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Guide to the Ames Astrogram Collection,1958-2023
AFS1380.39A
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Title: Ames Astrogram
Collection Number: AFS1380.39A
Collector:
NASA Ames Research Center,
Office of Communications
Extent:
5.4 cubic feet;
1,684 digital items;
38.18 Gigabytes
Repository:
NASA Ames Research Center
NASA Ames Research Center Archives
Abstract: The Ames Astrogram collection contains a complete run of NASA Ames Research Center's "Astrogram" newsletter, published from
1958 to the present.
Physical location: Archives Reading Room, N207-112C
Language of Material: All material is in English.
Collection is open for research.
The NASA Ames Research Center Archives adds materials to this collection annually.
Copyright does not apply to United States government records.
Alternative Form of Materials Available
Digital copies of the newsletters in PDF format include scans of paper issues from 1958 to 1997 and born digital issues from
1998 through October 2023. Issues from May 2016 through December 2019 were captured from NASA's website in both PDF format
and screen captures (PNG). Issues from January 2020 through October 2023 were captured from NASA's website in PDF format.
Issues from 2022 were captured in WACZ format (Web Archive Collection Zipped).
Two sets of negative microfiche for issues from 1958 to 1992 are included in the collection.
NASA Ames Research Center Archives, NASA Ames Research Center. Moffett Field, California. AFS1030.39A, Ames Astrogram Collection,
[Container number] : [Folder number]. [Identification of item]. [Date, if available].
NASA ARC Archives. AFS1380.69A, [Container number] : [Folder number]. [Identification of item]. [Date if available].
Transferred from the Public Affairs Office (now the Office of Communications), July 2004 (accession 2004-005) and captured
from the Ames Research Center Web portal at https://www.nasa.gov/ames/astrogram and https://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/astrogram/index.html
(accessions 2019-008, 2020-003, 2021-003, 2022-002, ARC-TR-2023-021, WEB-2023-066).
The Astrogram newsletter is a mechanism for disseminating news about Ames Research Center, and includes information about
the center's research activities, achievements, events, culture, and workforce. From the 1950s through the 2000s, the newsletter
contained a classified advertisement section for staff, which was discontinued in the 2010s.
The initial Astrogram issue was published in October 1958, the first month that Ames Research Center began operating as part
of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Although Ames formed in 1939 as the NACA Ames Aeronautical Laboratory,
there was no newsletter prior to 1958.
From 1958 through February 2002, the Astrogram was published every other Thursday. Beginning in March 2002, it was published
once a month at the beginning of the month, reporting the previous month's activities and events. Beginning in October 2007,
the Astrogram was published monthly in digital format only. Publication of the Astrogram was suspended in 2009. In 2010 the
publication resumed but only two issues were produced, in both print and digital formats. Starting in 2011, distribution changed
to quarterly in both print and digital formats. From May 2016, the newsletter was only issued in digital form and posted on
the center's website. In 2019, the January issue was suspended due to the 2019 Government Shutdown. The Astrogram resumed
the following month. In May 2023 the Astrogram was published bi-monthly on the website.
In its first years, the Astrogram was a joint effort of the Ames Photography Branch and Administrative Service, with the Personnel
Branch providing editing services. Today, the Astrogram is the responsibility of the Office of Communications.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection contains a full run of the Astrogram, which is the official newsletter for Ames Research Center. Issues date
from October 1958 through October 2023. The Astrogram newsletter provides information about the center's activities and workforce.
The collection includes two copies of paper issues from 1958 to January 2016 and digital issues published from May 2016 to
October 2023.
This collection is arranged in chronological order.
The following terms may be used to index this collection.
Ames Research
Center
Ames Research
Center. Office of Communications
News Media
Employee magazines, newsletters, etc.
Newsletters
Moffett Field (Calif.)
Astrogram