NASA Sounding Rockets, 1958-1968
Title | NASA Sounding Rockets, 1958-1968 PDF eBook |
Author | William R. Corliss |
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Pages | 172 |
Release | 1971 |
Genre | Sounding rockets |
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Sounding rockets provided the first means to carry instruments to the outermost reaches of the Earth's atmosphere. They were, indeeed, our first space vehicles. As Mr. Corliss relates in this history, in this day of satellites and deep space probes, sounding rockets remain as important to space science as ever, furnishing our most powerful means for obtaining vertical profiles of atmospheric properties. NASA continues to depend on sounding rockets for research in astronomy, meteorology, ionospheric physics, exploratory astronomy, and other disciplines.
Sounding Rocket Program
Title | Sounding Rocket Program PDF eBook |
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Pages | 278 |
Release | 1973 |
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˜THEœ UNITED STATES SOUNDING ROCKET PROGRAM.
Title | ˜THEœ UNITED STATES SOUNDING ROCKET PROGRAM. PDF eBook |
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Pages | 122 |
Release | 1971 |
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Sounding Rockets Program
Title | Sounding Rockets Program PDF eBook |
Author | NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center. Wallops Flight Facility. NASA Sounding Rocket Program |
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Release | 1999 |
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NASA Sounding Rockets, 1958-1968
Title | NASA Sounding Rockets, 1958-1968 PDF eBook |
Author | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
Publisher | CreateSpace |
Pages | 168 |
Release | 2014-10-11 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 9781502793973 |
To explore the upper atmosphere man first used kites, then balloons, then aircraft. For many years balloons were the most effective means of obtaining direct measurements in the stratosphere. But they were limited in altitude, so scientists had to probe the ionosphere and other portions of the atmosphere beyond the stratosphere by indirect means. Sounding rockets provided the first means to carry instruments to the outermost reaches of the Earth's atmosphere. They were, indeed, our first space vehicles. As the author relates in this history, in this day of satellites and deep space probes, sounding rockets remain as important to space science as ever, furnishing our most powerful means for obtaining vertical profiles of atmospheric properties. NASA continues to depend on sounding rockets for research in aeronomy, meteorology, ionospheric physics, exploratory astronomy, and other disciplines. This monograph represents a first attempt at sketching the evolution and history of NASA sounding rockets. If it seems to be a Goddard Space Flight Center story, that is because NASA's sounding rocket program has been directed from that Center. The study is complicated by the great abundance of different vehicles, different governmental and private organizations, and by the many hundreds of NASA launchings since 1958. Original measurements were in the English system.
NASA Sounding Rocket Program
Title | NASA Sounding Rocket Program PDF eBook |
Author | J. A. Sterhardt |
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Pages | 12 |
Release | 1966 |
Genre | Atmosphere, Upper |
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All NASA Sounding Rocket Program flights from May 1959 through December 1964 are listed in the summary tables. Those rockets fired in 1959, 1960, 1961 and 1962 are included in the individual rocket data sheets.
Sounding Rocket Flight Data Summary 1966-1976
Title | Sounding Rocket Flight Data Summary 1966-1976 PDF eBook |
Author | C. Nealon Stark |
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Pages | 72 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | Launch vehicles (Astronautics) |
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This report is a summary listing of all AFGL sounding rockets launched from 1966 to 1976. Listed data includes the launch time, date, place, and number; the type of rocket launched; the name of the project scientist; the impact time, range, azimuth, apogee time, and altitude; payload weight and length; the recovery, ACS type, and performance; experiments flown; support systems; remarks; and total vehicle performance.