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Files and photographs relating to astronomical events such as the Apollo missions. Slides of the planetarium also included, as well as several cardboard backed photos.

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Original artwork, diagrams and pictures depicting outer space and other various topics.

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,...

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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.

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Photographs of telescopes, observatories, antennas and other astronomical equipment as well as drawings of solar events, star maps and photographs of nebulae and galaxies. NASA photos and press kit for Surveyor and Lunar Orbiter also included.