End of Operation Moonwatch Observed at SAO Luncheon
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Creator: Connolly, Vincent P
Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs
Date: 1975
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 02, Folder: September 1975, Image No. 75-6750-12
The end of Operation Moonwatch was observed by (from left) Albert Werner, last chief of the program; Fred L. Whipple, former director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and founder of the Baker-Nunn tracking network and Moonwatch; Frederick C. Durant III, Assistant Director of the Department of Astronautics, National Air and Space Museum; Mrs. Grace Spitz, widow of Armand Spitz, planetarium designer and consultant to SAO; and David Challinor, Assistant Secretary for Science. Fred Durant is holding an original Moonwatch telescope donated to the museum by SAO.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 02, Folder: September 1975, Image No. 75-6750-12
Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
Black-and-white photographs
SIA RU000371 [75-6750-12]
8 x 10;