Narrow Search
 
 
Advanced Search

Browse All : Images by James E. Webb

Printer Friendly
1-32 of 32
     
     
Truman Receives Rocket Model …
title Truman Receives Rocket Models
date 11.03.1961
description On November 3, 1961 former President Harry S. Truman visited the newly opened NASA Headquarters, Washington D.C. Accompanied by former NASA Administrator James E. Webb, he was presented with a collection of rocket models for his Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri. *Image Credit*: NASA
President Truman and Webb
title President Truman and Webb
date 11.03.1963
description Former President Harry S. Truman visits the newly-opened NASA Headquarters in Washington D.C. Accompanied by former NASA Administrator James E. Webb, he was presented with a collection of rocket models for his presidential Library in Indepe *Image Credit*: NASA
Mercury Astronauts Receiving …
Title Mercury Astronauts Receiving the Collier Trophy
Full Description NASA Administrator James E. Webb (center) cites the space achievements of the Project Mercury Astronauts who received the 1963 Collier Trophy Award in a ceremony held at the White House on October 10, 1963. President John F. Kennedy (left) and Vice President Lyndon Johnson accompanied Webb at the ceremony. Five of the Mercury Seven astronauts are visible in the row behind James Webb. They are (starting from JFK's left): Alan Shepard, Donald "Deke" Slayton, John Glenn, Virgil "Gus" Grissom, and Scott Carpenter.
Date 10/10/1963
NASA Center Headquarters
NASA Administration Before t …
Title NASA Administration Before the Senate Regarding Apollo 1
Full Description Seated at the witness table before the Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Services, chaired by Senator Clinton P. Anderson, on the Apollo 1 (Apollo 204) accident are (left to right): Dr. Robert C. Seamans, NASA Deputy Administrator, James E. Webb, NASA Administrator, Dr. George E. Mueller, Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight, and Maj. Gen. Samuel C. Phillips, Apollo Program Director. Astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee died tragically inside the Apollo 1 Command Module during a preflight test. The astronauts were unable to exit the spacecraft when a fire, most likely caused by faulty wiring and exacerbated by an oxygen leak, broke out in the Command Module.
Date 05/09/1967
NASA Center Headquarters
NASA Press Conference Regard …
Title NASA Press Conference Regarding Vostok 1 Flight
Full Description After the successful spaceflight of Yuri Gagarin, the first person to fly in space, as well as orbit Earth, NASA held a press conference at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC to respond to questions concerning Gagarin's flight and the status of the American space program. From left to right: Dr. Robert C. Seamans Jr., Associate Administrator, Dr. Hugh L. Dryden, Deputy Administrator, Mr. James E. Webb, Administrator, and Dr. Abe Silverstein, Director of Space Flight Programs.
Date 04/12/1961
NASA Center Headquarters
Apollo 7 and 8 Crew in the W …
Title Apollo 7 and 8 Crew in the White House.
Full Description Apollo 7 and 8 flight crews sign a commemorative document to be hung in the Treaty Room of the White House honoring the occasion. Those signing are from left to right: Apollo 7 Astronauts: Walter Cunningham, Donn F. Eisele, and Walter M. Schirra. Apollo 8 Astronauts: William A. Anders, James A. Lovell, Jr., and Frank Borman. Standing are: Charles A. Lindbergh (also a signer) Lady Bird Johnson President Lyndon B. Johnson NASA Administrator James E. Webb, Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey.
Date 12/03/1968
NASA Center Headquarters
Former NASA Administrators M …
Title Former NASA Administrators Meet in Washington, DC
Full Description The administrators who directed the United States space program since the establishment of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in October 1958 met at a NASA Alumni meeting held in Washington June 3, 1980. Shown above, left to right, are: James E. Webb, Administrator from February 14, 1961, to October 7, 1968, T. Keith Glennan, Administrator from August 19, 1958, to January 20, 1961, Dr. Robert A Frosch, Administrator from June 21, 1977, to January 20, 1981, Dr. Thomas O. Paine, Administrator from March 21, 1969, to September 15, 1970 and Acting Administrator from October 8, 1968, to March 20, 1969, Dr. George M. Low, Acting Administrator from September 16, 1970, to April 26, 1971, Dr. Alan M. Lovelace, Acting Administrator from Amy 2, 1977, to June 20, 1977.
