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Burnley Mahr's career as an aerospace designer began at the University of Minnesota, where he studied engineering in the 1950s. Following employment with Boeing, North American Aviation, and North American Rockwell, he worked for Rockwell International's Space & Information Systems in Downey, California. Throughout the span of his career, Mahr worked on the following projects: Navaho, Gemini, Apollo, Orbiter, LST Hubble, the Shuttle, satellite systems, and the Space Station (Skylab). His most important contribution was the design of the Shuttle Robot Retrieval Arm for the deployment and plucking of satellites in outer space.
NASM.1996.0031
Mahr, Burnley
1953-1994
bulk [ca. 1960s-1970s]
Douglas Mahr, gift, 1996, 1996-0031, unknown
1.09 Cubic feet ((1 records center box))
National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection contains materials from Mahr's work on the following projects: EOS Landsat, Orbiter, LST Hubble, Navaho, Skylab, Apollo, and the Shuttle Robot Retrieval Arm. In addition, there are also promotional materials from Rockwell International's Space Division pertaining to various spacecraft.
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Artificial satellites
Landsat satellites -- EOS Landsat
Manned space flight
Space flight
Rockets (Aeronautics)
Astronautics
Aerospace engineers
Space Shuttle Orbiter
Hubble (Large) Space Telescope
Navaho missile (SM-64)
Space Shuttle Remote Manipulator Arm
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Drawings