SP-4401 - NASA SOUNDING ROCKETS, 1958-1968: A Historical
Summary
[149-153] INDEX
- Aerobee-Hawk, 79
- Aerobee-Hi, 2,
20, 21,
32,79
- Aerobee Jr. See Aerobee 100
- Aerobee series, 9,
17,
18-21,
23, 25,
28, 30,
31, 54,
55, 56,
57, 75,
84
- Aerobee 75, 79
- Aerobee 90, 79
- Aerobee 100, 32,
41, 52,
79, 80,
140
- Aerobee 150, 20,
32, 41,
42, 49,
50, 51,
55, 67,
68, 69,
70, 79,
140
- Aerobee 150A, 49,
51, 79,
140
- Aerobee 170, 75,
79
- Aerobee 300, 32,
41, 51,
79, 140
- Aerobee 300A, 51,
79, 140
- Aerobee 350, 52,
55,
62,63,
75, 79,
140
- Aerojet Engineering Corp., 17,
18, 19 fn,
20, 30,
32, 52,
55, 79,
84
- Aerolab Development Co.,41,
80, 81
- Aeronautics and Astronautics Coordinating Board,
47
- Aeronutronics Systems, 27,
81
- AFCRL, 24,
25, 30,
32, 36,
46, 69,
80, 81,
82
- Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories. See AFCRL
- Air Force-Hi, 20
- Alcor, 52,
80
- AHegany BaHistics Laboratory, 23,
41, 81,
83
- American Machine & Foundry, 82
- American Rocket Society, 9
- Ames Research Center, 55,
67
- Anderson, Kinsey A, 30
- Apache, 54,
82
- Applied Physics Laboratory, 13,
13 fn, 18,
19, 19 fn,
21
- Arcas, 32,
33, 41,
50, 59,
63, 65,
68, 69,
70, 71,
80, 83,
140
- Archer, 80
- Arcon, 42,
80, 140
- Argentina, 48,
49,68
- Argo series (see also Percheron, Jason, Javelin, and
Journeyman), 41,
42, 80
- Argus project, 42,
80, 81
- Arrow, 80
- Asp, 24 fn,
31, 41,
54, 80,
81
- Aspan. See Nike-Asp
- Aspan 300, 80
- Asroc, 83
- Astrobee 200, 80
- Astrobee 250, 80
- Astrobee 500, 80
- Astrobee 1500, 51,
52, 80,
140
- Astronomical research, 57,
60, 62,
68, 73,
146
- Atlantic Research Corp., 33,
42,63,
80, 81,
83
- Atmospheric research, 33,
49, 50,
51, 59,
67, 68,
146
- Atomic Energy Commission, 46,
63
- Australia, 48,
49, 51
- A-2, 7
- A4. See V-2
- Baby Wac, 17
- Bain, Col. J. G., 12
- Ball Brothers Corp., 55
- Balloons (see also Rockoons), 1,
2, 5,
62
- Barnes, Major General G. M., 9 fn
- Baumann, R., 38,
39
- Beltsville Space Center, 36
- Berkner, Lloyd, 29
- Berning, Warren W., 30
- Biological research, 5,
15, 57,
146
- BIOS, 58
- BisseH, Edward E., Jr., 40
- Black Brant senes,47,
75, 80
- Black Brant III, 49,
80
- Black Brant IV, 64,
65, 69,
80, 81,
140
- Black Brant VA, 81
- Black Brant VB, 81
- Blossom project, 15
- Boa, 81
- Brazil, 56,
65, 67,
68-69, 71,
141-143
- Brinster, J., 13 fn
- Bristol Aerospace, Ltd., 64,
80
- Bumblebee project, 19 fn
- Bumper project, 13,
14, 15,
83
- Bumper-Wac, 14
-
- Cajun, 54,
80, 81,
83
- Cajun-Dart, 81
- CAN. See Nike-Cajun
- Canada (see also Fort Churchill), 30,
42, 48,
49, 51,
64, 65,
69
- Cape Kennedy, 13 fn,
81, 82
- Carnegie Institution, 7
- Castor, 83
- Catholic University, 68
- Centaur, 49
- Clark, John F., 39
- Congreve, William, 5
- Cooper Development Corp., 32,
54, 80,
82, 83,
84
- Corporal, 9,
18
-
- DAN. See Nike-Deacon
- Dart, 68,
70, 71,
82, 83
- Deacon, 25,
26, 27,
80, 81,
83
- Deacon-Arrow, 81
- Denmark, 48,
50, 71
- Department of Defense, 47,
57
