Aerial View, Ford Motor Company Aeronutronic Engineering and Research Center, Newport Beach, California, 1960-1964

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Artifact Overview

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 Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1960-1964

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.232.1789

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.125 in
Width: 10 in

Aerial View, Ford Motor Company Aeronutronic Engineering and Research Center, Newport Beach, California, 1960-1964