Research Institutes, Laboratory for Astrophysics and Space Research

Title	Research Institutes, Laboratory for Astrophysics and Space Research
View	Architectural Drawing 1
Series	II: Buildings and Grounds
Description	Architectural drawing (photograph copy) of the new Laboratory for Astrophysics and Space Research of the Enrico Fermi Institute for Nuclear Studies. With a $1,775,000 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the University of Chicago will build one of the nation’s first inter-disciplinary space research centers. Ground will be broken on campus May 1, 1963. Researchers in the new laboratory will concentrate initially on theoretical and experimental astrophysics. Training of space-oriented scientists will also be part of the new program. There will be accommodations for ground-based investigation and for developing satellite experiments in space. Heavily shielded subterranean areas will permit analysis of low-level radioactivity in meteorites and extra-terrestrial materials. The facilities will be connected to a scientific complex comprised of the Enrico Fermi Institute, the Institute for Study of Metals, the Nuclear Accelerator Building, and the Institute for Computer Research.
Alternate Name(s)	Laboratory for Astrophysics and Space Research of the Enrico Fermi Institute for Nuclear Studies
Subject Terms	Research institutes (Buildings) \| Architectural drawings (Visual works)
Photographer	William and Meyer Company
Photograph Date	Undated
Rendering Date	1962
Physical Format	Photographic prints; 16.6 x 24.3 cm
Architect	Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Delineator	Jay, H.
Completion Date	1965
Location	933 E. 56th Street \| University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Campus Grid	B01
Collection	Archival Photographic Files
Repository	University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center
Image Identifier	apf2-06418

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