CONTENTS
Volume 8, AAS History Series,
History of Rocketry and Astronautics
Proceedings of the Seventh and Eighth History Symposia of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), Baku, U.S.S.R., 1973; and Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1974
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FOREWORD, R. Cargill Hall, Series Editor v
PREFACE, Kristan R. Lattu, Volume Editor vii
PART I — EARLY SOLID-PROPELLANT ROCKETRY 1
Chapter 1: Some Contributions to the History of Early Spin-Stabilized Rockets, István György Nagy 3
PART II — ROCKETRY AND ASTRONAUTICS: CONCEPTS, THEORIES, AND ANALYSES AFTER 1880 9
Chapter 2: Coming Down with the Rogallo Wing: Early Ideas About Returning to Earth From Space, Barton C. Hacker 11
Chapter 3: Development of the Principal Problem of Inertial Navigation, L. I. Tkachev 23
Chapter 4: A History of the Mechanics of Bodies of Variable Mass in the USSR and Some of Its Applications in Rocket Dynamics, Arkady A. Kosmodemiansky 41
Chapter 5: The Development of Space Transportation Within a Historical Frame of Reference, Heinz H. Koelle 49
PART III — DEVELOPMENT OF LIQUID- AND SOLID-PROPELLANT ROCKETS, 1880-1945 65
Chapter 6: A History of the Organization and Activity of the Jet Propulsion Research Institute (RNII), 1933-1944, Yuri A. Pobedonostsev, Ye. S. Shchetinkov and V. N. Galkovsky 67
Chapter 7: Camera Rockets and Space Photography Concepts Before World War II, Frank H. Winter 73
Chapter 8: The Development of Systems of Automatic Flight Control of Rockets in the USSR, 1935-1939, Boris V. Rauchenbach 103
Chapter 9: Development of Ramjet Engines in the Soviet Union, Ye. S. Shchetinkov and Igor A. Merkulov 108
PART IV — ROCKETRY AND ASTRONAUTICS AFTER 1945 119
Chapter 10: Historical Origins of the Sergeant Missile Powerplant, P. Thomas Carroll 121
Chapter 11: A History of the French Sounding Rocket Veronique, Jean Corbeau 147
Chapter 12: Polish Experimental and Meteorological Rockets 1954-1973, Jacek Walczewski 169
Chapter 13: Latent U.S. Navy Developments Contributing to Astronautics: A Memoir, George W. Hoover 181
Chapter 14: The Creation of the First Artificial Earth Satellite: Some Historical Details, Mikhail K. Tikhonravov 207
Chapter 15: From A-4 to Explorer I: A Memoir, Kurt H. Debus 215
Chapter 16: The First Experiments in Cosmic-Ray Research With the Aid of Rockets, 1946-1957, S. N. Vernov and L. A. Vedeshin 263
Chapter 17: High Energy Rocket Propellant Research at the NACA/NASA Lewis Research Center, 1945-60: A Memoir, John L. Sloop 273
Chapter 18: American Rocket Aircraft: Precursors to Manned Flight Beyond the Atmosphere, Richard P. Hallion 283
PART V — PIONEERS OF ROCKETRY AND ASTRONAUTICS 315
Chapter 19: Robert H. Goddard: Accomplishments of the Roswell Years, 1930-1941, Frederick C. Durant, III 317
Chapter 20: The Role of Mikhail K. Tikhonravov in the Development of Soviet Rocket and Space Technology, Yu. V. Biryokov 343
INDEX 351
Numerical Index 353
Author Index 355