- Dornberger, Walter R., 7
- Douglas Aireraft Corp., 18,
19, 84
- Dow, W. G., 13 fn
- Dragon, 49
-
- East Wind (Coast Guard Cutter), 27
- Eeho satellite, 42,
83
- Eelipse expeditions, 65,
68, 70,
73
- Eglin Air F orce Base, 81
- Environmental Science Services Administration,
46
- EXAMETNET,68
- Exos,81
- Explorerl, 34
-
- Fairchild-Hiller Corp., 46
- Farside, 81
- Farside project, 27,
81, 83
- Fleming, John A., 7
- Fort Churchill, 30,
31, 32,
33, 42,
46, 51,
53, 56,
58, 65,
69
- France, 48,
49, 69
- Friedman, Herbert, 3
-
- GALCIT, 7, 9,
17
- General Electric Co., 13,
13 fn
- General Mills, 81
- German Research Satellite, 68,
69
- Germany, 48,
49,
69-70
- Glenn L. Martin Co., 21,
22, 83
- Glennan, T. Keith, 36
- Goddard, Robert H., 5-7,
35
- Goddard Space Flight Center, 30,
35, 43,
49, 50,
58, 63,
64, 66,
68, 69,
70, 71,
75,79
- Sounding Rocket Branch, 36 fn,
40, 41,
42, 43,
45, 46,
48, 51,
55, 56,
61, 65,
67
- Goett, Harry J., 37,
38
- Golay,M.J.E.,13fn
- Goldstone Range, 17
- Grand Central Rocket Co., 24 fn
- Greece, 70
- Green, C. F., 13 fn
- Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory. See GALCIT
-
- Halvorson, George, 25
- Hanessian, John, Jr., 30
- Hart, Pembroke, J., 30
- Hartz, Francis J., 40
- Harvard University, 13 fn
- Hasp, 81,
82
- Hawk, 27,
79, 81,
83
- Hermes project, 13,
15
- Hess, W., 38
- Hines, Colin O., 61
- Holloman Air Development Command, 21
- Honest John, 80,
81, 82,
83
- Hugo project, 25
- Humphreys, W. J., 6
-
- IGY, 25, 28,
29-34, 35,
51, 52,
81, 82,
83
- India, 48,
49, 70,
72, 73
- Indian Ocean Expedition, 70,
71
- International Council of Scientific Unions,
29
- International Geophysical Year. See IGY
- International programs, 41,
47, 48-51,
57, 58,
63,65,67-71,
76, 141-143
- International Quiet Sun Year (IQSY),
65, 66,
80
- ionospheric research, 33,
49, 50,
57, 58,
59-60, 70,
71, 73,
146
- Iris, 42,
81, 140
- Iroquois, 82
- Israel, 67,
70
- Italy (see also San Marco
project),48,
49,51
-
- Jaguar, 81
- Japan, 48,
49, 70
- Jason, 41,
42, 80,
81
- Jason project, 80,
81
- Jastrow, Robert, 37,
38, 39
- JATO, 9
- Javelin, 41,
42, 49,
51, 68,
69,70,
75, 80,
140
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory. See JPL
- Johns Hopkins University (see also Applied Physics
Laboratory), 18
- Jones, A. E., 39
- Jones, Leslie M., 30
- Journeyman, 41,
42,52,
80, 140
- JPL, 8, 9,
19fn, 32,
36, 81,
82, 84
-
- Krause, Ernst H., 12,
13 fn, 22,
36
-
- Lacrosse, 83
- Lagow, H., 38
- Lance, 80
- Lane, John H., 55
- Langley Research Center (see also PARD),
24, 42,
63, 80,
83
- Lewis, Lt. M. L., 25
- Ley, Willy,5 fn
- Lindbergh, Charles A., 6
- Lockheed Missiles & Space Co.,
82, 84
- Loki, 27,
32, 59,
80, 81,
82, 83
- Loki-Dart, 31,
32
- Loki II. See Hawk
- Long Playing Rocket (LPR), 29
- Long Range Proving Ground, 13 fn
- Luster project, 49,
50, 58,
67, 69,
70, 71,
73
-
- McDonald, Frank B., 30
- Mackey, R. J., 39
- MacMechen, R., 6
- MacVeigh, George E., 40
- Malina, Frank J., 8,
9