Date 06/03/1980
NASA Center Headquarters
Truman and Webb at NASA Head …
Title Truman and Webb at NASA Headquarters
Full Description On November 3, 1961, former President Harry S. Truman visited newly opened NASA Headquarters, Washington D.C., accompanied by former NASA Administrator James E. Webb. He was presented with a collection of rocket models for his Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri.
Date 11/03/1961
NASA Center Headquarters
Truman and Webb at NASA Head …
Title Truman and Webb at NASA Headquarters
Full Description On November 3, 1961 former President Harry S. Truman visited newly opened NASA Headquarters, Washington D.C. Accompanied by former NASA Administrator James E. Webb, he was presented with a collection of rocket models for his Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri.
Date 11/03/1961
NASA Center Headquarters
Truman Receives Rocket Model …
Title Truman Receives Rocket Models
Full Description On November 3, 1961 former President Harry S. Truman visited the newly opened NASA Headquarters, Washington D.C. Accompanied by former NASA Administrator James E. Webb, he was presented with a collection of rocket models for his Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri.
Date 11/03/1961
NASA Center Headquarters
James E. Webb
Title James E. Webb
Full Description James E. Webb served as the second Administrator for NASA from February 14, 1961, to October 7, 1968. Webb was born on October 7, 1906, in Tally Ho, North Carolina. After receiving a B.A. in Education from the University of North Carolina, he went on to serve as a pilot in the Marine Corps and later graduated from George Washington University with a law degree. Webb worked in various positions on Capitol Hill until World War II when he re-entered the Marine Corps. After the war Webb served as the executive assistant to the Under Secretary of the Treasury before he was appointed Director of the Bureau of the Budget in the Executive Office of the President. During the Truman Administration Webb served as the Under Secretary of State until he joined the private sector in 1953. James Webb guided the agency through the Apollo years, taking responsibility for the failure of Apollo 1 and the death of three astronauts. He retired in 1968 and served on many advisory boards. He died in 1992.
Date 11/04/1966
NASA Center Kennedy Space Center
James Webb Presents Group Ac …
Title James Webb Presents Group Achievement Award to KSC
Full Description NASA Administrator James E. Webb presents the Group Achievement Award to Kennedy Space Center Director Dr. Kurt Debus, for Kennedy Space Center's role in the successful launch of the Saturn I rocket.
Date 10/15/1964
NASA Center NASA
Congressmen Visit Marshall S …
Name of Image Congressmen Visit Marshall Space Flight Center
Date of Image 1964-04-28
Full Description Two US Congressmen, accompanied by NASA Administrator James E. Webb, visited the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) April 28, 1964, for a briefing on the Saturn program and a tour of the facilities. They are (left to right) Congressman Gerald Ford Jr., Republican representative of Michigan, Dr. Wernher von Braun, MSFC director, Congressman George H. Mahon, Democratic representative of Texas, and Mr. Webb. Not pictured is Dr. Robert Seamans, associate administrator, who was also in the group.
Artist's Concept of the Jame …
Name of Image Artist's Concept of the James Webb Space Telescope
Date of Image 2002-01-01
Full Description Pictured is the chosen artist's rendering of NASA's next generation space telescope, a successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, was named the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) in honor of NASA's second administrator, James E. Webb. To further our understanding of the way our present universe formed following the the big bang, NASA is developing the JWST to observe the first stars and galaxies in the universe. This grand effort will help to answer the following fundamental questions: How galaxies form and evolve, how stars and planetary systems form and interact, how the universe builds up its present elemental/chemical composition, and what dark matter is. To see into the depths of space, the JWST is currently plarning to carry instruments that are sensitive to the infrared wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum. The new telescope will carry a near-infrared camera, a multi-object spectrometer, and a mid-infrared camera/spectrometer. The JWST is scheduled for launch in 2010 aboard an expendable launch vehicle. It will take about 3 months for the spacecraft to reach its destination, an orbit of 940,000 miles in space. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) is supporting Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in developing the JWST by creating an ultra-lightweight mirror for the telescope at MSFC's Space Optics Manufacturing Technology Center. GSFC, Greenbelt, Maryland, manages the JWST, and TRW will design and fabricate the observatory's primary mirror and spacecraft. The program has a number of industry, academic, and government partners, as well as the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency. (Image: Courtesy of TRW)
Kodak Mirror Assembly Tested …
Name of Image Kodak Mirror Assembly Tested at Marshall Space Flight Center
Date of Image 2003-04-09
Full Description This photo (a frontal view) is of one of many segments of the Eastman-Kodak mirror assembly being tested for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) project at the X-Ray Calibration Facility at Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). MSFC is supporting Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in developing the JWST by taking numerous measurements to predict its future performance. The tests are conducted in a vacuum chamber cooled to approximate the super cold temperatures found in space. During its 27 years of operation, the facility has performed testing in support of a wide array of projects, including the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), Solar A, Chandra technology development, Chandra High Resolution Mirror Assembly and science instruments, Constellation X-Ray Mission, and Solar X-Ray Imager, currently operating on a Geostationary Operational Environment Satellite. The JWST is NASA's next generation space telescope, a successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, named in honor of NASA's second administrator, James E. Webb. It is scheduled for launch in 2010 aboard an expendable launch vehicle. It will take about 3 months for the spacecraft to reach its destination, an orbit of 940,000 miles in space.
