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Presentation boards in appreciation of Bennett's support of the United States space program from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1993, 1996

 File — Oversize Box: 510
Identifier: 25

Scope and Contents

Each presenation board contains photographs, a United States flag that was flown aboard the various Space Shuttles along with the crew patch:
  1. Space Shuttle Discovery, STS-56, April 8-17, 1993, as part of NASA's Mission to Planet Earth to better understand the World's atmospheric conditions. Crew: Ken Cameron (Commander), Steve Oswald (Pilot), Mike Foale (Mission Specialist), Ken Cockrell (Mission Specialist) and Ellen Ochoa (Mission Specialist).
  2. Space Shuttle Endeavour, STS-57, June 21-July 1, 1993, which successfully retrieved the EURECA satellite and was the first flight of the privately developed SPACEHUB module. Crew: Ron Grabe (Commander), Brian Duffy (Pilot), David Low (Payload Commander), Nancy Sherlock (Mission Specialist), Jeff Wisoff (Mission Specialist) and Janice Voss (Mission Specialist).
  3. Space Shuttle Discovery, STS-51, September 12-22, 1993. Crew: Frank Culbertson (Commander), Bill Readdy (Pilot), Jim Newman (Mission Specialist), Dan Bursch (Mission Specialist) and Carl Walz (Mission Specialist).
  4. Space Shuttle Columbia, STS-58, Spacelab Life Sciences 2, October 18-November 1, 1993. Crew: John Blaha (Commander), Rick Searfoss (Pilot), Rhea Seddon (Payload Commander), Bill McArthur (Mission Specialist), Marty Fettman (Payload Specialist) Shannon Lucid (Mission Specialist) and David Wolff (Mission Specialist).
  5. Space Shuttle Atlantis, STS-76, March 22-31, 1996, which included the first Mir Space Station use of the SAFER rescue unit during EVA and the Mir Environmental Effects Payload. Crew: Kevin Chilton (Commander), Rick Searfoss (Pilot), Ron Sega (Payload Commander), Shannon Lucid (Mission Specialist), Linda Godwin (Mission Specialist) and Rich Clifford (Mission Specialist).

Dates

  • 1993
  • 1996

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Extent

From the Collection: 244 Linear Feet (510 Boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository

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