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Start Date:1984-11-05 Location:VLA Site, NM |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:VLA Unit Type:Still Image Subject:Instruments--Very Large Array (VLA) |
Description:The 500th move of a VLA antenna took place on 5 November 1984. The cartoon, drawn by Paul Harden, commemorates the milestone event and the dedication of the transporter crews. The crews braved scorching sun and blowing snow (and probably blowing sand), as well as wobbling tracks (and sometimes broken ones as the cartoon suggests) to move antennas to a new location. The transporters at that time were named Hein's Trein and CamTrak, honoring long-time NRAO staff members Hein Hvatum and Cam Wade. Photograph of original cartoon drawn by Paul Harden. [show more]
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Start Date:1989 Location:VLA Site, NM |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:VLA Unit Subunit:Voyager Project Subunit Type:Still Image Original Format of Digital Item:Slide Subject:Instruments--Very Large Array (VLA) |
Description:The VLA was used with Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Deep Space Network in Goldstone CA to track NASA’s Voyager 2 encounter with Neptune in August 1989.
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Start Date:2023-09028 Location:VLA Site, NM People:Bracewell, Mark Sullivan, Woodruff T., III |
Creator:Papers of Ronald N. Bracewell Series:Additional Materials About Bracewell Series Unit:Bracewell Sundial at the VLA Unit Subunit:Bracewell Sundial 10th Anniversary Subunit Type:Still Image Subject:Instruments--Bracewell Radio Sundial Events--Anniversaries |
Description:Mark Bracewell and Woody Sullivan discuss Sullivan's wrist sundial tattoo and how to use it.
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Start Date:2023-09-28 Location:VLA Site, NM |
Creator:Papers of Ronald N. Bracewell Series:Additional Materials About Bracewell Series Unit:Bracewell Sundial at the VLA Unit Subunit:Bracewell Sundial 10th Anniversary Subunit Type:Still Image Subject:Instruments--Bracewell Radio Sundial Events--Anniversaries |
Description:Speaker and audience reflected in the sundial gnomon.
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Start Date:2023-09-28 Location:VLA Site, NM People:Sullivan, Woodruff T., III |
Creator:Papers of Ronald N. Bracewell Series:Additional Materials About Bracewell Series Unit:Bracewell Sundial at the VLA Unit Subunit:Bracewell Sundial 10th Anniversary Subunit Type:Still Image Subject:Instruments--Bracewell Radio Sundial Events--Anniversaries |
Description:Woody Sullivan speaking at the Bracewell Sundial 10th Anniversary celebration.
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Start Date:1976-09-24 Location:VLA Site, NM People:Clark, Barry Blankenship, Linda |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:VLA Unit Type:Still Image Subject:Facilities--VLA--Array Site Computers |
Description:In late September 1976, with early VLA construction happening outside, Barry Clark and Linda Blankenship [Sowinski] work at the site. Barry recalls that his terminal was a SuperBee, connected to the Modcomp real-time system, and that the terminal on the table to his left was connected to the Dec-10. Both were dumb terminals connected to rack-sized computers. [show more]
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Start Date:1973-08-31 Location:VLA Site, NM |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:VLA Unit Type:Still Image Subject:Instruments--Very Large Array (VLA) Construction |
Description:Before any VLA construction began, there was extensive soil testing at the site in the center and along all the proposed arms. Environmental engineering firms, geologists from New Mexico Tech, several local drilling companies, and local excavators were all involved in the multi-month process, and many core samples were extracted for analysis. In this 31 August 1973 photo, the rig from Albuquerque Testing is drilling a test hole on the southwest arm to extract core samples. The Lorenzo well is in the background. [show more]
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Start Date:1989 Location:VLA Site, NM |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:VLA Unit Subunit:Voyager Project Subunit Type:Still Image Original Format of Digital Item:Slide Subject:Instruments--Very Large Array (VLA) |
Description:After the Voyager Project, the receiver was then used for X-band science until replaced by a wider bandwidth X-band receiver as part of the EVLA Project. The VLA was used with Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Deep Space Network in Goldstone CA to track NASA’s Voyager 2 encounter with Neptune in August 1989. [show more]
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Start Date:1989 Location:VLA Site, NM People:Latasa, Rudy Ortiz, Joe |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:VLA Unit Subunit:Voyager Project Subunit Type:Still Image Original Format of Digital Item:Slide Subject:Instruments--Very Large Array (VLA) |
Description:Rudy Latasa and Joe Ortiz. The VLA was used with Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Deep Space Network in Goldstone CA to track NASA’s Voyager 2 encounter with Neptune in August 1989.
