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Group photograph of CORONA reconnaissance satellite program pioneers

National Air and Space Museum

Object Details

Collection Creator
United States. Central Intelligence Agency
United States. Air Force
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Corona Program Exhibit Posters Collection
Corona Program Exhibit Posters Collection / Corona Program Exhibit Posters (1 of 2)
Date
May 24, 1995
Container
Box 1, Folder 1
Archival Repository
National Air and Space Museum Archives
Identifier
NASM.2013.0029, Item NASM-9A10629
Type
Archival materials
Photographs
Collection Citation
Corona Program Exhibit Posters Collection, Acc. NASM.2013.0029, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Collection Rights
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Scope and Contents
Group photograph of CORONA reconnaissance satellite program pioneers in front of the Central Intelligence Agency's Headquarters Building, May 24, 1995. From the Left; row 1: Roy B. Lefstad (Launch Base), James Alkofer (Eastman Kodak), Richard R. Moore (Program Office), Edward F. Blum (Program Office), Walter J. Levison (Itek), John A. Wolfe (Itek), Joseph P. O'Toole (Operations), Janet Tsutomi (Recovery Group). Row 2: (beginning with the second position) Forest S. McCartney (Operations), Mark Morton (General Electric), Edward A. Miller (General Electric), Rob Roy (Launch Base), Ingrad Clausen (General Electric), Francis J. (Frank) Madden (Itek), Richard S. Leghorn (Itek), William A. (Red) Sheppard (Program Office), Teuvo A. (Gus) Ahola (Recovery Group). Row 3: Charles L. Murphy (Operations), Frank S. Buzard (Program Office), Donald S. Schoessler (Eastman Kodak), Richard W. Stowe (Eastman Kodak), Vernard (Curly) Webb (Operations), Everett E. (Andy) Anderson (Recovery Group), Arthur H. Grafe (Recovery Group), Hilliard W. Paige (General Electric). Row 4: Paul E. Worthman (Program Office), James W. Plummer (Lockheed), Fred O'Green (Lockheed), John Parangosky (Program Staff), Albert W. (Bill) Johnson (Program Office), Daniel M. Kelly (program Office), James H. McDonald (Program Staff), Harry L. Conway (Recovery Group), Ralph J. Ford (Program Office). Also in the photograph on the extreme left and right of the second and first rows are the cochairs of the Corona Program 35th anniversary commemoration, Phil Datema and Robert A. McDonald. Poster made for a 1995 National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) conference or press event commemorating the thirty-fifth anniversary of the first successful CORONA mission.
Collection Restrictions
No restrictions on access.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1665169800439-1665169800621-1
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg27c98527f-7b09-437b-8b92-a342f638b6b3

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