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Wall of Honor Level: Air and Space Leader
Honored by:
Florian (Flo Boczkowski) Brent; 4/9/24; Mahanoy City, Pa.
1951 - 1955: Budd Co. Philadelphia, Pa. Designed & developed 120mm Spike Nose Anti-Tank H.E.A.T. Shell
1956 – 1984: GE Space Division, Philadelphia, Pa.
1956-1957 Conceived, designed, developed Mark I Nose Cone Data Capsule. Presented to Smithsonian Institute 1959.
First recoverable data recorder from space and first photographed and
recovered film of Eastern United States, Central America, and South _
America Coasts.
1958 - 1962 Conceived, designed, developed Corona / Discover Recovery ~
Photographic Capsule. First recoverable satellite from space.
Displayed in Smithsonian Institute, Air and Space Museum. 1965 - 1984 Nimbus & Landsat Project Manager of mechanical
components, explosives, RF Antennas, environmental test equipment and
ground handling equipments.
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