End of Operation Moonwatch Observed at SAO Luncheon

Summary

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.

Subject

• Challinor, David
• Durant, Frederick C. 1916-
• Spitz, Armand
• Whipple, Fred L (Fred Lawrence) 1906-2004
• Spitz, Grace
• Werner, Albert
• National Air and Space Museum
• Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
• Smithsonian Institution Office of Public Affairs

Notes

• Original film available in SIA Acc. 11-009.
• Featured in the "Torch," September 1975.

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 02, Folder: September 1975, Image No. 75-6750-12

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

• 1975
• June 26, 1975

Restrictions & Rights

• No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
• No Copyright - United States

Topic

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA RU000371 [75-6750-12]

Physical description

8 x 10;

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