Partnering with the UAH Apollo Project is a mutually beneficial arrangement, as the US Space and Rocket Center can testify to.  Recently, while allowing Project students to look through the Rocket Center’s archives, they were able to arrange for pieces of history in the form of blueprints for the Apollo Command Module Block II (Revision K) to be scanned and converted into PDFs, thus preserving them for generations to come and making them more accessible for researchers at all academic levels around the world.

 

Students from the Project had been searching through the archives for blueprints of the Command Module Block II and found these documents, then arranged to take them over to one of the Project’s corporate sponsors, SAIC, and use the company’s large document scanners to create PDF versions of the documents, allowing the USSRC to place them in a public place for students, researchers, and fans of spaceflight to view for years to come without risking damage to the originals.

 

This not only makes the documents accessible to more people, but also more practical for research uses.  Previously these large blueprints, up to 48 inches in width, existed in multiple sheets and had to be spread over a large work area to be viewed as a whole.  Now they exist in electronic forms that can be viewed in a much smaller space and more cohesively, providing a much better “big picture” view of how the capsule worked.

 

The Project will continue sharing resources with the Rocket Center, scanning more documents in thanks for access to historical documents and artifacts useful in their endeavor to build the flight simulator. This is the beginning of a long-term friendship between these three groups, resulting in the preservation of history for generations of students, researchers, and space flight fans all over the world.

 

Active Project Members and post-orientation students!  We've been invited to dinner at UAH President Williams' Lowe House (210 Williams Street) on February 1st at 7:00pm.  Please join us for an evening of food, socializing, and sharing our work with some of the most influential people on campus!

The UAH Apollo Project website is about to undergo a series of major changes.  We will do our best to make sure you can still access all the information you need as easily as possible but changes like this often include short-term problems with various pages while information is moved and reorganized.  We apologize in advance for any inconvenience you may epxerience.  If you have questions or concerns regarding the new design, please email the Communications and Publicity team lead, Anneliese DeVyldere, at amd1097@uah.edu.  Thank you for your understanding.

In total, 47 Freshman and Upperclassmen attended the New Member Orientation.

We would like to thank all who attended for coming and hope to see more students at the next New Member Orientation in late September!

We are excited to announce today a new partnership with the UAH University Honors Program.

We look forward to a collaborative atmosphere between our two organizations and an increased presence in the academic community!

Yesterday saw another successful UAHuntsville Freshman Orientation. Due to rain, the club fair and live band were moved into the University Center Exhibit Hall. The project was represented by the Project Lead (Zach Groff) and Assistant Project Lead (Alexander Antonison). The 18 students who signed up for more information brings our total freshman mailing list to 70. We look forward to working with these new students this fall!