Ames Astrogram

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Summary

Creators:

NASA Ames Research Center, Office of Communications

Abstract:

The Ames Astrogram collection contains a complete run of NASA Ames Research Center's "Astrogram" newsletter, published from 1958 to the present.

Extent:

5.4 cubic feet; 1,684 digital items; 38.18 Gigabytes

Language:

All material is in English.

Preferred citation:

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].

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Biographical / historical:

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.

Acquisition information:

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).

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged in chronological order.

Accruals:

The NASA Ames Research Center Archives adds materials to this collection annually.

Physical location:

Archives Reading Room, N207-112C

Indexed terms

Subjects:: News Media
Employee magazines, newsletters, etc.
Newsletters

Access and use

Restrictions:: Collection is open for research.
Terms of access:: Copyright does not apply to United States government records.