PUBLIC AFFAIRS Rev Date: Section 091

CENTER SERIES PUBLIC AFFAIRS This subseries contains an unusual mix of materials that describe the range of functions performed by the JSC Public Affairs Office. PAO is responsible for developing planning programs for the dissemination of public information, handling all news media relations (print, audio and visual), and conducting visitor, protocol, and community relations activities. It also advises the Center Director on the public impact of all NASA/JSC programs. (See JSCI 1132.1H for more detailed information.) This subseries may be considered a case study of the Public Affairs function since it focuses upon the ASTP program of the mid- seventies. During this program, PAO conducted its regular public information activities as well as activities associated with a major international effort. The first two boxes of material contain subject files that give the researcher a clear idea of the variety of concerns that PAO addressed during the ASTP. Also included in the collection is a run of budget related news articles collected by Terry White, a selection of responses to public mail, and miscellaneous transcripts of conferences and briefings. Other products of the Public Affairs Office are stored in their own subseries including the "JSC News Roundup" (the employee newspaper), a run of NASA and JSC News Releases, the JSC Speaker's Bureau publications, and the press kits and air-to-ground transcripts associated with individual missions. The material in this collection is dated from approximately 1971 through 1981. It is filed by subject. Inventory SubHeading: Box Number: 1 ASTP U.S. / U.S.S.R. Agreement 1971 - 1972 ASTP Joint Meeting Agenda, 1972 - 1975 Schedules and Communiques Miscellaneous ASTP Correspondence 1973 - 1975, n.d. ASTP Crew Activities 1973 - 1975, n.d. ASTP Manning List / MOCR Staffing 1975 ASTP Interview with Glynn Lunney, September 9, 1975 International Cooperation ASTP PAO TV Requirements 1972 - 1974, n.d. ASTP Public Information Plan 1973 - 1975, n.d. ASTP Simulations 1974 - 1975, n.d. ASTP Results of Moscow PAO May 17 - 23, 1975 Meeting ASTP PAO Working Group Meetings, 1974 - 1975, n.d. January - February 1975 ASTP Crew Training Meeting Minutes 1973 - 1974 and Program SubHeading: Box Number: 2 ASTP Astronaut Emblems 1970, 1973 - 1974 ASTP Artist 1973 - 1974 ASTP Cosmonaut Welcoming September 9, 1974 Ceremony Deke Slayton Return to Flight Status March 13, 1975 ASTP Press Conference U.S. / U.S.S.R. Rendezvous and May 24, 1972 Docking Agreement ASTP Crew Family Support 1975, n.d. ASTP Project Organizaton Plan 1974 - 1975 ASTP Pre-mission and Mission Events 1974, n.d. ASTP Television 1972 - 1975 Cooperative Agreement between NASA and NBC for Use of the 3rd Floor MOCR during ASTP Mission ASTP PAO Contingency Plan 1974 - 1975 ASTP Private Conversations 1973 - 1974 ASTP Symbolic / Ceremonial Activities 1973 - 1975 ASTP Paris Air Show Exhibit 1972 - 1973 ASTP Hardware Inventory U.S. and 1974, February 1975 U.S.S.R. Exchange SubHeading: Box Number: 3 Budget Related Articles FY 1964 - 1975 (Clipped for PAO by Terry White) 1963 - 1976 (11 folders) SubHeading: Box Number: 4 Public Mail Flight Operations, Crew 1978 - 1979 Support, Astronauts (2 folders) Public Mail Advanced Missions, 1978 - 1979 Shuttle, Industrial Releases Public Mail Lunar Science, Earth 1978 - 1979 Resources, Energy (2 folders) Public Mail Engineering and Development, Science, Food (2 1978 - 1979 folders) Public Mail Curiosities 1973 - 1981 Trend Information 1985 - 1990, Information Services Unit and Teacher 1990 Resource Center (mail, phone and door inquiries) SubHeading: Box Number: 5 Fifth Lunar Science Conference March 1974 Briefings (11 folders) Sixth Lunar Science Conference Briefings (2 folders) Seventh Lunar Science Conference Briefings (3 folders) Skylab Status Report Briefing July 17, 1972 Skylab Crew Press Conference September 20, 1972 Skylab Science Press Conference March 8, 1973 Skylab Overview News Briefing March 9, 1973 Session I and II (2 folders) SubHeading: Box Number: 6 Skylab News Briefing April 11, 1973 Skylab Life Sciences News Briefing April 11, 1973 Skylab 2 Pre-mission Crew News April 12, 1973 Conference RAE-B / Delta Launch Commentary June 10, 1973 Viking Press Conference , 1974 Shuttle Press Conference Downey, March 14, 1974 California President Nixon's Speech at JSC March 20, 1974 European Space Group Press March 22, 1974 Conference Space Shuttle Status Press June 19, 1974 Conference Skylab Life Sciences Symposium August 29, 1974 Press Conference ESA Space Shuttle Orbiter Progress March 19, 1975 Briefing NASA Future Programs Briefing Press July 13, 1975 Conference Spacelab Simulation II Press , 1976 Conference Colloquium on New Directions for April 13, 1976 Space Colonization and Manufacturing Space flight in the 1980's C. C. Kraft 1976 Speech PAO Shuttle Planning Group ALT and 1975 - 1977, n.d. OFT Overland and Ferry Flight of OV-102 1979, n.d. PAO Center Inspections 1974