administrative operationsb 31.38 33.00 39.15 46.59

Total $49.22 $51.41 $69.95 $68.00

aDoes not include facilities planning and design.

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$ 78.40 $106.90 $124.20 $ 91.20 

9.61 3.54 8.25 6.10 

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$140.13 $169.45 $195.98 $161.63 

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Table 6-66. Actual Obligations for Construction of Facilities by Fiscal Year and Program Year

(in millions)

Program

Program Year Plana FY 1959 FY 1960 FY 1961 FY 1962 FY 1963 FY 1964 FY 1965 FY 1966 FY 1967 FY 19

1959 $10.8 $2.4 $1.7 $4.5 $ 1.4 $0.3 $0.2 * * $0.1 

1960 4.5 2.6 0.7 1.1 0.1 * * 0 0 

1961 12.3 1.8 7.9 1.7 0.4 $0.1 $0.1 0.3 

1962 6.9 5.0 1.5 0.3 * * * 

1963 10.1 3.0 4.2 1.3 1.0 0.5 

1964 9.9 3.9 2.5 1.0 1.8 $

1965 4.3 3.1 0.6 0.2 

1966 9.2 2.3 5.5 1967 6.5 1.4 

1968 0 

Total $74.5 $2.4 $4.4 $7.0 $15.5 $6.5 $9.0 $7.2 $5.1 $9.8 $

. aAs of June 30, 1968; includes facilities planning and design. Source: NASA, Budget Operations Division, "Status of 

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to totals. cial Status of Programs," June 30, 1968.
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Table 6-67. Total Procurement Activity by Fiscal Year

(money amounts in millions)

1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 Total

$118.5 $66.9 $70.8 $83.4 $103.9 $130.8 $139.6 $142.7 $103.6 $960.2

35% 9% 5% 2% 2% 3% 3% 3.1% 2.5% 3.3%

rocurement and Supply Division,NASA Procurement: October 1,1958 to June 30.1960 (Washington, D.C.: September 1960); NASA,

rocurement Report, Fiscal Years 1961-1968 (Washington, D.C.: NASA, 1962-1968).

Table 6-68. Awards to Personnel Granted under Section 306 of the Space

Act of 1958a

Year

196119621963

1966

1967

Inventor

William J. O'Sullivan,

Jr.

Emedio M. Bracalente

Ferdinand C. Woolson

Robert L. Trimpi

Charles H. McLellan

Francis Rogallo with

Mrs. F. Rogallo

William J. Alford, Jr.

Edward C. Polhamus

Thomas A. Toll

Robert V. Hess

John C. McFall, Jr.

Ray W. Lovelady

Robert A. Jones

James L. Hunt

Contribution

Erectible self-supporting space

vehicle

Ablation rate meter

Expansion tube for hypervelocity

Wedge tails for hypersonic aircra(t

Flexible wing (kite)

Variable-sweep-wing

configuration

Variable-sweep-wing supersonic aircraft

Hall-<:urrent plasma

accelerator

Underwater location system

Technique for quantitative

measurement of aerodynamic

heat transfer to supersonic

wind-tunnel models of

complicated shapes

Amount

$ 5000

2000

3000

2000

35000

2000

600

1200

1500

2600

aFor complete listing of awards under this Act,

Sl:,e Appendix A, Sect. I.B.

Source: NASA, Inventions and Contributions Board.
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LEWIS RESEARCH CENTER

(LeRC)

History

Deputy Director:

Eugene J. Manganiello (Dec. 13, 1961- ; Associate

Director, Oct. 27, 1958-Dec.13, 1961; Assistant Director,

1952-1958; Assistant Chief of Research, Lewis Flight

Propulsion Laboratory, 1949-1952; Chief, Thermodynamics Branch, LFPL, 1948-1949, and NACA Engine

Research Laboratory 1945-1948).

Abe Silverstein (Associate Director, Lewis Flight Propulsion

Laboratory, 1952-Sept. 30, 1958; Chief of Research, LFPL,

1949-1952; Chief, Wind Tunnel and Flight Division, LFPL,

1948-1949, and NACA Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory, 1943-1948).

Land:

Director:

5368.4 total hectares (l3 265.68 acres) as of June 30, 1968:

Cleveland: 141.3 hectares (349.19 acres) NASA-owned.

5.9 hectares ( 14.60 acres) leased.

147.2 hectares (363.79 acres).

Plum Brook: 2420.4 hectares (5980.79 acres) NASA-owned.

20.2 hectares ( 50.00 acres) easements.

2440.6 hectares (6030.79 acres).

Industrial: 2780.6 hectares (6871.1 acres) NASA-owned.

Abe Silverstein (Nov. 1, 1961- ).

Eugene J. Manganiello (January 1961-0ctober 1961, Acting

Director).

Edward R. Sharp (Director Emeritus, January 1961- tJuly 24,

1961; Director, NACA Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory,

September 1948-September 1958; Director, NACA Aircraft

Engine Research Laboratory, June 1947-September 1948;

Manager, NACA Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory, May

1942-June 1947).

335

Congress authorized a new flight propulsion labo

and in November, after surveying 72 locations in 

Advisory Committee for Aeronautics announced se

site! On January 23, 1941, ground was broken 

Engine Research Laboratory,3 on 80.8 hectares (199

Cleveland-Hopkins Municipal Airport." The NACA 

Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory September 28

George W. Lewis (1882-1948), NACA Director of 

from 1919 to 1947. When NASA was established 

laboratory became Lewis Research Center (LeRC).5

During World War II, Lewis research improve

engines, fuels, and superchargers and other engine co

were converted after the war from gas-piston to 

pioneer work was done on afterburners, combustion 

and compressor efficiency. 7 Rocket test facilities we

1 J. C. Hunsaker, "Forty Years," 262; Twenty-sixth An

1940 (Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1941),20-21. This section o

Center was prepared for the Data Book by Lynn Manley and 

2 John D. Holmfeld, ''The Site Selection for the NACA E

A Meeting of Science and Politics" (Master's essay, Case Inst

108; Keller, "A Chronology," 49.

3 LeRC Release 66-1.

·"Official Deed from the City of Qeveland to the Unit

27,1940.

'Proclamation dated Sept. 25, 1958, signed by Admi

Federal Register, Sept. 30, 1958 (23 F.R. 7579), reprinted 

Report (Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1959), Append.

E

'Gray, Frontiers ofFlight, Chaps. 11-13.

7NASA, Budget Estimates, FY 1969, IV, AO 2-83 thr

"Research on Aircraft Propulsion Systems," Twelfth Annu

presented before the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences, 

1948, published in Journal of the Aeronautical Sciences, 

197-222; Thirty-eighth Annual Report of the NACA, 1951 

1954),

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monstrated the feasibility of using high-energy

d of kerosene as a fuel.'

of NASA, theoretical studies on ion propulsion

ms expanded to the hardware testing stage and

develop these systems; for example, by early 1961

t time a laboratory-model mercury bombardment

fer of Centaur launch vehicle and M-I engine

Marshall Space Flight Center to Lewis September

a program with its associated Thor and Atlas

2.12 Assignment of the 6.6-meter (260-inch) solid

was announced September 10, 1964,1 3 and

engine project was transferred from Marshall to

August 1966, NASA designated Lewis as the

dem.

ommittee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences, NASA

ms, Hearings, 87th Cong., 1st sess., Feb. 28, March 1,

961),385.

Center responsible for development of space vehicle design criteria in the area

of chemical propulsion. 1 5

Mission

Lewis Research Center was assigned responsibility for research and

development in the areas of advanced propulsion and space power generation:

(1) Conducting basic and applied research on materials and metallurgy;

cryogenic and liquid-metal heat-transfer fluids; pumps and turbines; combustion processes, propellants, tankage, injectors, chambers, and nozzies;

system control dynamics; plasmas and magnetohydrodynamics; space

meteoroid damage; and zero gravity effects;

(2) Maintaining technical management of NASA contracts on chemical

and electric propulsion, air-breathing engines, nuclear and solar space power

systems; and managing the Centaur and Agena launch vehicle projects.' '

1 5 LeRC Release 66-40.

1 'NASA, Budget Estimates, idem.; U.S. Congress, House, Connittee on Science and

Astronautics, Subcommittee on Advanced Research and Technology, 1969 NASA

Authorization, Hearings, Pt. 4, 90th Cong., 2d sess., Feb. 19-22, 26-29, 1968 (Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1968), 106 ff.
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PLUM BROOK STATION

History

After surveying 18 locations, NACA selected the site and leased 202.3

hectares (500 acres) from the V.S. Army in March 1956.' Plum Brook

Ordnance Works, named for a small stream running through the property and

draining into Lake Erie,' had been operated for the Army as a TNT

manufacturing facility by Trojan Power Company from January 1942 until

August 17, 1945. 3 Ground was broken for the Plum Brook Research Reactor

Facility September 26, 1956; NACA planned to use the new facility for

research in problems of aircraft nuclear propulsion systems.'

Near Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio.

2420.4 hectares (5981 acres) NASA-owned

1968.

20.2 hectares (50 acres) non-Federal.

After construction was completed in 1961,s A

operating license March 14' for the 60-megawatt 

reactor became operational and began running on 

reaching full power for the first time April 2

experiments were begun July 17, 1963,9 and the 5

August 12, 1966, 10 under a full-term, lO-year ope

AEC April 12, 1965." Transfer of the last parce

NASA was completed March IS, 1963." F

funds for purchase of an additional 1214.1 hectares 

the site for establishment of a buffer zone and for a f

Mission

The Plum Brook Station's mission was conducti

60-megawatt reactor in experiments associated with 

rockets and components and systems for space nucle

and (2) test programs for complete rocket engine

high-energy propellants. ' ,

as of June 30,

Alan D. Johnson (April 29, 1962- ).

Land:Location:

Director:

'Lewis Flight Propulsion laboratory Fact Sheet, Sept. 1956; LFPL Release, Sept.

26, 1956.

2 LeRC Fact Sheet, Oct. 1, 1963.

3 Plum Brook News, Aug. 18, 1945.

4LFPL Fact Sheet, September 1956; LFPL Release, Sept. 26, 1956.

SLeRC Fact Sheet, Oct. 1,1963.

, AEC Release G-46, March 2, 1964., LeRC Release 61-133.

• LeRC Release 63-20.

9 LeRC Release 63-57.

'0LeRC Release 66-45.

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(with costs in thousands)

Source: NASA, Technical Facilities Catalog (March 1967 ed.), I, Sect. 5; Append. B.

Test Section Size

Year in Meters Mach. No. Reynolds No.

Built (and feet) Range Range

1944 1.8 x 2.7 x 6.1L (300 mph)

(6x9x20L)

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(10 x 10 x 40) cva

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Cost Cost Research Supported

$ 889.7 $ 956.9 Aerodynamics, operating problems, icing, flight safety,

aircraft component design

6143 8794 Propulsion, combustion, and aerodynamic studies of

rocket boosters, aircraft

32325 35105 Propulsion, combustion, and aerodynamic studies of

rocket boosters, aircraft

Table 6-70. Technical Facilities Other Than Wind Tunnels

(with cosh in thousands)

Facility Name

Engine Research

Building

Space Power Chambers

Propulsion Systems

Laboratory

Rocket Engine Test

Facility

Electric Propulsion

Laboratory

Zero Gravity Facility

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1942-47

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Testing compressors, turbines, compressor and turbine

components, jet engines, combustion devices, and ion enginecomponents

Space power systems, altitude control systems, vehicle

separation tests, nosecone separation tests

Investigation of full-scale turbojet or ramjet and rocket

engines

Rocket cooling and combustion, performance and stability

studies

Ion and plasma thrusters, spacecraft, and related componentsInvestigation of behavior of liquids and gases under weightless

conditions

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(with costs in thousands)

Year Init. Accum.

Functional Name Facility Name Built Cost Cost Research or Technological Are

Propellant research facility, Cryogenic Propellant 1941 $ 263.7 $ 340.3 Pressurization, expulsion, and insulati

cryogenic Research Facility propellant systems and tankage for sp

Nuclear test reactor facility Nuclear Test Reactor 1959 14536 15867 Radiation effects on basic materials a

Facility physics experimental radiation effect

programs

Dynamics research facility E Site Dynamics 1960 1094 1094 Launch vehicle tests

Research Facility

Rocket propulsion test Altitude Rocket Test 1961 2201 2415 Test-firing under low-pressure exhaus

facility, altitude (B-1) Facility (B-1) rockets using high-energy propellants

Nuclear rocket dynamics Nuclear Rocket Dynamics 1965 1 878 1 878 R&D of cryogenic turbopumps and th

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Heat transfer facility Heat Transfer Facility 1966 2400 NA Heat transfer

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(as of June 30; money amounts in thousandsa)

General Dynamics Corporation under Contract NAS 3-3230 F

Point Lorna Test Site

Point Lorna, Calif.c

8 8

550.3 550.3

(5924 ) (5924 )

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1967 1968 1967 1968

2994.6 2779.2 2996.0 2780.6

(7399.65) (6867.6) (7403.15) (6871.1)

22 14 31 23

6789.7 5726.4 10020.3 8957.0

(73084 ) (61 638 ) (107 858 ) (96412 )

$ 357 $ 78 $ 378 $ 99

1378 3289 2317 4228

5325 3662 5682 4019

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in Table 6-73; data for earlier years are not available.

was built in 1964 to aid evaluation of Atlas-Centaur

g the cQmbined vehicle operation test simulating

separation.

ut 12 hectares (30 acres), at US Navy Electronics

to NASA by USN use permit NOy(R) 99497,

lities.

drhe Centaur stand was activated in 1960 on a USAF missile test site. On

June 10, 1964, USAF issued a use permit for 2316.8 hectares (5724.79 acres)

of the Sycamore Canyon site; the land was transferred to NASA ownership effective

June 24,1966. NASA requested transfer of 677.9 additional hectares (1674.86

acres) Sept. 9, 1965; the land, in public domain, was placed under NASA control

July 26,1965, by Public Land Order 3749.
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(as of June 30; money amounts in thousands)a

Category 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 196

Land in hectares (and acres)

Owned 130.5 137.1 140.6 141.3 2561.7 2563.1 2563.1 5557.5 555

(322.4) (338.8)b (347.4)c (349.2)d (6330.0)e (6333.5/ (6 333.5) (13 733.1)g (13 73

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0 0 0 0 (10600.7)h (14 160.7)i (14 (15.0)k (1

Buildings

1311 Number owned 34 40 40 40 318 367 168 19

Area owned, thousands of 115.4 141.6 141.6 141.6 217.8 259.2 213.? 243.2 26

sq m (and sq ft) (1242) (1524) (1524) (1524) (2344) (2790) (2301) (2618) (284

Area leased, thousands of 1.5 3.6

sq m (and sq ft) 0 0 0 (16) (39) 0 0 0 

Value

1597m Land $ 184 $ 186 $ 189 $ 197 $ 1582 $ $ 1617 $ 1618 $ 19

Buildings 57659 90077 89672 89849 99102 132732 111023n 150573n 161 

Other structures

21093n 84602n 45043n and facilities 6072 11462 11477 11587 21227 405

Real property $63915 $101 725 $101 338 $101 633 $121 911 $155422 $197242 $197234 $2038

Capitalized equipment NA $ 12479 $ 15 891 $ 21691 0 $ 26836P $ 30867 $ 40510 $ 77 361 $ 808

aIncludes Plum Brook and industrial facilities.

b6.7 hectares (16.39 acres) acquired at Oeveland.

c3.5 hectares (8.61 acres) acquired at Oeveland.

dO.7 hectares (1. 79 acres) acquired at Oeveland.

e2420.4 hectares (5980.79 acres) at Plum Brook transferred from U.S.

Army to NASA, March 15, 1963. Adjusted figure; 20.2 additional hectares.

(50 acres) in easements appeared in end-of-fiscal-year reports from FY 1963

through FY 1965.

f1.4 hectares (3.5 acres) acquired for Combined Systems Test Facility

(San Diego) in November 1963.

hectares (1674.86 acres) under public domain at Sycamore Canyon Test Area (San Diego) transferred to NASA control July 26, 1965;

2316.7 hectares (5724.79 acres) at Sycamore Canyon Test Area transferred

from USAF to NASA effective June 24, 1966. Adjusted figure; industrial

was not included in end-of-fiscal-year reports.

Includes 6.1 hectares (15 acres) leased from City of Cleveland (Jan.

11,1963) and 4283.9 hectares (10 585.74 acres) leased from AerojetGeneral Corp. at Nimbus, Calif., April 1, 1963.

iAdditional1440.7 hectares (3560 acres) leased for M-l en

at Nimbus, Calif., March 6, 1964.

jAdditional46.1 hectares (114 acres) leased at Nimbus, Cal

1964.

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ISharp decrease in owned buildings due to razing of unsafe 

manufacturing facilities left by Army Ordnance at Plum Brook

mAdjusted figure; $1476000 appeared in end-of-fiscal-yea

nAdjustments in value of buildings and other structures and 

due to reclassification.

°Adjusted figure; $21000000 appeared in end-of-fiscal-ye

PAdjusted figure; $21691000 appeared in end-of-fiscal-yea

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(as of June 30; real property value in thousands)

ent 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 1.3 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.7

90.2 88.5 88.5 88.4 81.3 85.4 56.3 76.3 79.2 74.5

9.5 11.3 11.3 11.4 17.4 13.6 42.9 22.9 19.9 24.8

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

$63915 $101 725 $101 338 $101 633 $121911 $155422 $197242 $197234 $203 878 $241419

rom Tables 2-10 through 2-13 in Chapter Two.

Table 6-75. Personnela

1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963

egory 9/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31

nding 2828 2736 2824 4508

es 2713 2696 2809 2749 2722 2743 2773 3036 3800 4118 4697 4760

2703 2687 2802 2741 2703 2723 2751 3001 3721 4025 4577 4735

10 9 7 8 19 20 22 35 79 93 120 25

nent only)

211 213 219 211 208 201 46 46 47 64 33 29 

737 736 755 725 724 720 882 995 1384 1511 1816 1904

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0 0 0 0 0 66 68 87 115 154 197 216

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265 257 258 247 233 289 308 287 362 366 399 430

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1755 1738 1828 1805 1771 1802 1823 1960 2290 2450 2728 2799

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Table 6-75. Personnela (Continued)

1964 1965 1966 1967 196

Employee Category 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30

Requested for FY ending 5128 4785 4815 4747 4676

Total, paid employees 4859 4878 4897 4834 5047 4825 4956 4623 4583

Permanent 4805 4806 4815 4778 4819 4756 4704 4583 4452

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200 28 30 30 29 27 25 22 21 19

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600d 234 241 254 243 245 244 240 230 219

500 448 469 472 467 498 488 470 448 426

300 417 394 390 408 377 370 361 348 358

100 1746 1755 1741 1758 1775 1771 1739 1701 1635

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Accessions: temporary 126 178 126 206 285 85 292 NA NA

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alncludes Plum Brook.

bBeginning June 30, 1961, the data reflect conversion of some

professionals from the 200 Code group (engineers) to the 700

Code group (aerospace technologists). For key to Code group

numbers and definition of terms, see Chapter Three.

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entists." Beginning June 30, 1961, the data reflect conversion of

these personnel members to the 700 Code group (aerospace technologists).

dBefore Dec. 31, 1960, the data reflect inclusion of Code

group 600 personnel in the 500 Code group.

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Program 1959b 1960b 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

flight 5 0 34 45 24 11 1 0

(0.0) (0.0) (0.2) (0.0) (0.8) (0.9) (0.5) (0.2) (0.1) (0.0)

ons 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 82

(0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.5) (1.8)

estigations in space 5 0 404 422 364 377 342 239

(0.0) (3.0) (0.2) (0.0) (8.8) (8.7) (7.6) (7.8) (7.3) (5.4)

and technology 2391 3519 2254 2025 2642 2423 2078 1854

c (40.0) (55.0) (86.7) (95.5) (49.3) (41.8) (54.8) (50.3) (44.4) (41.6)

ology 355 159 61 69 85 276 541 716

(60.0) (42.0) (12.9) (4.3) (1.3) (1.4) (1.8) (5.7) . (11.6) (16.1)

ivitiesd 0 8 1819 2290 1700 1732 1689 1561

(0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.2) (39.8) (47.2) (35.3) (36.0) (36.1) (35.1)

l 2756 3686 4572 4851 4815 4819 4676 4452

number of actual positions reported in annual NASA cFY 1961 figure represents "aircraft and missile technology."

tes. FY 1961 actual figure was reported in NASA, dFY 1963 and later figures include tracking and data acquisition, tech

tes, FY 1963; FY 1962 actual figure was reported nology utilization, and general support positions. Until FY 1963 support

get Estimates, FY 1964, etc. positions were reported with the five other budget activities. FY 1962

sitions data are not available for FY 1959 and figure represents technology utilization (reported as "industrial applica

entages in these two columns are based on distri- tions").

y NASA Office of Programming, Budget Opera

in preparing History ofBudget Plans, Actual Source: NASA, Budget Estimates, FY 1963-FY 1969; NASA, Budget

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Table 6-78. Funding by Fiscal Year

(program plan as of May 31, 1968, in millions)

Appropriation Title 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963

Research and development $ 3.40 $ 7.00 $12.70 $ 62.00 $247.30

Construction of facilitiesa 8.02 6.62 9.59 1.04 44.81

Administrative operationsb 27.77 31.23 35.85 45.24 53.59

Total $39.19 $44.85 $58.14 $108.28 $345.70

aDoes not include facilities planning and design. Sources:

bFY 1959-1962 appropriations were for salaries and expenses; FY 1963 appropriation was for research, development, and operation.

1964 1965 1966 1967 

$299.90 $323.20 $249.90 $162.60 

20.41 .77 .87 16.00 

61.50 69.33 66.39 66.28 

$381.81 $393.30 $317.16 $244.88 

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Table 6-79. Actual Obligations for Construction of Facilities by Fiscal Year and Program Year

(in millions)

Program

Program Year Plana FY 1959 FY 1960 FY 1961 FY 1962 FY 1963 FY 1964 FY 1965 FY 1966 FY 1967 FY 

1959 $ 8.0 $3.1 $3.3 $ 0.8 $0.7 * * 0 0 0 

1960 6.6 2.7 2.6 0.7 $ 0.5 $ 0.2 * 0 0 

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1964 20.4 2.7 10.2 4.6 1.7 

1965 1.7 * 1.4 0.1 

1966 1.3 0.4 0.5 

1967 16.0 4.5 1968 2.1 

Total $113.3 $3.1 $5.9 $10.0 $5.1 $10.9 $26.5 $18.6 $8.2 $7.1 

aAs of June 30, 1968; includes facilities planning and design. Source: NASA, Budget Operations Division, "Status of A

Programs, Construction of Facilities," FY 1959-

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1960

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1961

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1962

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1963

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rocurement and Supply Division, NASA Procurement:

1,1958 to June 30,1960 (Washington, D.C.: NASA,

September 1960); NASA,Annual Procurement Report, Fiscal Years

1961-1968 (Washington, D.C.: NASA, 1962-1968).

Table 6-81. Awards to Personnel Granted under Section 306

of the Space Act of 1958a

Year

1963

1964

Inventor

Harold R. Kaufman

William R. Cherry,

(GSFC) with

Joseph Mandelkorn,

(LeRC)

Contribution

Ion rocket

Solar cell for

radiation

environment

Amount

$4000

6000

aFor complete listing of awards under this Act,

see Appendix B, Sect. LB.

Source; NASA, Inventions and Contributions Board.
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Location:

Land:

Houston, Harris County, Texas.

723.4 total hectares {l787.5 acres) asofJune 30, 1968:

- 655.6 hectares (1620 acres) NASA-owned.

- 0.7 hectares (1.6 acres) leased.- 67.1 hectares (165 .9 acres) NASA-owned, Downey,

California. History

ant Director, Project Mercury, S

September 1959; Assistant Directo

Beltsville Space Center, February 1

Project Manager, Manned Satellite 

Mercury November 1958], Octobe

Deputy Director:

George S. Trimble (October 1967- ).

George M. Low (February 1964-April1967).

James C. Elms (November 1963-February 1964; Deputy

Director for Development and Programs, February

1963-November 1963).

Walter C. Williams (Deputy Director for Mission Requirements

and Flight Operations, February 1963-November 1963;

Associate Director, MSC, November 1961-February 1963;

Associate Director, STG, April 1961-November 1961;

Associate Director [Operations], STG, January 1961-April

1961; Associate Director [Operations], Project Mercury,

STG, GSFC, September 1959-January 1961).

Charles J. Donlan (Associate Director [Development], STG,

January 1961-April 1961; Associate Director [Development] ,STG, GSFC, September 1959-January 1961; AssistDirector: Robert R. Gilruth (November 1961- ; Director, Space Task Group [STG] , January 1961-November 1961; Assist- ant Director, Manned Satellites, GSFC, and Director, Project Mercury, STG, May 1959-January 1961; Assistant Director, Beltsville Space Center, and Director, Project Mercury, STG, February 1959-May 1959; Assistant Direc- tor, Langley Research Center, and Project Manager, Manned Satellite Program [named Project Mercury November 1958], STG, October 1958-February 1959).

349

In October 1958, N.ASA Administrator T. Kei

manned satellite pian (later named Project Mercury

team led by Robert R. Gilruth at the Langley Researc

Glennan formalized his action and the team of 35 p

Task Group (STG), reporting directly to NASA Hea

ment was only temporary, as NASA already had 

operational aspects of manned and unmanned space 

center to be established in Beltsville, Maryland.' In 

any construction had begun, NASA established the 

(redesignated Goddard Space Flight Center in May

assigned activities, such as Space Task Group, were ph

The importance of Project Mercury in the nation

imminent approval of follow-on and more difficult 

forts such as Project Apollo, caused NASA to establish 

separate field installation in January 1961, although 

Approval by Congress of President John F. Kenne

Apollo a lunar-landing goal in the 1960s warran

oonstruction of a new facility to carry out these re

1961 a NASA survey team visited 20 cities,judging e

receiving the team's recommendations, NASA Admin

1 Swenson, Grimwood, and Alexander, This New Ocean

section on history of MSC was prepared by James M. Grim

Center.

2 Rosenthal, Venture into Space, Append. D., Exhibits 7-

3 Rosholt, Administrative History of NASA; NASA 

Sketch ofNASA (Washington, D.C.: NASA EP-129, 1965),3
NASA HISTORICAL DATA 13001-.:

1961, that Houston, Texas, had been chosen as the

ft center.4

ercury and Apollo, plus the formulation of a third

mini, changed the character of Space Task Group

sk effort-Mercury-to a multiple-program effort,

up to be redesignated Manned Spacecraft Center

1. S Design began the following month for the new

n the Clear Lake vicinity, 32 kilometers (20 miles)

April 1962 permanent facility construction began

acre) plot--413 hectares (1020 acres) donated by

ectares (600 acres) purchased by NASA.-

pacecraft Center personnel, now more than 1100

from Langley to a number of temporary sites in

buildings at Ellington Air Force Base. In this same

achieved its objective-orbital flight of John H.

nt disruption of the operational momentum the

t Langley through Mercury-Atlas 7 (Aurora 7, M.

1962). By July 1962, all Manned Spacecraft Center

elocation. 7

development and manufacture of the Apollo and

t in November and December." To direct and carry

pace flight programs then in progress, personnel

w significantly. By the end of 1962 the complement

roject Mercury: A Chronology (Washington, D.C.: NASA

149; NASA Release 61-207; Swenson, Grimwood, and

390-392.

d Alexander, This New Ocean, 392.

ommittee on Science and Astronautics, Master Planninl: of

pt. No. 167, 89th Cong., 1st sess., March 15,1965 (Wash

MSC Brochure [Ivan D. Ertell ,Manned Spacecraft Center

wenson, Grimwood, and Alexander, This New Ocean, 390,

s Briefing Memorandum, Feb. 7, 1962; Letter, James E.

to George E. Brown, Chairman of the Board of Trustees,

. 23, 1962.

d Alexander, This New Ocean, 392, 587, 642.

Committee on Science and Astronautics, Report of the

pace Administration to the Committee, Aeronautical and

1. 87th Cong., 2d sess., June 7,1962 (Washington, D.C.:

reached about 2400' and in June 1963, when Project Mercury came to a

successful end,' 0 the strength had risen by an additional thousand.' 1

Movement from temporary sites to the Clear Lake facility, the first

permanent home of the Manned Spacecraft Center and its predecessor, began

in September 1963, with the major occupancy of the bUildings occurring in

February 1964.' 2

Flight tests of the Gemini and Apollo programs began in April and May

1964, with the unmanned launches of Gemini-Titan 1 at Cape Kennedy and a

Little Joe II-boosted, high-speed-abort test of a model of the Apollo command module at White Sands Missile Range Operations (later designated

White Sands Test Facility).' 3 Three other Apollo flight tests occurred within

the year-two Saturn I launches at Cape Kennedy and a second Little Joe II

launch at White Sands-but it was January 1965 before the second unmanned

Gemini flight was accomplished.' 4 However, 1965 might be characterized as

"the year of the Gemini"; five manned Gemini flights recorded many

significant space flight achievements-orbital path modification, long-duration

missions, extravehicular activity, and rendezvous, to list a few.' S Four Apollo

test flights, launched from White Sands and Cape Kennedy, also were made in

1965.' 6

Project Gemini, the second manned space flight program, came to a

successful conclusion with its 12th flight in November 1966. The 10 manned

flights of this program had spanned only 20 months.' 7 Apollo, too,

experienced an active test flight year in 1966. The Little Joe II phase

concluded with a successful launch in January, and three Saturn IB

flights-AS-201, AS-202, and AS-203-were launched from Cape Kennedy.

• Swenson, Grimwood, and Alexander, This New Ocean, 642.

1

°Grimwood, Project Mercury, 193,196.

, 1 Swenson, Grimwood, and Alexander, This New Ocean, 642.

12Manned Spacecraft Center, 10.

1 3 MSC Fact Sheet No. 291 [Ivan D. Ertel], "Gemini Program," 4; MSC Fact Sheet

No. 292 [Ivan D. Ertel), "Apollo Program," 3.

14 James M. Grimwood, Barton E. Hacker, and Peter J. Vorzimmer, Project Gemini:

Technology and Chronology (Washington, D.C.: NASA SP-4002, 1969),

179.

'5Ibid., Append. 1, Table A-D; Append. 2.

"Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1965 (Washington, D.C.: NASA SP-4006, 1966),

570.

17For flight summary data, see: Grimwood, Hacker, and Vorzimmer,Project Gemini,

Append. 1, Table A.
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Ellington Air Force Base Buildings

The NASA Motor Vessel Retriever was built b

Berth for Range Operations Ship

In October 1961 Space Task Group began movi

in Houston. By the middle of 1962, Manned Spacec

scattered in 11 different locations-in 10 commerc

Ellington AFB facilities, which housed Procuremen

and Photographic Services and Supply Divisions. In 

Center's Aircraft Operations Office, some sectio

sources Management, Technical Services, and othe

NASA Regional Audit Office, still occupied space at 

Because of test results, NASA decided in October to man the Apollo-Saturn

204 mission.'· On January 27, 1967, the program received a major setback.

During a launch-pad test, a fire in the Apollo command module resulted in

the deaths of the three flight crew members.' 9

After 16 months of investigation and redesign, the Apollo mission was

actively resumed with the unmanned test flights of Apollo 4, 5, and 6. Test

results verified that the Saturn V vehicle and its payload were ready for

manned flight. The October 11, 1968, manned earth orbital flight ofApollo 7

demonstrated the viability of the command and service modules2 ° 'and was

followed by the December 21, 1968, manned lunar orbital flight of Apollo

8-which made its historic flight beyond earth's gravity to complete 10 orbits

of the moon and returned its crew successfully to earth.2 1

Mission

Manned Spacecraft Center was assigned responsibility for design, development, and manufacture of manned spacecraft, selection and training of

astronaut crews, and conduct of space flight missions; project management of

the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs; and program planning and

technical analysis of the Apollo Applications program and other post-Apollo

activities. Responsibility in 1968 specifically included:

(I) Design, development, and fabrication of Apollo spacecraft, including

the command, service, and lunar modules; contractor management;

(2) Overall program management and control of the spacecraft, including

module integration, tests, and qualification;

(3) Testing and evaluation of flight hardware;

(4) Selection and training of astronauts and preparation of crews for each

mission;

(5) Operation of Mission Control Center and control of space flight

missions (including recovery);

(6) Development of scientific experiments to be flown on manned space

flight missions;

(7) Medical research and operation. 2 2 ' ,

Location:

Area:

History

Location:

Area:

History

Ellington Air Force Base, Texas.

44033 square meters (473964 squa

and occupancy agreement wi

Air Force under AF Permit N

Jan. 14, 1965; Permit No. DA

1967).

Seabrook Shipyard, Seabrook, Texas

1394 square meters (15 000 square 

at $260.50 per month under C

dated March 31 , 1967).

lSAstronautics and Aeronautics, 1966 (Washington, D.C.: NASA SP-4007, 1967),

332.

19 U.'S. Congress, House, Committee on Science and Astronautics, Investigation Into

Apollo 204 Accident, Vols. I and II, Hearings 90th Cong., 1st sess., April 10-12,17,21,

May 10, 1967 (Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1967).

2°Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1968 (Washington, D

250-253.

2'Ibid., 318-322.