- Manned Spacecraft Center, 65,
69
- Marquardt Corp.,54,
81, 82,
83
- Marshall Space Flight Center, 81
- Matthews, N. W., 37,
38, 39
- Maul, Alfred S., 5
- Mazur, Daniel G., 37,
38
- Medrow, Karl R., 36,
37, 40,
65
- Megerian, G. K., 13 fn
- Mercury program,42
- Meredith, Leslie H., 36,
37, 38,
39
- Meteorological Rocket Network, 59
- Meteorologicai studies, 9,
28, 33,
57, 59,
63, 67,
68, 70,
71, 146
-
- NACA,23, 24,
41,81,82,83
- NASA (see also Ames Research Center, Goddard Space Flight
Centcr, Langley Research Center, Manned Spacecraft Center,
Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA Headquarters, Wallops Island),
20 fn, 32,
33, 35,
36, 41,
42, 43,
46, 47,
49,51,
52, 56,
57, 58,
61, 63,
64, 65,
67,69,
70, 75,
76, 80,
81, 82,
83
- National Academy of Sciences, 29,
61
- National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. See NACA
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration. See NASA
- National Bureau of Standards, 13 fn
- National Defense Research Council, 23
- National Science Foundation, 29,
31
- National Security Agency, 83
- Naval Gun Factory, 13
- Naval Research Laboratory. See NRL
- Navy-Hi, 20
- Neptune, 21
- NERV project, 58
- Netherlands, 67,
70
- New Zealand, 48,
50, 63,
71
- Newell, Homer E., Jr., 22,
30, 36
- Nike, 24,
41, 55,
79, 80,
81, 82,
83
- Nike-Ajax, 80,
81
- Nike-Apache, 2,
49, 50,
52, 53,
58, 65,
67, 68,
69, 70,
71, 75,
82, 140
- Nike-Asp, 31,
32, 42,
49, 51,
80, 140
- Nike-Cajun, 2,
23-25,
28, 31,
41, 49,
50, 51,
52,65,
70, 71,
75, 82,
140
- Nike-Deacon,
23-25,
31, 41,
82
- Nike-Genie, 82
- Nike-lroquois, 69,
82
- Nike-Javelin, 82
- Nike-Nike, 82
- Nike-Recruit, 82
- Nike-Tomahawk, 63,
64, 68,
69, 71,
75, 82,
140
- Northrop, T., 39
- Norway,48,
50,63,71
- NRL, 3, 12,
13 fn, 19,
19 fn, 21,
22, 30,
31, 32,
36, 37,
40, 42,
43, 46,
60, 75,
79, 80,
83
-
- Oberth, Hermann, 27
- O'Day, M. D., 13 fn
- Orbiting Astronomical Observatory, 62
- ORDCIT, 9 fn,
11
- Oriole, 82
- Orion, 68
- O'Sullivan, William J., 25
-
- Pakistan, 48,
50, 51,
71
- PARD, 24,
75, 81
- Peenemuende, 11,
12
- Pegasus, 82
- Percheron, 80
- Phoenix, 82
- Pieper, G. F., 39
- Pilotless Aircraft Research Division. See PARD
- Pogo project, 24
- Polar Year, 7, 29
- Pressly, Eleanor C., 40,
61
- Princeton University, 13 fn
- Private, 9
- Purr-kee, 82
- Python. See Nike-Nike
-
- Ram A, 83
- Raven, 83
- Reach project, 22
- Reaction Motors, Inc., 9,
21
- Recruit,52,
80, 82,
83, 84
- Republic Aviation, 83
- Robin, 83
- Rockaire, 27-28,
41, 83
- Rocket Power Co., 82
- Rocket Research Panel, 47
- Rockoon, 24,
25-27, 31,
41, 81,
82, 83
- Roksonde, 83
- Rosen, Milton
W.,11,12,
21, 22
- Ruggieri, Claude, 5
-
- Sabersky, Rolf, 18
- Sandia Corp.,63,
81,
82,83
- Sandy project, 13 fn
- San Marco project, 43
- Satellites, in comparison to sounding rockets,
1, 35,
45, 59,
61-62,
75
- Sergeant, 9,
52, 80,
81, 82,
83, 84
- Sergeant-Delta, 42,
83
- Shotput project, 42,
43, 83
- Sidewinder, 83
- Sidewinder-Arcas, 71,
