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Oral History interview with Martin Harwit and Henry Kondracki, 1983 February 9.

by Harwit, Martin, 1931-

Transcript: 25 pages.

Use and Reproduction :

Oral History Interview may be read by any researcher with an approved access application on file, but copies and quotes may not be made , except with the written permission of the Institute.

Owning Repository:

American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA

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Location of Original/Copy:

The audio tapes and original transcript are the property of the interviewee, and are indefinitely deposited at the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Available at Sources for History of Modern Astrophysics libraries of deposit.

Biography/History:

Martin Harwit: Astrophysicist. Affiliations include: PhD., Physics, MIT, 1960; professor of astronomy at Cornell University; Naval Research Laboratory; Director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum. Research interests include: observational astronomy, theoretical astrophysics, infrared astronomy, galaxy formation, and the history of astronomy and astrophysics.

Henry Kondracki: Astrophysicist, Naval Research Laboratory.

Scope of Material:

This interview examines Martin Harwit's tenure as a physicist at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), his time as a National Science Foundation fellow, and his working relationship with Henry Kondracki (an NRL engineer). The interview primarily is concerned with the roles of Harwit and Kondracki in the development of an infrared Aerobee rocket payload at Naval Research Laboratory.

Interview conducted by Dr. David DeVorkin on February 9, 1983.

Interview conducted as part of the Sources for History of Modern Astrophysics (SHMA) project.

Microfilmed, in part for the Sources for History of Modern Astrophysics project. Copies available at the American Institute of Physics and SHMA libraries of deposit.

Table of contents available with transcript.

DeVorkin, David H., 1944- interviewer.

Kondracki, Henry.

Oral histories.

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