Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
Stennis Space Center Collection
Title:
Official Flag Raising at MTO
Creator:
NASA/Stennis Space Center
Subject:
history, flag, Mississippi Test Operations
Description:
Government officials officially raise the American flag for the first time in front of the Rouchon House in 1962 at the Mississippi Test Operations, denoting NASA's presence in South Mississippi. Pictured, from left, are: Bart Slattery, public affairs officer; Dr. Wernher von Braun, director; Capt. William Fortune, first site manager; Dr. George Constan, manager, Michoud Assembly Facility; Dr. Oswald Lange, chief, Saturn Program Office; Dr. Hermann Weidener, chief, Structures and Mechanics Laboratory; Dr. Karl Heimburg, director, Test Laboratory; and Dan Driscoll, Test Laboratory.
Date:
1/1/62
Source:
http://www.archive.…
Identifier:
97-031
Year:
1962
What:
Saturn
What:
MTO
Where:
Mississippi
Where:
Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF)

Official Flag Raising at MTO
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