American Museum of Natural History
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Hayden Planetarium Interplanetary Reservations
Collection
Identifier: DR 194
Scope and Content note
This particular collection refers to a promotional strategy implemented by the Hayden Planetarium. In 1949, in order to increase publicity for their space exhibit “Conquest of Space”, the Hayden Planetarium set up an “interplanetary-tour reservations desk” that would take reservations for the first trips into space. The museum promised that the collected names would be turned over to the first organization actually planning interplanetary travel. In addition to the desk at the planetarium,...
Dates:
1949-2011; Majority of material found within 1949-1953
Neil deGrasse Tyson documents on U.S. space exploration policies and other related policies, early 2000s.
Collection
Identifier: DR-H 21
Scope and Contents
Includes letterhead, Future of Aerospace Industry related documents and binders, Aerospace Commission minutes, documents on commercialization of space (Commission on Moon, Mars, and Beyond), Commission on the Future of the U.S. Aerospace Industry and documents on U.S. Space Exploration Policy.
Dates:
2000 - 2005