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Start Date:2005-11-13 Location:VLA Site, NM |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:VLA Unit Type:Still Image Subject:Instruments--Very Large Array (VLA) |
Description:Distant view of the VLA photographed on November 13th 2005.
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Start Date:2001-11-05 Location:VLA Site, NM People:Aragon, Steve Molina, Ramon Friesen, Dee Broilo, Bob Murillo, Richard |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:NRAO Employees Unit Subunit:NRAO Social Events Subunit Type:Still Image Subject:Events--Social events |
Description:In November 2001 NRAO-NM hosted the runners and support personnel of the "Americans United Flag Across America" run. The transcontinental memorial and fund raising effort by American and United Airlines employees honored flight crews and victims killed in the 9/11 attacks. The 3,872-mile Boston-to-Los Angeles run, begun 11 October 2001 in Boston and finished 11 November in Los Angeles, represented the intended journey of American Flight 11 and United Flight 175, both of which were flown by terrorists into the World Trade Center. The flag run arrived at the VLA early in the post-midnight morning of Monday 5 November and departed after sunrise that same morning, en route to the Arizona border. Drivers, runners, and support personnel stayed overnight at the VLA. During the night, a "VLA Night Owl Run" kept the flag moving around the VLA area until the group, including NRAO-NM employees, started west after dawn. Left to right in this early morning photo: airline person, Steve Aragon, Ramon Molina (with American flag), unknown behind Molina, Dee Friesen (Captain for American Airlines and New Mexico flag run coordinator), unknown hidden behind behind Broilo, Bob Broilo (with NM flag), Richard Murillo. Additional photos available. Contact Archivist to request. [show more]
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Start Date:1989 Location:VLA Site, NM People:Martin, George |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:VLA Unit Subunit:Voyager Project Subunit Type:Still Image Original Format of Digital Item:Slide Subject:Instruments--Very Large Array (VLA) |
Description:The VLA was used with Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Deep Space Network in Goldstone CA to track NASA’s Voyager 2 encounter with Neptune in August 1989.
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Start Date:1989 Location:VLA Site, NM |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:VLA Unit Subunit:Voyager Project Subunit Type:Still Image Original Format of Digital Item:Slide Subject:Instruments--Very Large Array (VLA) |
Description:Ground terminal at the VLA site for satellite link JPL used to transfer signals received by the VLA back to Goldstone to combine with signals received by the Deep Space Network. The VLA was used with Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Deep Space Network in Goldstone CA to track NASA’s Voyager 2 encounter with Neptune in August 1989. [show more]
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Start Date:2012-03-31 Location:VLA Site, NM People:Lo, Fred Jansky, Anne Moreau Schreier, Ethan Ulvestad, James |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:EVLA/JVLA Unit Type:Still Image Original Format of Digital Item:Digital photograph Subject:Instruments--Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (JVLA) Events--Dedications |
Description:Center: The JVLA in D array. Top: Attendees at the rededication ceremony. Lower right: NRAO Director Fred Lo (standing) initiates the start of the first official Jansky VLA observation. Seated behind Lo are Ethan Schreier, AUI President, and James Ulvestad, NSF Astronomical Sciences Division Director. Lower Left: Anne Moreau Jansky Parsons, daughter of Karl Jansky. [show more]
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Start Date:2023-04-01 Location:VLA Site, NM People:Goss, Miller Henning, Patricia |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:VLA Unit Type:Still Image Original Format of Digital Item:Digital photograph Subject:Instruments--Bracewell Radio Sundial |
Description:Former and current Directors of New Mexico Operations, Miller Goss and Patricia (Trish) Henning at the Bracewell Sundial at the VLA site during the 1 April 2023 VLA Open House. Among the signatures on the pillar between them is that of Frank Kerr, Henning's thesis advisor. [show more]
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Start Date:1994-08-00 Location:VLA Site, NM |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:Very Large Array (VLA) Unit Type:Still Image Original Format of Digital Item:Slide |
Description:In the welding shop adjoining the antenna barn at the VLA.
