Letter from Alan Shepard to Dr. Calvin D. Fowler (August 2, 1963)
Dublin Core
Title
Letter from Alan Shepard to Dr. Calvin D. Fowler (August 2, 1963)
Alternative Title
Letter from Shepard to Dr. Fowler (Aug. 2, 1963)
Subject
Port Canaveral (Fla.)
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
NASA
Project Mercury (U.S.)
Astronauts--United States
Description
After Gordon Cooper (1927-2004)'s Mercury-Atlas 9 mission (MA-9), Alan Shepard's (1923-1998) scheduled Project Mercury's Mercury-Atlas 10 mission (MA-10) was canceled. Shepard wrote to Dr. Calvin D. Fowler, the manager and the Launch Conductor for Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 (LC-14), to express his appreciation for some photographs that he had sent, and also to express his regrets about the cancellation of MA-10.
Creator
Shepard, Alan
Source
Original 1-page typewritten letter from Alan Shepard to Dr. Calvin D. Fowler, August 2, 1963: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
Date Created
1963-08-02
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original letter from Alan Shepard to Dr. Calvin D. Fowler, August 2, 1963.
Is Part Of
Dr. Calvin Fowler Collection, Florida Space Coast History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Format
image/jpg
Extent
140 KB
Medium
1-page typewritten letter on Headquarters Space Systems Division, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force letterhead
Language
eng
Type
Text
Coverage
Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas
Convair/Astronautics, Mission Training Center, Port Canaveral, Florida
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Alan Shepard and owned by Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by Dr. Calvin D. Fowler and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
Curator
Michlowitz, Robert
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
External Reference
"Project Mercury Overview." John F. Kennedy Space Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration. http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/mercury/mercury-overview.htm.
Document Item Type Metadata
Original Format
1-page typewritten letter on Headquarters Space Systems Division, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force letterhead
Collection
Citation
Shepard, Alan, “Letter from Alan Shepard to Dr. Calvin D. Fowler (August 2, 1963),” RICHES, accessed January 30, 2025, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/4976.