Aeronutronics News, Volume 1, March-December 1960
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Ford Motor Company established the core of its aerospace division in 1956. Based in Newport Beach, California, the division and its subsidiaries manufactured satellites, missiles, and defense systems. It also played an important role in developing the Mission Control facility near Houston, Texas, that directed NASA's Gemini and Apollo space missions. Ford sold its aerospace division in 1990.
Ford Motor Company established the core of its aerospace division in 1956. Based in Newport Beach, California, the division and its subsidiaries manufactured satellites, missiles, and defense systems. It also played an important role in developing the Mission Control facility near Houston, Texas, that directed NASA's Gemini and Apollo space missions. Ford sold its aerospace division in 1990.
Artifact
Newspaper
Date Made
07 March 1960-27 December 1960
Subject Date
07 March 1960-27 December 1960
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.972.27
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Bookbinding (Process)
Dimensions
Height: 16.875 in
Width: 11.5 in
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