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PAUL H. VAVRA PAPERS Rev Date:5/12/2000 Section 107 CENTER SERIES PAUL H. VAVRA PAPERS Paul Vavra began work for the NACA at the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory in August of 1947 as a research scientist and project engineer in the development of radar instrumentation and data collection systems used at the Wallops Station. He continued this work, and later supervised groups responsible for the design and development of complicated digital data recording and data gathering systems for wind tunnel research work. In July 1959, he was made Assistant Head, Tracking and Ground Instrumentation Unit (TAGIU) in the Project Mercury Team. During 1959 and 1960, the unit successfully planned, specified, and technically directed over $80 million of effort which produced the world-wide Mercury Project Tracking and Data Acquisition Network including the first NASA real-time communications and computing center and operations control center for manned flight. In June 1961, he transferred to the Goddard Space Flight Center as Associate Chief, Manned Space Flight Support Division, which was responsible for the Mercury network operation. Mr. Vavra transferred to the Manned Spacecraft Center (now JSC) in November 1962, and assumed a position as Manager, Ground Systems Project Office, responsible for the development of the major Integrated Mission Control Center (MCC) at Houston, and integrating it with the Ground Operations Support System (GOSS) which was being developed to support the Gemini, Apollo, and advanced manned programs with respect to command / control, tracking, lunar orbiting and landing operations, return, and reentry. In this capacity Mr. Vavra was responsible for development of the technical management plan, specifications, contract negotiations, and direction of a $100 million program for the design, development, and construction of the MCC. (Note FOD interface material in the collection). With these two systems (MCC and GOSS) becoming operational, the Information Systems Division was established in February 1964 to assure engineering studies and new systems developments to keep these systems continuously updated in terms of advancing requirements for tracking, command and control. Mr. Vavra was appointed Chief of this new division in February of 1965 with responsibility for directing a 100 man staff in planning, analysis and engineering of spacecraft / ground telecommunications systems for support of manned space flight, automated spacecraft test and checkout systems, and development of data acquisition and specialized processing and display equipment for support of manned spacecraft center laboratories. Mr. Vavra was assigned direct responsibility by NASA Headquarters for coordinating NASA Center work with the Apollo spacecraft designers and contractors, and the JPL and Goddard Space Flight Center ground station designers to assure Apollo spacecraft communications compatibility with ground networks. In August 1969, the Information Systems Division and the Space electronic Systems Division were reorganizad, with all spacecraft data management and instrumentation responsibilities being combined in the Information Systems Division. Mr. Vavra remained Chief of the Division, responsible for planning, directing, and coordinating the work of five branches in the planning, analyzing, and engineering of overall design, development, qualification, and testing of onboard data management systems, ground-based and onboard checkout systems, component testing, instrumentation, control and displays, power distribution and sequencing, standards and calibration; design, development, and implementation of selected electronic and optical experiments and earth resources sensor systems. Mr. Vavra's Space Shuttle Program responsibilities centered around ISD efforts in the area of electronics development and avionics integration. Mr. Vavra retired from NASA in January of 1973. The papers in the subseries consist of correspondence, memos, reports, meeting minutes, handwritten notes, and photographs. A small quantity of memorabilia is also filed in the collection. However, NASA PAO fact sheets and give-aways were not retained as they are available in other History Office collections. The materials are grouped chronologically under several sub-headings corresponding to the major projects in which Mr. Vavra participated or oversaw. Most of the material is dated from 1957 through 1972. The subseries is strongest in documentation related to the Mercury Network, making it a rare find and an extremely valuable addition to the overall history collection. See also our MCC / RTCC subseries and the general Mercury series for additional information. An interview transcript with Mr. Vavra is also available. Inventory SubHeading: Box Number: 01 Technical