22 NASA, Budget Estimates, FY 1969, N, AO 2-12.

2 • Swenson, Grimwood, and Alexander, This New Ocean
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ed the Retriever in 1963 for use in operational

of spacecraft postlanding systems and spacecraft

or development of postlanding procedures and

nd recovery personnel.

vessel, which carried a crew of 4 with space for

e at sea for up to a.week."It was equipped with a

9000-kg (lO-ton) ship's boom crane, a NASA recovery davit crane for

recovery of Gemini and Apollo spacecraft, a portable data-acquisition van,

and high-frequency, very-high-frequency, and ultrahigh-frequency communications. The Seabrook dock, with refueling capabilities and electrical utility

connections, was an all-weather mooring dock with 47.2 meters (155 feet) of

waterside-accessible length and an adjacent maneuvering area.' 4

24 NASA, Technical Facilities Catalog (March 1967 ed.), II, Sect. II, 175-176.
m 

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m 

WHITE SANDS TEST fACILITY

(WSTf)

History

White Sands Missile Range, activated July 1

Sands Proving Ground (WSPG) until redesignated b

The New Mexico site entered U.S. rocket history 

the first flight of the Amy-Jet Pro

Corporal. the fIrSt U.s. liquid-propellant rocket 

funds. On March 22, 1946, a JPl.-Anny Ordnance 

Sands reached an 80.S-kilometer (SO-mile) altitud

to escape the earth's atmosphere. In a record fli

Army-1PL Bumper WAC {WAC.corJX)ral with V-2 

White Sands reached 392.7-kilometer (244-mile

8867.5 kilometers (S51O miles) per hour. Fligh

rockets began at White Sands April 16, 1946. T

Austrian engineers and technicians who had a

December 1945 worked closely with General 

Ordnance personnel in a .series of 52 V·2 firings. 

the Albert monkey nights, was completed Ju

development group was transferred to Redstone 

and eventually formed the nucleus of NASA's Ma

'Department of the Army, General Order Go-14, Apr

•Emme, ACTonauticr and Arrrcmouticr, /915-/960, 5

the V-2 and ORDelT (Army-JPL) programs al While San

wi Orlglltl of the George C. Marshall Space flight Cente

No. I (Huntsville. Ala.: MSFC, December 1960),28·35.

5196.5 hectares (55934 acres) as o

agreement with the Departm

ment to expire June 30, 

agreement of both parties).

Las Cruces. Dona Ana County. New 

Martin L. Raines (October 19(;4. 

Paul E. Purser (Acting. July 1964.()

Wesley E. Messing (November 1962

Location:

MaRaler:

The lunar module test stands (above) at the

White Sands Test Facility, Las Cru'ocs, New

Mu.ico, photographed in April 1967. At

right, the ApoDo oommand module IklUefplate 23 and launch escape system waited

atop the Link Joe bunch Yeltick for Dec.

8, J964. test bunch from Complex 36 of

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lishment of an Apollo propulsion development

Range. 3 NASA announced selection ofthe site

ber 1962 designated the facility MSC Resident

ands Missile Range.s On March 10, 1963, the

nation MSC White Sands Missile Range Opera

65, MSC announced that the facility would be

s.' On June 25, 1965, it was redesignated White

rt, June 1962; MSC Historian.

962.

ov. 2, 1962.

n. 18, 1965.

June 25,1965.

Mission

White Sands Test Facility was assigned responsibility for conducting or

directing developmental and operational tests, primarily propulsion tests, and

providing common-purpose laboratories, facilities, instrumentation, and other

engineering and support services for these tests, in accord with directives

originated by MSC program offices or technical divisions.'

• U.S. Congress, House, Committee on Science and Astronautics, Subcommittee on

Manned Space Flight, 1967 NASA Authorization, Hearings, Pt. 2, 89th Cong., 2d sess.,

Feb. 18,24, March 1-31, 1966 (Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1966),689.
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Materials physical test

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Materials environment

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Year

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1964

1965

1966

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100

435

2350

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instrumentation, mechanical syst

chemical analysis, etc.

Thermal protection for space sui

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of crew support systems, restrain

and energy-absorption systems; q

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Development and support of crew 

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Pressure

Year Dimensions in (Altitude), Init. Accum.

acility Name Built Meters (and feet) Meters (feet) Temperature Cost Cost Research Supported

Foot Diameter NA 2.4 dia x 6.1 L 68580 NAa $ 100 Development and qualification testing

itude Chamber (8 dia x 20 L) (225000) of environmental control systems, portable life support systems, space

suits, and design verification of system

components during manned and unmanned tests

o Ultra-High 1964 2.1 dia x 4.0 L 10-9 torr 20 K $ 250 250 Testing, R&D on spacecraft systems

cuum (7 dia x 13 L) (-423°F) and components in high vacuum, with

amber "E" space environment simulations; thermal

vacuum studies

Chamber Test 1964 4.0-dia sphere 10-5 torr 78 to 422 K 810.5 1000 Spacecraft subsystems (primarily power

cility (l3-dia sphere) (_320° to generation and attitude control) design +3000F) verification and development

y-Foot Diameter 1964 6.1 dia x 6.7 H 68580 600 600 Development and qualification testing

titude Chamber (20 dia x 22 H) (225000) of boilerplate, spacecraft, environmental control systems, space suits, extravehicular activity (EVA) equipment, and

system components during manned

and unmanned tests; astronaut training

for EVA, and rapid decompression

testing

onmental Test 1964 10-8 torr 89 to 533 K 350 940 Environmental qualification, testing and

d Evaluation (_300° to evaluation of instruments for use on

aboratory +500 0F) manned spaceflight vehicles

Environment 1965 10.7 dia x 13.1 H 2 x 10-6 torr 80 to 400 K 16123 49868c Approximation of space environment

mulation (35 dia x 43 H) (_316° to conditions of temperature, pressure, and

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Functional Name

Environmental test

facility (Chamber A)

Environmental test

facility (Chamber D)

Facility Name

Space Environment

Simulation

Chamber "A"

Ultra-High Vacuum

Space Simulation

Chamber "D"

Pressure

Year Dimensions in (Altitude) Init. Accum.

Built Meters (and feet) Meters (feet) Temperature Cost Cost Rese

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equipment

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aUSAF surplus.

bContractor-operated (Lockheed Electronics Co.).

cSpace Environment Simulation Laboratory cost, including Chambers A and B,

laboratory complex, buildings, and two automated checkout equipment (ACE)

stations.

NA = Data not available. For definition of terms in headin

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Year Init. Accum.

me Built Cost Cost Technological Areas Supported

raining Facility 1963 $ 2500 $ 2700 Operation, maintenance, and modification of space flight simulators

for flight crew and ground crew training

r No.2 1963 8000 9000 Flight crew and ground crew space flight training

r No.1 a 1963 8000 9000 Flight crew and ground crew space flight training

n and Docking 1964 1200 I 800 Training of astronauts in manual control and development of docking

procedures

No.1 1965 20000 20000 Simulation of space flight from earth launch to lunar landing and

return

s Simulator 1965 1 100 1200 Simulation of space surroundings; development of procedures

through kinesthetic cues and simulated motion

dingb 1965 1 559 2834 Operation, maintenance, and modification of space flight simulators

for flight crew and ground crew training

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lunar surface

Vehicle (LLTV) 1966 900 900 Training of flight crews in flight techniques for final approach to

lunar surface; simulation of handling qualities of lunar module (LM)

(AMS) No. 2b 1966 20000 20000 Simulation of space flight from earth launch to lunar landing and

return

(LMS) No.2 1966 12000 12000 Simulation of mission operation and of landing and takeoff from

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(with costs in thousands)

Year Init.

Facility Name Built Cost

Space Flight Mission Simulator Complex 1967 $12000

Lunar Mission Simulator (LMS) No. 3b 1967 7000

Apollo Mission Simulator No.3 1967 14000

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NA

NA

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Facility Name Built Cost Cost Technological Areas Supported

Systems Dynamics 1964 NA $ 1700 Closed-loop system testing of spacecraft stabilization and control

Laboratory systems; control system component performance testing

Guidance and Control 1964 NA 800 Research design and development of electronic systems for

Electronics control of spacecraft attitude and translation motions

Laboratory

Simulation Laboratory 1964 $2000 10000 Simulation studies of spacecraft guidance and control systems

Guidance and

Navigation Systems

Laboratory

Inertial Optical

Laboratories

1965

1965

265

320

1050

800

Optical and inertial guidance system testing

Test and evaluation of inertial components and subsystems;

analytical and experimental studies of space visibility problems

and determination Of crew backup guidance capabilities

erated (Lockheed Electronics Co.).

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(with costs in thousands)a

Year Init. Accum.

Functional Name Facility Name Built Cost Cost Technological Areas Supported

Magnetic tape Magnetic Tape 1962 $ 60 $ 125 Magnetic tape system development, test and 

recording Recording calibration, and evaluation

laboratory Laboratory

Signal conditioning Signal Conditioning 1962 38 183 Electronic equipment functional evaluation 

laboratory Laboratory signal conditioning systems

Temperature High Temperature 1962 250 300 High-temperature thermal sensor evaluation, 

evaluation Evaluation sensor design and evaluation, development an

laboratoryb Laboratory of heat-shield instrumentation, high-tempera

technique evaluation.

Optical laboratory, Physical Optics 1964 30 80 Lens test and evaluation, optical detectors, t

physical Laboratory infrared-ultraviolet-visible spectrum

Microcircuit Microcircuit 1964 230 450 Microcircuitry for spacecraft electronic data 

techniques Laboratory systems

laboratory

Telemetry receiving Telemetry Receiving 1964 200 850 Demultiplexing equipment development; dat

techniques Techniques demultiplexing, digitizing, recording, analysi

laboratory Laboratory

Instrumentation Development Flight 1964 175 175 Design verification and acceptance of (Apoll

development Instrumentation development flight instrumentation, Govern

laboratory (DFI) Breadboard equipment (GFE) systems

Checkout Laboratory

Transducer Transducer 1964 75 130 Calibration and evaluation of flight transduc

calibration Calibration vehicles

laboratoryc Laboratory
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Year IniL Accum.

Facility Name Built Cost Cost Technological Areas Supported

Standards and 1964 $125 $ 775 Calibration of all electronics and physical sciences measuring

Calibration instruments

Laboratory

Television Systems 1964 50 800 Spacecraft television, ground facilities processing equipment,

Laboratory image sensor development

Measurements 1964 50 50 Onboard (spacecraft) measurements of tempera ture, acoustics,

Laboratory pressure, vibration, acceleration, and inertia

Electrical Power and 1964 8 44 Checkout, testing, evaluation, and qualification of spacecraft

Sequencer power distribution, batteries, inverters, sequencers, electrical

Laboratory power and control assemblies

Analytical 1964 85e 500 Analysis of gases, liquids, and solids used in connection with

Instrumentation tests of flight equipment

Calibration

Laboratory

Digital Techniques 1964 247 550 Spacecraft data-acquisition systems; flight-qualification-test process

Laboratory control and da ta analysis

Spacecraft Systems 1964 132 132 Testing of (Apollo) communications and instrumentation

Test Laboratory systems

Telemetry Systems 1964 282 310 Flight-qualification of spacecraft telemetry systems, GFE hardware,

Laboratory design and development of advanced analog data systems

Audio Systems 1964 32 175 Speech bandwidth compression system development, audio devices

Laboratory development, and audio devices and system testing and evaluation

Anechoic Chamber 1965 822 NA Electromagnetic interference testing, antenna impedance or

radiation pattern testing
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Functional Name

Optical frequency

laboratory and

range

Antenna test range

Communications

laboratory, R.F.

Timing systems

laboratory,

spacecraft

Radar boresight range

Facility Name

Optical Frequency

Laboratory and

Range

Antenna Range

Radio Frequency

Communications

Laboratory

Spacecraft Timing

Systems Laboratory

Radar Boresight Range

Facility

Year

Built

1965

1965

1965

1966

1966

Init.

Cost

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548

500

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NA

423

Technological Areas Supporte

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communications systems, and infrared detec

Measurements of antenna radiation patterns

Communications, tracking, and command sy

Development, evaluation, test, and checkout 

systems

Development of spacecraft rendezvous and la

aExcluding environmental test chamber.

bAt Ellington AFB.

cContractor-operated (Lockheed Electronics Co.). dContractor-operated (Lockheed Electronics Co. and Philco Corp.). eEquipment only.

NA =Data not available. For definition of terms, see intro

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Table 6-87. Technical Facilities: Propulsion and Power, Landing and Recovery, and Information Systems

(with costs in thousands)a

Year

Fadlity Name Built

Power Systems Test 1964

Fadlity

Auxiliary Propulsion 1964

Test Facility

Pyrote.chnics Test 1964

Facility

Fluid Systems Test 1965

Facility

Init. Accum.

Cost Cost

$ 560 $1000

1695 2000

542.9 700

1427 1600

Technological Areas Supported

Thermal, transient, life, optimization, and failure mode

investigations

Testing of small liquid-propulsion rocket engines under sea

level and simulated altitude conditions

Environmental and functional testing of spacecraft pyrotechnical

devices and other spacecraft systems

Component and system cold flow, life cycling, proof and pressure,

compatibilitY,leakage, dynamic response, and flight anomaly

testing of spacecraft propulsion systems

Water Test Chamber 1963 20 161 Operational and developmental testing of spacecraft postlanding systems and spacecraft recovery equipment; development of

preliminary postlanding procedures and techniques for flight

crews and recovery personnel; spacecraft postlanding motion anlaysis

Test Article Spacecraft 1965 30 30

Work Area

Electronic Systems 1966 3200 3200

Compatibility

Laboratory

Postlanding test-article spacecraft assembly and checkout

Spacecraft-Manned Space Flight Network (MSFN) RF systems and

related areas; compatibility and performance evaluation, special

investigation, mission-profile simulation

mental test chambers. For definition of terms in headings, see

r Two.

d (Lockheed Electronics Co.).

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Table 6-88. Technical Facilities: Space Science

(with costs in thousands)

Functional Name

Lunar topographic and

geologic simulation

area

Facility Name

Lunar Topographic and

Geologic Simulation

Area

Year

Built

1964

Init.

Cost

$ 60

Accum.

Cost

NA

Technological Areas Supported

Lunar surface technology

Accelerator facility,

Van de Graaf

Solar radio freq uency

laboratory

Radio telescope facility

Cartographic laboratory

Radiation instruments

laboratory

Geophysics Iabora toryGeology and

geochemistry

laboratory

Van de Graaf Facility 1965

Solar Radio Frequency 1965

Laboratory

Radio Telescope 1966

Cartographic Laboratory 1966

Radiation Instruments 1966

Laboratory

Geophysics Laboratory 1966

Geology and 1966

Geochemistry

Laboratory

75 $ 80 Development of radiation detectors and instrum

radiation experiments

75 75 Solar flare observation

14 16 Gathering solar flare data

NA NA Lunar surface technology: cartography

1900 I 970 Environment measurement, dosimetry verificati

shielding and lunar surface experiments

NA NA Analysis of probable lunar surface conditions an

NA NA Lunar geological exploration

Planetary atmospheres

laboratory

Lunar receiving

laboratory

Planetary Atmospheres

Laboratory

Lunar Receiving

Laboratory

1966 NA

8100

NA

8100

Study and analysis of interplanetary space weath

densities

Receiving comprehensive scientific data and sam

surface by astronauts on Apollo missions; provid

crews on return from moon

aCompleted in December 1967; not included in Technical Facilities Catalog.

NA = Data not available. For definition of terms in headings, see introduction to

Chapter Two.

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(with costs in thousands)a

0

h

Facility Name

I Megawatt Arc Jet Facility

Components Acoustic

Laboratory

One-sixth Scale Lunar

Module Model Drop

Facility

Spacecraft Acoustic

Laboratory

General Vibration Laboratory

Spacecraft Vibration

Laboratory

One-Third Scale Apollo Dock

600 000 Pound Capacity

Universal Testing Machine

Atmospheric Reentry Materials

and Structures Evaluation

Laboratory

1.5 Megawatt Arc Tunnel

Facility

Year

Built

1963

1964

1964

1965

1965

1965

1965

1966

1966

1966

Init.

Cost

$ 545

300

6

3054

1808

3104

100

185

2900

278

Accum.

Cost

$ 545

360

6

3054

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3104

100

200

NA

NA

Technological Areas Supported

Simulation of the heat-transfer rates and gas enthalpies of

manned spacecraft reentry into the earth's atmosphere from

earth orbital and lunar missions

,

Dynamic structural testing, transmission loss of panels, component environmental testing, communications system testing

Investigation of lunar module landing dynamics by dropping

instrumented models on a landing surface

Dynamic structural testing; dynamic systems testing

Dynamic structural testing; component environmental testing

Dynamic structural testing; dynamic systems testing

Model simulation of vehicle dynamic responses to probe and

drogue impact

General purpose machine for calibration and testing structures

and structural components

Simulation of hyperthermal conditions encountered by spacecraft structures and materials during entry into the earth's

atmosphere and entry into planetary atmospheres

Simulation of heating rates, pressures, and gas enthalpies of

manned spacecraft reentry into the earth's atmosphere from

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(with costs in thousands)a

Functional Name

Docking test facility, full-scale

Apollo spacecraft (ADTD)

Impact test facility, water-land

landing simulator

Facility Name

Apollo Docking Test Device

(ADTD)

Water-Land Impact Test

Facility

Year

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19661966

Init.

Cost

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Accum.

Cost

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51

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servo-actuation of the command-s

module docking interfaces

Spacecraft landing impacts in wate

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NA = Data not available. For definition of terms in headings, see introduction to

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(with costs in thousands)

tle

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Little Joe II Launch Facility

Command and Service Module

Preparation Building

Vehicle Assembly Building

CSM Test Stand 301

CSM Test Control Center

Apollo Rendezvous and

Landing Radar Flight

Test Facility

Laser Field Communications

Facility

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CSM Test Stand 302

LEM Control Center

Chemistry Laboratory

Year

Built

1958

19631963

1963

1963

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1390

366.5

1492

3300

4240

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335

200

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Technological Areas Supported

Launch facilities for testing pad abort, launch escape system,

earth landing system, and structural system of (Apolio)

spacecraft

Prefire testing and functional checking of components of

spacecraft modules and associated ground support equipment

Assembly of spacecraft vehicles; prefrre testing and functional

checking of launch vehicles and associated ground support

equipment

Static test-firing of multipropellant, gimbaled, rocket engines

Controlling operation and test-firing of atmospheric test stands

Flight-testing of spacecraft rendezvous and landing radars

Analysis of laser radars, high-data-rate laser communication

systems, and infrared detectors and trackers

Static test-firing of multipropellant, gimbaled, rocket engines

Static test-firing of vertical, multipropellant, gimbaled, rocket

enginesControlling operation and test-firing of atmospheric test stand

and altitude test chambers with associated altitude simulation

system

Analysis of liquids and gases, determination of chemical

properties, performance of systems cleanliness tests, and

performance of chemical compatibility studies
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Table 6-90. Technical Facilities: White Sands Test Facility (Continued)

(with costs in thousands)

Year Init. Accum.a

Function Name Facility Name Built Cost Cost Technological Areas 

Spacecraft checkout and test Lunar Excursion Module 1965 $1189 NA Prefire testing and functional chec

facility (LEM)f Preparation Building nents and associated ground suppo

Rocket propulsion altitude LEM Altitude Test Chamber 1965 4100 NA Static test-firing of multipropellan

test chamberf at" simulated altitude of up to 320

tests up to simulated altitude of 7

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laboratory Laboratory

Flowmeter calibration Flowmeter Calibration 1965 104e NA Measuring liquid flow; calibrating 

laboratory Laboratory

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laboratory Laboratory graphic analysis, radiographic insp

tion of carbon and sulfur present i

analysis

Environmental test facility Chamber Laboratory 1965 216e NA Capabilities for temperature, humi

(vacuum) environments

aMany accumula ted cost figures were not available beca use single contracts

represented construction and modification of more than one facility.

bOn standby basis.

(North American Rockwell Corp.).

dOn White Sands Missile Range.

eEquipment only.

(Grumman Aircraft Engineering C

NA = Data not available. For definition of terms in headin

Chapter Two.

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McDonnell Douglas Corp.

(Contract NAS 9-2539 F)

St. Louis, Missouri

Massachusetts Inst. of Technology

(Contract NAS 9-182 F)

Cambridge, Massachusetts

North American Rockwell Corp.

(Contracts NAS 7-90 F, NAS 7- 300 F)

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usttial Plant-Downey was transferred from Western

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Source: NASA, Office of Facilities.
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Table 6-92. Propertl

(as of June 30; money amounts in thousands)

Category 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 

Land in hectares (and acres)

Owned 0 0 655.6 655.6 655.6 655.6 

(1 620) (1 620) (1 620) (1 620) 

Leased 8.1 8.1 194.3 0.8 0.8 0.7

(20) (20) (480) (2) (2) (1.6)

Buildings

Number owned 0 2 15 60 83 161 

Area owned, thousands of sq m 0 0.6 39.5 154.6 200.4 244.5 

(and sq £1) (6) (425) (1 664) (2 157) (2 632) 

Area leased, thousands of sq m 29.0 33.8 4.9 2.4 2.4 2.4 

(and sq £1) (312) (364) (53) (26) (26) (26)

Value

Landc 0 0 $ 3810 $ 4157 $ 5446 $ 5418 

Buildings 0 $ 74 11 754 39974 103072 119748 

Other structures and facilities NA 757 6626 16691 23422 41857 

Real property NA :Ii 831 $22190 $60822 $131 940 $167023 

Capitalized equipment $3800 $11104 $19312 $35623 $ 96599 $124958 

alnc1uding White Sands Test Facility, property at Ellington AFB and clnc1uding cost of erosion control and landscaping.

Seabrook Dock, and industrial property. For definition of terms, see

introduction to Chapter Two. NA =Data not available.

bWith the disestablishment of Western Support Office March 1,1968,

67.2 hectares (165.9 acres) in Downey, California, were transferred to Source: NASA, Office of Facilities. Supplementary information 

MSC. Most of the figure increases in the FY 1968 column may be provided by Leo T. Zbanek.

attributed to this transfer (see Table 6-91).
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Table 6-93. Value of Real Property Components as Percentage of Total

(as of June 30; total real property value in thousands)

Component 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

0 17.1 6.8 4.1 3.3 4.2

ngs 8.9 53.0 65.7 78.1 71.7 73.1

structures and facilities 91.1 29.9 27.5 17.8 25.0 22.7

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

MSC real property value $831 $22190 $60822 $131940 $167023 $217227

: Derived from Tables 2-10 through 2-13 in Chapter Two.

Table 6-94. Personnel

1959 1960 1961 c 1962 1963

egory 6/30 12/31a 6/30b 12/31a 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31a 6/30 12/31

ding 2700

s 498 668 794 1146 1786 2392 3345 3364

489 641 720 1035 1588 2239 3059 3297

9 27 74 111 198 153 286 67

ent only)

65 66 3 11 20 58 73 74

201 260 351 458 755 1058 1398 1547

0 0 0 0 0 O. 0 0

266 326 354 469 785 1116 1471 1621

0 24 35 115 173 265 358 392

121 134 151 219 314 439 630 652

47 45 57 84 149 207 333 386

55 112 123 148 167 212 267 246

223 315 366 566 803 1123 1588 1676

7 8 10 16 28 34 35 38

ent NA NA 93 304 597 746 948 475

ry NA NA 78 139 302 287 298 99

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Table 6-94. Personnel (Continued)

1964 1965 1966 1967 

Employee Category 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 

Requested for FY ending 3980 4661 4686 4747 

Total, paid employees 4277 4721 4413 4391 4889 4688 5066 4728 

Permanent 4034 4605 4274 4325 4548 4649 4718 4606 

Temporary 243 116 139 66 341 39 348 122 

Code group (permanent only)

200e 73 72 67 69 68 54 50 54 

700f 1929 2275 2108 2146 2301 2334 2440 2446 

900 0 10 9 11 14 16 15 15 

Subtotal 2002 2357 2184 2226 2383 2404 2505 2515 

446 531 521 551 563 560 631 660 

500 800 875 850 835 890 943 905 790 

300 476 516 480 484 504 537 465 451 

100 310 326 239 229 208 205 212 190 

Subtotal 2032 2248 2090 2099 2165 2245 2213 2091 

Excepted: on duty 36 35 29 29 29 30 28 33 

Accessions: permanent 928 784 446 370 622 394 549 NA 

Accessions: temporary 273 176 137 237 328 73 313 NA 

Military detailees 60 69 69 148 202 214 203 192 

aFigures for Space Task Group were included in Goddard Space

Flight Center reports; they are presented in this table for information

onl

band are not added in NASA total. Data for Space Task Group are not available; figures were included in Goddard Space Flight Center reports.

cSpace Task Group was established as an independent installation

in January 1961, and personnel were transferred to STG from GSFC.

In November 1961, Space Task Group was redesignated Manned

Spacecraft Center.

dData for period ending Dec. 31,1962, and subsequent periods

include White Sands Test Facility.

eBeginning June 30, 1961, the data reflect conversion of some

professionals from the 200 Code group (engineers) to the 700 Code

group (aerospace technologists). For key to Code group numbers

and definition of terms, see Chapter Three.

fData before June 30, 1961, are for "aeronautical research

scientists." Beginning June 30, 1961, the data reflect convers

of these personnel members to the 700 Code group (aerospac

gists).

gBefore Dec. 31,1960, the data reflect inclusion of Code 

personnel in the 500 Code group.

NA = Data not available.

Source: NASA, Personnel Division. Data through Dec. 31, 

NASA Quarterly Personnel Statistical Report; data 

1966, from NASA Personnel Management Informa

and the NASA Supplement to SF 113-A, "Monthl

Federal Civilian Employment Short Form."
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Table 6-95. Personnel: White Sands Test Facility

1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30

10 60 91 143 167 158 151 138 128 119 109 90

10 60 85 138 154 154 147 133 126 115 108 89

0 0 6 5 13 4 4 5 2 4 1 1

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Table 6-96. Distribution of Permanent Personnel Positions by Fiscal Year and Budget Activitya

Program 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

ght 805 1618 1960 2796 2982 3498 3345 3257

(100.0) (99.9) (65.5) (67.0) (70.4) (73.8) (71.1) (70.8)

ns 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 48

(0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.6) (1.0)

tigations in space 0 0 0 3 11 5 0 20

(0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.1) (0.3) (0.1) (0.0) (0.4) 

nd technology 0 0 44 47 2 7 21 20

(0.0) (0.0) (1.5) (1.1) * (0.2) (0.4) (0.4) 

gy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

(0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) 

tiesb 0 2 990 1325 1242 1227 1312 1259 

(0.0) (0.1) (33.0) (31.8) (29.3) (25.9) (27.9) (27.4)

805 1620 2994 4171 4237 4737 4704 4604

mber of actual positions reported in annual NASA activities. FY 1962 figure is for technology utilization (reported as

. FY 1961 actual figure was reported in NASA, "industrial applications").

FY 1963; FY 1962 actual figure was reported

Estimates, FY 1964, etc. * = Less than 0.05%.

d later figures include tracking and da ta acquisi

utilization, and general support positions. Until Source: NASA, Budget Estimates, FY 1963-FY 1969; NASA, Budget

t positions were reported with the five other budget Operations Division.
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Table 6-97. Funding by Fiscal Year

(program plan as of May 31,1968; in millions)

Appropriation Title 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 

Research and development 0 $165.40 $689.10 $1363.70 $1431.40 $1515.70 $1445.80 $

Construction of facilities 0 73.10 24.52 34.08 19.79 4.18 10.20 

Administrative operationsa $9.18 24.06 50.38 64.65 88.68 86.66 94.98 

Total $9.18 $262.56 $764.00 $1462.43 $1539.87 $1606.54 $1550.98 $

aFY 1961-1964 appropriations were for salaries and expenses; FY 1963 appropriation

was for research, development, and operation.

Source: NASA, Office of Programming, Budget Opera

Budget Plans, A etual Obligations, and A etual Expen

1959 through 1963 (Washington, D.C.: NASA, Febr

Operations Division, "Status of Approved Programs

1968.

Table 6-98. Actual Obligations for Construction of Facilities by Fiscal Year and Program Year

(in millions)

FY 1962 FY 1963 FY 1964 FY 1965 FY 1966

$8.7 $32.0 $16.6 $10.4 $ 5.3

10.8 11.3 1.7 1.5

11.9 19.4 2.3

8.8 7.4

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Program Year

1962

1963

1964

1965

19661967

1968

Total

Program

Plana

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25.9b

34.8

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4.3

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0.9

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FY 1967 FY 

$ 0.5 

0.8 0.8 

0.6 0.5 

8.0 

$11.2 

aAs of June 30, 1968; includes facilities planning and design.

bDoes not include $21.7 million programmed (FY 1963) and obligated for Mission

Control Center which was reported with "Various Locations."

*=Less than $100 000. Because of rounding, columns and rows may not add to

totals.

Source: NASA, Budget Operations Division, "Status of Approv

of Facilities," FY 1959-FY 1968, June 1968; NASA, Fina

"Summary Financial Status of Programs," June 30, 1968.
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(money amounts in millions)

1961a

$82.1

11%

1962

$204.8

13%

1963

$737.2

23%

1964

$1436.0

31%

1965

$1487.4

29%

1966

$1546.7

31%

1967

$1487.0

31.9%

1968

$1233.1

29.9%

Total

$8214.3

27.9%

Source: NASA, Procurement and Supply Division,NASA Procurement: October 1,

1959 to June 30,1960 (Washington, D.C.: NASA, September 1960); NASA,

Annual Procurement Report, Fiscal Years 1961-1968 (Washington, D.C.: NASA,

1962-1968).

Table 6-100. Awards to Personnel Granted under Section 306 of the Space Act of 1958a

Year

1962

Inventor

Andre J. Meyer, Jr.

Maxime A. Faget

Andre J. Meyer, JI.

Maxime A. Faget

William M. Bland, JI.

Jack C. Heberlig

Maxime A. Faget

Andre J. Meyer, JI.

R.G. Chilton

W. S. Blanchard, Jr.

A. B. Kehlet

J. B. Hammack

C. C. Johnson, Jr.

Contribution

Vehicle parachute and equipment

jettison system

Emergency ejection device

Survival couch

Space capsule

Amount

$1000

1500

2100

4200

aFor complete listing of awards under this Act,

see Appendix B, Sect. LB.

Source: NASA Inventions and Contributions

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buikling. containing the Director's orrtce, was finished in 1963; and MSFC mo~ into the building on

lhe ri&hl in mid-1964. The s-Ie stage of the fust ~tUIn V launch vehicle (ri&hl) was leu-fued on

MSFC's static tcst stand in October 1961 for the Nov. 9 Apollo 4 launch.

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History

Deputy Director:

Eberhard F.M.Rees(July I, 1960- ).

Deputy Director Management:

Harry H. Gorman (Sept. 9,1961- ).

Delmar M. Morris (July 1, 1960-Sept. 9, 1961).

1 David S. Akens, Historical Origins of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center,

MSFC Historical Monograph No.1 (Huntsville, Ala.: MSFC, December 1960), 3, 36;

Wernher von Braun, "The Redstone, Jupiter, and Juno," in Eugcnc M. Emme, cd., The

History of Rocket Technology: Essays on Research, Development and Utility (Detroit:

Wayne State University Press, 1964), 107-121; MSFC, Historical Office, "Historical

Sketch of MSFC," mimeo (June 16, 1966),6. The section on history of MSFC was

prepared for the Data Book by David S. Akcns and Rowcnc S. Dunlap of MSFC.

In a search for better facilities for an expan

program, Army Ordnance officials from Fort Bl

Huntsville Arsenal in September 1949. They propo

of rocket scientists and technicians working on mi

Army at Fort Bliss, and the Secretary of th

recommendation October 28, 1949. In addition to 

contractor personnel, the transfer included 130 Germ

Dr. Wernher von Braun, who had launched the 

Peenemiinde October 3, 1942, and who had pa

missile development program at White Sands Provi

1946. In April 1950, with the arrival of the von 

Arsenal became part of Redstone Arsenal, and t

Ordnance Guided Missile Center there April 15,19

between the move to Huntsville and the transfer to N

Redstone developed the Redstone, Jupiter, and 

tributing to the U.S. space program.

Work on the Redstone missile began in 1950

Development Division's Missile Firing Laboratory 

Redstone successfully August 20, 1953, from Cap

five-year Redstone research and development test-f

flew 37 Redstones to test missile structures, guidanc

(basis for later guidance on space vehicles), tracking 

missile systems. 3

From Redstone technology came the Jupiter in

missile. (IRBM), authorized by the Secretary of De

Experiments conducted and discoveries made in the 

development during the late 1950s proved useful in 

The first Jupiter C (composite reentry test vehicle), a 

two additional stages, was launched September 20, 

2 MSFC, Historical Office, "Historical Sketch," 5,6; M

Ordnance (Army) to Commanding Officer, R&D Service Su

Kansas City, Mo.; Akens, Historical Origins, 36; Jarrett 

Origins of NASA's Launch Operations Center," 17.

3 von Braun, "The Redstone, Jupiter, and Juno," 109-11

).

Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama.

1394.8 total hectares (3446.7 acres) as of June 30,1968:

- 727.2 hectares (1797 acres) under 99-year irrevocable

use permit from U.S. Army.

- 25.9 hectares (64 acres) leased on Green Mountain,

Huntsville, Alabama.

- 641.7 hectares (1585.7 acres) leased for contractor at

Sacramento, California.

Wernher von Braun (July 1, 1960-

In 1941, the United States Army activated two facilities at Huntsville,

Alabama-the Huntsville Arsenal, which manufactured and loaded chemical

mortar and howitzer shells, and the Redstone Ordnance Plant, which

assembled explosives for the chemical shells and produced complete rounds.

Redstone Ordnance Plant, named for the color of the local rock and soil, was

redesignated Redstone Arsenal February 26, 1943.'

Location:

Director:

Land:

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following year verified the ablation principle of

in the manned space flight program. On May 31,

gle-stage, surface-to-surface, liquid-fueled missile,

lly fired U.S. IRBM. Developed at the same time

, the Juno I, which launched the first U.S. earth

uary 31, 1958.

A significant Jupiter flight May 28,

es Able and Baker into space and returned them in

issile Agency (ABMA), officially established at

955, became active February I, 1956, and the

nt Division (von Braun's group) became ABMA's

ivision.s Shortly after its establishment October I,

eight Redstones from ABMA for the Mercury

ons. After a series of test flights, the Mercury

n was launched May 5, 1961, with Astronaut Alan

in Freedom 7. MR4, the last flight in the

m, was launched with Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom as

21,1961.'

the Department of Defense's Advanced Research

pproved ABMA's proposal for development of the

icle booster with a 6672-kilonewton (1.5-million

anced Research Projects Agency memorandum

ly renamed the project Saturn." President Eisen

r 21, 1959, his decision to transfer the ABMA's

Division to NASA,' and transfer of the Saturn

e effective March 14, 1960. On that day NASA

and Lindemann, "Historical Origins of NASA's Launch

B, 8-21.

