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Aeronautics and astronautics : an American chronology of science and technology in the exploration of space, 1915-1960 /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Emme, Eugene Morlock (Author)
Other Authors: Dryden, Hugh L. (Hugh Latimer), 1898-1965 (writer of foreword.)
Format: Government Document eBook
Language:English
Published: [Washington, D.C.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1961.
Subjects:
United States. > National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.
United States. > National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Aeronautics > History.
Aeronautics > United States.
Astronautics > United States.
Aeronautics.
Astronautics.
United States.
History.
Online Access:https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo157846
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. From the founding of NACA [National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics] to the dawn of the space age, January 1915-October 1957
  • Part II. The first three years of the space age, October 1957-December 1960 - Appendices: A. Chronicle of earth satellites and space probes
  • B. Chronicle of world airplane records
  • C. Chronicle of select balloon flights, 1927/60
  • D. Select awards and honors in aeronautics and astronautics
  • E. Membership of the NACA, 1915/58.