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Commander Malcolm D. Ross (1919-1985), USN, was commissioned an ensign in 1943. He attended Purdue University and the University of Chicago, studying physics and meteorology. In 1951, Ross was assigned to the Navy's plastic balloon research program. Subsequently, he was involved with Project Skyhook, Project Charity and was responsible for initiating the Stratolab program for upper atmosphere research. Ross' accomplishments as a physicist and aeronaut, a pioneer in modern scientific ballooning, are amply documented here.

 Identifier

NASM.1998.0048

Creator

Ross, Malcolm D., 1919-1985

Date

[ca. 1950s-1970s]

Provenance

Marjorie Ross, Gift, 1998, 1998-0048, unknown

Extent

15.26 Cubic feet ((14 records center boxes) (2 flatboxes))

Archival Repository

National Air and Space Museum Archives

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a large amount of material without arrangement, including such material as photographs, handwritten notes, correspondence, medical flight records, reports and articles. The Stratolab program is perhaps the most well-represented of Ross' projects documented in the collection.

Rights

Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests

Restrictions

No restrictions on access

Topics

Stratolab Program

Balloons, Sounding

Vertically rising aircraft

Rockets, Sounding

Rockets (Aeronautics)

Balloons

Atmosphere, Upper -- Rocket observations

Rocketry

Aeronautics

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Articles

Reports

Correspondence

Notes

Photographs