Manned space flight
Subject
Subject Source: Fast
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Takao Doi's Rice Flight Kit for Space Shuttle Endeavour
Collection
Identifier: MS 0552
Abstract
Takao Doi, who received his doctorate from Rice, carried this cloth image of the Orion Nebula on the Unites States Space Shuttle Endeavour mission STS-123. The Endeavour launched at 2:28 a.m. March 11, 2008 from launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Doi was a mission specialist on that mission. The image of the Orion Nebula is on a cloth that is 21.5 inches wide by 17 inches high. The cloth is of an unknown material and appears to be printed in color by a computer-generated...
Dates:
2008-2009
Jim Newman space mementos
Collection
Identifier: MS 0446
Abstract
This collection contains a t-shirt, two photographs, and a uniform patch all carried into space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery, STS-51 from September 12-22, 1993. James (Jim) Newman earned his Masters and PhD from Rice and afterwards went to work at NASA, where he flew several space missions.
Dates:
1993
John W. Freeman Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0344
Abstract
The collection consists of reports, photographs, and films related to the NASA Suprathermal Ion Detector Experiment (SID), part of the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiment Package (ALSEP). This experiment, involving equipment developed by Freeman, was part of the work of Apollo missions 12, 14, and 15.
Dates:
1965 - 1979; Majority of material found within 1965 - 1971