Kodak Mirror Assembly Tested …
Name of Image Kodak Mirror Assembly Tested at Marshall Space Flight Center
Date of Image 2003-04-09
Full Description This photo (rear view) is of one of many segments of the Eastman-Kodak mirror assembly being tested for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) project at the X-Ray Calibration Facility at Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). MSFC is supporting Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in developing the JWST by taking numerous measurements to predict its future performance. The tests are conducted in a vacuum chamber cooled to approximate the super cold temperatures found in space. During its 27 years of operation, the facility has performed testing in support of a wide array of projects, including the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), Solar A, Chandra technology development, Chandra High Resolution Mirror Assembly and science instruments, Constellation X-Ray Mission, and Solar X-Ray Imager, currently operating on a Geostationary Operational Environment Satellite. The JWST is NASA's next generation space telescope, a successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, named in honor of NASA's second administrator, James E. Webb. It is scheduled for launch in 2010 aboard an expendable launch vehicle. It will take about 3 months for the spacecraft to reach its destination, an orbit of 940,000 miles in space.
Kodak Mirror Assembly Tested …
Name of Image Kodak Mirror Assembly Tested at Marshall Space Flight Center
Date of Image 2003-04-09
Full Description This photo (a side view) is of one of many segments of the Eastman-Kodak mirror assembly being tested for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) project at the X-Ray Calibration Facility at Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). MSFC is supporting Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in developing the JWST by taking numerous measurements to predict its future performance. The tests are conducted in a vacuum chamber cooled to approximate the super cold temperatures found in space. During its 27 years of operation, the facility has performed testing in support of a wide array of projects, including the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), Solar A, Chandra technology development, Chandra High Resolution Mirror Assembly and science instruments, Constellation X-Ray Mission, and Solar X-Ray Imager, currently operating on a Geostationary Operational Environment Satellite. The JWST is NASA's next generation space telescope, a successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, named in honor of NASA's second administrator, James E. Webb. It is scheduled for launch in 2010 aboard an expendable launch vehicle. It will take about 3 months for the spacecraft to reach its destination, an orbit of 940,000 miles in space.
Governor George Wallace Visi …
Name of Image Governor George Wallace Visits the Marshall Space Flight Center
Date of Image 1965-06-08
Full Description NASA Administrator James E. Webb and Dr. von Braun, Director of the Marshall Space Flight Center, welcome Alabama Governor, George Wallace (left) at the Redstone Airfield, June 8, 1965.
Kodak Mirror Assembly Tested …
Name of Image Kodak Mirror Assembly Tested at Marshall Space Flight Center
Date of Image 2003-04-09
Full Description The Eastman-Kodak mirror assembly is being tested for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) project at the X-Ray Calibration Facility at Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). In this photo, an MSFC employee is inspecting one of many segments of the mirror assembly for flaws. MSFC is supporting Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in developing the JWST by taking numerous measurements to predict its future performance. The tests are conducted in a vacuum chamber cooled to approximate the super cold temperatures found in space. During its 27 years of operation, the facility has performed testing in support of a wide array of projects, including the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), Solar A, Chandra technology development, Chandra High Resolution Mirror Assembly and science instruments, Constellation X-Ray Mission, and Solar X-Ray Imager, currently operating on a Geostationary Operational Environment Satellite. The JWST is NASA's next generation space telescope, a successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, named in honor of NASA's second administrator, James E. Webb. It is scheduled for launch in 2010 aboard an expendable launch vehicle. It will take about 3 months for the spacecraft to reach its destination, an orbit of 940,000 miles in space.