Evaluation Subcommittee, Project Mercury Tracking and Ground MERCURY CONTROL CENTER AND Instrumentation Systems July 1959 - 1960 NETWORK Specifications, Evaluation Team Reports MERCURY CONTROL CENTER AND Remote Site Survey Schedule for August 3, 1959 NETWORK Mercury Network NASA Space Task Group, Project MERCURY CONTROL CENTER AND Mercury Discussion (presentation November 24, 1959 NETWORK charts) NASA Report for the Cisler Committee MERCURY CONTROL CENTER AND on Trackingand Ground November 25, 1959 NETWORK Instrumentation Systems for the Project Mercury (description) MERCURY CONTROL CENTER AND Mercury Network Communications, 1959 NETWORK Notes on Contractors (Collins, RCA, ITT, ATT, GE) MERCURY CONTROL CENTER AND Mercury Network - Early Headquarters 1959 NETWORK Plans (including handwritten notes) MERCURY CONTROL CENTER AND Mercury Network, NASA - Atlantic 1959 - 1960 NETWORK Missile Range Discussions MERCURY CONTROL CENTER AND Notes on AMR Management Policies 1959 - 1961 NETWORK (conflicts between NASA and DoD) Proposed Space Control Center for MERCURY CONTROL CENTER AND Coordination and Control of "Man-in- April 29, 1959 NETWORK Space"Programs, Presentation Material NASA - LRC Specification No. S-45B MERCURY CONTROL CENTER AND Tracking and Ground Instrumentation May - October 1959 NETWORK Systems for Project Mercury Mercury Tracking Network Discussion MERCURY CONTROL CENTER AND - Initial Design, Configuration and June 1959 - 1960. NETWORK Requirements Mercury Tracking and MERCURY CONTROL CENTER AND Communications Briefing, World June 1, 1959 NETWORK Coverage Charts, Procedures, etc. SubHeading: Box Number: 02 MERCURY CONTROL CENTER AND Mercury Program Advertisements 1959 - 1961 NETWORK MERCURY CONTROL CENTER AND Mercury Network Remote Sites, January 11, 1960 NETWORK Project Engineer Responsibilities MERCURY CONTROL CENTER AND Project Mercury Computing and Data January 25, 1960 NETWORK Flow Planning Mathews, Charles W. "Review of the MERCURY CONTROL CENTER AND Operational Plans for Mercury Orbital January 25, 1960 NETWORK Mission" NASA - GSFC, Proposed MERCURY CONTROL CENTER AND Communications Center for the January 1960 NETWORK Goddard Space Flight Center (MCC) Summary of Charges for Proposed MERCURY CONTROL CENTER AND NASA Communications Requirements March 23, 1960 NETWORK in Connection with Project Mercury MERCURY CONTROL CENTER AND Project Mercury NASA / DoD April 5 - 6, 1960 NETWORK Operations Meeting, Part II MERCURY CONTROL CENTER AND Bendix Corporation, Project Mercury April 1960 NETWORK Indoctrination Manual (Network) MERCURY CONTROL CENTER AND Project Mercury Space Parts May 12, 1960 NETWORK Procedures National Bureau of Standards Report 6707, Final Engineering Report on MERCURY CONTROL CENTER AND Project Mercury High Frequency June 13, 1960 NETWORK Ground Instrumentation System, Part I and II MERCURY CONTROL CENTER AND NASA - DoD Meeting on Mercury June 15, 1960 NETWORK Network Status and Schedules SubHeading: Box Number: 03 MERCURY CONTROL CENTER AND NASA - Space Task Group Project June 20, 1960 NETWORK Mercury Discussions NASA - Space Task Group Project Mercury Discussion, Presentation on MERCURY CONTROL CENTER AND Mercury Network (technical October 31, 1960 NETWORK requirements and operating descriptions attached) Briefing to Captain Howard Silberstein, Staff Consultant to the Committee on MERCURY CONTROL CENTER AND Science and Astronautics re: Langley October 1960 NETWORK Support of Project Mercury Tracking and Ground Instrumentation DoD Logistic and Administrative MERCURY CONTROL CENTER AND Control of Project Mercury Tracking 1960 NETWORK Stations MERCURY CONTROL CENTER AND Mercury Control Center and Tracking c. 1960 - 1961 NETWORK Station Photographs Vavra Presentation to Ad Hoc Mercury MERCURY CONTROL CENTER AND Panel of the President's Science March 3, 1961 NETWORK Advisory Committee MERCURY CONTROL CENTER AND Project Mercury MA-3 Operations March 31, 1961 NETWORK Information Memorandum, Revision A MIT - Lincoln Laboratories, MERCURY CONTROL CENTER AND Recommendations for choice of Data June 15, 1961 NETWORK Transmission Systems Project Mercury Ground System, MERCURY CONTROL CENTER AND Review of Project Status as of June NETWORK 30, 1961 and September 5, 1961 MERCURY CONTROL CENTER AND MIT - Lincoln Laboratories, Mission September 11, 1961 NETWORK Simulators for the Mercury Sites SubHeading: Box Number: 04 Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc., Project Mercury Report on MERCURY CONTROL CENTER AND Observations of the Mercury Ground September 26, 1961 NETWORK Network During the MNTV-1 Network Exercises MERCURY CONTROL CENTER AND MA-4 Preliminary Network September 1961 NETWORK Performance Donegan, James J. "Description of the MERCURY CONTROL CENTER AND Mercury Real - Time Computing October 26, 1961
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