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))

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Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Drawings

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.

Drawings

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Project Apollo (U.S.)

Rockwell International. Space and Information Systems

Skylab Program

Mahr, Burnley

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