NASA Special Collection Database

Category Book/Print/Published Item

Description 16" X 13" beige award to the Thermo Electric Holding Facility Team. Has dark beige cardboard frame. Seal is missing. Item is in rough condition.

Barcode 31315006310259

Provenance Shipped from LBJ Space Center. Currently held in the Orland Park Public Library NASA Special Collection. Not flown but used. Part of order #12-2.

Purpose Group Achievement Award states: Presented to Thermo Electric Holding Facility Team. For demonstrating superior work and possessing a "can-do" attitude which allowed for the successful launch of the TEHOF fan on STS-81 resulting in the resolution of an on-orbit malfunction.

Interview with team members Rebecca Difard and Elizabeth M. Kalla resulted in the following information. The Thermo Electric Holding Facility (TEHOF) fan failed on MIR. The team had less than 4 hours to prepare a spare fan to be hand delivered to Ellington Field for Astronaut Peggy Whitson to fly to Kennedy Space Center for launch of the fan three days later. Had the team not found a replacement to transport, the mission would have lost science research and experiments. The team consisted of 20 members and included Elizabeth M. Kalla, Donald M. Schmalholz, and Rebecca Difard.

Category Book/Print/Published Item

Description 11" X 10" blue binder with pictures. Each picture is in a clear page protector. There are 22 pictures within the binder, each individual picture measures 8" X 10". All contained items are in very good condition.

Barcode 31315005271569

Provenance Shipped from LBJ Space Center. Currently held in the Orland Park Public Library NASA Special Collection. Not flown. Part of order #8-2.

Purpose Binder serves as a record of Mission STS-79. Each picture shows a crew member performing a duty within the Spacehab or habitat.

Category Book/Print/Published Item

Description 9.75" X 7" Department of Commerce, Technologic Papers of the Bureau of Standards, August 14, 1915, Washington, Government Printing Office, 1910. Condition fair/average with dark green card stock cover with additional notes written on the top and left of front. 21 pages. Author; R.M. Wilhelm, Laboratory Assistant.

Barcode 31315006311075

Provenance Item shipped from NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton VA. Currently held in the Orland Park Public Library NASA Special Collection. Not flown. Part of order 15-4.

Purpose For display purposes only.

Category Book/Print/Published Item

Description 9.75" X 7" Department of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of Standards, April 15, 1906, Reprint no. 32, Vol.2, No.2, Washington, Government Printing Office, 1906. Condition fair to poor as pages are water stained. Notes are written throughout. 36 pages. Authors; Hobart C. Dickinson, Assistant Physicist.

Barcode 31315006311091

Provenance Item shipped from NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton VA. Currently held in the Orland Park Public Library NASA Special Collection. Not flown. Part of order 15-4.

Purpose For display purposes only.

Category Book/Print/Published Item

Description 12" X 11" Brown monograph, simulated leather, author Robin Kerrod, copyright 1987. Further bibliographic info accessed through SWAN. Item is in good condition.

Barcode 31315005265777

Provenance Donated anonymously in October of 2011 to enhance the yearly NASA display.

Purpose This volume is used for NASA Special Collection research and for display purposes. Some volumes held by the collection may also be available in the main collection for circulation. Check online or with library staff for availability.

Category Book/Print/Published Item

Description 9.5" X 12" - 2 page pamphlet. Cataloged with books as part of a specific collection. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Weather bureau, Monthly Weather Review, February, 1927, 55: 72-73. U. S Government Printing Office, Washington, 1927. Item is in good condition.

Barcode 31315006311133

Provenance Item shipped from NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton VA. Currently held in the Orland Park Public Library NASA Special Collection. Not flown. Part of order 15-4.

Purpose For display purposes only.

Category Book/Print/Published Item

Description 10.5" X 8" National Bureau of Standards. October 15, 1943, Washington D.C. Condition fair/average but yellowed. One pencil strike-out mark is located at the top, right of front. A pen notation; "KEEP IN ICL FILES" is located at the upper, middle of front. Nothing more known about the piece.

Barcode 31315006311125

Provenance Item shipped from NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton VA. Currently held in the Orland Park Public Library NASA Special Collection. Not flown. Part of order 15-4.

Purpose For display purposes only.

Category Book/Print/Published Item

Description 9.75" X 7" Department of Commerce and Labor, Scientific Papers of the Bureau of Standards, No. 69, May 23, 1907, Washington, Government Printing Office, 1907. Condition fair with dark green card stock cover. Fraying is present along the edges and the bottom, right corner is missing. 69 pages. Authors; C. W. Waidner, Associate Physicist and H. C. Dickinson, Assistant Physicist.

Barcode 31315006311117

Provenance Item shipped from NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton VA. Currently held in the Orland Park Public Library NASA Special Collection. Item in used condition. Not flown. Part of order 15-4.

Purpose For display purposes only.