To view items in this collection, use the Online Finding Aid

Charles Frank Novak, Sr., worked on the V-2 project at White Sands, New Mexico. Novak's specific project was work on the release system for the V-2 smoke generator. The smoke generator was used to study wind velocities in the upper atmosphere by means of visible smoke clouds.

Identifier

NASM.1995.0008

Creator

Novak, Charles Frank, Sr.

Date

1946

Provenance

Joseph Suarez, Gift, 1994, 1995-0008, Public Domain

Extent

0.23 Cubic feet (1 slim legal document box)

Archival Repository

National Air and Space Museum Archives

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of eighteen prints and 2 reels of color and black and white footage relating to the White Sands Project.

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

Launch complexes (Astronautics) -- White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico
V-2 rocket
Rocketry
Astronautics and state
Astronautics
Rockets (Aeronautics)

Type

Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Motion pictures (visual works)
Photographs