O-68, Dec. 22, 1955; Jarrett and Lindemann, "Historical

rations Center," 41.

ne, Jupiter, and Juno," 116. For a detailed account of the

e Swenson, Grimwood, and Alexander, This New Ocean,

28-330, and 341-377.

Saturn Illustrated Chronology, MHR4 (Huntsville, Ala.:

atement, Oct. 21, 1959; Akens, Historical Origins,69 ff.;

y ofNASA, 109, n. 145.

established the NASA Huntsville Facility and announced that personnel

would be transferred from ABMA July I.' 0

President Eisenhower signed Executive Order 10870 March 15, 1960,

formally naming the Huntsville installation the George C. Marshall Space

Flight Center in honor of George Catlett Marshall (1880-1959), the only

professional soldier to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Officially, the George C.

Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) began operations July 1, 1960, in the

same facilities it occupied under the Army, and President Eisenhower

dedicated the new Center September 8,1960.' ,

Assembly of SA-I, the first Saturn I flight vehicle, was completed at

Marshall January 16, 1961, and the vehicle was launched October 27. By July

30, 1965, when the Saturn I program ended, a total of 10 Saturn Is had flown

successfully.' 2

On July 11, 1962, NASA announced the intermediate-size Saturn C-IB

program; the vehicle was redesignated Saturn IB in early February 1963.' 3

The first Saturn IB (SA-20I) was launched February 26, 1966.'4 The second

flight (SA-203) was on July 5, 1966, and the third (SA-202), on August 25,

1966. SA-204, the fourth Saturn IB, launch vehicle was launched January 22,

1968, for the Apollo 5 mission-the first unmanned orbital test of the Apollo

lunar module.' 5 SA-205 successfully launched Apollo 7 October 11, 1968,

on the first manned mission in the Apollo lunar landing program.' •

,0Akens, Historical Origins, 76; Rosholt, Administrative History ofNASA, 119-120;

NASA Circular No. 57, March 14, 1960.

"President Eisenhower, Executive Order 10780, Federal Register, XXV (March 17,

1960),2197; Rosholt, Administrative History ofNASA, 120; Akens, Historical Origins,

81,89-90.

'2MSFC, Saturn Illustrated Chronology, 16,45.

'3Ibid., 56, 69; NASA Release 62-159. From June 1966 until January 1968, the

designation "Uprated Saturn I" was in use; see Memorandum, Julian Scheer, NASA

Assistant Administrator for Public Affairs, June 9, 1966, and Memorandum, Scheer, Jan.

15,1968.

14 MSFC, Saturn Flight Evaluation Working Group, Results of the First Saturn IB

Launch Vehicle Test F7ight AS-201, Abstract (Huntsville, Ala.: MSFC, May 6, 1966).

I SJbid., Results ofthe Second Saturn IB Launch Vehicle Test Flight AS-203, Abstract

(Huntsville, Ala.: MSFC, Sept. 22, 1966); Ibid., Results of the Third Saturn IB Launch

Vehicle Test F7ight AS-202, Abstract (Huntsville, Ala.: MSFC, Oct. 25, 1966); NASA

Release 68-6.

"Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1968 (Washington, D.C.: NASA SP-4010, 1969),

250-253.
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NASA approved development of the Saturn C-5 vehicle January 25, 1962;

in February 1963 the vehicle was redesignated Saturn V. Development and

production of this launch vehicle for the Apollo program remained Marshall's

chief mission. The first Saturn

V was launched from John F. Kennedy Space

Center, NASA, November 9,1967. This initial test, the Apollo

4 mission, was

the fust launch from Launch Complex 39. I 7 The Apollo 6 mission, the

Saturn V's second flight, was launched April 4, 1968.' 8 And on December

21, 1968, the Saturn

V launched the most ambitious flight up to that date,

the higWy successful Apollo 8 whose three-man crew orbited the moon 10

times. All subsequent Apollo flights were to be launched by the Saturn V.' 9

Mission

Marshall Space Flight Center was assigned responsibility for design,

development, and test oflaunch vehicles and space transportation systems for

manned space flight:

(1) Managing the Saturn IB program to provide a launch vehicle for

Apollo spacecraft orbital development tests; the Saturn

V program to provide

the launch vehicle for manned lunar landing missions, planetary missions, and

future very large scientific satellite payloads; and selected payloads for Apollo

Applications missions;

(2) Designing, developing, and manufacturing large launch vehicle systems, including vehicle system test and integration; conducting test programs,

such as dynamic and static testing programs; designing, developing, and

testing large launch vehicle engines, such as the H-l, J-2, and F-l systems;

developing and integrating scientific experiment payload packages to be

flown on Saturn-Apollo vehicles or subsequent post-Apollo missions. 2 0 '

Defunct Names

Anny Ballistic Missile Agency-activated February 1, 1956; discontinued July

22,1960.

Anny Ordnance Missile Command-established July 1, 1958; discontinued

'7MSFC, Saturn fllustrated Chronology, 50, 69; MSFC Release 67-226; NASA Release 67-274,275,294.

'8NASA Release 68-54; U.S. Congress, Senate, Committee on Aeronautical and

Space Sciences, Apollo 6 Mission, Hearing, 90th Cong., 2d sess., April 22, 1968 (Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1968).

1 9Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1968, 318-322.

2 0NASA,Budget Estimates, FY 1969, N, AO 2-19.

August 1, 1962; replaced by U.S. Army Mis

Army Materiel Command.

Development Operations Division (ABMA)-establ

became part of George C. Marshall Space Fl

established March 1960, effective July 1, 1960.

Experimental Missiles Firing Branch-established D

Missile Firing Laboratory of Redstone Arsenal

ment Division, January 1953.

Guided Missile Development Branch-establishe

Guided Missile Development Group, January 21

Guided Missile Development Division-establishe

Development Operations Division (ABMA), Febr

Guided Missile Development Group-established J

Guided Missile Development Laboratory, Novem

Guided Missile Development Laboratory-estab

became Guided Missile Development Division, Ja

Huntsville Arsenal-activated August 4,1941; merg

April 1950.

Juno V-redesignated Saturn February 3, 1959.

Launch-Operations Directorate (MSFC)-establishe

tive July 1, 1960; became NASA Launch Operat

7,1962.

Launch Vehicle Operations Division (MSFC)-esta

gradually phased out.

Michaud Operations-established December 18, 196

Assembly Facility, July 1, 1965.

Missile Firing Laboratory (Development Operatio

January 1953; became MSFC's Launch Operat

1960.

Mississippi Test Operations-established December 

Mississippi Test Facility, July 1, 1965.

Ordnance Guided Missile Center-established April 

Missile Development Branch of the Technical a

August 1951.

Ordnance Missile Laboratories-established Septem

nical and Engineering Division as part of it; d

1956, with activation of ABMA.

Ordnance Rocket Center-established December 19
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program from the missile development

t Development Branch of the Techn.ical and

ust 1951.

etimes used for Mississippi Test Facility in

continued by NASA, December 1, 1961.

tivated October 6, 1941; redesignated Redstone

3.

ch-established August 1951; became Rocket

ary 21, 1952.

-established January 21, 1952; became Rocket

Development Laboratory, November 1952.

Rocket Development Laboratory-established November 1952; became

Rocket Development Division, January 1953.

Saturn C-l-redesignated Saturn I, February 1963.Saturn C-lB-redesignated Saturn m, February 1963.

Saturn C-5-redesignated Saturn V, February 1963.

Technical and Engineering Division (Redstone Arsenal)-established August

1951; became part of Ordnance Missile Laboratories, September 18, 1952.

Uprated Saturn I-designation for Saturn lB from June 1966 until January

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The historical background of Michaud Ass

centuries of Louisiana history. The original land 

1763, 10 Gilben Antoine de SL Maxent, a N

properly passed through several hands before il w

in 1827, and the Michaud family held the land unt

With the outbreak of World War II, the Gover

tare (IOOO·acre) tract as a site for building ocean

the Michoud Canal, which connected the plant sit

Waterway, the project was changed, and in Oc

issued to Higgins Industries of New Orleans for m

cargo aircraft. The piant was dedicated October 

Corps abandoned the project and closed the pla

1951 the U.s. Army Ordnance Corps selected 

manufacturing engines for Sherman and Pallon ta

Corporation a S30-million contract to reopen the 

on November 28, 1951, the plant was again deacti

On September 7, 1961, NASA announced se

New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louis

362.9 hectares (896.8 acres) total a

- 360.5 hectares (890.8 acre

- 2.4 hectares (6.0 :lcres) un

of Army XIX Corps. George N. ConSlan (Jan. 14, 1962

Sept. 20, 1961-Jan. 14, 1962). Manager: Land, location: History

A thrust structure for the Saturn V launch verucle

was lowered into vertkal assembly position in March 1965 as assembly of the first S-IC

stage began at Michoud Assembly Facility (then called Michoud Operations) in New

Orleans. The as!1cmblcd llround·tesl stagc-42 meters (138 feet) tall wilh fucl tank.

intcrlank structure. liquid oxygen tank, and forward skirt assembly addod on lOP the

thrust structure-would be shipped to MSFC later in the year.

'The section on Miehoud history was prepared fo

Akens. MSFC, with additional information supplied by J

raine Marthel, Michoud Assembly Facility.

'Michoud Operations Programs Office, "Michoud 

George C. Marshall Space Flight Center," updated Sept. 1

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Plant as the site for industrial production of the

stages3 and in October awarded a contract for

ion, to be completed before the end of the year.4

designated NASA Michoud Operations December

ndustry-produced booster was begun October 4,

n fabrication of S-I-8." On December 13, 1963,

of two industry-built Saturn I first stages.' On

activated the S-IC portion of the Michoud plant

, Aug. 23,1962.

amans, Jr., NASA Associate Administrator, to Harry H.

or for Administration, Dec. 18, 1961, cited in MSFC,

rshall Space Flight Center: July I-December 31, 1961,"

, 1962), I, 38.

Chronology, 64.

eorge C. Marshall Space Flight Center: July I-December

Ala.: MSFC, 1964), I, 30, 228.

and began tooling and components manufacture.· Boeing completed assembly of its first complete Saturn V booster S-IC-D (dynamic test stage) in June

1965.9 On July I, 1965, MSFC announced that Michaud Operations had

been redesignated Michoud Assembly Facility.' "

Mission

Michaud Assembly Facility was assigned responsibility for assembly of

Saturn IB and Saturn V launch vehicle fust stages.' 1

• MSFC, "History of the George C. Marshall Space Hight Center: July I-December

31,1962," MHM-6 (Huntsville, Ala.: MSFC, 1963), 1,127,217.

9MSFC, Saturn V Quarterly Progress Report, March-June 1965.

I "Letter, David Newby, MSFC Office of the Director, to Dr. George E. Mueller,

NASA Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight, Sept. 18, 1964; MSFC Release

65-167.

1 I NASA, Budget Estimates, FY 1969, IV, AO 2-20.
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Location:

Land:

Slidell, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana.

5.7 hectares (14 acres) NASA-owned as ofJune 30,1968.

By November 12, 1962, the first phase of mod

was complete, and all computers selected by the 

operational by November 26. The second phase 

December 10, 1962, was completed in 1963.2 A

Michoud was responsible for 22 general- and special-

Manager: Robert L. Reeves (Sept. 15, 1962- ).

Mission

History

On March 23, 1962, Michoud Operations set up a Michoud Computer

Steering Committee to direct the establishment of a Central Computer

Facility. This committee selected as site a surplus building which had been

constructed by the Federal Aviation Agency as an aircraft control center. On

June 16, 1962, the MSFC Director ordered MSFC's Computation Division to

begin interim operation of the facility until a contractor computer specialist

could be selected. The fIrst computer in the new facility became operational

August 1, 1962.'

I MSFC, "History ... July I-December 31, 1962," 11, 10-12.

The Computer Operations Office was assigned 

tenance and management of a centralized data proce

needs of MSFC and associated contractors in suppo

Facility and Mississippi Test Facility:

(1) Serving as official point of contact for con

activity in the MAF and MTF areas;

(2) Directing, developing, and implementing 

furnishing the required data-processing services;

(3) Providing contract administration for a com

who would operate, schedule, and maintain data-p

provide specialized computer-programming technica

2/bid., 13; NASA, Technical Facilities Catalog (Marc

179-181.

3 NASA, Budget Estimates, FY 1969, I, SA 15.

4 NASA, Technical FaCilities Catalog, 11, Sect. 12, 180-1
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I Rosholt. AdminiSlroli,,,' !lis/ory of NASA. 215

ber 31, t962," II, Chap. Vl\I.

David S. Akens of MSFC prepared lhe MTF hislory 

'MSFC, "History .. .July I-December 31, 196

"ull.lnch Vehicle 1'esl Sile Evaluation by Ad lIoc Si

1961,8, 11-12.

• NASA Release 61-236.

In 1961 NASA decided to establish a natio

vehicle stages.' Preliminary studies began in M

Site Evaluation Committee was established. Th

test site area included isolation from populated 

water and highway, availability of utilities, supp

kilometers (50 miles), and a climate permitting 

A site on the Pearl River in southweste

requirements and was also close to NASA's 

where Saturn boosters were to be built.' O

announced its decision to establish the test fac

activity of Marshall Space Flight Center.' NA

that the site was to be called Mississippi Test 

Site," until an official title was chosen. Even a

NASA officially designated the facility Missis

The S-IC-T tc§1 model of thc Salurn V first was lesl-fired March 3. 1967, at lhe

Mississippi Test Facility, Hay SI. louis, MissiS!iippi. TIle sIalic-firing proved the compatihility of sta!:e, mechanical SUPI'01l equipment. and I 24'lneler (4tH-foOl) lest stand. ,

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Location:

Land:

Manager:History

Hancock County, Mississippi.

56198.7 hectares (138 870 acr

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owned.

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-47701.9 hectares (1l7

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William C, Fortune (Oct. I, 1962
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the name Mississippi Test Facility was frequently used, and in June 1963

Marshall Space Flight Center officially redesignated the facility Mississippi

Test Operations.4

By October 1962 Mobile District Engineers Office had acquired all except

6 of the 163 tracts of land lying in the construction area, and the ftrst tree

was felled May 17,1963.5 In July 1964, after court actions, acquisition of all

land in the construction site was complete, and by December 31, 1964, the

entire buffer zone had been acquired by the Government.' As of June 30,

1963, Marshall Space Flight Center had stationed 24 personnel members at

the site, and by the end of 1964 this number had nearly doubled.? On July 1,

1965, Marshall announced that Mississippi Test Operations was officially

redesignated Mississippi Test Facility (MTF).8

The tirst rocket stage to reach Mississippi Test Facility was the Saturn V

second stage. S-I1-T, an all-systems test model, arrived on October 17, 1965,

after a 17-day trip from North American Aviation, Inc., Space and

Information Systems Division at Seal Beach, California. Transported on the

USNS Point Ba"ow through the Panama Canal to a Michoud Assembly

4 NASA Circular No. 188, Dec. 1, 1961; Letter, NASA Associate Administrator Dr.

Robert C. Seamans, Jr., to Harry H. Gorman, MSFC Deputy Director for Administration, Dec. 18, 1961, cited in MSFC, "History...July I-December 31,1961," I, 38;

Memorandum, Joseph H. Reed, Chief, MSFC Management '!\.nalysis Office, to Distribution, June 11,196"3, Subject: Change 50, MSFC Organization Manual.

5MSFC, "Mississippi Test Facility Weekly Status Reports," Oct. 15, 1962, and Oct.

22,1962; MTO Release, Aug. 24, 1964.

'MSFC, "History of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center: July I-December

31, 1964," MHM-IO (Huntsville, Ala.: MSFC, 1965), II, 87; Business Week, April 2,

1966,5-7.

?MSFC, "History of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center: January I-June 30,

1963," MHM-7 (Huntsville, Ala.: MSFC, 1963), II, Chap. VIII, 3: "History...July

I-December 31,1964," 11,108.

S Letter, David Newby, MSFC Office of the Director, to Dr. George E. Mueller,

NASA Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight, Sept. 18, 1964: MSFC Release

65-167; MSFC Circular No. 7-65, Subject: "Redesignation of MSFC Organizational

Elements," July 6,1965.

Facility dock in New Orleans, the stage was tran

Lake for the last 72 kilometers (45 miles) up the 

and the East Pearl River to MTF. The S-I1-T 

installation in Test Stand A-2,9 and on April 

successfully static-ftred for 15 seconds, marking 

Mississippi Test Facility.' °

The ftrst Saturn V ftrst stage, S-IC-T, arrived 

October 23, 1966, from Michoud Assembly Fa

manufactured by Boeing. On December 17 wor

Stand B-2, activating the stand. The first systems 

for 15 seconds, was successfully completed March 

Mission

Mississippi Test Facility was assigned resp

test-ftring of the 33 360-kilonewton-thrust (7.5-m

V first stage (S-IC) and the 4448-kilonewton-thru

Saturn V second stage (S-I I).' 2

9 Marshall Star, Oct. 20, 1965, 1,4; MSFC Release 65-2

,oMSFC, Saturn V Program Office, "Saturn V Quarter

1966," 19; MSFC Release 66-84.

, 'MSFC, Saturn V Program Office, "Saturn V S

July-December 1966," and "Saturn V Semi-Annual Pr

1967 "; Marshall Star, March 8, 1967, I; Kurt Voss, "S

Mississippi," Technology Week, Feb. 6, 1967, 28-29; J

Journal, Jan. 10, 1968,8.

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acility, Astrodynamic

Year

Built

19431943

1943

19431953

Technological Area Supported

Continuum flow investigations in a trisonic tunnel, a supersonic tunnel,

and a jet flow facility

Pressure investigation, heat transfer, and force testing with helium as the

test medium

Transitional and free-molecule-flow investigations; extreme-altitude jet

pluming investigations

High vacuum to 10-7 torr

Impulse-base-flow and heat-transfer studies

as Dynamics Research Facility (Aero-Astrodynamics);

ost, $4 143000.

Source: NASA, Technical Facilities Catalog (March 1967 ed.), II, Sect. 12,

1-16.

Functional Name

and Stabilizer

nt Laboratory

hnology Laboratory

Table 6-102. Technical Facilities: Astrionicl

Year Technological Area Supported

Built

1957 Missile technology, space technology, guidance,

navigation

1957 Applied missile technology, space technology,

guidance

on and Communication Development

Control Systems and Components

d accumulated cost, $26 609 000.

1957 Missile and space technology, guidance and control

1957 Missile and space technology, gUidance and control

Source: NASA, Technical Facilities Catalog (March 1967 ed.),

II, Sect. 12,41-54.
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Table 6-103. Technical Facilities: Manufacturing and Engineeringa

Functional Name

Fabrication and Assembly Engineering Facility

Machine Shop Engineering Facility

Tube Cleaning Facility

Valve Clinic Facility, Propellant

Surface Treatment Facility

Metal Forming and Fabrication Facility

Composite Structure Fabrication Facility

Welding Development Facility

Manufacturing Methods Development Facility

Manufacturing Techniques Development Facility

Electronics

aEstimated accumulated cost, $23 238 000.

Year Technological Area Supported

Built

1955 Launch vehicle and large component fabrica

assembly

1955 Precision machining and large component m

1955 Tube cleaning up to 76-mm (3-in.) diameter 

(60 ft) long

1955 Propellant-valve disassembly, cleaning, and a

1960 Chemical and mechanical cleaning, electropo

painting, anodizing, chemical milling, picklin

and metal plating

1955 Metal forming and joining oflarge vehicle se

1956 Fabrication of large composite-structure pan

steel alloys, or aluminum

1956 Precision and specialty welding1955 Development of mechanical manufacturing 

methods

1943 Adaptation of advanced scientific discoverie

manufacturing techniques

Source: NASA, Technical Facilities Catalog (March 

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Table 6-104. Technical Facilities: Propulsion and Vehicle Engineeringa

Year

Built Technological Area Supported

1959 Stage and component structural checkout

1959 Vibration testing of stages and components with various

vibration exciters

1959 Shock testing in stage and component structural checkout

1959 Acoustic testing in reverberation room and anechoic room

1959 Heat transfer in propellant systems, two-phase flow systems

(liquid vapor), insulation schemes for cryogenic tanks, and

calorimeter development for heat radiation measurements

1959 Hydraulics testing of stages and components with 4 hydraulic

fluid and RPI flow stands, 1 impulse test stand, 1 pump test

stand, and engine gimbal test stands

1959 Studies of vortex, terminal drainage, surge pressure, stratification, bubble dynamics, and geysering in turbulent fluid flow

1959 Evaluation and development of materials and components;

determination of effects of vacuum, temperature, radiation,

hypervelocity impact, and other environmental conditions.

cumulated cost, $25 125000. Source: NASA, Technical Facilities Catalog (March 1967 ed.), II,

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flatness tests 

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1955 Force application and environmental qualificati

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Conductive Physics

sics Laboratory

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Measurement Physics

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Laboratory

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Laboratory

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accumulated cost, $2 683 000.

Year

Built

19621962

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19621962196619621964

Technological Area Supported

Thermal conductivity of solid particles

Production of high-velocity, high-density plasmas, and calibration

of meteoroid detectors

Secondary impact effects in vacuum upon nonmetallic "rock"

materials

Electric and magnetic field meter evaluation

Space vehicle radiation shielding

Rocket combustion products research in simulated planetary

atmosphere

Space environmental effects on radiometric characteristics

Launch vehicle gases and vapors analysis

Space plasma studiesSpace environment interactions with space vehicle surfaces

Development of advanced methods of data anlaysis and

translation

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Year

Functional Name Facility Name Built

Rocket propulsion test stands:

(S-IC 4670) S-IC Static Test Stand (4670) 1965

(F-14696) F-l Engine Test Stand (4696) 1963

(S-IVB 4514) S-IVB Test Stand (4514) 1965

(4572) Static Test Stand (4572) 1957

(H-l 4564) H-l Power Plant Test Stand 1957

(Redstone 4665) Interim (Redstone) Test Stand 1953

(4665 Area)

Rocket exhaust effects test Sound Suppressor Test Stand 1953

stand (4665 area) (4665 Area)

Rocket propulsion altitude test Liquid Hydrogen Familiarization 1957

stand (4710) Facility (4710)

Rocket propulsion altitude test Storable Propellant Test Facility 1951

cell (4753) (4753)

Propellant systems test stand, Cold Calibration Test Stand (4588) 1957

cold flow (4588)

Propellant systems test stand, F-l Turbopump Facility (4548) 1964

cold flow (4548)

Vibration effects test stand, S-IB Dynamic Test Stand (4557) 1962

rocket (4557)

Vibration effects test stand, S-V Dynamic Test Stand (4550) 1964

rocket (4550)

Technological Area Su

Saturn V 1st stage (S-IC) checkout 

propulsion system development

Engine propulsion and functional te

Saturn

V 3rd stage integration testin

systems testing

Stage and engine functional and acc

Stage integration, R&D propulsion 

Rocket propulsion

Sound suppression

Hydrogen-fueled engines

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Year

Facility Name Built

vity Low Gravity Test Facility (4550) 1964

ty (4748) Ultra High Vacuum Facility 1951

(at 4748)

ty, rocket Test Facility Building (4750) 1955

rdous Test Positions 100 through 108 1957

(4583)

Test Position 1I2 (4583) 1957

tand, Test Positions 113, 114, and 117 1957

nt (4583) (at 4583)

tand (4583) Test Position 1I5 (at 4583) 1957

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22) 502) (4522)

ty, Saturn V Saturn V GSE Test Facility 1964

(at 4646)

acility Swing Arm Test Facility (at 4583) 1957

Technological Area Supported

Low-gravity physical phenomena

Space environment effects, propellant systems

Rocket system altitude ignition and launch methods

Propellant flow and combustion, nozzles and component

hardware

Altitude studies, such as materials tests, ignition problem

studies, scaled vehicle studies

Rocket combustion and component hardware

Rocket combustion, He and LH2

Dynamic pressure effects, low-frequency noise

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Fluid flow and pressure test facility

(4648)

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Acoustic investigation facility

(4565)

Facility Name

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Instrument Laboratory

Noise Source for the Far Field

Noise Propagation and

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Year

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1965

1958

1952

Technological Are

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Rocket noise measurements

aEstimated accumulated cost, $107408000. Source: NASA, Technical Facilities Catalog (March 1967 ed.)

Table 6-108. Technical Facilities: Michoud Assembly Facility

(with costs in thousands)a

Year Init. Accum.

Functional Name Facility Name Built Cost Cost Technological Areas S

Flow test facility, high- High Pressure Test 1964 $ 140.5 $ 377.5 Dynamic and steady-state gas flow 

pressure gas pressure, temperature, and flow co

Stage test position facility Stage Test Position Facility 1965 $1809.7 $1889.5 System checkout of Saturn V 1st s

test-firing

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Measurement Standards

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Electronics, Instrumentation

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for site-wide support

Site-wide pressure and strain calibration support

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acoustic propagation predictions; severe weather warning

service

Materials analysis, measurement standards, photographic,

pressure and strain, temperature and flow, and field support

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A-2)

Data Handling Center 1965 653 2879 On-site data reduction (digital and analog) for the Data

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Year Init. Accum.

Functional Name Facility Name Built Cost Cost

Cryogenic component test Component Service Facility 1966 NA NA

facilitya (CSF)

Data acquisition facility Data Acquisition Facility 1966 $9320 $9490

(DAF)

Technological Areas Su

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Acquistion and recording of data sign

lines from test vehicles, flight vehicle

facilities within Saturn V complex

aContractor-operated (General Electric Co.).

bContractor-operated (Space and Information Systems Div., North American

Rockwell Corp.).

CContractor-operated (Rocketdyne).

NA = Data not available. For definition of terms

in headings, see introduction to Chapter Two.

Source: NASA, Technical Facilities Catalog (March 1967 ed

Table 6-110. Industrial Real Property

(as of June 30; money amounts in thousands)a

14 15 11 12 6 6

9 262.9 10049.1 10289.4 10334.0 23 123.3 23606.4

(99705) (108168) (Ito 755) (Ill 235) (248897) (254097)

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$ 6607 $ 6576 3347 2866 10969 10933

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$17981 $27045 $19324 $19630 $13148 $13489

"hese figures are included in Table 6-111.

bNASA-funded capital improvements to contractor--owned land.

CCombined figures for FY 1968.

1967 1968

Contracts

NAS 8-14006, NAS 7-90

Seal Beach. Calif.

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Table 6-111. Property

(as of June 30; money amounts in thousands)a

1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

654.4 722.8 722.8 727.2 727.2 727.2 727.2

(1617)b (1786) (1786) (1797) (1797) (1797) (1797)

25.9 25.9 25.9 25.9 25.9 25.9 667.6

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158 142 122c 192 161 176 182

159.6 208.1 231.3 319.8 339.7 369.6 386.7

(1718) (2240) (2490) (3442) (3655) (3978) (4163)

22.2 24.7 24.7 14.8 2.4 2.2 2.2

(239) (266) (266) (159) (26) (24) . (24)

$ 86 $ 95 $ 95 $ 406 $ 2106 $ 4074 $ 3802

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718 6015 9628 56769 54121 68755 81970

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oud Assembly Facility, Computer Operations Office, or

cept in Line 10 ("Capitalized equipment value"); includes

eakdown of 1967 and 1968 figures on industrial facilities,

ition of terms, see introduction to Chapter Two.

Department of the Army July 1, 1960 (under 99-year

idered by GSA as equal to ownership). Not included

in Table 2-5, Chapter Two.

CAlthough number of buildings decreased between FY 1961 and FY 1964, square

footage and value of buildings increased because of replacement of older buildings

and consolidation.

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Table 6-112. Property: Michoud Assembly Facility

(as of June 30; money amounts in thousands of dollars)a

Category 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 

Land in hectares (and acres)

Owned . 333.9 333.9 333.9 360.5 360.5 360.5 

(825)b (825) (825) (890.8)c (890.8) 

Leased 0 0 0 0 0 0 

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Number owned 0 21 19 23 31 32 

Area owned, thousands of sq m 226.5 235.4 237.2 238.7 323.7 330.6 

(and sq ft) (2438) (2534) (2553)d (2569) (3484) (3559) 

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(and sq ft) (381) (301)

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Buildings 0 21290 23044 27391 52352 62140 

Other structures and facilities 0 13084 9314f 15122 20253 22987 

Real property NA $40972 $38956 $49650 $79985 $92 608 

Capitalized equipmentg NA NA NA NA NA NA 

aUntil July 1, 1965, this component field installation was designated

Michoud Operations. For definition of terms, see introduction to

Chapter Two.

00riginally reported as 341.6 hectares (844 acres) until resurveyed in

1963.

c26.6 hectares (65.8 acres) acquired during FY 1965 through transfer

from U.S. Army.

dAlthough number of buildings dropped, square footage increased

because of redefinition of buildings.

eClearing, grubbing, landscaping, grading, seeding, and additions of

trees and shrubbery added to land value.

fValue of other structures and facilities dropped $3 770 0

1964 because of redefinition.

gIntegral equipment value is included with that of the bui

where it is physically located; collateral equipment is include

NA =Data not available.

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(as of June 30; money amounts in thousands)

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Table 6-114. Property: Mississippi Test Facility (as of June 30; money amounts in thousands)a category I963b 1964 1965 1966 1967 

Land in hectares (and acres) Owned 6001.5 8061.3 8492.7 8492.7 8492.7 

(14830) (19920) (20986) (20986) (20986) 

Leased I 0 0 0 0 0 

Buildings 

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m 0 4.6 2.8 43.1 50.8 

(and sq ft) (49) (30) (464) (547) 

Area leased 0 0 0 0 0 

Value

$ 9726d Land $4472 $15370 $ 9774 $ 10144 

Buildings 0 617 687 11 337 48795 

Other structures and facilities 0 5545 12189 30151 69345 

Real property $4472 $21532 $22602 $51 262 $128284 

capitalized equipment NA NA NA NA NA 

aUntii July 1, 1965, facility was designated Mississippi Test Operations.

For definition of terms, see introduction to Chapter Two.

bThe land acquisition program began FY 1963. After gradual completion

of court actions, by the end of FY 1965, 13 428 acres in the test area and

3058.6 hectares (7558 acres) in the buffer zone had been acquired by the

Government.

CAdjusted figure; 98.7 additional hectares (244 acres) in rights-of-way

appeared in end-of-fiscal-year reports.

dLarge increase because trailers were included in b

FY 1968.

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(as of June 30; total real property value in thousands)

Component 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

0.2 0.2 10.7 17.1 8.2 6.8 5.3 4.9

98.2 98.0 70.4 63.6 51.5 56.5 55.2 46.9

s and facilities 1.6 1.8 18.9 19.3 40.3 36.7 39.5 48.2

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

al prope!ty value $36818 $40037 $104610 $129063 $210580 $286576 $409722 $538362

ved from Tables 2-10 through 2-13 in Chapter Two.

Table 6-116. Value of Real Property Components as Percentage of Total Including Huntsville and Industrial Property

(as of June 30; total real property value in thousands) a

Component 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 1.4 2.2 1.8

98.2 98.0 89.1 85.1 57.6 63.0 60.3 58.9

s and facilities 1.6 1.8 10.7 14.8 42.1 35.6 37.5 39.3

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

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(as of June 30; total real property value in thousands)

Component

Land

Buildings

Other structures and facilities

Total Michoud real property

value

1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 

16.1 16.9 14.4 9.2 8.1 

52.0 59.2 55.2 65.5 67.1 

31.9 23.9 30.4 25.3 24.8 

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 

$40972 $38956 $49650 $79985 $92608 

Source: Derived from Tables 2-10 through 2-13 in Chapter Two.

Table 6-118. Value of Real Property Components as Percentage of Total: Computer Operations Office

(as of June 30; total real property value in thousands)

Component

Land

Buildings

Other structures and facilities

Total Computer Operations

real property value

1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 

1.8 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.2 

77.1 85.4 78.8 .79.2 83.3 

21.1 13.0 19.5 19.1 15.5 

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 

$2920 $3335 $3607 $3671 $5257 

Source: Derived from Tables 2-10 through 2-13 in Chapter Two.

Table 6-119. Value of Real Property Components as Percentage of Total: Mississippi Test Facility

(as of June 30; total real property value in thousands)

Component 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 

Land 100.0 71.4 43.0 19.1 7.9 

Buildings 0 2.9 3.1 22.1 38.1 

Other structures and facilities 0 25.7 53.9 58.8 54.0 

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 

Total MTF real property

value $4472 $21 532 $22602 $51 262 $128284 

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1960 1961 1962 1963

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Y ending 5500 5960 7200

yees 370 5367 5948 6034 7182 6844 7332 7227

320 5248 5521 5911 6669 6658 7243 7145

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15 535 51 12 35 52 63 74

0 951 1663 1843 2159 2282 2423 2516

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

total 15 1486 1714 1855 2194 2334 2486 2590

0 273 316 422 579 595 706 728

224 816 870 968 1126 1081 1203 1175

74 748 857 932 1077 1033 1283 1122

7 1925 1764 1734 1693 1615 1565 1530

total 305 3762 3807 4056 4475 4324 4757 4555

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1964 1965 1966 1967 

Employee Category 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12

Requested for FY ending 7492 7464 7489 7221 

Total paid employees 7679 7639 7719 7503 7740 7434 7602 72

Permanent 7467 7517 7485 7409 7416 7342 7153 70

Temporary 212 122 234 94 324 92 449 2

Code (permanent only)

200 63 59 55 47 48 47 43 

700c 2672 2729 2696 2649 2692 2726 2731 27

900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Subtotal 2735 2788 2751 2696 2740 2773 2774 27

600d 827 846 874 896 1055 1132 1147 11

500 1297 1295 1310 1331 1290 1224 1211 11

300 1131 1138 1126 1140 1092 1067 956 10

100 1477 1450 1424 1346 1239 1146 1065 9

Subtotal 4732 4729 4734 4713 4676 4569 4379 42

Excepted: on duty 56 52 40 38 38 39 40 

Accessions: permanent 836 799 473 683 704 444 443 N

Accessions: temporary 741 167 193 487 294 165 348 N

Military detailees 46 50 44 37 32 27 26 

aNASA Facility was officially established as a field installation

March 14, 1960, and was designated George C. Marshall Space Flight Center the

following day. Transfer of personnel to NASA from ABMA's Development

Operations Division was effective July 1, 1960. Figures in this table include personnel at component installations.

bBeginning June 30, 1961, the data reflect conversion of some professionals

from the 200 Code group (engineers) to the 700 Code group (aerospace technologists). For key to Code group numbers and definition of terms, see Chapter Three.

