Browse Collections (75 total)
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Lawrence J. Thomson Collection
View the items in Lawrence J. Thomson CollectionLawrence J. Thomson was born on August 18, 1925 and died February 1, 2004. In 1941, Thomson enlisted in the Merchant Marines; in 1944 he enlisted with…
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Lunar Roving Vehicle Collection
View the items in Lunar Roving Vehicle CollectionAs the space race began in the early 1950s, the United States and the Soviet Union began to design rovers for the moon that would be able to traverse…
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Oral History Collection
View the items in Oral History CollectionThe University of Alabama in Huntsville's Oral History Collection contains oral interviews with the men responsible for some of America's greatest…
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Oscar Holderer Collection
View the items in Oscar Holderer CollectionOscar Holderer was born on November 4, 1919 in Pruem, Germany. His mother's name was Helene. His father Richard Holderer was a surveyor for the German…
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Philip Mason Collection
View the items in Philip Mason CollectionDr. Philip M. Mason gave a full decade of dedicated service [as of 1975] during which time the Huntsville Center was brought to the 332-acre campus…
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Rudolf Hermann Collection
View the items in Rudolf Hermann CollectionRudolf Hermann was born in Leipzig, Germany, and he studied at the University of Leipzig and at the Aachen Institute of Technology. He first started…
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Saturn V Collection
View the items in Saturn V CollectionThe Saturn V was a three-stage launch vehicle and the rocket that put man on the moon. (Detailed information about the Saturn V's three stages may be…
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Saunders Kramer Collection
View the items in Saunders Kramer CollectionSaunders B. Kramer, a scientist and engineer, was born on October 30, 1920, and died on May 30, 2005. Born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., he graduated…
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Skylab Collection
View the items in Skylab CollectionSkylab was the first space station operated by NASA; it was launched without a crew on May 14, 1973. Skylab had three manned missions: Skylab 2,…