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    Operation Moonwatch Event, Biloxi, Mississippi
     
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    Historic Images of the Smithsonian
    Title: 
    Operation Moonwatch Event, Biloxi, Mississippi
    Date: 
    c. 1958
    Author/Creator: 
    Unknown
    Contained In: 
    Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9520, Box 1, Fred L. Whipple Oral History Interviews
    Summary: 
    Under a banner for Operation Moonwatch, people are lined up at the entrance to a Satellite Demonstration set up in Biloxi, Mississippi. The Moonwatch Division of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory was created in 1956 as part of the Satellite Tracking Program and established to track and photograph the artificial earth satellites to be launched during the International Geophysical Year, 1957-1958.
    Notes: 
    Photograph included in the transcript of Fred L. Whipple Oral History Interviews by Pamela M. Henson, June 24, 1976, in Smithsonian Institution Archives.
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    Restrictions: No restrictions
    Physical_Description: 
    Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Group; Interior; Medium: Photographic print
    Negative Number: 
    91-6389
    Ordering Information: 
    For permission to reproduce or publish, contact osiaref@si.edu or call 202-633-5870. To order reproductions, call 202-633-1933 or contact photos@si.edu.
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    Subject: 
    Operation Moonwatch
    Moonwatch Program
    Satellite Tracking Program
    Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
    Astronomy
    Children
    Event
    Special events.
    Visitors' centers
    Women
    Mississippi.
    Form/Genre: 
    Photographic print
    Group, candid
    Interior
    Contact Information: 
    Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
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