Kodak Mirror Assembly Tested …
Name of Image Kodak Mirror Assembly Tested at Marshall Space Flight Center
Date of Image 2003-04-09
Full Description The Eastman-Kodak mirror assembly is being tested for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) project at the X-Ray Calibration Facility at Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). In this photo, one of many segments of the mirror assembly is being set up inside the 24-ft vacuum chamber where it will undergo x-ray calibration tests. MSFC is supporting Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in developing the JWST by taking numerous measurements to predict its future performance. The tests are conducted in a vacuum chamber cooled to approximate the super cold temperatures found in space. During its 27 years of operation, the facility has performed testing in support of a wide array of projects, including the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), Solar A, Chandra technology development, Chandra High Resolution Mirror Assembly and science instruments, Constellation X-Ray Mission, and Solar X-Ray Imager, currently operating on a Geostationary Operational Environment Satellite. The JWST is NASA's next generation space telescope, a successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, named in honor of NASA's second administrator, James E. Webb. It is scheduled for launch in 2010 aboard an expendable launch vehicle. It will take about 3 months for the spacecraft to reach its destination, an orbit of 940,000 miles in space.
Apollo Project
Title Apollo Project
Description Representatives of NASA Langley and Boeing signed the Lunar Orbiter contract on 16 April 1964 and sent it to NASA headquarters for final review. Three weeks later, on 7 May, Administrator James E. Webb approved the $80-million incentives contract to build five Lunar Orbiter spacecraft. Published in James R. Hansen, Spaceflight Revolution: NASA Langley Research Center From Sputnik to Apollo, NASA SP-4308, p. 331.
Date 04.22.1964
VISITORS - TOUR - NASA ADMIN …
johnsonspacecentermediaarchi …
Howard Gibbons, Acting Chief …
S65-28486
mediatype IMAGE
mediatype image
date 1965-08-07
creator NASA
identifier S65-28486
PERSONNEL - WEBB, JAMES E., …
johnsonspacecentermediaarchi …
NASA Administrator James E. …
S64-23983
mediatype IMAGE
mediatype image
date 1974-07-01
creator NASA
identifier S64-23983
PERSONNEL - WEBB, JAMES E., …
johnsonspacecentermediaarchi …
NASA Administrator James E. …
S64-23394
mediatype IMAGE
mediatype image
date 1974-07-01
creator NASA
identifier S64-23394
PERSONNEL - WEBB, JAMES E., …
johnsonspacecentermediaarchi …
NASA Administrator James E. …
S64-23393
mediatype IMAGE
mediatype image
date 1974-07-01
creator NASA
identifier S64-23393
VISITORS - TOUR - NASA ADMIN …
johnsonspacecentermediaarchi …
Howard Gibbons, Acting Chief …
S65-28496
mediatype IMAGE
mediatype image
date 1965-08-07
creator NASA
identifier S65-28496
PERSONNEL - WEBB, JAMES E., …
johnsonspacecentermediaarchi …
NASA Administrator James E. …
S64-23984
mediatype IMAGE
mediatype image
date 1974-07-01
creator NASA
identifier S64-23984
PERSONNEL - WEBB, JAMES E., …
johnsonspacecentermediaarchi …
NASA Administrator James E. …
S64-23982
mediatype IMAGE
mediatype image
date 1974-07-01
creator NASA
identifier S64-23982
VISITORS - TOUR - NASA ADMIN …
johnsonspacecentermediaarchi …
Howard Gibbons, Acting Chief …
S65-28485
mediatype IMAGE
mediatype image
date 1965-08-07
creator NASA
identifier S65-28485
Astronaut Virgil Grissom and …
Title Astronaut Virgil Grissom and family at airport with NASA administrator Webb
Description Astronaut Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom and his family are shown at the airport at Patrick Air Force Base with NASA administrator James E. Webb (right). Grissom is speaking into microphones for the news media.
Date Taken 1961-07-21
Astronaut Scott Carpenter re …
Title Astronaut Scott Carpenter receives NASA Distinguised Service Medal
Description Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter, pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 7 mission, receives the NASA Distinguished Service Medal from NASA Adminstrator James E. Webb during ceremonies at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Date Taken 1962-09-19
Gemini 6 and 7 press confere …
Title Gemini 6 and 7 press conference
Description View of the Gemini 6 and 7 press conference. From right to left are NASA Administrator James E. Webb, MSC Deputy Director George M. Low, and Astronauts James A. Lovell Jr., Frank Borman, Thomas B. Stafford, and Walter M. Schirra.
Date Taken 1966-01-03
1-32 of 32