John C. Stennis Space Center

Creator

John C. Stennis Space Center

Identifier

whitten_VHS_32

Creation Date

1991

Document Type

Open Access Recording

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Description

Information about the history and work of the John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. Includes discussions of the physical layout and infrastructure; the NASA space program; remote sensing studies; geographic information systems; the U.S. Navy (Naval Oceanography Command); the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (National Data Buoy Center and National Marine Fisheries Service); the Environmental Protection Agency (Environmental Chemistry Laboratory and Gulf of Mexico Program); U.S. Geological Survey (National Mapping Division); the Mississippi Army Ammunition Plant; technology transfer programs; educational opportunities; visitor education programs; U.S. Senator John C. Stennis; and the future of the space program.

Subject Headings (Library of Congress)

John C. Stennis Space Center; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Remote sensing; Geographic information systems; United States. Navy; United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; United States. Environmental Protection Agency; United States. Geological Survey; Mississippi Army Ammunition Plant (U.S.); Technology transfer; Stennis, John C. (John Cornelius), 1901-1995

Relational Format

video recording

Extent

15:46

Original Format

VHS

Original Collection

Jamie L. Whitten Collection (MUM00732), Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries

Finding Aid

http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00732/

Rights

This media file is for personal and research use only. This file may not be reproduced, re-posted, captured or saved except under fair use, as stipulated by U.S. Copyright Law : reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." For publication and professional uses, please contact the Archives and Special Collections at the University of Mississippi Libraries.

Comments

Stennis Space Center 1991 15:00 - VHS label; Memo from the Public Affairs Office Enclosed is a copy of our new Stennis Space Center Overview video. It highlights the programs and missions of NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center as well as the eighteen other federal and state resident agencies. We hope that you will enjoy this fifteen minute video and find it useful. Please let me know if I can ever provide you with additional information or be of any assistance. Sincerely, Myron Webb Myron Webb Public Affairs Officer NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration John C. Stennis Space Center Stennis Space Center, Mississippi 39529-6000 AC 601 688-3341 - memo in VHS case