Vanguard

A History

by Constance McLaughlin Green and Milton Lomask

CONTENTS

  1. Background of Space Exploration
  2. Seeking Government Support for a Satellite Program
  3. Selecting a Satellite Plan
  4. