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NASA HQ Archives

Astronaut Subject Files

Record Group: Spaceflight 

Series Title: Human Spaceflight; Astronaut Subject Files 

Extent: 10 feet

Box Count: 30 boxes 

Inclusive dates: 1950 – 2013 

Location: 9/3/1 – 9/3/4

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Media Type: Textual, photographic, and electronic 

Access Restrictions 

None. 

Use Restrictions 

Most government records are in the public domain, however, this series includes commercial 

materials, such as newspaper clippings, that may be subject to copyright restrictions. 

Researchers should contact the copyright holder for information. 

Copy Status: Research, Use and Preservation 

Preferred Citation

 

Spaceflight, Human Spaceflight; Astronaut Subject Files. [Box Number], [Folder Title], 

[Document Title] NASA HQ Archives [Reference URL if required]

Series Description 

This series consists of files on the astronaut program collected by the National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration (NASA) Headquarters archivists for inclusion in the Historical Reference 

Collection. Records contain materials collected from the Office of Manned Space Flight 
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(OMSF), Office of Space Flight (OSF), Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (ESMD), and 

Human Exploration Operations Mission Directorate (HEOMD), contractor historians, and NASA 

retirees. Specifically, this series contains correspondence files; reports; speeches; oral histories; 

congressional briefings; manned space flight; Mercury 7 astronauts; Gemini astronauts; Apollo 

astronauts; Space Shuttle astronauts; astronaut training; women astronauts; and black astronauts 

General Notes 

NASA official records relating to the astronaut program are held in the National Archives at 

College Park, MD (HQ); and Ft. Worth, TX (MSC/JSC). 

Keywords: Manned space flight; astronaut selection; Apollo astronauts; Space Shuttle 

astronauts; astronaut training; Gemini astronauts; Mercury 7 astronauts; black astronauts; women 

astronauts; astronaut finances; Skylab astronauts; Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO); ethics; 

and public relations. 

Box and folder list 

Box 1 

Flight (Mythology/Fiction) 

Manned Spaceflight (Early) 

Early Manned Flight 

200 Yrs. Of Flight... 

Box 2

Manned Spaceflight Pro/Con 1973- 

Role of Man in Space (Reports) 

Box 3

Manned Spaceflight Pro/Con 1969-1972 

Manned Satellite 

NACA Manned Space Flight Folder #1 

NACA Manned Space Flight Folder #2 

NACA Manned Space Flight Folder #3 

Box 4

NACA Manned Space Flight Folder #4 

NACA Manned Space Flight Folder #3 [Addendum] 

Manned Spaceflight Pro/Con thru 1968 

Manned Spaceflight – General 1970-73 

Box 5

Manned Spaceflight – General 

Comment on the National Space Program September 1, 1964 
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Box 6

Comment on the National Space Program Vol. I Hilburn 

WPI Paper: “The Rationale for Manned Space Flight...” 

Spacesuits (General)

Box 7

Manned Spaceflight Awareness (including Snoopy) from 1968 (Rec’d from JSC 9/97) (2 binders) 

Manned Flight Awareness (Snoopy) (1969- (Photos) 

Box 8

Manned Flight Awareness Snoopy 1982- 

Crew Systems Activities

Manned Space Flight Photos 

Manned Flight Awareness Awards 1997- 

Astronaut Fact Sheets (1975- 

Box 9

Astronaut Fact Sheets (1975- (II) 

PAO/Astronaut/Space/Fact Sheets

Astronaut Biographies (1980) 

Box 10

Astronaut Biographical Data Record Books 

Young Astronaut Program 

Assoc. of Space Explorers 

Astronaut Biogs: Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo astro corps (all) (collected 8/79) 

Astronauts Photographs 

Box 11

Astronauts, wages of 

Astronaut (First Born Study) 

Astronaut/Life/Time/World Book Agreement/Life Insurance (1959-62) 

Astronaut/Life/Time/World Book Agreement/Life Insurance (1963- 

Astronaut Affairs – Ad Hoc Committee for Study of 

Astronaut Contracts 

Manned Sp. Fl. & Astros: Gen. Info. 

Administrator’s Documents: Astronaut Selection (Shuttle) 

Box 12

Astronauts – Wolper Agreement 

Astronaut Agreements 

Investigation of Astronaut Activities 

19.4.4 Apollo Science-Astron. 
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Box 13

Shuttle/Astronauts

Shuttle Pilot Astronauts

Box 14

Astronauts General 1959-1969 

Astronauts General 1970-1979 

Astros/Military/promotion of

Astronaut Assignments 

Box 15

Astronaut Medical Selection

“Project Mercury Candidate Evaluation Program” 

Mercury/Military Astronauts 

Astronauts Group II (9/17/62) 

Astronauts Group III (1963) 

Astronauts Group IV (1965) 

Astronauts Group V (1966) 

Astronauts Group VI (1967) 

Astronauts Group VII (1969) 

Shuttle Mission Specialists

Box 16

“Astronauts and Cosmonauts Biographical and Statistical Data” [Revised – June 30, 1989] Report 

Prepared by the Congressional Research Service Library of Congress Transmitted to the Committee 

on Science, Space, and Technology U.S. House of Representatives One Hundred First Congress 

December 1989 

Astronaut Qualifications 

International Astronaut Selection

Neutral Buoyancy Lab (NBL) 

Astronaut Training & Opportunities for the Disabled 

Box 17

Astronaut Class of 2004 

Astronaut Class of 2009 

Payload Specialists

Payload Specialists (II) 

Space Shuttle Astronauts 

Box 18

Astronauts Group VIII (1978) 

Astronaut Candidates (Class of 1980) 

Shuttle Astro Press Conf. (16 Jan. 78) 

Astronauts Gen (1980-88) 

Astronauts Gen (1989- 
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Box 19

Misc. Astronaut Info.

Astro. Selection and Training 

Astronauts (Class of 1984) 

Astronauts (Class of 1985) 

Astronauts (class of 1987-88) 

Astronauts Class of 1990 

Box 20

Astronaut Class of 1992 

Astronaut Class of 1994/95 

Astronauts Class of 1996 

Astronaut Class of 1998 

Astronaut Classes 2000- 

Astronauts Foreign 

Mercury Astronaut Field Trips 

Apollo Astronaut Field Trips 

Box 21

NASA-Iceland Astronaut training

Astro-Scuba Training Key West, Florida 

Apollo Astronaut Training – Rand Reports 

Manned Space Flight-Long Range Planning and Objectives 

19.1.1 Space Rescue 

Space Rescue

Box 22

Space Rescue Studies

Minority Groups, 1994- 

Minorities – Photographs 

Hiring & Race Relations – FRC Affirmative Action Plan (1972) 

Box 23

Minorities – Publications 

Minority Groups (1961-1993) 

Box 24

Women in Space 

Women/Mercury Astronauts 

Box 25

EEO Report (1987) 

“Doing Business With NASA” 

Women & Minorities in Space: Pubs. 

Women in Science and Engineering – Publications 
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Box 26

Women Pioneers 

19.1.4 Women in Space 

Women in Space 1991-97 

Box 27

Women in Space 1978-1990 

Women in Space, 1998- 

Women in Space Photographs 

Women in Space 1975-1977 

Box 28

Women in Space (II) 

Reaching for the Stars...Astronaut Training and the Lunar Landing

NASA Astronaut Recruitment (Nichelle Nichols) Report 

Box 29

Space Food Photos 

Space Food – Mercury thru Apollo-Soyuz 

Box 30

Space Food – General

Space Food – Space Shuttle Program Space Shuttle/Mir Program, International Space Station and 

Soviet/Russian Development 

Shuttle Food 

USSR Cosmonaut Food