Readers of this listserv in the Washington, DC area may be interested in this upcoming event. 

 

 

HISTORY QUARTERLY SPEAKER AT NASA HEADQUARTERS

Date/Time/Location: Tuesday, March 8, noon, MIC 3 (3H42)

Contact: Nadine Andreassen 202-358-0087 nandreas@hq.nasa.gov

Join the NASA History Office to listen to John Newcomb discuss his new book, "A Bunch of Plumbers." Newcomb, an engineer who retired from Langley Research Center, where he started working in 1962, will talk about the early planetary missions, including the center’s influence on the lunar orbit rendezvous maneuver that landed the Apollo mission on the moon and his experiences as a member of the Viking management team.

 

 

Stephen Garber

NASA History Program Office

Room 5P25

NASA Headquarters
Washington, DC 20546
202-358-0385
http://history.nasa.gov