Record #:

16055

Author(s):

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Personnel

Abstract:

The state was actively involved with sending the first astronauts to the moon. Astronauts were trained in understanding the celestial environment at the Morehead Planetarium in Chapel Hill under the guidance of director A. F. Jenzano. Two of those astronauts were also native North Carolinians; Major Charles Moss Duke, Jr. and Dr. William Edgar Thornton.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 8 Issue 4, May 1970, p2-5, il

Subject(s):

Astronauts; Planetariums--Chapel Hill