CData before June 30, 1961, are for "aeronautical research scientists."

Beginning June 30, 1961, the data reflect conversion of these personnel to the

700 Code group (aerospace technologists).

dBefore Dec. 31, 1960, the data reflect inclusion of Code 

in the 500 Code group.

NA =Data not available.

Source: NASA, Personnel Office. Data through Dec. 31, 1

Quarterly Personnel Statistical Report; data after D

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1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30

16 64 121 207 251 285 282 283 278 284 257 251 232 166

16 64 118 206 251 280 281 281 278 280 256 248 231 163

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Table 6-122. Personnel: Mississippi Test Facility

1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

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Table 6-123. Distribution of Permanent Personnel Positions by fiscal Year and Budget Activitya

Program, 1960b 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 

Manned space flight 4625 5137 4709 5453 5544 5329 5168 

(% of total) (90.0) (86.4) (83.7) (69.0) (72.7) (73.8) (73.3) (72.9

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Space research and technology 293 330 495 351 287 316 331 

(% of total) (10.0) (5.5) (5.4) (7.3) (4.7) (3.8) (4.3) (4.7

Aircraft technology 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 

(% of total) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (*) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0

Supporting activitiesc 0 17 1611 1667 1664 1606 1507 

(% of total) (0.0) (0.0) (0.3) (23.6) (22.2) (22.2) (22.1) (21.3

Total 5355 6135 6821 7502 7510 7271 7086 

aBased on number of actual positions reported in annual NASA Budget

Estimates. FY 1961 actual figure was reported in NASA, Budget Estimates,

FY 1963; FY 1962 actual figure was reported in NASA, Budget Estimates,

FY 1964, etc.

bActual positions data are not available for FY 1960. Percentages in

this column are based on distribution used by NASA Office of Programming,

Budget Operations Division, in preparing History ofBudget Plans, Actual

Obligations, and Actual Expenditures for Fiscal Years 1959 Through 1963

(Washington, D.C.: NASA, 1965), Sect. 8.

CpY 1963 and later figures include tracking and data acq

nology utilization, and general support positions. Until FY 

positions were reported with the five other budget activities. 

ure represents tracking and data acquisiton plus technology u

(reported as "industrial applications").

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Table 6-124. Funding by Fiscal Year

(program plan as of May 31, 1968; in millions)

1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 Total

$4.50 $295.20 $505.50 $ 804.50 $1301.40 $1474.00 $1549.90 $1342.10 $1092.60 $8369.70

0 26.18 30.03 40.61 28.24 12.30 1.96 0 0.74 140.06

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0 0 23.36 76.25 103.38 58.51 0 0 0 261.50

5.07 68.58 89.18 112.23 124.31 138.68 128.51 128.23 123.22 918.01

$9.57 $389.96 $658.19 $1062.14 $1564.91 $1689.94 $1680.67 $1471.03 $1216.98 $9743.39

ies planning and design.

riations were for salaries and expenses; FY 1963

rch, development, and operation.

Source: NASA, Office of Programming, Budget Operations Division, History of

Budget Plans, Actual Obligations, and Actual Expenditures for Fiscal

Years 1959 Through 1963 (Washington, D.C.: NASA, February 1965);

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FY 1959-FY 1968, May 1968.

Table 6-125. Actual Obligations for Construction of Facilities by Fiscal Year and Program Year

(in millions)

Program

Plana FY 1961 FY 1962 FY 1963 FY 1964 FY 1965 FY 1966 FY 1967 FY 1968 Total

$11.7 $13.9 $ 0.3 * $ 0.1

12.9 17.1 $ 0.6 0.6

28.9 9.8 2.7

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ynamic Test Facility which was reported with "various

*

= Less than $100 000. Because of rounding, columns and rows may not add

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Michoud Assembly Facility Including Computer Operations Office

(in millions)

Program Program

Year Plana FY 1962 FY 1963 FY 1964 FY 1965 FY 1966 FY 1967 FY 1968 

1962 $11.1 b $5.0 $ 4.9 $ 1.1 -* * 0 -* $

1963 29.0 19.8 8.8 $ 0.4 * * -* 

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aAs of June 30, 1968; includes facilities planning and design.

bIncludes $367 000 programmed (PY 1962) and obligated for

Slidell facility which was reported under "various locations."

*

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may not add to totals.

Source: NASA, Budget Operations Division, "Status o

Approved Programs, Construction of Facilitie

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Management Division, "Summary Financial S

of Programs," June 30, 1968.

Table 6-127. Actual Obligations for Construction of Facilities by Fiscal Year and Program Year: Mississippi Test Facility

(in millions)

Program Program

Year Plana FY 1962 FY 1963 FY 1964 FY 1965 FY 1966 FY 1967 FY 1968 To

1962 $ 23.5 $5.0 $13.9 $ 3.5 0 0 0 $0.6 $ 

1963 80.8 58.1 19.0 $ 1.0 $ 2.6 -* -0.2 

1964 105.2 79.5 11.9 12.2 $1.0 -0.1 1

1965 58.6 54.1 4.1 0.3 -* 5

1966 0 0 0 0 

1967 0 0 0 

1968 0 0 

Total $268.1 $5.0 $72.0 $101.9 $67.1 $18.9 $1.3 $0.0 $26

aAs of June 30, 1968; includes facilities planning and design. Source: NASA, Budget Operations Division, "Status of App

Programs, Construction of Facilities," FY 1959-FY 

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Table 6-128. Total Procurement Activity by Fiscal Year

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ract awards

SA total

1961

$257.8

34%

1962

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1963

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r 1,1958/0 June 30,1960 (Washington, D.C.: NASA,

September 1960); NASA, Annual Procurement Report, Fiscal Years

1961-1968 (Washington, D.C.: NASA,1962-1968).

Table 6-129. Awards to Personnel Granted under Section 306

of the Space Act of 1958a

Year

963

966968

Inventor

Curt P. Herold

Manfred E. Kuebler

Clayton Loyd

John R. Rasquin

Hubert E. Smith

Charles D. Stocks

Helmut G. L. Krause

Daniel W. Gates

with Gene A. Zerlaut and

Frederick O. Rogers, lIT

Research Inst.

Contribution

Multiple quick disconnector

Nutation damper for satellites

Precision electronic control for orbital tube

flaring machines

Theory of a refined earth figure model and

theory of a refined earth figure model

with applications

Synthesis of zinc titanate pigment and

coatings containing the same

Amount

$1000

$1500$ 500

$ 500

$ 300

aFor complete listing of awards under this Act,

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Source: NASA, Inventions and Contributions Board.
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History

Deputy Manager:

David S. Gabriel (May 15, 1967- ).

Milton Klein (August 1960-March 1967).

I Memorandum of Understanding, signed by John A. McCone, Chairman, U.S.

Atomic Energy Commission, and T. Keith Glennan, NASA Administrator, Aug. 29,

1960; NASA-AEC Release 60-252.

'Memorandum of Understanding, Aug. 29, 1960.

3 NA.SA-AEC Release 60-252.

On August 29, 1960, NASA and the Atomic Energy Commission signed an

agreement establishing a single project office combining NASA and AEC

personnel who would be responsible for all aspects of the nuclear rocket

program. Coresponsibility with AEC for this program, Project Rover, had

been transferred from the Air Force to NASA by President Eisenhower's

Executive Order 10783 establishing NASA October I, 1958.'

Under the terms of this agreement, AEC had primary responsibility for

"research and development of nuclear reactors and reactor components

including those required for aeronautical or space missions specified by

NASA." NASA had primary responsibility for conducting research and

development on "components and subsystems of nuclear systems other than

the reactor, reactor components and isotope power units, and for integration

of the reactor into nuclear propulsion systems and nuclear electric power

generation systems.'" AEC and NASA announced these terms and the

establishment of the joint AEC-NASA Nuclear Propulsion Office (NPO)

August 31,1960.' On February 1,1961, a second agreement outlined

contract administration responsibilities of the Nuclear Propulsion Office and

called for establishment of jointly staffed field ex

Albuquerque.4

President Kennedy, in his address to Congress M

$23-million supplement to the FY 1962 budget for 

program, saying it gave "promise of some day pr

more exciting and ambitious exploration of space 

landing program] , perhaps beyond the moon, perha

solar system itself."5 The May budget amendment 

made $22 million in new obligational authority 

nuclear systems program-$8 million for research a

million for construction of facilities.' On July 28, 

agreement defined more specifically the responsibil

the joint office, which was renamed the AE

Propulsion Office. 7

Studies of requirements for a national nuclear r

facility had been initiated in October 1960, and 

design of an engine maintenance and disassembly b

On February 19, 1962, NASA and AEC announc

area of the AEC's Nevada Test Site, about 144.8 ki

of Las Vegas, was designated Nuclear Rocket Deve

under the overall management of the Space Nuclea

facilities of the AEC's Los Alamos Scientific La

Kiwi-A reactors had been tested since July 1959, we

4 "Agreement Between NASA and AEC on Manageme

Contracts," signed by NASA Associate Administrator Rob

General Manager Alvin R. Luedecke, Feb. 1,1961.

5Public Papers of the Presidents of the United Stat

(Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1962),404.

•Rosholt, Administrative History ofNASA, Table 6.1, 

'''Inter-Agency Agreement Between the Atomic E

National Aeronautics and Space Administration for the Rov

NASA Associate Administrator Robert C. Seamans, Jr., a

R. Luedecke, July 28, 1961; NASA General Management 

28,1961.

"NASA-AEC Release 60-319; NASA Release 61-193.

9NA.SA-AEC Release 62-37.

Milton Klein (March 15, 1967- ).

Harold B. Finger (Aug. 31, 1960-March 15, 1967).

Location: Germantown, Montgomery County, Maryland.

Manager:

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in the Kiwi-A series was conducted October 19,

Kiwi-B reactor, intended to lead to designs for the

Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application), was

61. On November 30, 1962, a power test of the

A, was terminated when bright flashes appeared in

howed that flow-induced vibrations had damaged

d a half of redesign, analysis, and component and

i-B4D was tested successfully May 13, 1964, at

ditions exceeding planned test conditions, a major

nt program.' 0

in the final Kiwi test, the Kiwi-B4E, which had

August 28, was restarted and run for 2.5 minutes

st demonstration of restart capability. Two weeks

e NERVA NRX-A2 reactor was operated for six

st, showing an equivalent vacuum specific impulse

onds. The NRX-A2 was restarted and run for 20

to investigate the margin of control in low-flow,

May 28, 1965, the NRX-A3 reactor accumulated

operation in three tests. The initial Phoebus I-A

hite reactor ground tests to obtain data for design

bus-2 series, was conducted June 25, 1965. The

y at full power for 10.5 minutes but was damaged

own when the facility liqUid-hydrogen supply was

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ystem power tests of a breadboard version of

3 and March 25, 1966, the engine system was

ech, Harold B. Finger before 26th Annual Meeting and

n/Space Writers' Association, Miami, Fla., May 29, 1964.

e Nuclear Propulsion Mid-Decade," Astronautics and

35.

the Atomic EnerKY ProKfams, 1965 (Washington, D.C.:

ase 65-9.

started 10 times and accumulated 29 minutes at nominal full power. The

NRX-A5 reactor was operated and restarted in June 1966 for a total of 30

minutes of full-power operation.' 3

A Phoebus-l B reactor test February 23, 1967, accumulated 30 minutes at

above 1250 megawatts, and Phoebus-2 cold-flow tests were conducted between

July 12 and July 19, 1967. In the final system test in the reactor portion of

the NERVA technology program, the NRX-A6 reactor was operated for 60

minutes at design power December 15, 1967. This duration at full power was'

twice as long as that of any previous reactor, and the test achieved one of the

basic technological goals of the graphite reactor and engine system development program-exploration of the corrosion behavior of reactor components

for 60 minutes at full power. By early 1968, the nine consecutive reactors

had accumulated a total test time of seven hours of power operation, with

more than three hours at or near design power. Ground experimental engine

tests were scheduled for mid-1968.' •

Mission

The Space Nuclear Propulsion Office was assigned responsibility for

providing necessary research, design, and engineering data; test hardware; and

general technology to develop nuclear rocket systems with power levels,operating times, restart conditions, and specific impulse values suitable for

advanced space-exploration missions; management of Nuclear Rocket Development Station (NRDS), Jackass Flats, Nevada, for ground static-testing of

reactors, engines, and, eventually, vehicles associated with nuclear rocket

development.' 5

13 AEC, Major Activities in the Atomic EnerKY ProKfams, 1966 (Washington, D.C.:

AEC, 1967), 186; U.S. Congress, House, Committee on Science and Astronautics, Subcommittee on Advanced Research and Technology, 1968 NASA Authorization,

Hearings, PI. 4, 90th Cong., 1st sess., March 14-22, April 4-20, 1967 (Washington, D.C.:

GPO, 1967),958 ff.

"Ibid., 963; AEC, Major Activities in the Atomic Energy Programs, 1967

(Washington, D.C.: AEC, 1968), 161 ff.; U.S. Congress, House, Committee on Science

and Astronautics, Subcommittee on Advanced Research and Technology, 1969 NASA

Authorization, Hearings, PI. 4, 90th Cong.• 2d sess., Feb. 19-22. 26-29, 1968

(Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1968), 271 fT.

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Location: Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico (on grounds of

Sandia Base, New Mexico).

October 23,1961, NASA announced activation of t

maintain technical liaison with Lewis Research 

research and development in support of the nuc

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Chief: Jack F. Cully (Oct. 27, 1961- ).

SPACE NUCLEAR PROPULSION OFFICE-NEVA

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History

On February 1,1961, NASA and AEC agreed to establish a field extension

of the Nuclear Propulsion Office at AEC facilities at Albuquerque. The

Albuquerque Extension was to serve as liaison with the AEC's Los Alamos

Scientific Laboratory, which had begun development work on nuclear rockets

in April 1955 and initiated testing of the Kiwi-A reactor series in July

1959. 1 ' The office was also responsible for directing the work of contractors

as assigned by the SNPO, using the technical advice and assistance of Los

Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Lewis Research Center.

Location:Land:

Chief:

Jackass Flats, Nye County, Nevada.

Nuclear Rocket Development Sta

(90000 acres), AEC-owned.

John P. Jewett (July 2, 1967- 

Bob P. Helgeson (Aug. I, I962-April 

SPACE NUCLEAR PROPULSION OFFICE-CLEVELAND

(SNPO-C)

The NASA-AEC agreement of February 1, 1961, provided for establishment of a field extension of the Nuclear Propulsion Office at Cleveland. On

Location:

Chief:

History

Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio (on grounds of Lewis

Research Center).

Robert W. Schroeder (March 1962- ).

Lester C. Corrington (Acting Chief, October 1961-March 1962).

History

NASA and AEC announced February 19, 1962, 

of the AEC's Nevada Test Site had been design

Development Station.'· In June NASA announc

Nevada Extension of the SNPO." The new of

responsible for managing construction and operatio

Development Station. The Nevada Extension becam

1962. 2 " Work on the cold area of the Engine Ma

Disassembly (E-MAD) Building was completed in 

hot-cell area was completed in December 196

operations on the NRX-A6. The entire E-MAD disa

the first time in disassembling the XE.1. 21

16 Ihid.; NASA-AEC Release

1 'Seamans-Luedecke Agreements Feb. 1, 1961, and Jul

ment No. 384, Oct. 23, 1961. I. NASA-AEC Release 62-37.

1 'NASA Announcement No. 513, June 5, 1962; NASA 

2 "NASA Release 62-215.

2' House, Committee...,1969 NASA Authorization, He
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(asof June 30; in thousands)

Air Force Industrial Plant #4

I-"ort Worth. Texas

Other slructures and facilities

valuea

Tolal real property value

aNa land or buildings. These figures are

included in Table 6-131. Data for earlier

years are not available.

1967

S125

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1968

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(as of June 30; money amounts in thousands)

Categorya 1965b 1966 1967 1968

and in hectares (and acres)

Owned 0 0 0 0

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uildings

Number owned 2 8 9 9

Area owned, thousands of sq m 0.5 17.0 17.2 17.2

(and sq ft) (5) (182) (185) (185)

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Land 0 0 0 0

Buildings $ 71 $14207 $14 525 $19680

Other structures and

facilities 21 1809 8586 5 235

Real property $ 92 $16016 $23 III S24915

Capitalized equipment $434 $ 7728 $24075 $24408

aFar definition of terms, see introduction to Chapter Two.

bData for earlier years are not available.

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Table 6-132. Value of Real Property Components as Percentage of Total

(as of June 30; total real property value in thousands)

Component 1965a 1966 1967 1968

Land 0 0 0 0

Buildings 77.2 88.7 62.8 79.0

Other structures and facilities 22.8 11.3 37.2 21.0

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Total SNPO real property value $92 $16016 $23111 $24915

aData for earlier years are not available. Source: Derived from Tables 2-10 through 2-13 in Chapter

Two.

Table 6-133. Personnela 

1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 

Employee Category 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12

Requested for FY ending 23 50 160 103 116 115 

Total paid employees 15 39 67 96 102 112 111 116 112 115 114 113 1

Permanent 15 39 66 94 101 107 1I0 1I5 1I2 1I4 1I4 112 1

Temporary 0 0 1 2 1 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 

Code group (permanent only)

200a 0 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 

700 12· 26 34 49 53 57 58 58 57 58 58 57 

900 0 0 0 0 '0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Subtotal 12 27 36 51 55 59 59 59 58 59 59 58 

600 1 3 10 15 17 17 17 19 18 18 19 20 

500 2 9 20 28 29 31 34 37 36 37 36 34 

300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Subtotal 3 12 30 43 46 48 51 56 54 55 55 54 

Excepted: on duty 0 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 

Accessions: permanent 3 14 24 32 13 12 8 11 6 9 8 5 N

Accessions: temporary 0 0 2 2 0 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 N

Military detailees 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

aBeginning June 30, 1961, the data reflect conversion of some profession- Source: NASA, Personnel Division. Data through Dec. 31

als from the 200 Code group (engineers) to the 700 Code group (aerospace NASA Quarterly Personnel Statistical Report; data 

technologists). For key to Code group numbers and definition of terms, see Dec. 31, 1966, from 'NASA Personnel Managemen

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Table 6-134. Distribution of Permanent Personnel Positions by Fiscal Year and Budget Activitya

Program 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

ce research and technology 40 91 106 110 110 110 103

(% of total) (100.0) (94.8) (94.6) (94.0) (94.0) (94.0) (95.4)

pporting activitiesb 0 5 6 7 7 7 5

(% of total) (0.0) (5.2) (5.4) (6.0) (6.0) (6.0) (4.6)

Total 40 96 112 117 117 117 108

aBased on number of actual positions reported in annual

SA Budget Estimates. FY 1961 actual figure was reported

NASA, Budget Estimates, FY 1963; FY 1962 actual figure

reported in NASA, Budget Estimates, FY 1964, etc.

bFY 1963 and later figures include tracking and data

uisition, technology utilization, and general support positions.

Until FY 1963 support positions were reported with the five

other budget activities.

Source: NASA,Budget Estima"tes, FY I 963-FY 1969;

NASA, Budget Operations Division.

Table 6-135. Funding by Fiscal Year

(program plan as of May 31, 1968, in millions)

ppropriation Title

development

of facilitiesa

ve operationsb

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1962

$19.30

8.48

0.28

$28.06

1963

$53.20

11.53

0.97

$65.70

1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 Total

$60.30 $45.80 $50.10 $47.80 $42.00 $318.50

4.22 0 0 0 0 24.23

1.50 1.68 1.84 2.01 2.07 10.35

$66.02 $47.48 $51.94 $49.81 $44.07 $353.08

Rocket Development Station; does not include facilities

design.

2 appropriation was for salaries and expenses; FY 1963

n was for research, development, and operation.

Source: NASA, Office of Programming, Budget Operations Division,

History ofBudget Plans, Actual Obligations, and Actual

Expenditures for Fiscal Years 1959 through 1963 (Washington, D.C.: NASA, February 1965); NASA, Budget Operations Division, "Status of Approved Programs," FY 1959-

FY 1968, May 1968.
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(in millions)

Program Program

Year Plana FY 1962 FY 1963 FY 1964 FY 1965 FY 1966 FY 1967 FY 1968 T

1962b $ 8.9 $0.7 $ 7.4 $0.4 * $0.4 -* -* $ 

1963 H.8 5.8 5.9 -* -* $0.3 -* 1

1964 4.2 1.7 $2.5 -* 0 $0.1 

1965 0.6 0 0.6 * 0 

1966 0.1 0 0.1 0 

1967 2.6 1.9 0.5 

1968 0 0 

Total $28.2 $0.7 $13.2 $8.0 $2.5 $0.9 $2.1 $0.6 $2

aAs of June 30, 1968; includes facilities planning and design.

b$1.5 million was programmed and obligated for Project Rover

and Nuclear Rocket Development Station facilitiesin PY 1960

under "various locations."

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=Less than $100 000. Because of rounding, columns a

may not add to totals.

Source: NASA, Budget Operations Division, "Status of 

Programs, Construction of Facilities," FY 195

June 1968; NASA, Financial Management Divi

"Summary Financial Status of Programs," Jun

Net value of contract awards

Percentage of NASA total

Table 6-137. Total Procurement Activity by Fiscal Year

(money amounts in millions)

1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 196

$36.4 $84.3 $91.7 $79.7 $85.8 $85.2 $65

2% 3% 2% 2% 2% 1.8% 1.6

Source: NASA, Procurement and Supply Division, NASA Procurement:

October 1,1958 to June 30,1960 (Washington, D.C.: NASA,

September 1960); NASA, Annual Procurement Repor

Years 1961-1968 (Washington, D.C.: NASA, 1962-19
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WallOI)S Stalion, Wallops Island, Virginia. On Ihe Main Base (1967 photo cut in at left above), the

right wing of the hangar buikling at lower right housed the Range Conuol Center, which monitored

launchings from Wallops Island, eight kilometers (frve miles) to the southeast (top, photographed In

1964). Launches from Wallops Island have included the NASA and Naval ReselUch Laboratory Expio,!:, 17 satcllite on a four-slage Soout March 5,1968 (uppermost launch photo); the Astrobee 1500

solid-propellant sounding rockelt (photographed, flU right, in its second inflight perfonnanoe test

OCI. 21. 1964): the Nike-Apache 2 sounding rocket (carrying an International Year of the Quiet Sun

experiment in 1964, at ncar right); and thc Acrobec rocket (a 1960 tower launch at lower far right).
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Associate Director:

Abraham D. Spinak (August 1966- ).

1 Joseph A. Shortal, "History of Wallops Station: Part One, Origin and Activities

TIuough 1949," comment edition (NASA Wallops Station, 1967), 25, 30. The Data

Book section on history of Wallops Station was prepared by Charles S. James, WS.

2NACA Executive Committee Minutes, Jan. 25, 1945; Memorandum, Langley

Laboratory to NACA Headquarters, Request for Approval for Construction of an Auxiliary Flight Test Station, Feb. 1, 1945; Shortal, "History of Wallops," 25-26, 30.

'U.S. Congress, Senate Appropriations Subcommittee, NACA First Deficiency

Appropriations Bill, Hearings, 79th Cong., 1st sess., March 16, 1945 (Washington, D.C.:

GPO, 1945); U.S. Statute 58-374; Shortal, "History of Wallops," 32. This appropriation

included $700 000 for a supersonic tunnel.

In late 1944, recognizing the urgent military requirement for increased

high-speed-missile research, Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory

organized a "Special Flying Weapons Team." At its first meeting, December

9, the need for "flight operation work" was mentioned.' Three members of

the team were asked at the second meeting January 2, 1945, to draw up a

formal proposal for an experimental station. This document, submitted to

NACA Headquarters February 1, 1945, served as an operational and budget

plan; a Langley-operated auxiliary flight research station had already been

approved by the NACA, with two other facilities, on January 25. 2 These

facilities were part of a request for supplemental appropriations and, after

hearings March 16, Congress appropriated $4100000 April 25, 1945, for

Langley facilities.'

The plan as approved had recommended Cherry P

convenient location for the new facility. The site wa

the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics for its main gUided 

Bureau had promised the NACA full cooperation 

During March, however, a Langley-USN group visit

declared opposition of the Marines to establishing th

Langley representatives to look for a site in the Ch

party selected Wallops Island, a narrow, 9.7-kilome

off the eastern shore of Virginia.4

Named for John Wallop, a surveyor who had rec

the property from King Charles II of England in 

(3200-acre) island had been acquired in 1889 

Association. The group', whose clubhouse on the be

on the island except for a Coast Guard Station, l

Government May 11, 1945. Although land acquisi

Navy Bureau of Ordnance's intention to purchase the 

requested a land allotment at the southern end 

Government took possession of 34.4 hectares (84.

and construction of permanent facilities began o

facilities were not completed until early 1947.5

On May 7, 1945, the Auxiliary Flight Research S

a unit of the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Labo

Department. 4 Temporary facilities on Wallops we

eight 83-mm (3.25-inch) rockets in range checkout o

The Tiamat missile series began July 4 and continue

October 17, 1945, a dummy RM-l (Research M

beginning a series of 10 flights in which the first i

launched the following May. The first RM-2-launc

4 Shortal, "History of Wallops," 25, 35-36; Memora

Engineer-in-eharge, Langley Memorial Aeronautical Labo

1945.

5 Shortal, "History ofWallops," 43-44,81.

'Ibid., 39,47; Memorandum, John W. Crowley, Olie

May 7, 1945.

).

2680.4 total hectares (6623.5 acres) as of June 30, 1968:

- 2676.5 hectares (6613.7 acres) NASA-owned.

- 3.9 hectares (9.8 acres) leased.

Wallops Island, Accomack County, Virginia.

Director: Robert L. Krieger (June 30, 1948-

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gram to determine drag characteristics with simple

aerodynamic control program began, using RM-5

udying drag of supersonic bodies was conducted in

RM-I0 projects.'7

arch Station became a division of the Langley

e 10, 1946, and was redesignated Pilotless Aircraft

).a With the formal organization of PARD August

was placed under its operations section and named

h Station (PARS); its employees called the station

program of testing complete airplane configurations

model technique was initiated with launch of an

ter configurations tested included practically all

vy airplanes under development. Between April and

of the Deacon proved it to be a high-performance

me the major rocket used in Wallops launchings. By

reflight Jet Wind Tunnel was in use for development

val Aviation Ordnance Test Station (NAOTS) over

activities on Wallops was resolved March 11, 1949,

hing the NACA's primary interest in the area. This

e for the NACA to request authority of the Bureau

e of the island; previous requests had been turned

y's intention to purchase the property, The request

950 NACA appropriation bill, approved AVgust 24,

ok legal possession of the island November 7, and

e Attorney General officially notified the NACA of

2, the NACA began moving formally toward space

lops," 55-56, 60-66, 69-71, 97-98,101-103.

m, Floyd L. Thompson, Acting Chief of Research Dept.,

al notes that all guided missiles were then called ''pilotless

of Aeronautics and the Army Air Forces.

R. Gilruth, Chief, PARD, Aug. 15, 1946; Shortal, "History

nd Astronautics, 1915-1960, 56; Shortal, "History of

0, 164.

66, 63 Stat. 646, Aug. 24, 1949; Shortal, "History of

research. At a Wallops Island meeting in June, the NACA Committee on

Aerodynamics approved a resolution that the NACA should intensify research

on flight at 20- to 80-kilometer (12- to 50-mile) altitudes and speeds at mach

4 through mach 10 and "devote a modest effort to problems associated with

unmanned and manned flight at altitudes from 50 miles [80 kilometers] to

infinity" and speeds from mach 10 to earth escape velocity. This resolution

was approved with slight revisions by the NACA Executive Committee July

14, 1952, and the laboratories were directed to begin studies on problems of

space flight. Langley authorized research on a suitable manned vehicle.' 2

The same summer, the blunt-body concept had been developed at Ames

Aeronautical Laboratory, and dUring the next few years the Pilotless Aircraft

Research Division worked on multistage, solid-propellant rockets for studying

heat transfer on variations of the blunt heatshield configuration. At Wallops

August 20, 1953, PARD launched the first successful hypersonic research

vehicle for heat transfer studies; it consisted of a cluster of three Deacons as

first stage and an HPAG rocket second stage. The first launch of a three-stage

rocket vehicle was performed at Wallops April 29, 1954, and on August 24,

1956, PARD launched the world's first five-stage solid-fuel rocket to a speed

exceeding mach 15.' 3

The announcement that NASA would absorb the NACA as of October 1,

1958, stated that no change of name was contemplated for the Pilotless

Aircraft Research Station.' 4 Although the station had appeared as Pilotless

Aircraft Research Station on a preliminary organization chart dated August

11, 1958, it was already entered as Wallops Station on the chart dated August

23, 1958, and all subsequent charts. On these early charts Wallops Station

was under the proposed Space Flight Research Center; it first appeared as

an independent installation on the chart dated May 1, 1959.' 5

'2Minutes, NACA Committee on Aerodynamics, June 24, 1952, 19-21; NACA

Executive Committee Minutes, July 14, 1952; Swenson, Grimwood, and Alexander, This

New Ocean, 56-57.

'3 Swenson, Grimwood, and Alexander, This New Ocean, 65; Emme, Aeronautics and

Astronautics, 1915-1960, 72,74,82.

'4NACARelease, Sept. 26, 1958 (NASA Release No. I).

15Rosholt, Administrative History of NASA, 48, 81, Fig. 3-1, and Append. B. The

facility appeared as Pilotless Aircraft Research Station in NASA, First Semiannual

Report (Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1959),40, but the renaming was announced in NASA,

Second Semiannual Repon (Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1960), 94. Effective July 1, 1959,

the official address was changed to NASA Wallops Station; see Memorandum, Joseph E.

Robbins to distribution, June 22, 1959. NASA General Management Instruction 2-2-12,

Sept. 17, 1959, established the functions of Wallops Station.
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On November 5, 1958, 14 personnel members from Langley's PARD were

transferred to what later became the Space Task Group and continued their

work on implementing a manned satellite project. Hardware for the

project-designated Project Mercury November 26, 1958-included the

PARD-designed Little Joe test booster, one of the earliest launch vehicles

based on the rocket cluster principle. Little Joe was designed specifically for

manned-capsule qualification tests. The first successful test in the series,

conducted at Wallops Station, was October 4, 1959."

In January 1959 NASA and the Navy signed an agreement transferring the

Chincoteague Naval Air Station to NASA when deactivated by the Navy on

July 1, 1959. This transfer added to Wallops Station property several

thousand acres on the mainland, an area known as the Wallops Main Base.' ,

As part ofa reentry physics program, Langley on March 3, 1959, launched

the first in a series of six-stage, solid-fuel rockets to a speed of mach 26. Also

from Wallops Station, the first complete Scout solid-propellant launch vehicle

was launched July 1, 1960.'" Between the launch of Explorer 9 on February

16, 1961, and July 1968, 12 satellites were launched from Wallops by Scout

vehicles, including 7 Explorers, 2 international satellites, and 3 for the

Department of Defense.' •

During the I960s Wallops Station launched some 300 experiments every

year to obtain information on the atmosphere and the space environment. In

I • NASA Release 59-235. For the role of Little Joe in Project Mercury, see Swenson,

Grimwood, and Alexander, This New Ocean, especially 105,124-125, and 208 ff.

"NASA Release, Jan. 24,1959.

'"Emme, Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1915-1960, 107, 124.

I 91\JASA, "General Information, Wallops Station, Wallops Island. Virginia" (n.d.), 10.

the period from 1945 through mid-1968, more tha

were launched from Wallops Station. 2 0 .

Mission

Wallops Station was assigned responsibility for p

launch of scientific experimental payloads; cor

payloads in space at the proper velocity; tracki

including:

(1) Preparation for flight of payloads designed a

engineers in other NASA Centers, other Governme

and universities, and the international scientific com

(2) Testing and developing components and i

experiments;

(3) Project management responsibility for the 

Explorers and for a Gravity Preference project;

(4) Management of the Experimental Inter-A

Rocket Network (EXAMETNET) and support fo

cooperation program; conducting a Bio-Space Tech

(5) Maintenance of offsite launch and tracki

Launch Facility, Mobile Sounding Rocket Facil

countries), CoqUina Downrange Tracking Station, 

Facility at Point Barrow, Alaska. 2 ,

20!hid., 2, 10; Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1968, NASA 

2' NASA, BudKet Hstirnates, FY 1969, IV, AO 2-41,2-42.
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Table 6-138. Technical Facilities: Launch

(with costs in thousands)

Year Init. Accum.

Built Cost Cost

1950 $ 213 $ 243

1959 112 217

1960 614 805

1960 163 2101960 784 7881961 1135 1135

1963 a 1131964 2500 3500

1965 345 345

Capability

Hasp, Arcas, Universal, Nike-Ajax, Tubular, and I-beam

launchers

Nike-Ajax rail launcher and tubular launcher

Aerobee launch tower; rocket and payload checkout

Tubular launcher

Electrical ground support for Launch Areas 3, 4, and 5

Scout assembly and launch

Sounding rocket launching, tracking, and data acquisitionb

Instrumentation vans and semitrailers for launch of NikeCajun and Nike-Apache vehicles anywhere in the world

Meteorological rocket grenade experiments with Nike-Cajun

vehicles

kistan, Argentina, Brazil, and Spain.

ds maintained by Arctic Research Laboratory of

Source: NASA, Technical Facilities Catalog (March 1967 ed.), I, Sect. 9.
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Table 6-139. Technical Facilities: Radar and Tracking

(with costs in thousands)

Year Init. Accum.

