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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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