80, 83
- Sidewinder-Raven, 83
- Singer, S. F., 25
- Skat, 83
- Skylark, 49,
51, 140
- Slavin, Robert W., 30
- Smith, C. H., 21,
22
- Smith, N., 13 fn
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
29
- Solar research, 15,
28, 34,
55, 57,
60, 70,
73, 146
- Sorgnit, Ernest F., 40
- Space Data Corp., 81
- Spaerobee, 32,
79
- Spain, 67,
71
- SPARCS, 55,
67
- Sparrow, 79,
83
- Sparrow-Arcas,83
- Spencer, Nelson W., 30,
39
- Stabilization (see also SPARCS), 5,
55, 75
- Stampfl, R. A., 39
- Strongarm, 83
- Stroud, William G., 30,
38
- Sweden, 48,
50, 71
-
- Terasca, 83
- Terrapin, 24,
81, 83
- Terrier, 83
- Thibodaux, Joseph G., 24
- Thiokol Chemical Corp., 24,
25, 52,
54, 63,
82, 83
- Tic,83
- Tiny Tim, 18
- Tomahawk, 83
- Townsend, John W., 30,
36, 37,
38, 39
- Tsander, F. A., 7
- Tuve, Merle A., 18
- T-55, 80,
82-83
-
- United Kingdom, 48,
50, 71
- University of Colorado, 55
- University of lowa, 27,
30, 31,
32
- University of Maryland, 27,
82, 83
- University of Michigan, 13 fn,
25, 30,
31, 66,
81, 82,
83
- University of New Hampshire, 49,
66, 68
- Upper Atmosphere Research Panel, 25,
30
- U.S. Air Force, 20,
21, 32,
42, 47,
58, 65,
80, 82,
83, 84
- Geophysics Research Directorate, 31
- Office of Scientific Research, 27
- Special Weapons Center, 41,
81
- (see also AFCRL)
- U.S. Army, 21,
33, 41
- Ballistic Missile Agency, 36
- Ballistics Research Laboratory, 30,
31, 83
- Corps of Engineers, 30
- Ordnance Dept., 12,
13, 32,
81, 82,
84
- Signal Corps, 9,
17, 30,
31, 79,
82
(see also White Sands)
- U.S. Congress, House Foreign Affairs Committee,
7
- U.S. Department of Commerce, Weather Bureau,
25
- U.S. National Committee for the IGY,
29, 30
- U.S. Navy,9,
20, 21,
27, 32,
33, 63,
83
- Bureau of Aeronautics, 22,
80
- Bureau of Ordnance, 18,
19, 41,
42, 81
- Naval Ordnance Test Station, 56,
83
- Office of Naval Research, 80,
84
- Ordnance Laboratory, 40,
81, 82
- Radiological Defense Laboratory, 80
- (see also NRL, Naval Gun Factory)
- U.S.N.S. Croatan, 58,
65, 66
- U.S.S. Norton Sound, 23,
25,56
- U.S.S. Rushmore, 25
-
- Van Allen, James A, 13 fn,
18, 19,
25, 27,
28, 32
- Van Allen belts, 27,
28, 29,
34, 58,
59, 60,
69, 81
- Vanguard project, 22
- Venus Flytrap Experiment, 58
- Vette, J., 39
- Viking, 9,
11, 17,
21 -23,
28, 83
- von Karman, Theodore, 7, 9 fn, 19 fn
- V-2, 7, 9,
11-15,
17, 18,
19, 21,
23, 28,
55, 62,
83, 84
- V-2 Upper Atmosphere Research Panel,
12, 13
-
- Wac Corporal, 8,
9, 11,
13, 14,
15,
17-18,
19, 19 fn,
24, 28,
75, 84
- Wallops Island, 24,
25, 27,
33, 41,
42, 43,
46, 49,
50, 53,
54, 55,
56, 58,
63, 65,
68, 69,
70, 71,
80, 81,
82, 83
- Wasielewski, Eugene W., 37,
38, 39
- Wasp, 84
- Watson Laboratories, 13 fn
- Whipple, F. L., 13 fn,
29
- White Sands Missile Range, 8,
11-15,
18, 19
21, 22,
31, 32,
49, 56,
58, 65,
67, 69,
70, 71
83, 84
- White Sands Scheduling Committee, 47
- Witt, W., 39,
47
- Wyckoff, P. R., 30
-
- XASR-I, 19,
20
- X-ray sources, 3,
4
- X-17, 84
- X-248, 80,
83