Facility Name Built Cost Cost Technological Area Suppo

MP8-19 Radar 1954 $ 200 $ 300 Wind weighting and initial acquisition for 

support of ionospheric sounding rockets, 

orbital missions

FPS-16 Radar 1958 1200 2000 Precision analog and digital trajectory dat

postflight analysis

JAFNA Facility 1959 1500 2000 Target analysis at L-band, S-band, and X-

Clear Air Turbulence Program and NASA 

SPANDAR Radar 1961 2000 3000 Precision analog and digital trajectory dat

flight analysis

136 MHz Tracking Antenna 1961 150 20 Reception of horizontal or vertical linear 

signals; transmittal of up to 250 watts of 

the 148- to 150-MHz range

Coquina Downrange Tracking 1961 320 444 Telemetry, communications, optical, and 

Stationa downrange support

FPQ-6 Radar 1964 3700 4500 Precision analog and digital trajectory dat

flight analysis

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Table 6-141. Technical Facilities Other Than Launch, Radar and Tracking, Telemetry

(with costs in thousands)

Facility Name

Command/Destruct System

Research Telescope #2 (RT-2)

Ballistic Camera Range

NASA 670 and 671 a (Range

Surveillance Aircraft)

USNS Range Recovererb

Year Init. Accum.

Built Cost Cost

1959 $ 47 $ 2821960 197 451

1960 720 NA

1960 4180 4180

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1962

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70

300

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characteristics

Meteorological support of launchings

aLockheed Super-Constellation aircraft, NaVY-<Jwned.

bMSTS-<Jwned, contraetor-<Jperated (Litton Industries, Inc., Electronics

Systems).

cSystems cost.

dU.S. Weather Bureau-<Jperated.

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(as of June 30; money amounts in thousands)a

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Value

Land

Buildings

Other structures and facilities

Total real property

figures are included in Table 6-143;

data for earlier years are not available.

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(as of June 30; money amounts in thousands)a

1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966

1248.7 2657.8 2657.8 2656.8 2655.1 2655.1 2655.1 2655.1

(3085.6)b (6567.6)c (6567.6) (6565) (6561) (6561) (6561) (6561)

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(11) (9) (9) (10) (10)

Category

Land in hectares (and acres)

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Buildings

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Area owned, thousands of sq m

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Land

Buildings

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alncluding facilities at Fort Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Data for FY 1959-

FY 1961 were reported by Langley Research Center, without separate figures for

Wallops Station. For definition of terms, see introduction to Chapter Two.

bwallops Island only, and I.I hectares (2.6 acres) of mainland for boat dock

area, which was sold in 1961 (FY 1962).

CWallops Main Base (Chincoteague Naval Air Station), acquired July 1, 1959.

dAcquisition of Eastville (Va.) tracking site.

eland for offsite camera tracking stations.

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(as of June 30; total real property value in thousands)

Component 1963a 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

1.9 1.4 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0

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100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

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r earlier years are not available. Source: Derived from Tables 2-10 through 2-13 in Chapter Two.
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Table 6-145. Personnel 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 

Employee Categorya 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/3

Requested for FY ending 250 300 299 440 518 518 518 

Total, paid employees 229 297 302 371 421 430 493 502 530 523 554 526 563 538 

Permanent 228 277 292 359 383 409 473 483 519 513 520 509 512 506 

Temporary I 20 10 12 38 21 20 19 11 10 34 17 51 32 

Code (permanent only) 200 II II 4 4 5 5 6 7 8 8 8 6 5 6 

700c 17 34 42 45 52 53 64 68 73 74 76 79 80 75 

900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Subtotal 28 45 46 49 57 58 70 75 81 82 84 85 85 81 

600d 0 7 9 14 16 21 24 24 27 26 28 26 32 36 

500 50 43 46 61 65 61 76 76 86 80 79 81 80 80 

300 17 35 31 43 44 51 75 65 71 63 161 175 175 185 

100 133 147 160 192 201 218 228 243 254 262 168 142 140 124 

Subtotal 200 232 246 310 326 351 403 408 438 431 436 424 427 425 

Excepted: on duty 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 I 1 2 

Accessions: permanent 8 51 16 62 25 34 80 51 68 30 42 22 29 27 

Accessions: temporary 4 33 52 37 47 14 18 17 12 12 27 30 45 48 

Military detailees 0 2 3 3 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 1 I 2 

aWallops Station began reporting as an independent installation in January 1960, dBefore Dec. 31, 1960, the data reflect inclusion of C

with 225 employees transferred from Langley Research Center. in the 500 Code group.

bBeginning June 30, 1961, the data reflect conversion of some professionals from

the 200 Code group (engineers) to the 700 Code group (aerospace technologists). NA

=Data not available.

For key to Code group numbers and definition of terms, see Chapter Three.

COata before June 30, 1961, are for "aeronautical research scientists." Beginning Source: NASA, Personnel Division. Data through Dec

June 30, 1961, the data reflect conversion of these personnel members to the 700 Quarterly Personnel Statistical Report; data af

Code group (aerospace technologists). NASA Personnel Management Information Sy

plement to SF I 13-A, "Monthly Report of Fe

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1959b 1960b 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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(3.0) (10.0) (50.2) (35.6) (10.7) (11.6) (14.3) (15.6) (15.6) (13.6)

hnology 0 93 41 55 51 34 34 39

(10.0) (20.0) (0.0) (22.9) (9.2) (10.7) (9.8) (6.6) (6.6) (7.9)

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(75.0) (45.0) (37.0) (0.0) (2.9) (3.3) (2.9) (3.9) (3.9) (1.6)

0 109 331 365 372 378 378 369

(10.0) (10.0) (0.0) (26.8) (74.1) (70.7) (71.8) (73.0) (73.0) (74.7)

305 407 447 516 518 518 518 494

of actual positions reported in annual NASA Budget

tual figure was reported in NASA, Budget Estimates,

ual figure was reported, in NASA, Budget Estimates,

ata are not available for FY 1959 and FY 1960.

o columns are based on distribution used by NASA

Budget Operations Division, in preparing History of

bligations, and Actual Expenditures for Fiscal Years

Washington, D.C.: NASA 1965), Sect. 8.

resents "aircraft and missile technology."

dFy 1963 and later figures include tracking and data acquisition, technology

utilization, and general support positions. Until FY 1963 support positions were

reported with the five other budget activities. FY 1962 figure represents only

tracking and data acquisition.

Sources: NASA, Budget Estimates, FY 1963-FY 1969; NASA, Budget Operations

Division.

Table 6-147. Funding by Fiscal Year

(program plan as of May 31, 1968, in millions)

1'l59 1960 1961 1962

$1.00 $2.60 $ 0.60

$16.14 0 2.03 11.32

1.36 2.65 4.99 7.14

$11.50 $3.65 $9.62 $19.06

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$ 2.70

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$15.76

1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 Total

$ 4.30 $ 6.20 $ 7.50 $ 6.50 $ 7.20 $ 38.60

0.51 1.70 1.05 0.21 0.74 37.86

8.78 11.13 9.35 9.74 8.86 72.90

$13.59 $19.03 $11.90 $16.45 $16.80 $149.36

lanning and design.

ons were for salaries and expenses; FY 1963- appropria

ent, and operation.

Source: NASA, Office of Programming, Budget Operations Division, History ofBudget

Plans, Actual Obligations, and Actual Expenditures for Fiscal Years 1959

Through 1963 (Washington, D.C.: NASA, February 1965); NASA, Budget

Operations Division, "Status of Approved Programs," FY 1959-FY 1968,

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(in millions)

Program Program

Year Plana FY 1959 FY 1960 FY 1961 FY 1962 FY 1963 FY 1964 FY 1965 FY 1966 FY 1967 

1959 $16.1 $6.4 $5.1 $2.3 $1.3 $0.4 $0.3 $0.1 * * 

1960 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

1961 2.0 0.2 0.7 0.9 0.1 * * 0 

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1965 1.8 0.8 0.1 0.2 

1966 1.1 * * 

1967 0.2 0.2 

1968 0.7 

Total $38.1 $6.4 $5.1 $2.6 $7.1 $5.3 $4.2 $3.4 $0.6 $0.9 

aAs of June 30, 1968; includes facilities planning and design. Source: NASA, Budget Operations Division, "Status of 

blncludes $16.1 million for tracking and data-acquisition facilities. struction of Facilities," FY 1959-FY 1968, Jun

Management Division, "Summary Financial Sta

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=Less than $100000. Because ofrounding, columns and rows may not add to totals. 1968.

Table 6-149. Total Procurement Activity by Fiscal Year

(money amounts in millions)

1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 

Net value of contract awards $1.5 $11.0 $11.9 $13.0 $15.4 $12.1 $12.7 $12.5 

Percentage of NASA total 0.2% 1.0% 0.4% 0.3% 0.3% 0.2% 0.3% 0.3% 

Source: NASA, Procurement and Supply Division, NASA Procurement:

October 1,1958 to June 30,1960 (Washington, D.C.: NASA,

September 1960); NASA, Annual Procurement R

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NASA LIAISON OFFICE

NASA OFFICE-DOWNEY

(NASA.().Downey)

The NACA-established office was closed on April I, 1959, six months

after the creation of NASA.'

NASA established a contract management unit at North American

Aviation, Inc., Space and Information Systems Division plant in Downey,

May 11, 1962, as a component of the Western Operations Office

(WOO). The decision to establish a NASA organization at Downey was a

departure from the policy of using Department of Defense capability.

NASA-O was formed to represent NASA in dealing with the company on

plant-wide matters and to provide day-to-day contract management support

for the Apollo command and service module and Saturn V second-stage

contracts. Technical management of the contracts was provided by the

1212

Employee Category 12/3

Total paid employees

Permanent

Temporary

Source: NASA, Personnel Division.

Table 6-150. Personnel: NASA Office

resident offices from Manned Spacecraft Center an

Center, also established at Downey in May 1962.'

The Space and Information Systems Division was 

in May 1962, and the 8000 company employee

GAM-77 (Hound Dog) project. The Air Force accept

establish an office at Downey and began a phasedow

The Air Force was phased out of the Downey locatio

which time full responsibility for quality assurance, 

facilities administration, and system review and 

NASA-O.

The personnel complement for Space and Infor

reached 35 500 at peak employment on the NASA 

complement reached a high of 198 in 1966 before 

decreasing workload.

On June 16, 1966, the reporting relationship o

NASA-O thenceforth reported directly to the NASA 

Administrator for Industry Affairs instead of to the 

Operations Office. 2 .

The Office was disestablished April 9, 1967, 

transferred to Manned Spacecraft Center and Marsh

Downey, Los Angeles County, California.

John R. Biggs (May 13, 1962-May 5,1967).

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio.

Director:

Location:

History

Location:

History

1 NASA Release, Feb. 9,1959.

1 NASA General Management Instruction 2-2-16.1, Ma

62-II5; Rosholt, An Administrative History, 253-254; "NA

Plan 1967," 1-6. The Data Book section on history of the 

by John R. Biggs, NASA Executive Secretary.

2 NASA Management Instruction II36.28, June 16, 196

3 NASA Notice II36, April 9,1967.

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NASA HISTORICAL DATA BOOK

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PACIFIC LAUNCH OPERATIONS OFFICE

(PLOO)

Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Location: Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, California.

f. 2-2-17), Aug. 14,1962; NASA Releases 62-155, 62-175.

tory of the North Eastern Office was prepared by Patricia

nter.

Ref. 2-2-17), Sept. 1, 1964; NASA Releases 64-218,

t. 1, 1965.

SA announced that it would establish an office to

administrative liaison with contractors, research

Government agencies in the Northeast area of the

A North Eastern Office was established August 14,

aison functions, it was assigned responsibility for

ntific, and administrative support as requested by

s in the execution of their operations in the

t of the Electronics Research Center September 1,

he North Eastern Office was appointed Assistant

on of Electronics Research Center. Personnel of the

fice, with personnel from the Electronics Research

dquarters Office of Advanced Resparch and Tech

complement of the new Center.2

ce was formally disestablished September 1, 1965.'

I Emme, Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1915-1960, 53, 55. The Data Book section

on history of PLOO was prepared from information provided by Simon J. Burttschell

and William H. Evans of Pacific Launch Operations Center, with additional material

provided by Roll D. Ginter, NASA Special Programs Office Director.

2Einme, Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1915-1960, 99, 11.

Early launch operations on the California coast centered on two

geographical locations-Point Mugu, near Oxnard, California, and Point

Arguello, near Lompoc, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) north. In January

1946 the first missile was launched at the Point Mugu Naval Air Facility, and

on October 1, 1946, the Naval Air Missile Test Center (NAMTC) was

established at Point Mugu to provide an instrumented range for testingair-launched and small surface-launched missiles. J

The Department of Defense announced January 29, 1958, plans to

establish the Pacific Missile Range (PMR) with headquarters at the Naval

Missile Center (formerly NAMTC), Point Mugu, and PMR was officially

established on June 16, 1958, under Navy management to provide range

support for Department of Defense and other Government space programs.

The Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello, was set up April 15, 1958, as the

ballistic missile testing portion of PMR, and the fust missile-a Nike-Aspwas launched there July 29, 1959.2 .

Point Arguello was on the 7689-hectare (19 OOO-acre) southern portion of

'I 34803-hectare (86000-acre) tract that had been Camp Cooke, an Army

base opened by the Department ofWarOctober 5, 1941, closed early in

1946, reopened August 3, 1950, for training of the 40th Infantry Division

and other units for Korea, and then closed again February 1, 1953. The

William H. Evans (May 21, 1962-0ct. 1, 1965).

Cdr. Simon J. Burttschell (USN) (Acting Director, March 7,

1962-May 21, 1962; Chief, NASA Test Support Office,

Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello, Feb. 28, 1961 May

21,1962; Director, NASA Test Support Office, PMR, Point

Mugu, Nov. 17, 1960-Feb. 28,1961).

Director:History

W. Phillips (Aug. 14, 196i-Sept. 1,1964).
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northern, 25 900-hectare (64 OOO-acre) segment of Camp Cooke was transferred to the Air Force November 16, 1956, for an ICBM crew training base.

Cooke Air Force Base was opened June 7, 1957, by the USAF Air Research

and Development Command's (AROC) Air Force Ballistic Missile Division.

The Strategic Air Command (SAC) acquired the base January 1, 1958, and

renamed it in honor of the late Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg October 4, 1958.

On December 16 that year the first successful missile, a USAF Thor, was fired

from Vandenberg Air Force Base, inaugurating the IRBM portion of the

Pacific Missile Range. 3

In the early 1960s the Pacific Missile Range consisted of (1) a Sea Test

Range off the central California coast for testing relatively small air- and

surface-launched missiles, (2) an IRBM range extending from Vandenberg to

an impact area halfway between California and Hawaii, (3) an ICBM range

from Vandenberg and Point Arguello to impact areas in the Marshall Islands,

(4) an anti-ICBM range based on Kwajalein Atoll, and (5) a Polar Orbit

Range, straight south from Vandenberg and Arguello. Land installations

under PMR command included-in addition to the Naval Missile and

Astronautics Center, Point Mugu, and Naval Missile Facility, Point ArguelloKwajalein and Eniwetok Atolls in the Marshall Islands; San Nicolas Island,

California; five Hawaii locations; Wake, Midway, and Canton Islands; and

sma!! coastal stations at Point Sur and Point Pillar and on San Clemente,

Anacapa, Santa Cruz, Rosa, and San Miguel Islands. California.4

From NASA's establishment October 1, 1958, througn mId-1960, its

launch operations were conducted at Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA

maintained a small liaison office there-the Atlantic Missile Range Operations

Office (AMROO)-which was terminated June 30, 1960, with the establishment of the Launch Operations Directorate (LOD) as part of the Marshall

Space Flight Center (MSFC).s Effective July 1, 1960, field responsibilities for

NASA launchings at both the Atlantic Missile Range and the Pacific Missile

Range were assigned to the Launch Operations Directorate.'

3 Ibid., 83; 104; Vandenberg Air Force Base, Fact Sheet, I\.d. AFederal correctional

institution occupied 1200 hectares (3000 acres) of former Camp Cooke.

4 Russel Hawkes, "Missile Defense Dominates PMR Efforts," Aviation Week (April

17, 1961),69-85.

5 Jarrett and lindemann, "Historical Origins of NASA's Launch Operations Center,"

54.

6 NASA Announcement No. 156, June 13, 1960, Subject: Organizational Changes at

AMR and PMR; NASA, Fourth Semiannual Report (Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1961),

84-85.

The first NASA launch at the Pacific Missile 

emulsion recovery vehicle) experiment-was Se

shortly afterward, on October 27, NASA establish

Office at PMR under Launch Operations Di

February 28, 1961, the NASA Test Support Off

Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello. Pacific M

expected to be conducted by contractors, and the 

to act as liaison with PMR. To carry out his assig

NASA Test Support Office, Point Mugu (later C

Office, Point Arguello), traveled back and forth, sp

his liaison role at PMR Headquarters on Point M

supervising operations at Naval Missile Facility, Poi

NASA launch activity on the West Coast inc

requiring polar orbit; the first launched from PMR 

Alouette 1 September 28, 1962. Alouette 1 was NA

orbit, and its launch marked the first NASA use o

vehicle used by the U.S. Air Force at Vandenberg 

series. Personnel members from Goddard Space F

at the Pacific Missile Range in February 196

Agena-Iaunched missions, and in January i963

Agena launch operations was transferred from M

to Goddard.9

In 1961 NASA began construction of a Scou

Missile Facility property at Point Arguello. The fac

April 1962 with the attempted launch of a Depar

The first NASA satellite launched by a Scout vehi

Range was Explorer 19 December 19, 1963. NAS

launched from the facility November 21, 1964, w

Explorer 24 and 25. Through 1968, the U.S. A

1NASA, Fourth Semiannual Report, 3740.

aMemorandum, Chief, MSFC liaison Branch, to Cd

Oct. 26, 1960; NASA Release 60-300; NASA, Fifth Se

D.C.: NASA, 1962), 153; Memorandum, Commander, 

schell, Jr. (USNR), Subject: Change of Duty; telephone 

schell, Dec. 21,1967.

9NASA Release 6240; NASA, Eighth Semiannua

NASA, 1963), 142; Memorandum, John J. Neilon, Dep

Launch Operations, to Alfred Rosenthal, GSFC Histo

Goddard Launch Team at PMR/WTR
NASA HISTORICAL DATA BOOK

SA from this facility, which was later designated

h Complex 5 (SLC-5). These launches included

and the international satellites FR lA, Ariel 3,

e. Launch vehicles for these missions were under

Langley Research Center Mission Support Office.

Thor·Agena launch pad (SLC-2E) in late 1961.

66 to accommodate the NASA Delta vehicle. The

m this facility by mid-1968 were Alouette land

OGO 2 and 4; Pageos l; GEOS 2; ESSA 3. 4, 5,

F) and 38 (RAE-A).

Launch Operations Directorate was reorganized,

Center retaining one segment designated the

s Division." The other two segments became

nstallations; the Cape Canaveral facility was

Operations Center (LOC), and the NASA Test

uello was redesignated Pacific Launch Operations

of Pacific Launch Operations Office reported to

adquarters Office of Space Sciences, and was

NASA in its relations with the Pacific Missile

ordinating use of range services and facilities,

stic and technical support for NASA programs

nating'requirements of()ther field installations at

upport functions.' 0

ge command initiated in 1963 affected NASA's

ranges. In November 1963 Secretary of Defense

d consolidation of Department of Defense ICBM

ties under one authority in the U.s. Air Force.

fer of Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello, to

t to the Air Force of responsibility for on-orbit

pt for Navy navigation satellites and military

ansfer from the U.S. Navy to the U.S. Army of

acilities at Kwajalein Atoll; <lnd transfer from the

fic space tracking stations.' ,

rder, on January 2,1964, the Air Force Systems

March 7, 1962; NASA Release 62-53; NASA General

Nov. 26, 1962.

Command (AFSC)-which had replaced the Air Research and Development

Command April 1, 1961-established the National Range Division (NRD)

Provisional Headquarters at Patrick AFB (Florida). At the same time the Air

Force Space Test Center, Provisional, was established at Vandenberg AFB.' 2

On May 4, Air Force Systems Command organized the National Range

Division as the central command for all Department of Defense range

facilities, with headquarters at Andrews AFB (Maryland). Headquarters of Air

Force Missile Test Center (AFMTC) became Headquarters of Air Force

Eastern Test Range (AFETR), and Air Force Space Test Center, Provisional,

at Vandenberg was redesignated Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR).' 3

The Eastern and WesiernTes(Ranges were established May 15, 1964, with

the understanding that Air Force Western Test Range would gradually assume

responsibilities of the Pacific Missile Range for providing range support.

Although the transition was scheduled for comp"letion by July 1, 1965, Naval

Missile Facility, Point Arguello, became part of Vandenberg July 1, 1964, and

by February 1, 1965, the complete transfer was accomplished. PMR

continued to operate as a national range under Navy management, but

consisted of the Sea Test Range off Point Mugu with stations at San Nicolas

and San Oemente Islands, missile impact location stations (MILS) at Wake

and Midway Islands, tracking stations at the Barking Sands missile tracking

facility on Kauai, Hawaii, and a facility on Johnston Island.' 4

After a White House announcement, NASA Launch Operations Center wag

renamed John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) one week after the

assassination of the late President.' 5 On October 1, 1965, NASA consolidated under KSC its unmanned launch activities at the Eastern and Western

Test Ranges, and both Goddard Space Flight Center's Launch Operations

DiVision and the 22-member Pacific Launch Operations Office were placed

under KSC." John F. Kennedy Space Center, NASA, established and

maintained a Western Test Range Operations Division at the California launch

base.

'2AFSC Release 41-5-1.

13 AFSC Release 45-R-50.

'4AFSC Release 45-R-61; NASA Announcement 61-161; Zylstra, Missiles and

Rockets (March 8, 1965), 33-34; Miles, Los Angeles Times, July 1, 1964.

, 5 Executive Order 11129; NASA Announcement 63-283, Dec. 20, 1963; NASA,

Tenth Semionnual Report (Washington, D.C.: NASA, 1964), 21; Marshall Star, Dec. 11,

1963,2.

, 'NASA Release 65-313.
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Table 6-151. Property: Pacific Launch Operations Office

(as of June 30; money amounts in thousands)

Categorl 1963 1964 1965

Land in hectares (and acres)

Owned 0 0 0

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Buildings

Number owned II II 14

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Land 0 0 0

Buildings $ 888 $ 888 $1547

Other structures and facilities 2117 2217 2100

Real property $3005 $3105 $3847

Capitalized equipment $ 25 $ 642 $ 246

aFor definition of terms, see introduction to Chapter

Two.

Source: NASA, Office of Facilities.

Table 6-152. Value of Real Property Components as Percentage of

Total: Pacific Launch Operations Office

(as of June 30; total real property value in thousands)

Component 1963 1964 1965

Land 0 0 0

Buildings 29.6 28.6 40.2

Other structures and facilities 70.4 71.4 59.8

100.0 100.0 100.0

Total real property value $3005 $3105 $3847

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Employee Categorya

1962 1963 1964 1965

12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6i3Q"

equested for FY ending 22 19

otal paid employees 14 17 19 22 21 21

Permanent 12 13 16 17 18 17

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only)

200 0 0 0 0 0 0

700 5 5 5 5 6 6

900 0 0 0 0 0 0

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600 3 4 5 4 4 5

500 3 3 4 6 6 4

300 1 1 2 2 2 2

100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Subtotal 7 8 11 12 12 11

xcepted:.on duty 0 0 0 0 0 0

ccessions: permanent 3 1 1 2 1 1

ccessions: temporary 2 5 8 8 4 4

Military detailees 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Table 6-I 54. Funding by Fiscal Year: Pacific Launch Operations Office

(program plan as of May 31, 1968, in millions)

Appropriation Title 1960 1961

Research and development

Construction of facilitiesa b ' $1.11 $0.45

Administrative operations

Total $1.11 $0.45

aDoes not include facilities planning and design.

bAppropriation for FY 1962 was for salaries and

expenses; FY 1963 appropriation was for research,

development, and operation.

1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 Total

0 $0.20 0 $0.10 0 $0.30

$0.61 0 0 0.28 0 2.45

0.12 0.64 0.90 o 0.56 3.07

$0.73 $0.84 $0.90 $1.23 $0.56 $5.82

Source: NASA, Office of Programming, Budget Operations Division, History ofBudget Plans, Actual

Obligations, and Actual Expenditures for Fiscal

Years 1959 Through 1963 (Washington, D.C.:

NASA, Feb. 1965); NASA, Budget Operations

Division, "Status of Approved Programs,"

FY 1959-FY 1968, May 1968.

Table 6-155. Actual Obligations for Construction of Facilities by Fiscal Year and Program Year: Pacific Launch Operations Of

(in millions).

Program Program

Veal: Plana FY 1960 FY 1961 FY 1962 FY 1963 FY 1964 FY 1965 FY 1966 FY 1967 FY 

1960 $1.1 $0.8 $0.3 * -* 0 * -* -* 

1961 0.4 0 $0.5 -* 0 0 0 0 

1962 0.6 0.3 * -* 0 0 $0.3 

1963 0 0 0 0 0 0 

1964 * 0 * 0 0 

1965 0.4 * $0.3 * 

1966 * 0 * 

1967 Ob 0.7 -$0

Total $2.6 $0.8 $0.5 $0.9 -* -* * $0.3 $0.8 $0

aAs of June 30, 1968; includes facilities planning and design. Source: NASA, Budget Operations Division, "Status of A

bObligations were made under a previous plan of $1.3 million for launch Construction of Facilities," FY 1959-FY 1968, J

facilities now reported under Kennedy Space Center. Financial Management Division, "Summary Finan

Programs," June 30, 1968.

*= Less than $100 000. Because of rounding, columns and rows may not

add to totals.
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e (WSO).

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to providing liaison with industry, scientific institutions, and universities in

the West, the Office was made responsible for administrative and management

support of NASA activities west of Denver, Colorado. In its contract

administration function, the Western Operations Office dealt with some of

NASA's largest contractors, including California Institute of Technology for

operation of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Rocketdyne Division of North

American Aviation, Inc., for the F-l, J-2, and H-l engines; North American

Inc., for the Saturn V second stage and the Apollo spacecraft, and Douglas

Aircraft Co. for the Saturn V third stage. The Western Operations Office also

participated in development of Delta, Centaur, Atlas-Agena, and Thor-Agena

launch vehicles, while furnishing legal and patent counsel, security checks,

audits, accounting, disbursement, budgeting, and public information services

for NASA field activities in the West. 3

Following the 1961 decision to attempt a lunar landing in the 1960s, the

growing NASA program, as implemented through large contracts with the

West Coast aerospace industry, was reflected in the expansion of the Western

Operations Office; it grew more than 350 percent between the beginning of

1962 and rnid-1963.· On May 11, 1962, NASA announced establishment of

the NASA Office-Downey (NASA-O-Downey) as a new element of the

Western Operations Office to expedite effective direction of the major

development contracts at North American Aviation, Inc., Space and

Information Systems Division plant at Downey, California.'

On June 15, 1966, as major development projects neared completion and

flight tests began, the Western Operations Office was disestablished as a

NASA field installation. Its functions were realigned in two component field

activities reporting to the NASA Headquarters Office of Industry Affairs-the

NASA Office-Downey and the Western Support Office (WSO), established by

the June 15 directive.

The Western Support Office was required to provide mtermittent technical

and safety engineering support to NASA project and program managers,

furnish administrative support to NASA-O-Downey, as well as to NASA

Resident Office-JPL (redesignated NASA Pasadena Office August 17, 1966),

Western Test Range Operations Division of Kennedy Space Center, and Space

mm (Sept. 1, 1959-March 1, 1968).

rtman (Director, NASA Western Coordination

O), Oct. 1, 1958-Sept. 1, 1959; Director, NACA

-0ct. 1, 1958).

Los Angeles County, California.

r. (April 9, 1967-March 1, 1968).

and (June 24, 1969-Sept. 1, 1966).

lished a Western Coordination Office (WCO) in

on with the aircraft industry concentrated in the

had only two employees, and only six in 1959,

study recommended a substantial expansioa of

increasing workload brought by contracts with

stry. 1

NASA announced that the Office had been

Western Operations Office (WOO).2 In addition

story of NASA, 95. The Data Book section on history

was prepared from information provided by Stanley A.

'NASA, Third SemiannUill Report (Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1960), 124; MSC,

Space News Roundup, Feb. 6, 1963,5.

4 Rosholt, Administrative History ofNASA, 243.

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legal and security services, handled certain disbursements, and supported the

NASA technology utilization and public information programs."

NASA announced November 28, 1967, that, be

reductions, the Western Support Office would 

effective as of March 31, 1968."

Table 6-156. Industrial Real Property: Western Support Office

(as of June 30; money amounts in thousands)a

Category

Land in hectares

(and acres)

Buildings

North American Rockwell Corp.b

(Contract NAS 7-90 F)

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1967

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Buildings

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bReported by Manned Spacecraft Center in FY 1968.

cReported by Goddard Space Flight Center in FY 1968.

"NASA Hq. Weekly Bulletin, No. 29, July 19, 1966; NASA Management Manual

Instruction 1136.27.

dPublic Land Order 3685 withdrew this land from the 

use. However, its value is not carried on NASA books.

Source: NASA, Office of Facilities.

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(as of June 30; money amounts in thousands)a

Category 1963b 1964 1965 1966 1967

hectares (and acres)

d NA NA 67.1 1195.9 1195.9

(165.9) (2954.9)c (2954.9)

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NA NA $ 5 158 $ 3540 $ 3617

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structures and facilities NA NA 5055 5006 5026

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ns Office, Aug. 5, 1959. Western Operations Office Mexico State University. Reported by Goddard Space Flight

tablished June 15, 1966, and its functions realigned Center in FY 1968.

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Table 6- 158. Value of Real Property Components as Percentage of Total: Western Support Office

(as of June 30; real property amount in thousands)

Component

Land

Buildings

Other structures and facilities

Total WSO real property value

aData for earlier years are not available.

I965a 1966 1967

14.2 10.2 11.2

71.9 75.2 73.3

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100.0 100.0 100.0

$36290 $34391 $32412

Source: Derived from Tables 2-10 through

2-13 in Chapter Two.

Table 6-159. Personnel: Western Support Officea

1960 1961 1962 1963

Employee Category 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31

Requested for FY ending 8 46 85 125

Total, paid employees 37 50 60 84 136 247 308 318

Permanent 36 49 57 80 130 241 301 310

Temporary 1 1 3 4 6 6 7 8

Code (permanent only)

200 1 I I 2 2 2 2 2

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900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Subtotal 11 13 15 19 29 32 37 40

600d 0 17 20 27 41 66 85 89

500 25 19 22 33 55 92 103 104

300 0 0 0 I 5 51 76 77

100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Subtotal 25 36 42 61 101 209 264 270

Excepted: on duty 1 1 I I 3 3 3 3

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1964 1965 1966 1967

Employee Category 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31

quested for FY ending 500 385 401 381

tal, paid employees 376 370 377 343 294 105 119 103

Permanent 369 355 352 339 268 97 97 95

Temporary 7 15 25 4 26 8 20 8

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200 3 3 3 3 0 0 1 1

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300 88 88 87 84 81 0 0 1

100 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1

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ccessions: temporary 9 17 17 13 26 5 18 NA

ilitary detailees 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

aNASA Western Coordination Office was redesignated

estern Operations Office Aug. 5, J959. Personnel figures

r 1958-1959 were included in Flight Research Center re

orts. Western Operations Office was disestablished June 15,

966, and its functions were realigned in the NASA Office

owney and the Western Support Office (WSO) established

fective June 15, 1966. WSO was disestablished effective

arch 1, 1968.

bBeginning June 30, 1961, the data reflect conversion of

ome professionals from the 200 Code group (engineers) to

e 700 Code group (aerospace technologists). For key to

ode group numbers and definition of terms, see Chapter

hree.

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=Data not available.

Source: NASA, Personnel Division. Data through Dec. 31,

1966, from NASA Quarterly Personnel Statistical

Report; data after Dec. 31, 1966, from Personnel

Management Information System and the NASA

Supplement to SF 113-A, "Monthly Report of

Federal Civilian Employment Short Form."
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Table 6-160. Distribution of Permanent Personnel Positions by Fiscal Year

and Budget Activity: Western Support Officea

Program

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02.5) (42.9) (41.3) (

136 303 375 3

aBased on number of actual positions reported in annual NASA

Budget Estimates. FY 1961 actual figure was reported in NASA,

Budget Estimates, FY 1963; FY 1962 actual figure was reported in

NASA, Budget Estimates, FY 1964, etc.

bActual positions data are not available for FY 1960. Percentages

in this column are based on distribution used by NASA Office of

Programming, Budget Operations Division, in preparing History of

Budget Plans, Actual Obligations, and Actual Expenditures for

Fiscal Years 1959 Through 1963 (Washington, D.C.: NASA, 1965),

Sect. 8.

Cry 1961 figure represents "aircraft and missile techn

dFY 1963 and later figures include tracking and data 

tion, technology utilization, and general-support position

FY 1963 general-support positions were reported with th

other budget activities. FY 196 t" and FY 1962 figures rep

only tracking and data acquisition.

eData for later years are not available.

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Table 6-161. Funding By Fiscal Year: Western Support Office

(program plan as of May 31, 1968, in millions)

1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 Total

$0.40 $72.70 $149.30 $216.40 $46.40 $15.70 $18.20 $13.00 $2.20 $534.30

0.47 5.72 1.38 3.45 4.40 5.04 4.90 3.17 1.25 29.78

$0.87 $78.42 $150.68 $219.85 $50.80 $20.74 $23.10 $16.17 $3.45 $564.08

963 includes contract with Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

1962 appropriations were for salaries and expenses;

priation was for research, development, and operation.

Source: NASA, Office of Programming, Budget Operations Division,

History ofBudget Plans, Actual Obligations, and Actual Expenditures for Fiscal Years 1959 Through 1963 (Washington,

D.C.: NASA, February 1965); NASA, Budget Operations Division, "Status of Approved Programs," FY 1959-FY 1968, May

1968.