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Start Date:1994-08-00 Location:VLA Site, NM People:Serna, Lew |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:Very Large Array (VLA) Unit Type:Still Image Original Format of Digital Item:Slide |
Description:Lew Serna with VLA antenna in the barn.
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Start Date:1994-08-00 Location:VLA Site, NM |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:Very Large Array (VLA) Unit Type:Still Image Original Format of Digital Item:Slide |
Description:VLA antenna in the barn.
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Start Date:1994-08-00 Location:VLA Site, NM People:Hurst, Jesse |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:Very Large Array (VLA) Unit Type:Still Image Original Format of Digital Item:Slide |
Description:Jesse Hurst, with custom rack for some electronics, in the machine shop at the VLA.
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Start Date:1994-08-00 Location:VLA Site, NM People:Hurst, Jesse |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:Very Large Array (VLA) Unit Type:Still Image Original Format of Digital Item:Slide |
Description:Jesse Hurst in the machine shop at the VLA, an automated machining system that was/is used to make VLA components.
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Start Date:1994-08-00 Location:VLA Site, NM People:Stanzione, Guy |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:Very Large Array (VLA) Unit Type:Still Image Original Format of Digital Item:Slide |
Description:Guy Stanzione, engineer at the VLA.
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Start Date:1989 Location:VLA Site, NM People:Gonzalez, Ray |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:VLA Unit Subunit:Voyager Project Subunit Type:Still Image Original Format of Digital Item:Slide Subject:Instruments--Very Large Array (VLA) |
Description:The VLA was used with Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Deep Space Network in Goldstone CA to track NASA’s Voyager 2 encounter with Neptune in August 1989.
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Start Date:1985-11 Location:VLA Site, NM People:Brundage, William Logan, Ron |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:VLA Unit Subunit:Voyager Project Subunit Type:Still Image Original Format of Digital Item:Drawing Subject:Instruments--Very Large Array (VLA) |
Description:The VLA was used with Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Deep Space Network in Goldstone CA to track NASA’s Voyager 2 encounter with Neptune in 1989. NRAO began planning and preparations in 1982, and test phased array observing on Voyager and planets began several years before the encounter as more antennas became outfitted for X-band. NRAO devoted 340 hours of VLA observing time to system tests and reception of Voyager's telemetry, and there were 40 scheduled telemetry passes from 26 April through 28 September 1989. This November 1985 sketch by Socorro's Paul Harden shows Bill Brundage (NRAO) and Ron Logan (JPL) with the test instrument setup at the VLA. [show more]
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Start Date:1981 Location:VLA Site, NM People:Fitzsimmons, Michael Andrews, Michael Mighell, Kenneth Calvert, Robert |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Student Programs Series Unit:Summer Student Programs Unit Type:Still Image Original Format of Digital Item:Paper document |
Description:1981 New Mexico summer students: l-r: Michael Fitzsimmons, Michael Andrews, Kenneth Mighell, Robert Calvert.
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Start Date:2000 Location:VLA Site, NM People:Clarke, Tracy Finley, David Teng, Stacy Becker, Kate Clarke, Melanie Murphy, Nate Lubin, Lori Mellon, Rick Momjian, Emmanuel Fassnacht, Chris |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Student Programs Series Unit:Summer Student Programs Unit Type:Still Image Original Format of Digital Item:Digital photograph |
Description:2000 New Mexico summer students at the VLA site. Front row L to R: Tracy Clarke (REU Program co-head), Dave Finley, Stacy Teng, Kate Becker, Melanie Clarke (?), unknown, unknown. Back row L to R: Nate Murphy, Lori Lubin (?), Rick Mellon, unknown, unknown, Emmanuel Momjian, Chris Fassnacht (REU program co-head). [show more]
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