Vanguard
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Robert H. Goddard and colleagues examine rocket components
after l9 May 1987 rocket flight
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The Navy's High-Altitude Test Vehicle (HATV)
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RAND Corporation proposal for a rocket to launch an "Earth
Circling Satellite," 1951
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Aerobee-Hi, Bumper-Wac, and Viking 10
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A Redstone rocket on the static-firing test stand
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Meeting on Project Orbiter
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Homer J. Stewart
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White House press conference, 28 July 1955, announcing United
States participation in IGY satellite program
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Atlas-B launch
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Breadboard display of miniaturized components for Vanguard
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Schematic of Vanguard trajectory
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John P. Hagen, Director of Project Vanguard
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Vanguard engines
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Some of Project Vanguard key staff
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Artist's conception of Vanguard, 1956,
and cutaway view of Vanguard launch vehicle
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Diagram of the plan of Operation Project Moonwatch
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Conference in the director's office
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Blockhouse used by Project Vanguard at Cape Canaveral
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Schematic of a typical Minitrack station
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The Baker-Nunn satellite tracking camera and
Diagram of Baker-Nunn satellite tracking camera
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Interior of Minitrack tracking van
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Network of primary Minitrack stations, 25 January 1957 and
Schematic of a typical Minitrack antenna system
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Sketch of the central IBM computing center in Washington, D.C.
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Project Vanguard's major line, policy, and working channels
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Steps in assembly of Vanguard
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TV-0 on the launch stand at Cape Canaveral, launched
8 December 1956
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Successful launch of TV-1, l May 1957
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Project Vanguard staff meeting at NRL
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Second stage of Vanguard is hoisted into position
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Launch of the difficult TV-2, 28 October 1957
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Cartoon reaction to Sputnik I
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Minitrack antenna arrays
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Sketch of the minimum six-inch satellite intended for TV-3
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Sketches of propulsion systems for first and second stages
of Vanguard.
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TV-3 launch, 6 December 1957, before explosion
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Explorer I, first United States satellite,
launched by ABMA 31 January 1958;
Wernher von Braun, James Van Allen, and William Pickering
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TV-4 launch 17 March 1958 and the 3 1/2 pound,
6.4-inch Vanguard I it put into orbit
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People on the ground sweat out the launch of Vanguard I
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Sketch and photograph of the first of the "operational"
20-inch Vanguard satellites
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SLV-l, the first "operational" Vanguard launch vehicle
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New movable firing structure used in launch of SLV-3,
26 September 1958
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Vanguard II launch 17 February 1959
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Photo of Vanguard II in orbit taken by Smithsonian's Baker-Nunn
camera at Woomera, Australia
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Launch of Vanguard III, 18 September 1959 and
sketches of the three successful Vanguard satellites
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Ad hoc committee meeting at the Boulder Laboratories of the National
Bureau of Standards. 16 December 1959, discusses continued operation
of the United States World Data Centers set up during the IGY
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