Memories
       Below are photos of the Perkin-Elmer world headquarters at 761 Main Ave, Norwalk, CT taken back in 1966. Perkin-Elmer was a world leader in analytical instrumentation, electronic-optical systems and lithography systems with over 15,000 employees worldwide. We now have over 800 members in The Retiree Club.       

Perkin Elmer reveals its big secret in this article:

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/12/26/decades-later-cold-war-secret-is-revealed/

The massive KH-9 Hexagon spy satellite on display at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center, after being declassified on Sept. 17, 2011. Longer than a school bus at 60 feet in length and weighing 30,000 pounds at launch, 20 KH-9 Hexagons were launched by the National Reconnaissance Office between 1971 and 1986

Click on the following web address for the FOX News web page:

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/09/19/declassified-us-spy-satellites

-reveal-rare-look-at-secret-cold-war-space/

This link will direct you to the
Latest Club & Member News Brief Page

Click on below link for more on the
above spy satellite:

http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/engineers-from-st-louis-share-top-secret-work-on-cold/article_f45ea666-936a-5a77-9b6c-ce39173538ba.html

Click on this link for a great slide show on space  ----then click
 OPEN       to get the file