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 Summary

Space Station Freedom was a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) project that, although it was never brought to fruition as such, evolved into the International Space Station (ISS). This collection consists of approximately 0.18 cubic feet of material pertaining to Space Station Freedom including technical drawings; schematics; press and promotional materials; brochures; publications; and artists' renderings.

This collection is in English.

 Biographical / Historical

Space Station Freedom was a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) project that, although it was never brought to fruition as such, evolved into the International Space Station (ISS). NASA began developing Freedom in the early 1980s and the project was announced in then-President Ronald Wilson Reagan's 1984 State of the Union address. Many of the design components of Freedom were later incorporated into the ISS. Brad Jefferson worked as a contractor on the Space Station Freedom project at NASA headquarters beginning in 1984, and later with the Grumman Integration Team at the project's headquarters in Reston, Virginia.

 Identifier

NASM.2018.0082

Creator

Jefferson, Brad

Date

1986-1993

Provenance

Brad Jefferson, Gift, 2018, NASM.2018.0082

Extent

0.3 Cubic feet (1 folder and 2 map folders)

Archival Repository

National Air and Space Museum Archives

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of approximately 0.18 cubic feet of material pertaining to Space Station Freedom including technical drawings; schematics; press and promotional materials; brochures; publications; and artists' renderings. Much of the material is produced by NASA, but some is from various companies including Boeing, Lockheed, Rockwell International, and Grumman.

Arrangement note

Collection is housed according to the size of materials.

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

Citation

Space Station Materials [Jefferson], NASM.2018.0082, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Topics

Space stations

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Technical drawings

Press releases

Brochures