Engineer with Model of Spacecraft to Carry a Lunar Capsule, Ford Motor Company Aeronutronic Division, 1960

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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

Date Made

1960

Subject Date

26 April 1960

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.232.1790

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: 10 in
Width: 8.125 in

Engineer with Model of Spacecraft to Carry a Lunar Capsule, Ford Motor Company Aeronutronic Division, 1960