New Mexico State University. Astronomy Department

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Interview with Arthur Scott Murrell on his relationship with astronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh, discoverer of the planet Pluto. Murrell talks about working for the Physical Science Laboratory at New Mexico State University and several telescope installations that he worked on with Tombaugh in the 1950s and 1960s, including one in Quito, Ecuador in 1957 and at New Mexico State University in the mid 1960s.

Abstract Interview with Bradley A. Smith on his relationship with astronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh, discoverer of the planet Pluto. Smith discusses meeting and working with Tombaugh on astronomical observation projects in New Mexico during the 1950s. One of the projects, the planetary patrol, was conducted with a 12-inch telescope set up in Smith's backyard in Las Cruces. He discusses working on the Mariner spacecraft missions to Mars during the late 1960s and early 1970s. He also discusses the origins...

Abstract Interview with Bradley A. Smith on his relationship with astronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh, discoverer of the planet Pluto. Smith discusses meeting and working with Tombaugh on astronomical observation projects in New Mexico during the 1950s. One of the projects, the planetary patrol, was conducted with a 12-inch telescope set up in Smith's backyard in Las Cruces. He discusses working on the Mariner spacecraft missions to Mars during the late 1960s and early 1970s. He also discusses the origins...

Abstract Interview with Bradley A. Smith on his relationship with astronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh, discoverer of the planet Pluto. Smith discusses meeting and working with Tombaugh on astronomical observation projects in New Mexico during the 1950s. One of the projects, the planetary patrol, was conducted with a 12-inch telescope set up in Smith's backyard in Las Cruces. He discusses working on the Mariner spacecraft missions to Mars during the late 1960s and early 1970s. He also discusses the origins...

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Interview with astronomer Jimmy Robinson on his relationship with astronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh, discoverer of the planet Pluto. Robinson talks about working with Tombaugh during the 1950s to set up an observatory near Quito, Ecuador to conduct near Earth satellite observations. Later he discusses working with Tombaugh, Brad Smith and Scott Murrell on planetary observations in Las Cruces, New Mexico during the 1960s.

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Interview with astronomer Jimmy Robinson on his relationship with astronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh, discoverer of the planet Pluto. Robinson talks about working with Tombaugh during the 1950s to set up an observatory near Quito, Ecuador to conduct near Earth satellite observations. Later he discusses working with Tombaugh, Brad Smith and Scott Murrell on planetary observations in Las Cruces, New Mexico during the 1960s.

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Interview with Tom Bruce on his relationship with astronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh, discoverer of the planet Pluto. Bruce discusses working for Tombaugh while a student at New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (later New Mexico State University) during the late 1950s through the mid 1960s. Bruce talks about the astronomical observation projects undertaken by Tombaugh and his team at NMSU and the early development of the astronomy department.