Table 6-162. Total Procurement Activity by Fiscal Year: Western Support Officea

(money amounts in millions)

t awards

A total

1960 1961

$130.6

17%

1962

$266.7

17%

1963

$412.3

13%

1964

$329.1

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1965

$346.5

7%

Total

$1484.3

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ebit items totaling $6.9 million and 1 credit item

ing $7.8 million. .

Source: NASA, Procurement and Supply Division,NASA Procurement:

October 1,1958 to June 30,1960 (Washington, D.C.: NASA,

September 1960); NASA, Annual Procurement Report, Fiscal

Years 1961-1968 (Washington,D.C.: NASA,1962-1968).
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10 photograph lhe moon (Ranga8 wuchecked 01,11 al Hangar AE before Feb. 17. 1965,launch in the

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Institute of Technology under contract to NASA.)

History

1 Helen Wright, Explorer of the Universe:

A Biography of George Ellery Hale (New

York: Dutton, 1966),299. The Data Book section on history of JPL was prepared by R.

Cargill Hall, Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Deputy Director:

Rear Adm. John E. Clark (USN, Ret.) (Feb. 19,1968- ).

A. R. Luedecke (August 1964-August 1967).

B. O. Sparks (February 1960-Ju1y 1964).

Astronomy was a leading discipline at the California Institute of

Technology since the institute's origin' as the Throop Polytechnic Institute,

with astronomer George Ellery Hale (1868-1938) on the Board of Trustees

from 1907 until his death. In June 1918 Hale, as Director of Mount Wilson

Observatory, offered laboratory space to Robert H. Goddard for rocket

experiments. Goddard tested a small solid-fuel rocket for the Signal Corps in

August 1918 in a canyon near the present site of the Jet Propulsion

Laboratory. 1

After its founding in 1926, the Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory,

2 "The Daniel Guggenheim Graduate School of Aeron

tute of Technology:

A History of the First Ten Year

Institute of Technology, XLIX, No.2 (May 1940),3-5; 

First Decade of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory," in Em

Technology, 52 ff.

3Theodore von Karman, review of "Assisted Take-Qf

Cabot Fund lecture by Rear Adm. Calvin M. Bolster, N

Publication No.9, 1950, in ARS Journal, No. 85 (June, 19

4 Malina, "Origins," 58-59.

California Institute of Technology (GALCIT), rapi

the Nation's leading schools of aeronautics un

Theodore von Karman. Beginning in 1936, t

experiments on the performance of various jet 

conducted by several of von Idrman's gradua

eventually to construct a high-altitude sounding ro

support of this research followed in 1939-1940.2 '

On June 25, 1940, the Army Air Corps award

continue design and development of solid- and 

motors for application to "super-performance" of 

facilities at what is now the site of the Jet Pro

shortly thereafter, in August 1940. During World W

Research Project developed the first restricted-b

propellant rocket motors and hypergolic red-fumin

propellant rocket motors, which were. employed 

(JATO) of aircraft. Production of these rocket un

was undertaken by the Aerojet-Engineering Co

General Corporation), formed in 1942.4

News of the imminent appearance of the G

European theater of operations caused the GALCIT 

to examine the military potential of long-range m

development of long-range missiles was recommen

).

Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California.

W. H. Pickering (November 1954-

L. G. Dunn (1947-1954).

F. J. Malina (1944-1946).

71.3 total hectares (176 acres) as of June 30, 1968:

59.1 hectares (145.9 acres) NASA-owned.

- 12.2 hectares (30.1 acres) leases and easements.

Location:

Director:

Land:

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awarded Caltech a contract June 22, 1944, to

nge missiles and suitable launching equipment; a

vember 1, 1944-the GALCIT Rocket Research

d renamed the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL),

word "rocket" was still in such bad repute, even in

ch decided against employing that term: "It is for

oratory at Caltech is called the Jet Propulsion

Rocket Propulsion Laboratory."-

JPL designed and developed the liquid-propellant

cket,' the Corporal tactical missile (first U.S. large

he solid-propellant Loki antiaircraft rocket and

ing the late 1940s and 1950s. The Laboratory also

ent of FM-FM radio telemetry and various radio

ms for Army Ordnance which were used in the

les and refined for use in the Jupiter IRBM.

rated with the Army Ballistic Missile Agency in a

launch an artificial earth satellite. The satellite

the Department of Defense in 1955 and, when the

ovember 1957 to launch this vehicle, JPL provided

stages and the satellite instrumentation. This first

r 1, was successfully launched January 31, 1958.·

ember 3, 1958-all contract functions and the

es of JPL were transferred from the Army to the

Aeronautics and Space Administration for the

mission.9 For the second time California Institute

on Laboratory redirected its research and develop

from missile systems to lunar and planetary

int NASA, JPL, and Army Ordnance Missile

Memorandum on the Possibility of Long-Range Rocket

nd F. 1. Malina,

A Review and Preliminary Analysis of

Memo JPL-1 (Nov. 20, 1943).

ropulsion Laboratory, GALC/T, Memo JPL-3, June 25,

and F. J. Malina, "Theodore von Karman, 1881-1963,"

5.

d on a V-2 fust stage (Bumper-WAC) was launched to a

ude from White Sands, N. Mex., Feb. 24, 1949.

and Development of the Vanguard and Explorer Satellite

rian, XI, No.4 (October 1964), 101-112.

23 F.R.. 9405, cited in Rosholt, Administrative History of

Command lunar probes, Pioneer 3 and 4 were launched in December 1958

and March 1959.

Under contract with NASA in the 1960s California Institute of Technology-Jet Propulsion Laboratory was assigned responsibility for planning,

developing, and managing the Ranger (lunar impact), Surveyor (lunar

softlander), and Mariner and Voyager (planetary probe) projects for the

NASA Office of Space Science and Applications. In addition, under the

NASA Office of Tracking and Data Acquisition, JPL developed and operated

the NASA Deep Space Network (DSN), a worldwide system of facilities

which track, command, control, and receive data from lunar and planetary

spacecraft. JPL continued to pursue basic and applied research in support of

these space programs.' 0

Mission

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a nonprofit research and development facility

operated under provisions of Contract NAS 7-100 (previously NASw-6)

between California Institute of Technology and NASA, was assigned

responsibility for conducting lunar, planetary, and deep-space unmanned

scientific missions.' 1 In carrying out the three basic objectives in this task

(space flight projects, Deep Space Network, and research and advanced

development in support of current and proposed space missions), the

Laboratory maintained a balance in which approximately one half the staff

was concerned with flight projects and one quarter with each of the

remaining two objectives.' 2 Other major support functions included:

(1) Tracking, data acquisition, data reduction and analysis for lunar and

deep space flights.

(2) Space science: analysis of information obtained from ground-based

and space flight observations.' 3

1 °U.S. Congress, House, Committee on Science and Astronautics, Subcommittee on

Manned Space Flight, 1967 NASA Authorization, Hearings, Pt. 2, 89th Cong., 2d sess.,

Feb. 18, 24, March 1-31, 1966 (Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1966), 719.

1 I U.S. Congress, House, Committee on Appropriations, Independent Offices Appropriations for 1966, Hearings, Pt. 2, 89th Cong., 2d sess., Feb. I-April 20, 1966 (Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1965), 1235.

12 JPL Interoffice Memorandum 42-67, W. H. Pickering to Distribution, Subject:

"Review of J\ims and Objectives," Aug. 23,1967.

13U:S. Congress, House, Corrmittee on Science and Astronautics, Subcommittee on

NASA Oversight, Project Ranger, House Rpt. 1487, 88th Cong., 2d sess., June 16, 1964

(Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1964), 10.
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1962),10.

About 16370 hectares (40450 acre

military reservation, leased by NA

Mohave Desert, about 72 kilome

Barstow, San Bernardino County

Location:

Land:

'NASA Release 66·88. Other in the Deep Spa

and TIdbinbilla, Australia (operational November 1%0 and 

South Africa (July 1961): and two near Madrid, Spain 

1965 and January 1967). Control center for the network

Facility (SFOr), was at JPL, Pasadena.

The section on history or Goldstone was prepared for 

Hall, Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

'NASA Releao;c 66-88. See also JPL, Ranger 1964-65 

History

Goldstone, first deep space facility constructed 

NASA, became the primary station in the worldw

(DSN),' and in 1968 consisted of four track

Construction of the first facility began in June 1

Laboratory was still under contract to the Army O

and the Pioneer station and its steerable, parabolo

25.9·meter (85.foot) diameter was completed in 

U.S.-ICY space probe, Pioneer 3, launched Decembe

JPL functions and faCilities were transferred to NA

tion of a second facility, the Goldstone Echo sta

25.9·meler (85-foot) antenna, began July 1959. 

operational status in April 1960, in time for the 

passive communications satellite Echo A-IO.t The 

Echo station was moved to a new site, called the 

1962 to create the third Goldstone facility. A new 

replacement antenna was completed at the Echo 

Venus station was first used in a radar experiment 

October 1962.

Feasibility studies for a very large advanced ant

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Network-directed by JPL for NASA-was photographed in the high desert near Geldstone, California, in 1967. The big dish was officially dedicated April 29, 1966, as the

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ctor, excavation of the Mars site-the fourth

October 1963. All structural components for an

r (21O-foot) diameter were installed by August

1965 and on April 29, 1966, the largest fully steerable antenna in the United

States was officially dedicated.s With the new dish, telemetry data reception

resumed from the Mariner 4 spacecraft, which had been launched on a Mars

flyby trajectory November 28, 1964.'

5 JPL Lab-Oratory (November 1965),8-9; NASA Release 66-88.

'U.S. Congress, House, Committee on Science and Astronautics, Subcommittee on

Space Science and Applications, 1968 NASA Authorization, Hearings, Pt. 3, 90th Cong.,

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EDWARDS TEST STATION

Edwards Test Station was originally known as the ORDCIT Test Station at

Muroc, California. Jet Propulsion Laboratory occupied the leased site and

several newly constructed buildings at the edge of Muroc Dry Lake April 2,

1945, and began installation of rocket motor testing equipment. A WAC

Location:Land:

History

Edwards Air Force Base (Mohave Desert), Edwards, Kern

County, California.

230.7 hectares (570 acres) under letter use permit from the

USAF.

Corporal prototype liquid-propellant motor was 

1945, followed by the first Corporal scale-motor ru

In the years follOWing 1945 the Muroc Test C

Force Base and Muroc Dry Lake became kno

ORDCIT Test Station was rechristened Edwards 

the Station came into use as a test facility for chem

research and advanced development (for exam

propellants at a controlled temperature) and for 

tests too hazardous or area-consuming to be co

After 1963, hazardous environmental tests of fu

made at the Station. Facilities at Edwards consist

magazines and propellant-storage facilities, a tes

control center, a spacecraft vibration test building

a photolab, and storage buildings.2

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te was operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical

struction in 1920 until 1962, when Jet Propulsion

xisting structures and began a construction and

ting structures were two concrete bunkers, used for

he sun and the earth's atmosphere, and several

ntain, Near Wrightwood, California.

(105 acres) under letter use permIt from the U.s.

ment of Agriculture, Forestry Division.

Construction of an observatory-for a 40-centimeter (16-inch) reflecting

telescope-and a darkroom began in May 1962; work was completed and the

observatory began operations in October of that year. In the follOWing year,

1963, work began on a high-precision radioastronomy antenna with 5.5-meter

(18-foot) diameter, for very short wavelengths. This construction was

completed and the antenna placed in operation in 1964.

A second, larger observatory and requisite darkrooms were built in two

sections during 1965-1966. Work on the first section-to accommodate a

61-centimeter (24-inch) reflecting telescope-began in October 1965 and was

completed in February 1966. Construction ofthe addition to the observatory

was completed in December 1966; it housed a spectrometer for studying

planetary atmospheres. The spectrometer used the 61-centimeter telescope as

its source of light. An additional large spectrograph was under construction in

1968.2

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ountain Observatory was prepared by R. Cargill Hall, Jet

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Table 6-163. Technical Facilities: Wind Tunnels

(with costs in thousands)

Facility Name

20-inch supersonic

wind tunnel

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wind tunnel

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facility (LDGDF)

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wind tunnel

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Test Section Mach No. Reynolds No. Init. Accum.

Year Size Range Range Cost Cost Resear

1950 NA 1.3 to 5.6 Varies with $2800 $3800 Force, pressu

mach. no. and dynamic 

1959 NA 4 to 11 Varies with 6500 9500 Force, pressu

mach. no. and dynamic 

1959 NA NA NA 50 150 Fluid physics

1961- 50-mm dia 0.9 to 12.2 m NA 100 150 Magneto-fluid 

1962 (2-in dia) per sec

(3 to 40 fps)

1962 NA 10058 m per sec NA 75 240 Aerothermod

(33000 fps) of planetary 

vective heat t

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of planetary 

vective heat t

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transfer meas

1966 0.6 x 0.6 oto 24.4 NA 12 12 Fluid mechan

x 2.7 m L m per set flow

(2 x 2 x 9 ft L) (8 to 80 fps)

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(with costs in thousands)

Year Dimensions Init. Accum.

Facility Name Built Meters (feet) Pressure Temperature Cost Cost Research Supported

ironmental and 1961 0.3 x 0.3 x 0.3 200 to 589

K $ 70 $ 147 Component and spacecraft

Dynamic Testing (1xlxl) (-100° to +600°F) subassembly temperature

Laboratory, Natural 0.6 x 0.3 x 0.3 200 to 589

K and humidity testing

Environments (2 x 1 x 1) (_100° to +600°F)

0.9 x 0.9 x 0.9 200 to 450

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0.9 x 0.9 x 0.9 200 to 394

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0.9 x 0.9 x 0.9 200 to 422

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0.9 x 0.9 x 0.9 89 to 394

K

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1.8 x 0.9 x 0.9 200 to 422

K

(6 x 3 x 3) (_100° to +300°F)

ronmental and Dynamic 1961 2.1 dia x 4.3

L 8 x 10-8 torr 89 to 367

K 180 260 Testing of spacecraft and

esting Laboratory, (7 dia x 14 L) (-300° to +200°F) spacecraft subsystems

Natural Environments

ronmental and Dynamic 1961 0.6 dia x 1.0

L 2 x 10-7 torr 89 to 408

K 122 253 Spacecraft subsystems and

esting Laboratory, (2 dia x 3 L) (-300° to +275°F) small components launch

Natural Environments and space vacuum simulation

ronment and Dynamic 0.6 dia x 1.1

L 2 x 10-7 torr 89 to 408

K

esting Laboratory, (2.1 dia x 3.3 L) (-300° to +275°F)

Natural Environments

ronmental and Dynamic 0.8 dia x 1.4

L 2 x 10-7 torr 89 to 408

K

esting Laboratory (2.5 dia x 4.5 L) (-300° to +275°F)

Natural Environments

Foot Space Simulator 1962 7.6 dia x 27.4 il 5 x 10-6 torr 94

K 4266 6766 Extreme-cold, high-vacuum,

(25 dia x 90 H) (-290°F) and intense-solar-radiation

testing of spacecraft

Foot Space Simulator 1965 3.1 dia x 13.7

H 5 x 10 -6 torr 94K 1577 1577 Extreme-cold, high-vacuum,

(10 dia x 45 H) (-290°F) and intense-solar-radiation

testing of spacecraft

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(with costs in thousands)

Year Init. Accum. Research or Technological A

Functional Name Facility Built Cost Cost Supported

Energy sources facility Energy Sources 1943 $ 2 $ 7 Liquid metals

Facility

Liquid metals laboratory Energy Sources 1944 19 408 Liquid metals

Facility

Materials laboratory Energy Sources 1944 3 82 Liquid metals

Facility

Heat transfer laboratory Heat Transfer 1945 37 85 Subsonic, supersonic, accele

Laboratory and decelerating air flows, a

gas flows

Plasma research facility, low Plasma Flow Research 1947 88 636 Interaction of electric and m

pressure Laboratory fields with plasmas

Hydraulic test laboratory Hydraulic Test 1947 85 100 Simulated testing of propul

Laboratory ponents, subsystems, and re

Gas metering laboratory Gas Metering 1951 125 150 Simulated testing of propul

Laboratory ponents, subsystems, and re

Polymer chemistry laboratory Polymer Chemistry 195 I 73 122 Polymers; spacecraft materi

Laboratory

Energy sources facility Energy Sources 1954 22 33 Liquid metals

Facility

Propulsion application laboratory, Electric Propulsion 1955 16 216 Ion thruster systems (R&D)

electric Application

Laboratory

Power conversion laboratory Power Conversion 1956 63 259 Liquid MHO power convers

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Laboratory, InducedEnvironments

facility Environmental and 1961 362 460 Spacecraft and component vibrationDynamic Testing environment simulation

Laboratory, Induced

Environments

ity, high-energy 10 Kilocurie - 1961 5 15 Radiation chemistry

Co60 Source

un and star Celestarium-Sun and 1961 102 116 Spacecraft reflection test and Canopus

Star Simulator sensor stray-light test

ulator laboratory Star Planet Simulator 1963 50 50 Star and planet tracker development

Laboratory testing

mance testing Optical Laboratory 1963 500a 600 Optical modulation transfer function,

Tunnel resolving power, aberrations, distortion,

photometric response, etc., of optical

equipment

ility, positive ion Dynamitron 1963 250 310 Electrophysics, nuclear fission, atomic

stopping, secondary electron production

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Environmental and shock testing

Dynamic Testing

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(with costs in thousands)

Functional Name

Acoustic environments laboratory

Facility

Environmental and

Dynamics Testing

Laboratory, Induced

Environments

Year

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1964

Init.

Cost

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Cost

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Research or Technological Area

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Spacecraft and component acou

environment simulation; equipm

Control systems simulation laboratory Control Systems 1964- 40 40 Simulations and feasibility dem

Simulation 65

Laboratory

Sterlization and experimental assembly Experimental Assembly 1965 122 122 Electromechanical assembly un

laboratory and Sterilization biologically clean conditions

Laboratory (EASL)

Spectroscopy laboratory, long path Spectrosopy Laboratory 1965 153 800 Atmospheric physics, planetary 

absorption and Absorption Tube

Magnetic field facility Low Magnetic 1965 88 130 Low-field magnetometer evalua

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I and superconductivity studies

Inertial sensor laboratory Inertial Sensor 1965 100 103 Determination of operating par

Laboratory of gyros and accelerometers for 

craft systems

Sterilization assembly development Sterilization 1967 999 999 Design requirements of capsule 

laboratory Assembly Development for facilities to satisfy planetary 

Laboratory (SADL) requirements

Geomagnetic Observatoryb Extremely-Low-Fre- 1964 30 35 Geomagnetic field monitoring a

quency Magnetic Field tion with magnetic data taken f

Observatory spacecraft

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bAt Morris Dam, Azusa Canyon, Calif. I, Sect. 8.

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Table 6-166. Technical Facilities: Edwards Test Station

(with costs in thousands)

Year Init. Accum. Research or Technological Areas

Functional Name Facility Built Cost Cost Supported

nt processing facility Solid Propellant 1962- $583 $651 Solid-propellant motor development, Processing Area 1965 rocket materials and components de- velopment, and sterilizable rocket motor

development

nt casting facility Casting Building 1963 42 242 Solid-propellant motor development, rocket materials and components development, and sterilizable rocket motor

development

nt mixing facility Mixer Building 1963 26 54 Solid-propellant motor development, rocket materials and components development, and sterilizable rocket motor

development

n test facility Environmental and 1964 330 500 Hazardous spacecraft and sUbassembly Dynamic Testing vibration testing

Laboratory, Induced

Environments

nt compatibility test Propellant Compatibil- 1966 66 92 Elevated temperature tests

ty ity Test

prop~lsion test stands: "A" Stand 1947 75 200 Flow meter calibrations, bladder and diaphragm expulsion pumping tests

"Baker" Stand 1952 50 200 Combustion; engine and injector development

"e" Stand 1957 100 400 R&D static firings of cryogenic or earthstorable propellants

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(with costs in thousands)

Year Init. Accum. Research or Technological Areas

Functional Name Facility Built Cost Cost Supported

Rocket propulsion test "Dj"a 1960 $ 42 $102 Injector and chamber developme

stands (continued): using earth-storable propellants

"Dy & Dd" 1960 104 325 Injector and fully expanded cham

Altitude Test ment tests using earth-storable pr

Positionsa miscellaneous component vacuum 

Solid 1962 42 59 Solid-fuel-rocket ballistic investig

ignition studies, materials and co

development

"F" 1964 100 200 Materials, components, and syste

tion under hazardous conditions

apart of D stand complex, Source: NASA, Technical Facilities Catalog (March 1967 ed.), 

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(with costs in thousands)a

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Facility

Table Mountain

Observatory

Solar Test

Facility

Solar Tracker

Year

Built

196219631965-

1966

Init.

Cost

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Cost

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Supported

Studies of bodies in the solar system to

furnish possible descriptions of their

atmospheres and surfaces

Thermionic converter and generator

development

e Mountain site was occupied under a special use permit

e U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forestry Division. The site

d by the Smithsonian Institution in the 1920s and used

rvations until acquisition by IPL in 1962. The $12 000

is the payment for several old wood-frame buildings

mithsonian.

b61-em (24-in) and 40-em 06-in) reflecting telescopes and 5.5-m

(18-ft) radiotelescope.

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Table Property

(as of June 30; money amounts in thousands)a

Category 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 

. Land in hectares (and acres)

Owned 30.5 30.5 34.7 59.5 59.5 59.1 59.1 59.1 

(75.2) (75.2) (85.8) (146.9) (146.9) (145.9) (145.9) (145.9) 

Leased 30.6 32.3 29.3 4.7 4.7 5.8 5.9 5.9 

(75.5) (79.8) (72.6) (I 1.5) (I 1.5) (I4.3) (14.4) (14.4) 

Buildings

Number owned 102 114 122 142 164 180 187 151 

Area owned, thousands of sq m 40.7 43.9 54.4 62.3 69.3 98.2 116.7 122.3 

(and sq ft) (438) (473) (586) (670) (746) (1057) (1256) (1316) 

Area leased 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Value

Land $ 117 $ 117 $ 267 $ 807 $ 802 $ 802 $ 802 $ 802 

Buildings 6709 7239 10631 14658 16736 25799 31872 34695 

Other structures and 3693 4725 5345 6457 7275 6793 8473 11 678 

facilitiesb

Real property $10519 $12081 S16243 $21 922 S24813 S33394 $41 147 $47175 

Capitalized equipment $10322 $12335 $18220 $26028 $34300 $46894 S62873 S79252 

aAll NASA industrial real property under Contract No. NAS 7-270 F between

California Institute of Technology and NASA; for 1967 breakdown of JPL

facilities, see section on NASA Pasadena Office-JPL in this chapter.

bDefinition of "other structures and facilities" was refined in 1968 to include

electrical, water, sewage, gas, communication system, road, and other improvements to real property.

Source: NASA, Office of Facilities. Supplementary inform

P. E. Mayer, Property Administration Section, JPL

Table 6-169. Value of Real Property Components as Percentage of Total

(as of June 30; total real property value in thousands)

Component 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 

Lahd 1.1 1.0 1.6 3.7 3.3 2.4 1.9 1.7 

BUildings 63.8 59.9 65.5 66.9 67.4 77.3 77.5 73.5 7

Other structures and facilities 35.1 39.1 32.9 29.4 29.3 20.3 20.6 24.8 1

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 10

Total JPL real property

value $10519 $12081 $16243 $21 922 $24813 $33 394 $41 147 $47 175 S486

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Table 6-170. Personnel: Jet Propulsion Laboratory

1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963

9/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31

2609a 3010 3495 3878 4188

2266 2328 2662 2626 2743 2655 2817 3091 3497 3821 4004 4134

58 36 88 274 324 130

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1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

ategory 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31 6/30 12/31

uota 4275 4150 4400 4650 4150

mployees 4291 4268 4027 4016 4069 4333 4565 4377 4102

sions 23 11 264 188 194

ilees 17 17 17 16 16 16 19 19 13

not assigned until Dec. 31, 1959.

began in FY 1961.

Source: JPL, Personnel Office.
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1962 4.11963 11.61964 3.21965 4.01966 1.1

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1968 1.9

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FY 1961

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FY 1962

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FY 1963

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FY 1964

$4.6

FY 1965

$3.9

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Table 6-172. Awards to Personnel Granted under Section 306

of the Space Act of 1955a

Inventor

Conrad Josias

James D. Acord

Howard C. Vivian

Walter K. Victor

Eberhardt Rechtin

William W. Smith

Bruce W. Schmitz

John F. Meyer

Gerald W. Meisenholder

James D. Acord

Howard C. Vivian

Louis F. Schmidt

Robert K. Yasui

Richard C. Turner

Richard A. McKay

David W. Passell

Charles T. Stelzried

Donald L. Mullen

Robin A. Winkelstein

Alan R. Johnston

Franklin L. Murphy

James M. Kendall, Sr.

Joseph A. Plamondon, Jr.

Contribution

Bipolar logarithmic current-to-voltage transducer

Space vehicle attitude control

Space communication system

Trajectory-correction propulsion system

Low-speed time multiplexing

Sensing devices

Solar-cell submodule

A thermo couple assembly

Temperature control system for circulating fluids

Decorder/actuator device

Broadband microwave waveguide window

Noninterruptable digital counting system

Polarimeter for transient measurement

Bimetallic power-controlled actuator

Absolute cavity radiometer

Amount

$1000

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5000

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1600

1000

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50

100

700

1400

500

1100

or complete listing of awards under this Act, see

ndix A, Sect. LB.

As of June 30.

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A. Honor Awards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Certificate of Appreciation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Distinguished Service Medal Distinguished Public Service Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Exceptional Bravery Medal 

Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Exceptional Service Medal 

Group Achievement Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Outstanding Leadership Medal '. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Public Service Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Superior Achievement Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

B. Awards Granted Under Section 306 of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Act of 1958 . . . . . 

C. Miscellaneous Awards to NASA Personnel 

ASME Man of the Year Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Federal Woman's Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Arthur S. Flemming Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

National Civil Service League Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

National Medal of Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

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rospace MedicalAssociation , 497

Louis H. Bauer Founder's Award 497

Walter M. Boothby Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 497

Howard K. Edwards Award " , 497

Eric Uljencrantz Award 498

Raymond F. Longacre Award "..................... 498

Theodore C. Lyster Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 498

Harry G. Moseley Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 499

Arnold D. Tuttle Award , 499

r Force Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 499

H. H. Arnold Trophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 499

Theodore von Karman Trophy , 500

David C. Schilling Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 500

Hoyt S. Vandenberg Trophy 500

Gill Robb Wilson Trophy 501

merican Astronautical Society. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 501

Flight Achievement Award 501

Melbourne W. Boynton Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 502

Space Flight Award ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 502

Victor A. Prather Award , 502

W. Randolph Lovelace II Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 503

lloyd V. Berlmer Space Utilization Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 503

American Geophysical Union. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 503

John Adam Fleming Award 503

James B. Macelwane Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 503
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William Bowie Medal

E. American Helicopter Society 

Grover E. Bell Award 

Frederick L. Feinberg Award 

Paul E. Haueter Memorial Award 

Alexander Klemin Award 

Captain William J. Kossler Award 

Igor I. Sikorsky International Trophy 

F. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics 

AIAA Aerospace Communications Award 

Octave Chanute Award 

De Florez Training Award 

Goddard Award 

Haley Astronautics Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 

Louis W. Hill Space Transportation Award 

John Jeffries Award 

Robert M. Losey Award 

Mechanics and Control of Flight Award 

G. Edward Pendray Award 

Sylvanus A. Reed Award 

Dryden Research Lecture 

Space Science Award 

Lawrence B. Sperry Award 

von Karman Lecture 

Wright Brothers Lecture 

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Alabama Section) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 513

Hermann Oberth Medal 513

American Meteorological Society , 513

Cleveland Abbe Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 513

Applied Meteorology Award 513

Bioclimatology Outstanding Achievement Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 514

Meisinger Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 514

Carl-Gustaf Rossby Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 514

Sverdrup Gold Medal , 515

American Society of Mechanical Engineers : 515

John Fritz Medal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 515

Elmer A. Sperry Award , 516

Spirit of St. Louis Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 516

ASME Medal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 516

Army Aviation Association of America 517

Army Aviator ofthe Year Award .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 517

James H. McClellan Aviation Safety Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 517

Arnold Air Society , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 517

General H. H. Arnold Trophy 517

General Muir S. Fairchild Trophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 518

Paul T. Johns Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 518

John Fitzgerald Kennedy Trophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 518

General Hoyt S. Vandenberg Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 518

Eugene M. Zuckert Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 519

British Interpianetary Society 519

Golovine Award 519
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M. Federation Aeronautique Internationale 

FAI Gold Air Medal 

FAI Gold Space Medal 

N. Flight Safety Foundation , 

Laura Taber Barbour Award Burroughs International Test Pilot Award 

O. International Academy of Astronautics of the International Astronautical Federation 

Daniel and Florence Guggenheim International Astronautics Award 1 •••••••

P. International Astronautical Federation 

Andrew G. Haley Award 

Q. National Aeronautic Association 

Frank G. Brewer Trophy '.' 

Robert J. Collier Trophy 

Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy 

R. National Geographic Society 

Hubbard Medal 

S. National Space Club 

Astronautics Engineer Achievement Award 

Robert H. Goddard Historical Essay Award 

Robert H. Goddard Memorial LectureRobert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy

Nelson P. Jackson Aerospace Award 

National Space Club Press Award

T. Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc.

Arch T. Colwell Merit Award 
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Charles Matthews Manly Memorial Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 527

Wright Brothers Medal 527

ciety of Experimental Test Pilots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 528

Iven C. Kincheloe Memorial Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 528

nited Engineering Trustees 528

Daniel Guggenheim Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 528

ment Awards 529

omic Energy Commission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 529

Emico Fermi Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 529

E. O. Lawrence Memorial Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 529

tional Academy of Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 530

Founders' Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 530

tional Academy of Sciences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 530

John J. Carty Medal , 530

Henry Draper Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 530

J. Lawrence Smith Medal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 530

James Craig Watson Medal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 531

mithsonian Astrophysical Observatory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 531

Thomas Hodgkins Prize. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 531

mithsonian Institution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 531

Langley Medal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 531

S. Air Force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 532

Mackay Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 532

General Thomas D. White Space Trophy 532
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A. Galabert International Prize for Astronautics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

B. Clifford B. Harmon Trust 

Harmon International Trophies 

C. University of California Institute of Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Hays Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Thurlow Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
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1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

A. NASA Honor Awards

CertifICate of Appreciation

The NASA Certificate of Appreciation is usually granted to an individual upon separation from Headquarters to mark dedicated an

substantial contribution, to his organization.

1962

1963

1964

Hiden CoxRobert S. Boyd

William C. Howe

Eugene W. Lovelace

Don D.Cadle

Robert H. Charles

Abraham HyattAddison M. Rothrock

Carroll A. Towne

James C. Elms

James E. Love

Mervin Kelly

Joseph R. Vensel

Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Hayes III (USA)

George M. Knauf, M.D.

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1966

1967

1968

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Philip T. Drotning

Edwin P. Hartman

Robert E. Warren

Ricardo Monges Lopez

Ernest L. Struttman

Albert' A. Vollmecke

James A. Hootman

Edward Z. Gray

George D. McCauley

David H. Stoddard, M.D.

Herbert L. Brewer

Robert W. Kamm

Max A. Heaslet

Bernhardt L. Dorman
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Distinguished Service Medal

Service Medal, NASA's highest award, is given to any person in Federal service, who, "by distinguished service, ability, or courage,

ontribution representing substantial progress to aeronautical or space exploration in the interests of the United States."

ward are reviewed by the NASA Incentive Awards Board.

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Hugh L. Dryden (posthumously)

T. Keith Glennan

Gen. Bernard A. Schriever (USAF, Ret.)

George E. Mueller

Charles W. Mathews

Walter D. Sohier

Homer E. Newell

Edgar M. Cortright

Floyd L. Thompson

Raymond L. Bisplinghoff

Edmond S. Buckley

Paul G. Dembling

Alexander H. Flax

Abe Silverstein

James E. Webb

Distinguished Public Service Medal

Public Service Medal is granted only to individuals whose meritorious contributions produced results which measurably improved,

nistrative procedures, scientific progress, work methods, manufacturing techniques, personnel practices, public information services,

the accomplishment of the mission of NASA. It is granted to any United States citizen who is not an employee of the Federal

mployee during the period in which the service was performed.

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Exceptional Bravery Medal

The NASA Medal for Exceptional Bravery is given for exemplary and courageous handling of an emergency in NASA program activi

independent of personal danger, has acted to prevent the loss ofhuman life or Government property. This medal was first awarded in 19

1963 Capt. Paul J. Balfe (USAF)

John A. Gordon

A3/c Larry J. Hough (USAF)

Curtis C. Lyon

T/Sgt. Charles L. Manes (USAF)

Capt. Lynn B. Rowe (USAF)

1967 Donald O. Babbitt

Stephen B. Clemmons

James p. Gleaves

Jerry W. Hawkins

L. D. Reece

Henry H. Rogers

Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal

The NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal is an award given for unusually significant scientific accomplishments which c

of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Department of Defense, and other Government agencies.

