Astronauts' Biggest 'Booster': Button Pusher with Prime Job
Dublin Core
Title
Astronauts' Biggest 'Booster': Button Pusher with Prime Job
Alternative Title
Astronauts' Biggest 'Booster'
Subject
Cape Canaveral (Fla.)
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
NASA
Project Mercury (U.S.)
Astronauts--United States
Description
A newspaper article by Peter Reich published in The Chicago's American. The article provides a contemporaneous account of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler, manager of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 (LC-14) and launch conductor, whose job was launching astronaut Gordon Cooper into space on a Project Mercury rocket.
Creator
Reich, Peter
Source
Original newspaper article: Reich, Peter. "Astronauts' Biggest 'Booster': Button Pusher with Prime Job." The Chicago's American, May 9, 1963: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
Publisher
Date Created
1963-05-09
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original newspaper article: Reich, Peter. "Astronauts' Biggest 'Booster': Button Pusher with Prime Job." The Chicago's American, May 9, 1963.
Is Part Of
Dr. Calvin Fowler Collection, Florida Space Coast History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Format
application/pdf
Extent
165 KB
Medium
1 newspaper article
Language
eng
Type
Still Image
Coverage
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14, Cape Canaveral, Florida
General Dynamics/Astronautics, San Diego, California
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Peter Reich and published by The Chicago's American.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by The Chicago Tribune and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
Curator
Michlowitz, Robert
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
External Reference
"Faith 7 MA-9 (26)." John F. Kennedy Space Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration. http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/mercury/ma-9/ma-9.htm.
Document Item Type Metadata
Original Format
1 newspaper article
Collection
Citation
Reich, Peter, “Astronauts' Biggest 'Booster': Button Pusher with Prime Job,” RICHES, accessed November 8, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/4969.