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William J. O'Sullivan

Robert E. Bourdeau

John C. Lindsay

Ernst D. Geissler

Dean R. Chapman

John C. Houbolt

William R. Lucas

Frank B. McDonald

Ernst Stuhlinger

Daniel G. Mazur

Harris M. Schurmeier

Jack N. James

Dan Schneiderman

Eberhardt Rechtin

Leslie H. Meredith

William Nordberg

H. Julian Allen

Richard F. Arenstorf

Helmut J. Horn

Norman F. Ness

George F. Pezdirtz

James A. Chamberlin

19671968

Richard V. Rhode

Michel Bader

Donald E. Gault

Walter B. Horne

Samuel S. Manson

William H. Phillips

Eugene M. Shoemaker

Israel Taback

Maurice D. WhiteMervin G. Ault

Edmond E. BissonJohn C. Evvard

Richard M. Goldstein

Otto A. Hoberg

Hans H. Hosenthien

Robert D.Jastrow

Lewis D. Kaplan

Mark R. Nichols

William A. Page

John A. Parker

Alan Rembaum

Conway W. Snyder
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initiative or creative ability that clearly demonstrates substantial improvement in engineering, administrative, space flight, or

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M. Helen Davies

Herbert A. Wilson

Lt. Col. Robert A. Rushworth (USAF)

Roll D. Ginter

David S. Gabriel

Edmund R. Jonash

J. Cary

Netties

Wilfred E. Scull

Col. Richard E. Dineen (USAF)

Lt. Cdr. Richard F. Gordon, Jr. (USN)

Harry Press '

Leland F. Belew

Lee B. James

Col. William G. Johnson (USMC)

Peter A. Minderman

Capt. James A. Lovell, Jr. (USN)

Lt. Col. Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. (USAF)

Col. John G. Albert (USAF)

Ozro M. Covington

John D. Hodge

William B. Rieke

1967 Robert F. Garbarini

Albert J. Kelley

Maj. Gen. David M. Jones (USAF)

Lt. Cdr. Roger B. Chaffee (USN)

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Donald R. Bellman

William J. Boyer

William Cohen

George C. Deutsch

Robert H. Gray

Howard H. Haglund
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Arthur F. Hood

James J. Kramer

Laurence K. Loftin, Jf.

Joseph B. Mahon

Paul G. Marcotte

James S. Martin, Jf.

Benjamin Milwitsky

Clifford H. Nelson

Robert J. Parks

H. Warren Plohr

Robert D. Reed

Lee R. Scherer

William M. Shea

1968 Mac C. Adams

Walter F. Boone

Donald D. Buchanan

Richard L. Callaghan

R. Walter CunninghamRobert J. Darcey

Philip Donely

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Exceptional Service Medal (Continued)

Robert C. Duncan

Maj. Donn F. Eisele (USAF)

Fred H. Felberg

Arnold W. Frutkin

Paul F. Fuhrmeister

Harry H. Hamilton

Herman E. Lagow

Alvin R. Luedecke

Glynn S. Lunney

Robert J. McCaffery

Mildred V. Morris

Boyd C. Myers

Rocco A. Petrone

Isom A. Rigell

Arthur L. H. Rudolph

William R. Schindler

Capt. WaIter M. Schirra, Jf. (USN)

Albert F. Siepert

Hubert R. Stanley

Michael J. Vaccaro
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Group Achievement Award

ievement Award is presented in recognition of a meritorious achievement which does not fall within the scope of other NASA awards. It

an outstanding contribution or achievement which is sufficiently above normal work standards to warrant special recognition or which

identifiable or monetary benefits to the Government.

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Team, KSC

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Group, Wallops Station

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Scout Project Office, LaRC

MSC-Florida Operations Team, KSC

Launch Support, Equipment Engineering Division, KSC

Agena Project Group, LeRC '

Launch Operations Team, Gemini VII/VI, MSC

1966 Department of Defense Recovery Forces

Advanced Antenna Project Team, IPL

Centaur Project Personnel, LeRC

Project Fire, LaRC

Pegasus Program, LaRC, Headquarters, and MSFC

Space Nuclear Propulsion Office, NASA Hq.

Gemini Astronaut Team, MSC

Manned Space Flight Network Team, GSFC

Gemini Spacecraft Launch Team, KSCGemini Launch Operations and Range Support Team, USAF

Gemini Program Office, MSC

Gemini Program Office, NASA Hq.

Gemini Support Team, MSC

1967 Apollo 204 Review Board, KSC

Supersonic Transport NASA Evaluation Team

Lunar Orbiter Spacecraft and Operations Team

260-inch Solid Motor Project Team

1968 Apollo 7 Flight Operations Team

Instrumentation Ships Team •

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The NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal is awarded for notably outstanding leadership which has had a pronounced effect upon the 

or administrative programs of NASA.

1961 Edward R. Sharp

Henry J. E. Reid

Abe Silverstein

1962 PaulF.Bilde

Hartley A. Soule

George B. Graves, Jr.

Maxime A. Faget

George M. Low

John W. Townsend, Jr.

1963 Morton J. Stoller

Maj. Gen. Leighton I. Davis (USAF)

Kenneth S. Kleinknecht

Christopher C. Kraft, Jr.G. Merritt Preston

Floyd L. Thompson

D. Brainerd Holmes

Charles J. Donlan

Walter HaeussermannWilliam A. Mrazek

John A. Johnson

1964 De E. Beeler

Col. Robert P. Young (USA)

Walter L. Lingle

Wernher von Hraun

Kurt Debus

Harry J. Goett

1965 Lt. Gen. Walter K. Wilson, Jr. (USA)

Charles W. Mathews

Oran W. Nicks

Bruce T. Lundin

Smith J. DeFrance

1966 Earl D. Hilburn

John D. Young

Oscar W. Schey

John F. Clark

Edgar M. Cortright

Robert L. Krieger

George J. Vecchietti

Harold B. Finger

Harry H. Gorman

Edmund F. O'ConnorEberhard F. M. Rees

Hermann K. Weidner

Robert F. Thompson

John J. Williams

Maj. Gen. Vincent G. Huston (USAF)
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1967

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Jack L. Bowers

George M. Bunker

Brig. Gen. Paul T. Cooper (USAF)

Daniel J. Haughton

Roger Lewis

James S. McDonnell, Jr.

R. I. McKenzie

L. Eugene Root

David S. Lewis

Richard Cottrell

Paul P. DatnerWilliam Feldman

Robert J. Helberg

Robert L. Roderick

Mark Sasso

No award given

Superior Achievement Award

ievement Award is presented in recognition of a meritorious achievement which does not fall within the scope of other NASA awards.

l for an outstanding contribution or achievement which is sufficiently above normal work standards to warrant special recognition or

cally identifiable or monetary benefits to the Government.

Eldon W. Hall

Vearl N. Huff

Anthony L. Liccardi

William A. Summerfelt

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NASA Inventions and Contributions Board, to make monetary awards not exceeding $100 000 for any scientific or technical contri

value in the conduct of aeronautical and space activities. Awards exceeding $100 000 must be reported to the appropriate committe

Congress takes no action or does not veto the proposed award, it may be made.

APPENDIX A: SELECTED AEROSPACE AWARDS

B. Awards Granted Under Section 306 of the National Aeronautics

and Space Administration Act of 1958

Langley Research Center

Employer

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Langley Research Center

Langley Research Center

Langley Research CenterManned Spacecraft Center

Manned Spacecraft CenterManned Spacecraft Center

Manned Spacecraft Center

Langley Research CenterLangley Research Center

Lewis Research Center

Jet Propulsion LaboratoryJet Propulsion Laboratory

Contribution

Satellite Doppler navigation system

Erectible self-supporting space vehicle

Ablation rate meter

Flexible wing (kite)

Survival couchSpace capsule

Vehicle parachute and equipment jettison system

Emergency ejection device

Expansion tube for hypervelocity

Wedge tails for hypersonic aircraft

Ion rocket

Bipolar logarithmic current-to-voltage transducer

Space vehicle attitude control

Variable-sweep-wing configuration

Inventor

Frank T. McClure

William J. O'Sullivan, Jr.

Emedio M. Bracalente

Ferdinand C. Woolson

Andre J. Meyer, Jr.

Maxime A. Faget

Andre J. Meyer, Jr

Maxime A. Faget

William M. Bland, Jr.

Jack C. Heberlig

Maxime A. Faget

Andre J. Meyer, Jr.

R. G. Chilton

W. S. Blanchard, Jr.

A. B. Kehlet

J. B. Hammack

C. C. Johnson, Jr.

Robert L. Trimpi

Charles H. McLellan

Harold R. Kaufman

Conrad Josias

James D. Acord

Howard C. Vivian

Francis Rogallo

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William J. Alford, Jr.

Edward C. Polhamus

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Hall-current plasma accelerator Langley Research Center 1200

Multiple quick disconnector Marshall Space Flight Center 1000

Space communication system Jet Propulsion Laboratory 5000

Decomposition unit Food Machinery and Chemical Corp. 1500

n Spin adjusting mechanism Goddard Space Flight Center 2000

Trajectory-correction propulsion system Jet Propulsion Laboratory 1000

Solar cell for radiation environment Goddard Space Flight Center/Lewis Research 6000

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Low-speed time multiplexing Jet Propulsion Laboratory 1300

older Sensing devices Jet Propulsion Laboratory 1 600

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Heat insulator North American Aviation, Inc. 1000

Electric arc apparatus Ames Research Center 2500

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Inventor Contribution Employer 

John M. Thole Inflation system for balloon satellites Goddard Space Flight Center/Geo

Wallace S. Kreisman

Robert M. Chapman

G. Richard Blair Inorganic thermal control pigment Hughes Aircraft Co. 

John C. McFall, Jr. Underwater location system Langley Research Center 

Ray W. Lovelady

Kenneth A. Ruddock Three-component optically pumped magnetometer Spectra Physics Inc. 

Robert C. Rempel

Charles R. Peek Connector strips-positive, negative end and "T" Astra-Electronics Div., Radio Cor

Lewis E. Boodley tabs

Robert K. Yasui Solar cell submodule Jet PropUlsion Laboratory 

Warren E. Armstrong Catalyst for monopropellant decomposition of Shell Development Co. 

Donald S. laFrance hydrazine

Carroll Z. Morgan

lloyd B. Ryland

Hervey H. Voge

1967 Joseph A. Goodrich Locking device for turbine rotor blades North American Aviation, Inc. 

Kenneth T. Ingham

Richard C. Turner Thermo couple assembly Jet Propulsion Laboratory 

Richard A. McKay Temperature control system for circulating fluids Jet Propulsion Laboratory 

John B. Schutt Alkali-metal silicate protective coating Goddard Space Flight Center/Elec

Charles M. Shai Research, Inc.

Robert A. Jones Technique for quantitative measurement of aera- Langley Research Center 

James L. Hunt dynamic heat transfer to supersonic wind

tunnel models of complicated shapes

Thomas E. Cowell Aerodynamic nozzle spikes Rocket Dynamics Div., North Am

Ira B. Madison

Irwin Baker Constant life device Hughes Aircraft Corp. 

1965a Clayton Loyd Precision electronic control for orbital tube flaring Marshall Space Flight Center 

John R. Rasquin machines

Hubert E. Smith

Charles D. Stocks

Helmut G. L. Krause Theory of a refined earth figure model and theory Marshall Space Flight Center 

of a refined earth figure model with applications
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Articulated multiple couch assembly Weber Aircraft 100

Fluid-handling system Whirlpool Corp. 100

Fluid lubricant system TRW Systems Inc. 250

Gas-cooled high-temperature thermocouple Westinghouse Electric Co. 50

Analytical photoionization mass spectrometer GCACorp. 150

Extensible cable support North American Rockwell Corp_ 50

High-resolution developing of photosensitive Westinghouse Electric Co. 500

resists

Method and apparatus for ballasting high- Radio Corp. of America 400

frequency transistors

Method and apparatus for cryogenic wire Hayes International Corp. 400

Decoder/actuator device Jet Propulsion Laboratory 50

Broadband microwave waveguide window Jet Propulsion Laboratory 100

Noninterruptable digital counting system Jet Propulsion Laboratory 700

Polarimeter for transient measurement Jet Propulsion Laboratory 1400

Bimetallic power-controlled actuator Jet Propulsion Laboratory 500

Absolute cavity radiometer Jet Propulsion Laboratory 1 100

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Synthesis of zinc titanate pigment and coatings

containing the same

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Marshall Space Flight Center/IIT Research Institute 300
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The Federal Woman's Award is presented annually to six women for "outstanding ability and achievement in an executive, profess

position in Government."

Not an official award, the ASME Man of the Year Award was given for the first time in 1967. It is administered by the Metropoli

Society of Mechanical Engineers and is presented for "outstanding achievement in mechanical engineering."

APPENDIX A: SELECTED AEROSPACE AWARDS

C. Miscellaneous Awards to NASA Personnel

American Society of Mechanical Engineers Man of the Year Award

1967 Wernher von Braun, MSFC

Federal Woman's Award

19621963

Nancy Grace Roman, NASA Hq.

Eleanor C. Pressly, GSFC

1964

1966

Evelyn Anderson, ARC

Jocelyn R. Gill, MSC

Arthur S. Flemming Award

Administered by the District of Columbia Junior Chamber of Commerce in cooperation with the Chesapeake and Potomac Teleph

Electric Power Company, and the Washington Gas Light Corrpany, the Arthur S. Flemming Award is given annually "to outstan

Government in scientific or technical administrative or executive fields."

19591960

1961

1962

19631964

Maxime A. Faget, LaRC

Wolfgang E. Moekel, LeRC

Joseph W. Siry, GSFC

Bernard Lubarsky, LeRC

Geroge M. Low,NASA Hq.

Edgar M. Cortright, Jr., NASA Hq.

John W. Townsend, Jr., GSFC

Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., MSC

Wesley J. Hjornevik, MSC

196519671968

Leonard Jaffe, NASA Hq.

Robert Jastrow, GSFC

Joseph F. Shea, MSC

Wilmot N. Hess, GSFC

John D. Hodge, MSC

George F. Pezdirtz, ARC

James J. Kramer, LeRC

Norman F. Ness, GSFC
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xceptional competence and sustained superior performance of career employees with 10 or more years of Federal service. It is given to

bringing national recognition to significant careers in the Federal service.

NASA Hq.

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196419651967

Smith J. DeFrance, ARC

Homer E. Newell, NASA Hq.

Floyd L. Thompson, LaRC

National Medal of Science

Congress, this award was first presented in 1963. Its purpose is to honor individuals who, in the judgment of the President, "are

tion by reason of their outstanding contributions to knowledge in the physical, biological, mathematical, or engineering sciences." The

and is the Federal Government's highest award in these fields of endeavor.

posthumously)
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2. Professional Associations and Societies

A. Aerospace Medical Association

Louis H. Bauer Founder's Award

Established in 1960 to honor the founder of the Aerospace Medical Association, this award is given annually for the most signifi

medicine. The honorarium is $500.

196119621963

1964

Lt. Col. Stanley C. White (USAF, Me)

Brig. Gen. Don D. Flickinger (USAF, Me)

Col. Paul A. Campbell (USAF, Me)

Col. William K. Douglas (USAF, MC)

1965

1966

1967

1968

Hubertus Strughold, M.D.

Charles A. Berry, MD.

R/Adm Frank B. Voris (USN, MC)

James N. Waggoner, M.D.

Walter M. Boothby Award

Established in 1961 in memory of Dr. Walter M. Boothby, this award is given annually for outstanding research directed toward th

prevention of disease in professional airline pilots. The honorarium is $1000.

1961

1962

1963

1964

John E. Smith, M.D.

Ross A. McFarland

Jan H. Tillisch, MD.

Louis R. Krasno, MD.

1965

1966

1967

1968

Earl T. Carter, M.D.

Stanley R. MoWer, M.D.

G. Earle Wight, M.D.

Charles R. Harper, M.D.

Howard K. Edwards Award

Established in 1961 in memory of Dr. Howard K. Edwards, this award is presented annually for the outstanding practice of 

pertaining to professional airline pilots. The honorarium is $1000.

19611962

1963

1964

George J. Kidera, M.D.Otis B. Schreuder, M.D.

Ludwig G. Lederer, MD.

Andre Allard, MD.

19651966

19671968

John E. Smith, MD.

Charles C. Gullett, M.D.

George F. Catlett, MD.

Peter B. Siegel, M.D.
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Eric Liljencrantz Award

ed in 1957 in memory ofCdr. Eric Liljencrantz (USN, MC), who worked in aviation medicine until his death in an airplane accident in

t paper on basic research in the prob Ie ms of acceleration and altitude. The honorarium is $500.

Byrnes (USAF, MC, Ret.)

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M.D.

1964

1965

1966

1967

1968

Capt. Ralph L. Christy (USN, MC)

David M. Clark

Henning von Gierke

Charles F. Gell, MD.

Edward J. Baldes

Raymond F. Longacre Award

onor the memory of Maj. Raymond F. Longacre (USA), this award is given annually for outstanding achievement in the psychological

erospace medicine. The honorarium is $500.

ley (USAF, MC)

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lips (USN, MC)

196419651966

1967

1968

Frederick H. Hohles, M.D.

Anchard F. Zeller

Richard Trumbull

Col. Don E. Flinn (USAF, MC)

Frederick E. Guedry

Theodore C. Lyster Award

ed in 1947 to honor the memory of Brig. Gen. Theodore C. Lyster, first Chief Surgeon, Aviation Section, U.S. Army Signal Corps. It

evement in the general field of aerospace medicine. The honorarium is $500.

, M.D.

oebus (USN, MC)

A. G. Corbet (RCAF)

lliam K. Stewart (RAF)

M.D.

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19641965

196619671968

William Randolph Lovelace II, M.D.

William J. Kennard, M.D.

Brig. Gen. Eugene G. Reinartz (USAF, Ret.)

Brig. Gen. John M. Talbot (USAF, MC)

Jan H. Tillishch, M.D.
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Harry G. Moseley Award

Established in 1961 to honor the memory of Col. Harry G. Moseley, this award is given annually for the most outstanding cont

honorarium is $500.

19611962

1963

1964

Capt. Carl E. Wilbur (USN, Me)

Col. F. M. Townsend (USAF, MC)

Brig. Gen. Kenneth E. Pletcher (USAF, MC)

Capt. W. Harley Davidson (USAF, Me)

1965

19661967

1968

Capt. Richard E. Leuhrs (USN, Me)

Capt. Roland A. Bosee (USN, MC)

Maj. Richard M. Chubb (USAF, MC)

John J. Swearingen

Arnold D. Tuttle Award

Established in 1952, this award is given annually for original research that has made the most significant contribution toward t

problem in aerospace medicine. The honorarium is $500. 

1958

19591960

1961

1962

1963

Siegfried J. Gerathewoh1

Lawrence E. Lamb, M.D.

Hermann J. Schaefer

Lt. Col. Charles A. Berry (USAF, Me)

Clayton S. White, M.D.

Charles 1. Barron, M.D.

196419651966

1967

1968

Vincent M. Downey, M.D.

Capt. Ashton Graybie1 (USN, MC)

Lt. Col. James F. Culver (USAF, Me)

Billy E. Welch

Dietrich E. Beischer, M.D.

B. Air Force Association

H. H. Arnold Trophy

This trophy is awarded to aerospace's "Man of the Year" for the most outstanding contribution to the field of aerospace activity.

1958

19591960

1961

1962

1963

Maj. Gen. Bernard A. Schriever (USAF)

Gen. Thomas S.Power (USAF)

Gen. Thomas D. White (USAF)

Lyle S. Garlock

A. C. Dickieson

John R. Pierce

363rd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, TAC

4080th Strategic Wing, SAC

1964

1965

19661967

1968

Gen. Curtis E. LeMay (USAF)

2nd Air Division, PACAF, USAF

8th, 12th, 355th, 366th, and 388th Tactical 

432d and 460th Tactical Reconnaissance W

William W. Momyer

Col. Frank Borman (USAF)

Capt. James A. Lovell, Jr. (USN)

Lt. Col. William A. Anders (USAF)
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1963

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Maj. Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson (USAF)

Maj. Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson (USAF)

Capt. Robert M. Silva (USAF)

6555th Aerospace Test Wing, AFSC

Alterio Gallerani

Lt. Col. Harry F. Rizzo (USAF)

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Flight Trophy," this award was renamed in 1957 in honor of the late Col. David C. Schilling. It is awarded for distinguished service

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1963

1964

1965

1966

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Maj. L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. (USAF)

Maj. Sidney J. Kubesch (USAF)

Lt. Col. Frank Borman (USAF)

Maj. Hallett P. Marston (USAF)

Col. Robin Olds (USAF)

Capt. Albert R. Kaiser (USAF)

Hoyt S. Vandenberg Trophy

rophy was originally named the "Air Education Trophy," but was renamed in 1954 in honor of the late Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg.

service in the field of aerospace education.

McDermott (USAF)

1964

1965

1966

19671968

Aerospace Presentations Team

Brig. Gen. William C. Lindley (USAF)

B. F. Skinner

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Gill Robb Wilson Trophy

This trophy is awarded for distinguished service to aerospace in the field of arts and letters.

1958

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Air Photographic and Charting Service, MATS

James F. Sunderman

Walter Lippman

Orvil A. Anderson

Albert Simpson

Bob Considine

George C. Bales

1964

1965

1966

1967

1968

Mark S. Watson

Elton C. Fay

Society of Illustrators of New York City,

Los Angeles, and San Francisco

Robert F. Engel

Edward C. Welsh

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Flight Achievement Award

Established in 1958, this award is given annually to persons who have contributed most to the advancement of manned space flight

1958

19591960

1961

1962

1963

19641965

Capt. Iven C. Kincheloe, Jr. (USAF)

(posthumously)

A. Scott Crossfield

No award given

Lt. Cdr. Alan B. Shepard, Jr. (USN)

Capt. Virgil I. Grissom (USAF)

Lt. Col. John H. Glenn, Jr. (USMC)

Maj. L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. (USAF)

Charles A. Lindbergh

Lt. Col. Frank Borman (USAF)

Cdr. James A. Lovell, Jr. (USN)

1966

19671968

Capt. Walter M. Schirra, Jr. (USN)

Maj. Thomas P. Stafford (USAF)

Lt. Cdr. Charles Conrad, Jr. (USN)

Lt. Cdr. Richard F. Gordon, Jr. (USN)Lt. Col. Virgil I. Grissom (USAF) (posthumo

Lt. Col. Edward H. White II (USAF) (posthu

Lt. Cdr. Roger B. Chaffee (USN) (posthumo

Col. Frank Borman (USAF)

Capt. James A. Lovell, Jr. (USN)

Lt. Col. William A. Anders (USAF)
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in 1957, is presented annually for outstanding contributions to "a physician who has performed research contributing with distinction

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White (USAF)

.Flickinger (USAF, MC)

biel (USN, MC)

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1964

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1967

1968

No award given

Charles A. Berry, MD.

Col. William K. Douglas (USAF, MC)

Paul A. Campbell

William M. Helvey, M.D.

Space Flight Award

s award is given annually as an acknowledgment of outstanding efforts and achievements in the advancement ofspace flight and space

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1965

1966

1967

1968

Hugh L. Dryden (posthumously)

Robert R. Gilruth

Kurt Debus

William H. Pickering

George M. Low

George E. Mueller

Victor A. Prather Award

hed in 1962 to honor Lt. Cdr. Victor A. Prather (USN), who lost his life during a strato-lab balloon flight in 1961. The award is given

in the field of extravehicular protection in space.

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1967

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No award given

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James V. Correale
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merits recognition for sustained contributions to space technology." W. Randolph Lovelace II Award

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Robert Truax

Arthur L. H. Roudolph

1967

1968

Lloyd V. Berkner Space Utilization Award

Jeannette Ridlon Piccard

Robert Morris Page

19651966

This award is presented for outstanding contributions to the commercial utilization ofspace technology.

1967 Austin N. Stanton 1968 Joseph Charyk, Comsat Corp.

Alfred M. Mayo

D. American Geophysical Union

John'Adam Fleming Award

This award was presented for the first time in 1962; it commemorates Dr. Fleming (1877-1956), a pioneer in the development of the 

and director of much of the magnetic and electric survey work of the earth in the first half of the twentieth century. The award is giv

research illuminating fundamental aspects of aeronomy, and other closely related branches of science."

1962

19631964

1965

Lloyd V. Berkner

James A. Van Allen

Edward O. Hulburt

Norman F. Ness

1966

1967

1968

Scott E. Forbush

Ernest Harry Vestine

Eugene N. Parker

James B. Macelwane Award

This award is presented in recognition of significant contributions to the geophysical sciences by a young scientist of outstanding abili

1962

1963

1964

1965

James N. Brune

Alexander J. Dessler

Klaus F. Hasselmann

Gordon J. F. MacDonald

1966

19671968

Don L. Anderson

Manik TalwaniMichael B. McElroy
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ted for outstanding contributions to fundamental geophysics and for unselfish cooperation in research.

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1964

1965

1966

19671968

Julius Bartels

Hugo Benioff

Louis B. Slichter

lloyd V. Berkner

Roger Revelle

E. American Helicopter Society

Grover E. Bell Award

or an aviation pioneer, this award is presented "for the purpose of fostering and encouraging research and experimentation in the important

ld of helicopter development to the person or persons making an outstanding contribution to helicopter 4evelopments during the preceding

nited States."

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1964

1965

1966

19671968

No award given

Paul J. Carpenter

Air Rescue and Recovery Service,

Military Airlift Command, USAF

Edwin J. Ducayet and the Huey Cobra Team

Sikorsky Aircraft and the flying crane concept
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Frederick L. Feinberg Award

Established in 1959, this award honors Frederick L. Feinberg (1922-1958), an outstanding helicopter test pilot. It is given annuall

who accomplished the outstanding achievement"-rescue, flight and test development of new aircraft, or general high level of pe

flying-in the preceding calendar year. The honorarium is $200. .

\4. Carney (USAF)

tfton (USN)

ck (USMC)

1960

19611962

1963

Maj. William G. Davis (USAF)

Capt. Walter J. Hodgson (USAF)

Link. Luckett

Lt. Col. Fran.

Lt. Robert W.

Capt. Louis K.

1964

1965

196619671968

Winford Alan Newton (posthumously)

Col. George P. Seneff (USAF)

Delford M. Smith

Maj. Robert G. Ferry (USAF)

Capt. Jerome R. Daly (USA)

Paul E. Haueter Memorial·Award

This award is presented "for significant contributions to the development of Vertical-Takeoff-and-Landing aircraft other than heli

estahlished by frii;nds of Paul E. Haueter (1923-1964), an aeronautical engineer.

1966 The XC-142A Tri-Service V/STOL Aircraft Program

LTV Aerospace corporation, Prime Contractor

1967

1968

Hawker Siddeley Aviation, Hawker Siddeley Gr

John P. Campbell

Alexander K1emin Award

Established in 1951 in honor of the memory of the late Dr. Alexander Klemin-eminent aeronautical engineer, educator, author, an

aeronautics-the award is given each year for "engineering, design, and invention in the field of rotary-wing aircraft."

1958

1959

1960

1961

19621963

Frederich L. von Doblhoff

Robert L. Lichten

v Keith Putnam

Leon L. Douglas

Brig. Gen. Robert R. Williams (USA)

Frederick B. Gustafson

19641965

196619671968

Kurt H. Hohenemser

Elliot Daland

Iven H. Culver

Anselm Franz

Rene H. Miller
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he memory of Capt. William J. Kossler (1896-1945)-U.s. Coast Guard aviator, aeronautical engineer, and early advocate of helicopters

ns-this award is given "for greatest achievement in practical application or operation ofrotary-wing aircraft, the value of which has been

ervice during the preceding year."

Aircraft Test and Supply Activity (USA)

ys, Inc.

rmstrong (USMC)

Howell (USA)

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J. Tolson (USA)

19651966

19671968

To individuals and organizations, military and

civilian, who participated in the numerous rescues and

supply and resupply missions during the disastrous

floods in the Northwestern United States in December

1964.

Maj. Gen. Harry W. O. Kinnard (USA)

Maj. Gen. Keith B. McCutcheon (USMC)

The individuals in the Armed Services

in Southeast Asia, who, by innovation

and imaginative operational techniques,

have made significant contributions to

the effectiveness of the helicopter.

Igor I. Sikorsky International Trophy

"in recognition of outstanding achievement in the advancement of the helicopter art by the establishment of an official world record."

gn Team, U.S.S.R.

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ance

19651966

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1968

Sikorsky Aircraft Division, United Aircraft Corporation

Hughes Tool Company, Aircraft Division

No award given

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F. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

On February 1, 1963, the American Rocket Society and the Institute of Aerospace Sciences (changed October 27, 1960, from the 

Sciences) merged to become the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).

AIAA Aerospace Communications Award

Established in 1968, this award honors the late Don Williams, a pioneer in the development and design of synchronous commun

presented for the first time in 1968.

1968 Donald D. Williams Harold A. Rosen

Octave Chanute Award

Established by the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences in 1939 in honor of Octave Chanute, American aeronautical pioneer, this awa

contribution made by a pilot to the aerospace sciences." It carries a $500 honorarium.

1958

1959

1960

1961

19621963

A. Scott Crossfield

John P. Reeder

Joseph T. Tymczyszyn

Joseph A. Walker

Neil A. Armstrong

Col. E. J. Bechtold (USA, Ret.)

1964

1965

196619671968

Fred J. Drinkwater IIIRobert C. Innis

Alvin S. White'

Donald F. McKusker

John L. Swigert, Jr.

Milton O. Thompson

Maj. William J. Knight (USAF)

De Florez Training Award

The De Florez Training Award was presented for the first time in 1965 and is given to an individual responsible for an outstanding i

training. The award is named for the late Adm. Luis de Florez (USN), who did much to advance the use of simulators in the training of 

$500.

1965

1966

Lloyd L. Kelly

Warren J. North

19671968

Edwin A. Link

Joseph laRussa
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outstanding contributions "in the engineering science of propulsion or energy conversion." The award carries a $10 000 honorarium.

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A. W. Blackman

George D. Lewis

1967 Robert O. Bullock

Irving A. Johnsen

Seymour lieblein

1968 Donald C. Berkey

Ernest C. Simpson

James E. Worsham

Haley Astronautics Award

was established by the American Rocket Society in 1954 and renamed in 1966 to honor the late Andrew G. Haley. It is presented

ntributions to the advancement ofspace flight and carries a $500 honorarium.

heloe, Jr. (USAF)

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hepard, Jr. (USN)

lenn, Jr. (USMC)

Schirra, Jr. (USN)

oper, Jr. (USAF)

1964

19651966

1967

1968

Walter C. Williams

Brig. Gen. Joseph S. Bleymaier (USAF)

Neil A. Armstrong

Lt. Col. David R. Scott (USAF)Lt. Col. Edward H. White II (USAF) (posthumously)

Lt. Col. Virgil I. Grissom (USAF) (posthumously)
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and ingenuity in the art and science of space flights." The honorarium is $5000, or up to $10 000 for joint awards.

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Hugh L. Dryden

von Braun

W. Randolph Lovelace II, M.D. (posthumou

Abe Silverstein

W. H. Pickering

19641965

1966

1967

1968

John Jeffries Award

Robert H. Goddard (pOsthumously)

James A. Van Allen

S. K. Hoffman

Thomas E. Dixon

Robert R. Gilruth

Charles Stark Draper

Robert J. Parks

Jack N. James

1958

19591960

196119621963

Established in 1940 by the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences, the John Jeffries Award is given for "outstanding contributi

aeronautics through medical research." The award honors Dr. Jeffries (1744-1819), an American physician and balloonist who 

scientific observations from the air and participated in the first aerial crossing of the English Channel in 1785. The honorarium is $500

19581959

1960

1961

1962

1963

Hubertus Strughold, M.D.

Brig. Gen. Don D. Flickinger (USAF)

Capt. Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr. (USAF)

Capt. Ashton Graybiel (USN, MC)

James L. Goddard, MD.

No award given

19641965

1966

1967

1968

Eugene Konecci

Col. William K. Douglas (USAF, MC)

Charles A. Berry, MD.

Charles I. Barron, M.D.

Loren D. Carlson

Robert M. Losey Award

Established in 1940 by the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences, this award honors Capt. Losey, a meteorological officer with 

officer in the service of the U.s. to die in World War II. It is given annually "in recognition of outstanding contributions to the scienc

to aeronautics" and carries a $500 honorarium.

1958

1959

1960

1961

1962

1963

Patrick D. McTaggart-Cowan

Herbert Riehl

Thomas F. Malone

Arthur F. Merewether

Jacob A. B. Bjerknes

No award given

1964

1965196619671968

Col. Robert C. Miller (USAF)

George P. Cressman

David Atlas

Elrnar R. Reiter

No award given
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ol of Flight Award, given for the first time in 1967, is presented for "an outstanding recent technical or scientific contribution by an

uidance or control of flight in space or in the atmosphere." The honorarium is $500.

1968 Robert V. Knox

G. Edward Pendray Award

he American Rocket Society in honor of one of its founders, the G. Edward Pendray Award is given annually for an outstanding

nd astronautical literature. It carries a $500 honorarium.

.

1964

19651966

19671968

Andrew G. Haley

Dinsmore Alter

A. K. Oppenheim

Robert A. Gross

Arthur E. Bryson, Jr.

Sylvanus Albert Reed Award

he Institute of Aeronautical Sciences, the Sylvanus Albert Reed Award is named for the aircraft designer, who was a founder-member

ally "for a notable contribution to aeronautical engineering design for the aeronautical sciences, the beneficial influence of which is

of practical aeronautics." The honorarium is $500.

1964

1965

1966

19671968

Abe SilversteinArthur E. Raymond

Maj. Clarence L. Johnson (USAF)

Adolph Busemann

William H. Cook
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Dryden Research Lecture

Established in 1960 by the American Rocket Society, the Research Award was renamed the Dryden Research Lecture in 1967 in h

Dryden. This traveling lecture award is "intended to emphasize the great importance of basic research to the Nation's program in aeron

salute to research scientists and engineers in American laboratories." The lecture carries a $1000 honorarium.

1961

19621963

1964

James A. Van Allen

A. Theodore Forrester

No award given

Henry M. Shuey

19651966

1967

1968

Wallace D. Hayes

Shao-chi Lin

Edward W. Price

Hans W. Liepmann

Space Science Award

Established in 1961 by the American Rocket Society and Bell Aerosystems Co., the Space Science Award is given "to a scientist who 

through his achievements in investigation of the physics of atmospheres of celestial bodies and of the matter and fields existing in sp

. 

1962

1963

19641965

John R. Winkler

No award given

Maj. Herbert Friedman (USA, Ret.)

Eugene N. Parker

1966

1967

1968

Francis S. JohnsonRobert B. Leighton

Kinsey A. Anderson

Lawrence B. Sperry Award

Established in 1936 by the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences, the award is named for a pioneer aviator and inventor who died in 

flight across the English channel. It is given "for a notable contribution made by a young man to the advancement of aeronautics." The 

1958

1959

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Robert G. Loewy

James E. McCune

Robert B. Howell

Douglas G. HarveyRobert O. Piland

No award given

19641965196619671968

Daniel M. Tellep

Rodney C. Wingrove

Capt. Joe H. Engle (USAF)

Eugene F. Kranz

Roy V. Harris, Jr.
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the American Rocket Society, the von Karman Lecture is given in honor of Theodore von Karman, world famous authority on

arries a $1000 honorarium.

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1966

19671968

Nicholas J. Hoff

Lester Lees

William B. Sears

Wright Brothers Lecture

cture commemorates the first powered flights made by Orville and Wilbur Wright at Kitty Hawk in 1903 and is presented for "great

sciences." The honorarium is $1000.

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1965

1966

1967

1968

George S. SchairerGordon N. Patterson

Charles Stark Draper

Philippe Poisson-Quinton

Charles W. Harper

James H. Wyld Propulsion Award

the American Rocket Society, the C. N. Hickman Award was renamed the Propulsion Award in 1952. The James H. Wyld Memorial

3 by the American Rocket Society, was merged in 1964 with the Propulsion Award to become the James H. Wyld Propulsion Award,

hievement in the development or application of rocket propulsion systems." The award, named for the developer of the regeneratively

es a $500 honorarium.

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Young (USMC)

man

James H. Wyld Memorial Award

1958 Gen. Holger W. Toftoy

1959 Karel J. Bossart1960 Robert L. Johnson

1961 Harrison A. Storms, Jr.

1962 V/Adm. William F. Raborn (USN)

1963 No award given

1964 Brig. Gen. Joseph S. Bleymaier (USAF)

James H. Wyld Propulsion Award

1965 Werner R. Kirchner1966 Maurice J. Zucrow

1967 Adelbert O. Tischler

1968 Harold B. Finger
Established in 1959 by the American Rocket Society, the Hermann Oberth Medal is now administered by the AIAA (Alabam

"commemorate major accomplishments in the fields ofscience and engineering." This award, honoring rocket pioneer Herman Oberth 

to members or former members ofthe Alabama Section.

APPENDIX A: SELECTED AEROSPACE AWARDS

Hennann Oberth Medal

Carl Hiemburg

Hugh Taylor (posthumously)

W.R.Lucas

Hermann H. Koelle

Maj. William C. Snoddy (USA, Ret.)

1963

1964

1965

1966

1967

G. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Alabama Section)

Gen. John B. Medaris (USA)

Gen. John A. Barclay (USA)

Gen. H. W. Toftoy

Wernher von Braun

Ernst Stuhlinger

1959

1960

19611962

H. American Meteorological Society

Cleveland Abbe Award

This award, presented occasionally, is given for outstanding contributions to the progress of atmospheric science. The awa

(1838-1916), the first American to make successful day-to-day predictions for a Government weather service.

1963

19641965

Lloyd V. Berkner

Francis W. Reichelderfer

Sverre Petterssen

196619671968

Alan T. Waterman

Thomas F. Malone

Robert M. White

Applied Meteorology Award

The award for Applied Meteorology is made to an individual for outstanding contributions to advance applied meteorology.

1959

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Joseph J. George

Carl-Gustaf Arvid Rossby (posthumously)

Henry T. HarrisonRobert D. Elliott

Alfred H. Glenn

1963

1965

19661967

1968

Herbert C. S. Thorn

Loren W. Crow

Eugene Bollay

Wallace E. Howell

E. Wendell Hewson
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ward is given to an individual who has made outstanding contributions in the field of bioclimatology.

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Meisinger Award

Frederick A. Brooks

Paul E. Waggoner

No award given

nce Leroy Meisinger, an aerologist acclaimed for his fundamental work in upper-air pressure computation, is given from time to time

ibutions by meteorologists under 35 years of age.

19631964

196519661967

1968

Edward N. Lorenz

Richard J. Reed

Hans A. Panofsky

George W. Platzman

Katsuyuki Ooyama

Richard S. Lindzen

Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal

n the basis of outstanding contributions to man's understanding of the structure or behavior of the atmosphere." Until 1958 this

for Extraordinary Scientific Achievement, but was renamed for Carl-Gustaf Rossby, whose contributions to the dynamic

understanding of atmospheric motions and thermodynamics. It represents the highest honor the AMS can bestow upon an

1964 Jule G. Charney

1965 Arnt H. Eliassen

1966 Zdenek Sekera

1967 Verner E. Suomi

mously) 1968 Edward N. Lorenz
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Sverdrup Gold Medal

This award, established in 1964 to honor the late Harald VIrik Sverdrup, is granted to "researchers who make outstanding con

knowledge ofinteractions between the oceans and the atmosphere."

1964 Henry Stommel 1966 Walter H. Munk

I. American Society of Mechanical Engineers

John Fritz Medal

Established in 1902, in honor of a pioneer in the U.S. iron and steel industry, the John Fritz Medal is awarded annually "for no

achievement without restriction on account of nationality or sex." The award is made jointly with four other national engineering soci

1958

1959

1960

1961

1962

1963

John R. Suman

Mervin J. Kelly

Gwilym A. Price

Stephen D. Bechtel

Crawford H. Greenewalt

Hugh L. Dryden

1964

1965

196619671968

Gen. Lucius D. Clay (USA, Ret.)

Frederick R. Kappel

Warren K. Lewis

Walker L. Cisler

Igor I. Sikorsky
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Elmer A. Sperry Award

ward commemorates "contributions to advancement ofthe art of transportation" by Elmer Ambrose Sperry (1860-1930). It is given

shed engineering contribution, which, through application, proved in actual service, has advanced the art of transportation whether

rd is sponsored jointly by ASME, three other engineering societies, and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

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196619671968

Richard L. Rouzie

John E. Steiner

William H. Cook

Richard L. Loesch, Jr.

Hideo Shima

Matsutaro Fujii

Shigenari Oishi

Edward R. Dye (posthumously)

Hugh DeHaven

Robert A. Wolf

Christopher S. Cockerell

Richard Stanton-Jones

Spirit of St. Louis Medal

ward is given "for meritorious service in the advancement of aeronautics."

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1965

1966

1967

1968

William H. Pickering

Christopher C. Kraft, Jr.

Ira G. Hedrick

George S. Moore

American Society of Mechanical Engineers Medal

SME Medal is awarded annually for "eminently distinguished engineering achievement."

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196519671968

Alan Howard

Johannes M. Burgers

Mayo D. Hersey

Samuel C. Collins
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J. Army Aviation Association of America

Anny Aviator of the Year Award

Established in 1959, this award is given for outstanding individual accomplishment in Army aviation.

195919601961

1962

1963

Capt. James T. Kerr

COO Clifford V. Turvey

CWO Michael J. Madden

Capt. Leyburn W. Brockwell, Jr.

Capt. Enmett F. Knight

1964

1965

196619671968

Maj. Marquis D. HilbertMaj. Paul A. Bloomquist

Capt. James A. Scott III

CWO Jerome R. Daly

Capt. Robin K. Miller

James H. McClellan Aviation Safety Award

This award is given to officers, soldiers, or civilians who have made outstanding contributions to Army aviation safety.

19591960

1961

1962

1963

Maj. Arne H. Eliassen

Col. John L. Inskeep

No award given

Col. Spurgeon H. Neel, Jr.

Col. James F. Wells

1964

1965

19661967

1968

Col. Conrad L. Stansberry

Ralph B. Greenway

Gerard M. Bruggink

Capt. Gary F. Ramage

Francis P. McCourt

K. Arnold Air Society

General H. H. Arnold Trophy

Established in 1958, this trophy honors the late General Arnold (USAF), the ftrst honorary national commander of the Arnold Air 

member ofthe USAF for "outstanding contributions to military aviation and aerospace progress."

1958

1959

1960

1961

19621963

Lt. Col. David Simon (USAF)

Maj. Gen. Donald Yates (USAF)

Lt. Gen. Bernard A. Schriever (USAF)

Gen. Thomas D. White (USAF)

Maj. Robert White (USAF)

Gen. Osmond J. Ritland (USAF)

1964

19651966

1967

1968

Gen. Curtis E. leMay (USAF)

Gen. Thomas S. Power (USAF)

Maj. Gen. Robert R. Rowland (USAF)

Gen. Howell M. Estes, Jr. (USAF)

Gen. John P. McConnell (USAF)
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ophy is awarded to an educator for outstanding contributions to aerospace education.

1966

19671968

W. Randolph Lovelace II (posthumously)

Howard W. Johnson

Maj. Gen. Leo F. Dusard, Jr. (USAF)

Paul T. Johns Trophy

e Arnold Air Society, this trophy honors the late Paul T. Johns, the fIrst National Commander of the Arnold Air Society. It is

tanding contributions to aeronautics and astronautics."

1964

1965

1966

19671968

Trevor Gardner (posthumously)

John F. l..oosbrock

George Edward Haddaway

Edwin A. Link

Mike Monroney

John Fitzgerald Kennedy Trophy

trophy honors the late President Kennedy, an honorary member of the Arnold Air Society. It is awarded for "outstanding

ght."

per, Jr. (USAF)

Bleymaier (USAF)

White II (USAF)

19671968

Lt. Col. James A. McDivitt (USAF)

Lt. Gen. Leighton I. Davis (USAF)

Edward C. Welsh

General Hoyt S. Vandenberg Trophy

Arnold Air Society. this trophy is awarded to a scientist for "outstanding scientifIc contributions to aerospace technology."

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1966

19671968

Billy E. Welch

Charles A. Berry, M.D.

Lee V. Gossick

George C. Mohr
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Eugene M. Zuckert Trophy

Established in 1966, the ZuckertTrophy is awarded to USAF personnel, civilian or military, male or female, "for outstanding pr

USAF personnel, as well as individuals, are eligible for this award.

19661967

Gen. Bernard A. Schriever (USAF)

Maj. Gen. Jewell C. Maxwell (USAF)

1968 Maj. Gen. Victor Haugen (USAF)

L. British. Interplanetary Society

Golovine Award

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The first presentatio1n of the Golovine Award was in 1967. It is given in recognition of the most outstanding contribution fr

astronautics, space' technology, or any associated subject such as space law, astronautics education, etc., published during the 

1967 Gordon Sohl

Robert C. Speiser

1968 Philip Bono

M. Federation Aeronautique Intemationale

Founded in 1905, the FAI authenticates officia! world air and space records and sponsors world and international sports aviation 

representative to FAI is the National Aeronautic Association.

Fooeration Aeronautique Internationale Gold Air Medal

The FAI Gold Air Medal is awarded to persons who have contributed highly to the development of aeronautics.

1958

19591960

1961

1962

1963

Andrey M. Tupolev

Pierre Satre

Yuri Gagarin

Sir Geoffrey de Havilland

No award given

Jacqueline Auriol

1964

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1968

Vladimir Kokkinake

Col. Robert L. Stephens (USAF)

Alexander S. Yakovlev

Joe Walker

Maynard L. Pennell
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Gold Space Medal is awarded to astronauts "who, alone or in groups, realize an outstanding performance in space."

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Aleksey Leonov

Capt. James A. Lovell, Jr. (USN)

No award given

Col. Frank Borman (USAF)

Capt. James A. Lovell, Jr. (USN)

Lt. Col. William A. Anders (USAF)

N. Flight Safety Foundation

Laura Taber Barbour Award

Award was established in 1956 and is given annually "for notable achievement which shall tend to advance safety in aeronautics and

ethod of avoiding ... suffering or loss of life in air travel."

1965

19661967

1968

Jerome Lederer

Arthur E. Jenks

Francis P. McCourt

W. M. KauffmanW. F. Milliken

W. U. Breuhauf

Walter Pye

Richard Hansford Burroughs International Test Pilot Award

award is given to "recognize contributions by a test pilot or group of test pilots to safe and efficient flight testing in the realm of

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19671968

William M. Magruder

John P. Reeder

Alvin S. White
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International Astronautical Federation

David and Florence Guggenheim International Astronautics Award

This award, established in 1961, is given annually "to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the progress of 

preceding five years." The honorarium is $1000.

19611962

1963

1964

Sir Bernard Lovell

James A. Van Allen

Marcel Nicolet

Wallace Osgoc .:enn

1965196619671968

Mstislav V. Keldysh

Robert R. Gilruth

Jacques-Emile Blamont

Zdenek Svestka

P. International Astronautical Federation

Andrew G. Haley Award

Established in 1961, tl'is award is given in recognition of contributions to the development of space law and international cooperatio

space. It is named for A- rew G. Haley (1905-1966), an early advocate of outer space rule oflaw. The honorarium is $500.

1961 John Cobb Cooper 1964 Eugene Korovine

Vladimir Kopal Cyril Horsford

Michael Smirnoff A1do Armando Cocca

1962 Alex Meyer 1965 A1do Armando Cocca

Manfred Lachs Myres McDougal

Antonio Ambrosini 1966

1963 Eugene Pepin 1967 No award given

Ernst Fasan 1968 Eilene Galloway
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Frank G. Brewer Trophy

he Frank G. Brewer Trophy is awarded annually for the greatest achievement in the field of air youth education and training,

vidual, group ofindividuals, or organization."

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1968

Gill Robb Wilson

Jane N. Marshall

Mervin K. Strickler, JI.

Roland H. Spaulding

Joseph T. Geuting, Jr.

Robert J. Collier Trophy

shed in 1911 as the "Aero Club of America Trophy." In 1922, the Aero Club of America was incorporated into the National

and NAA renamed the award the Robert J. Collier Trophy in 1944 honoring its donor. The trophy is presented annually "for the

ronautics or astronautics in America, with respect to improving the performance, efficiency or safety of air or space vehicles, the value

hly demonstrated by actual use during the preceding year." This award is usually presented by the President of the United States.

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1966

1967

1968

Lt. Col. John H. Glenn, Jr. (USMC)

Maj. Virgil I. Grissom (USAF)

Lt. Cdr. Walter M. Schirra, Jr. (USN)

Cdr. Alan B. Shepard, Jr. (USN)

Maj. _: K. Slayton (USAF)

Lt. Cdr. M. Scott Carpenter (USN)

Maj. Clarence L. Johnson (USAF)

Gen. Curtis E. LeMay (USAF)

James E. Webb

Hugh L. Dryden

James S. McDonnell, JI.

Lawrence A. Hyland

Col. Frank Borman (USAF)

Capt. James A. Lovell, Jr. (USN)

Lt. Col. William A. Anders (USAF)
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value to aviation in the United States."

Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy

APPENDIX A: SELECTED AEROSPACE AWARDS 

Harry F. Guggenheim

Jerome LedererJuan T. Trippe

Igor I. Sikorsky

Warren G. Magnuson

19641965

19661967

1968

John Francis Victory

William P. MacCracken, Jr.

Frederick C. Crawford

A. S. "Mike" Monroney

John Stack

Donald W. Douglas, Sr.

1958

1959

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Hubbard Medal

This medal is conferred by the National Geographic Society's Board of Trustees for outstanding discovery and exploration. It is nam

founders of the Society and its first president, Gardiner Greene Hubbard.

195819591962

Paul A. Siple

Sir Vivian Fuchs

U.S. Navy Antarctic Expeditions

Dr. and Mrs. Louis S. B. Leakey

John H. Glenn, Jr.

1963

1967

1968

American Mount Everest Expedition

Juan Trippe

Col. Frank Borman (USAF)Capt. James A. Lovell, Jr. (USN)

Lt. Col. William A. Anders (USAF)
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l Rocket Club in 1957, the name was changed to the National Space Club in late 1963.

Astronautics Engineer Achievement Award

e Astronautics Engineer Achievement Award is "given annually to an accredited engineer who has made an outstanding contribution to

technology, an award based on personal accomplishment."

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1968

Donald D. Williams

Harris M. Schurmeier

Charles W. Mathews

Robert J. Helberg

Howard H. Haglund

Robert H. Goddard Historical Essay Award

is award is made annually to the winner of a national competition in historical essays on rocketry and astronautics. The honorarium is

19661967

1968

Airman 2/C Frank H. Winter (USAF)

Ensign Richard A. Hobbs (USN)

No award given

Robert H. Goddard Memorial Lecture

y the National Space Club, this award stresses the importance of contributions made by Robert H. Goddard (1882-1945) to the

program. Selection of the lecturer is made by a panel from men of high stature who have made outstanding contributions to the

arium is $1000.

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1968 Gen. Bernard A. Schriever (USAF, Ret.)
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Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy

Hugh L. Dryden

William H. Pickering

Lyndon B. Johnson

George P. Miller

Robert C. Seamans, Jr.

1964196519661967

1968

Nelson P. Jackson Aerospace Award

Wernher von Braun

S. K. Hoffman

Karel J. Bossart

Lockheed Missiles & Space Co.

Robert R. Gilruth

Lt. Col. John H. Glenn, Jr. (USMC)

195819591960

1961

1962

1963

Established in 1960 in honor of a founder of the National Rocket Club, the Nelson P. Jackson Aerospace Award, now adm

Space Club, is awarded annually to a recipient in the aerospace industry "for an outstanding contribution of the missile, aircraft, and spa

1961

19621963

U.S. Air Force and the Discoverer

satellite industrial team:

Bell Aerosystems Co., Douglas Aircraft Co.,

General Electric Co., Lockheed Aircraft Corp.,

and Rocketdyne Div. of North American Aviation, Inc.

Astro-Electronics Div.,

Radio Corp. of America

American Telephone & Telegraph Co.

19641965

1966

19671968

General Dynamics Astronautics

Div. and McDonnell Aircraft Corp.

Florida Research and Development

Center, Pratt & Whitney Aircraft

Div. of United Aircraft Corp.

NASA-Air Force-Industry Team

Boeing Co.

Hughes Aircraft Co.

National Space Club Press Award

Established 1960 as the National Rocket Club Award and later renamed the National Space Club Press Award, the honor is presented 

of contributions which added to public understanding and appreciation of astronautics."

196119621963

1964

Edward R. Murrow

The New York Times

Radio-Television Industry

Editors and Staff of Fortune Magazine

1965

1966

1967

1968

Aviation Week & Space Technology Magazine

William P. Taub

William J. Coughlin

Edward C. Welsh
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T. Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc.

Arch T. Colwell Merit Award

y the Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc., the Arch T. Colwell Merit Award is given in recognition of outstanding technical papers in

gineering. There is no restriction in this award as to the number of authors who may be honored.

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J. F. McDonald

W. J. Mayer

C.P.Moore

D. P. Krause

W. H.Lange

C. B. Murphy

J.J.Klepaczyk

Noel Penny

R. C.Puydak

R.S.Auda

Charles E. Scheffler

A. R. Spencer

W. M. Spurgeon

J. L. Wingle

1967 W. L. Brown

Fujio Nagao

Yuzuru Shimamoto

Bruce D. Van Deusen

Gerald E. McCarron

Ralph S. Mosher

H. K. Newhall

E. S. Starkman

W. A. Daniel

J. S. Alford

Philip Bono

Frank E. Senator

D'Amaso S. Garcia

Jay A. Bolt

David L. Harrington

M. L. Caplan

W. W. Thayer

J. D. Reams

R. G. Ahlvin

D. N. Brown

J. L. Bicknell

Walter Cornelius

Donald L. Stivender

Robert E. Sullivan

1968 I. N. Bishop

A. Simko

Jon D. Parisen

William A. McGowan

P. E. Rubbert

Gary R. Saaris

Donald E. Muehlberger

L. J. Nestor

L. Maggitti

Donald L. Stivender

Bo Bjorkman

Michael C. Kaye

Jerry P. Barrack

Jerry V. Kirk

John K. Jackson

Mario S. Bonura

David F. Putnam
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Charles Matthews Manly Memorial Award

This award, established in 1928, is made "to the author of the best paper relating to theory or practice in the design or constru

aerospace engines, their parts, components, or accessories." The honorarium is $150.

19581959

1960

1961

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Robert H. Boden

No award given

Donald B. Mackay

John M. Tyler

Thomas G. Sofrin

D. B. Colyer

J. W. Bjerklie

Joab J. Blech

Antoni Paluszny

No award given

William A. Reinhart

1966

19671968

Elling Tjonneland

No award given

Mark R. Kulina

John F. Mullen

Magge S. Natesh

Herbert W. Saltzman

Brian Brimelow

H.lvan Bush

G. K. Richey

Donald J. Stava

Wright Brothers Medal

Established in 1924, the Wright Brothers Medal is awarded annually "to the author of the best paper on aerodynamics or structur

construction or operation of airplanes or spacecraft presented at a meeting of the Society or any of its Sections during the calendar y

$150.

195819591960

1961

1962

1963

Kermit E. Van Every

Milford Guy Childers

Ferdinand Basil Greatrex

Carleton M. Mears

Robert L. PetersonRobert P. Rhodes, Jr.

D. E. Chriss

Philip M. Rubins

Sitaram Pao Valluri

James Brinton Glassco

George Eugene Bockrath

1964

19651966

1967

1968

Marion O. McKinney, Jr.

Richard E. Kuhn

John P. Reeder, LaRC

W. W. Williams

Capt. G. K. Williams (USA, Ret.)

W. C. J. Garrard

Julian WolkovitchJohn A. McKillop

Leonard J. NestorLawrence Maggitti, Jr.
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oe Memorial Award, established in 1958, is given "for outstanding professional accomplishment in the conduct of flight testing."

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M. Schirra, Jr. (USN)

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Maj. Virgil I. Grissom (USAF)

Cdr. Alan B. Shepard, Jr. (USN)

Maj. Donald K. Slayton (USAF)

Pilots of the YF-12A

Louis W. Schalk

William C. Park

Robert J. Gilliland

James D. Eastham

Alvin S. White

Milton o. Thompson

Richard L. Johnson

Drury W. Wood, Jr.

v. United Engineering Trustees

Daniel Guggenheim Medal

in cooperation with the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences, the Society of Automotive Engineers, and the American Society of Engineers,

notable achievement in the advancement of aeronautics."

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19641965

1966

19671968

Robert H. Goddard (posthumously)

Sir Sydney Camm (posthumously)

Charles Stark Draper

George S. Schairer

H.M.Homer
Established in 1956, this award honors Emico Fermi for his contributions to basic neutron physics and the achievement of the c

is presented "not more often than annually" for "outstanding scientific or technical achievements or for scientific manage

development of atomic energy." The honorarium is $25 000, or $50 000 divided equally if a joint award.

Enrico Fermi Award

APPENDIX A: SELECTED AEROSPACE AWARDS 

Use Meitner

Otto Hahn

Fritz Strassman

No award given

John A. Wheeler

1966

19671968

A. Atomic Energy Commission

3. Government Awards

Eugene P. Wigner

Glenn T. Seaborg

Hans A. Bethe

Edward TellerJ. Robert Oppenheimer

Vice Adm. Hyman G. Rickover (USN)

1958

19591961

1962

1963

1964

E. O. Lawrence Memorial Award

Established in 1959 to honor Ernest O. Lawrence, inventor of the cyclotron, this award is made annually to not more than five U

age who have made "recent, especially me!itorious to the development, use or control of atomic energy in areas of 

energy, including medicine and engineering." The honorarium is not less than $5000 each and not more than a total of $25000.

1960 Harvey Brooks

John S. Foster, Jr.

Isadore Perlman

Norman F. Ramsey, Jr.

Alvin M. Weinberg

1961 Leo Brewer

Henry Hurwitz, Jr.

Conrad L. Longmire

Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky

Kenneth E. Wilzbach

1962 Andrew A. Benson

Richard P. Feynman

Herbert Goldstein

Anthony L. Turkevich

Herbert F. York

1963 Herbert J. C. Kouts

L. James Rainwater

Lewis Rosen

James M. Taub

Cornelius A. Tobias

1964 Jacob Bigeleisen

Albert L. Latter

Harvey M. Patt

Marshall N. Rosenbluth

Theos J. Thompson

1965 George A. Cowan

Floyd L. Culler

Milton C. Edlung

Theo,dore B. Taylor

Arthur C. Upton

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Founders' Medal

e 25 original members of the National Academy of Engineering, the Founders' Medal is awarded annually for "outstanding

th to his profession and to society."

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1968 Vladimir K. Zworykin

C. National Academy of Sciences

(Chartered)

John J. Carty Medal

American Telephone & Telegraph Company, in honor of John J. Carty, a distinguished scientist and engineer, this award is

e every two years and is given to "an individual for noteworthy and distinguished accomplishment in any field ofscience."

1965

1968

Alfred H. Sturtevant

Murray Gell-Mann

Henry Draper Medal

. Henry Draper in memory of her husband, a former member of the Academy, the Henry Draper Medal is awarded not more than

en for "investigationsin astronomical physics."

1966

1968

No award given

Bengt Edlen

J. Lawrence Smith Medal

s. J. Lawrence Smith in memory of her husband, a former member of the Academy, this medal is presented not more than once

d for "investigations of meteoric bodies."

1967 John H. Reynolds
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Paul Herget

Wallace J. Eckert

(19th recipient)

No award given

No award given

1965

1966

1967

1968

Thomas Hodgkins Prize

D. Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

Yusuke Hagihara

Otto Heckmann

No award given

No award given

Willem J. Luyten

1960

19611962

1963

1964

The Hodgkins gold medal, named for philanthropist'Thomas G. Hodgkins (1803-1892), was first awarded in 1899 to James Dew

1902 to J. J. Thomson. The award is made for contributions to atmospheric research and carries a $3000 honorarium for each recipi

1965 Joseph Kaplan

Marcel Nicolet

Sydney Chapman (3rd, 4th, and 5th recip

E. Smithsonian Institution

Langley Medal

Established in 1908 by the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, the Langley Medal was initiated by Alexander Graham Bell 

an American award to the Wright Brothers. The Medal honors Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834-1906), aviation pioneer and founder 

Observatory who served as the Smithsonian Institution's third Secretary from 1887 to 1906. Presented only occasionally, the meda

Secretary of the Smithsonian and a designated committee "for specially meritorious achievements in connection with the 

astronautics."

1960

1962

Robert H. Goddard (posthumously)

Hugh L. Dryden

19641967

Cdr. Alan B. Shepard, Jr. (USN)

Wernher von Braun (12th recipient)
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The Mackay Trophy (USAF)

arded "to the Air Force person or persons who made the most meritorious flight of the year." The trophy was established in 1910

as fIrst awarded in 1912 to Lt. Henry H. "Hap" Arnold. Deeded to the National Aeronautical Association after Mackay's death, the

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Lt. Col. Albert R. Horwarth (USAF)

Maj. John H. Casteel (USAF)

Capt. Richard L. Trail (USAF)

Dean L. Hoar

M!Sgt. Nathan C. Campbell (USAF)

Lt. Col. Daryl D. Cole (USAF)

General Thomas D. White Space Trophy

. Thomas W. McKnew, chairman of the National Geographic's Board of Trustees, the General Thomas D. White Space Trophy is

Force member, Civil Service employee, or organization that made the foremost contribution to U.S. progress in aerospace. The

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Alexander H. Flax

John Paul McConnell

Col. Frank Borman (USAF)

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Lt. Col. William A. Anders (USAF)
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sciences and techniques associated with astronautics." The award of $4000 is divided among several recipients.

APPENDIX A: SELECTED AEROSPACE AWARDS

A. Galabert International Prize for Astronautics

William H. Pickering

Valentina Tereshkova

Wernher von Braun

Jean-Pierre Causse

Roger Chevalier

No award given

No award given

1964

1965

1966

1967

4. Miscellaneous Awards

Ernst Stuhlinger

Hermann Oberth

Alle Massevitch

Ary Sternfeld

Yuri Gagarin

Lt. Col. John H. Glenn, Jr. (USMC)

No award given

1961

19631962

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Harmon International Trophies

Established in 1926, these aeronaut, aviator, and aviatrix tropies are awarded for "outstanding achievements in the arts and/or scien

Aeronaut Aviator 

1961

1962

1963

1964

1966

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No award given

Cdr. Malcolm D. Ross (USNR)

Lt. Cdr. Victor A. Prather (USN) (posthumously)

Nini Boesman

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A. Scott Crossfield

Joseph A. Walker

Maj. Robert M. White (USAF)

Lt. Col. William R. Payne (USAF)

Maj. Fitzhugh L. Fulton, Jr. (USAF)

Maj. L. Gordon Cooper (USAF)

Capt. James A. Lovell, Jr. (USN)

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Lt. Col. Thomas P. Stafford (USAF)

Capt. James A. Lovell, Jr. (USN)

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January 29, 1959. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

January 17, 1961 

November 1, 1961 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

November 1, 1963 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

May 1, 1968 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

JANUARY 29, 1959

EXECUTIVE

DIRECTION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS

AND

SPACE COUNCIL

OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR

ADMINISTRATOR

DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR

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OFFICE OF

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RESEARCH

STRUCTURES & MATERIALS,

AND AIRCRAFT

OPERATING PROBLEMS

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

OFFICE OF

AERONAUTICAL AND

SPACE RESEARCH

DIRECTOR

AERODYNAMICS

AND

FLIGHT MECHANICS

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

POWER

PLANTS

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

ASSISTANTS

MANAGEMENT ANALYSIS

SAFETY

FACILITIES COORDINATION

AUDIT

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SECURITY

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PROCUREMENT AND

SUPPLY

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PERSONNEL

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TECHNICAL

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PROGRAMING

OPERATIONS

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RESEARCH CENTERS SPACE PROJECT CENTERS

LIAISON OFFICES

LOS ANGELES, CALIF

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"'ATlOfolAl AERONAUTICS "NO SPAce ADMINISTRATION

NOVEMaER 1. 1961

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JAMES E weBe

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OFFICfOF OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL INVENTIONS AND OFFICE OF OFFICE OF ASS'STANT EXECUTIVE ASS"T GENERAL COUNSEL PROGRAMS 

CONTRIBUTIONS LEGISLATIVE PLANS a PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR FOR EXECUTIVE GENERAL COUNSEL BOARD AFFAIRS E'JALUATlON DIReCTOA 

PUBLIC AFFAIRS ASSISTANT JOHN A JOHNSON ARNOLD W FAUlKIN 

EXEC SECRETARY DIRECTOR elRECTOA HIDEN T COX R P YOUNG DEPUTY JAMES A HOOTMAN PAUL G D£MBUNG ABRAHAM HYATT DEPUTY DIRECTOR WALTER SOHlEA MAFIVIN W ROBiNSON

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Jane Van Nimmen's publications include The Work ofEdvard Munch from the Collection ofMr. and Mrs. Lionel C. Epstein, a cat

Collection in Washington, D.C., and Thomas Couture: Paintings and Drawings in American Collections, a catalog of an exhibiti

Maryland Art Gallery. Mrs. Van Nimmen has served as writer-editor in the Library of Congress Science and Technology Division, 

University Research Program in International and Economic Integration, and as Museum Training Fellow with the University of M

She received her B.A. degree from Antioch College and an M.A. from the University of Maryland and has done graduate work at Colu

Leonard C. Bruno, a writer-editor in the Library of Congress Science and Technology Division, is the author of the launch tabl

and Aeronautics: A Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy for the five annual volumes 1968 through 1973. He also contr

President's annual report to Aeronautics and Space Report ofthe President, for 1969 through 1973. He is now writing Vo

the NASA Historical Data Book. Mr. Bruno received his B.A. degree in political science from Providence College in Rhode Island and 

for a Ph.o. degree in international law at The Catholic University of America, investigating legal, political, and organizatio

participation in remote sensing from space.

Robert L. Rosholt, Chairman of the Department of Political Science of Bloomsburg State College in Pennsylvania, is the author o

ofNASA, 1958-1963. He has taught social and political science at Luther College in Iowa, the University of Minnesota, and the Co

has served as a program analyst in the NASA Office of Programs. He earlier served as business economist with the Depart

Electrification Administration. Dr. Rosholt received his A.B. degree from Luther College and the M.A.P.A. and Ph.D. degrees from 

He also studied at the London School ofEconomics and Political Science.
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Histories

• Robert L.Rosholt, An Administrative History ofNASA, 1958-1963, NASA SP4101, 1966, GPO.*

• Loyd S. Swenson, James M. Grimwood, and Charles C. Alexander, This New Ocean:

A History ofProject Mercury, NASA SP

• Constance MeL. Green and Milton Lomask, Vanguard-A History, NASA SP4202, 1970; also Washington: Smithsonian In

• Alfred Rosenthal, Venture into Space: Early Years ofGoddard Space Flight Center, NASA SP4301, 1968, GPO.

• Edwin P.Hartman,Adventures in Research:

A History ofthe Ames Research Center, 1940-1965, NASA SP4302, 1970, GPO

Historical Studies

• Mae Mills Link, Space Medicine in Project Mercury, NASA SP4003, 1965, NTIS.**

• Historical Sketch ofNASA, NASA EP-29, 1965 and 1966, NTIS.

• Katherine M. Dickson (Library of Congress), History ofAeronautics and Astronautics:

A Preliminary Bibliography, NASA H

• Eugene M.Emme (ed.), Statements by the Presidents ofthe United States on International Cooperation in Space, Senate Com

Space Sciences, Sen. Doc. 9240,1971, GPO.

• William R. Corliss, NASA Sounding Rockets, 1958-1968:

A Historical Summary, NASA SP4401, 1971, GPO.

• Helen T. Wells with Susan Whitely, Origins ofNASA Names, NASA SP4402 (1976).

Chronologies

• Astronautics and Aeronautics:

A Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy, series of annual volumes continuing 

summary volume, Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1915-1960. Early volumes available from NTIS; recent volumes f

Aeronautics, 1973, NASA SP4018, to appear in 1975.

• Project Mercury:

A Chronology, NASA SP4001, 1963, NTIS.

• Project Gemini Technology and Operations:

A Chronology, NASA SP4002, 1969, GPO.

• The Apollo Spacecraft:

A Chronology

Volume I, Through November 7,1962, NASA SP4009 1,1969, GPO.

Volume II,November 8, 1962-September 30, 1964, NASA SP4009 II, 1973, GPO.

• Project Ranger:

A Chronology, JPL/HR-2, 1971, NTIS.

• Skylab: Preliminary Chronology, NASA HHN-130, May 1973, NTIS.

*GPO: Titles may be ordered from the Superintendent qf Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.

**NTIS: Titles may be ordered from National Technicallnformation Service, Springfield, Va. 22151.

*u.s. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1976 - 635-275/91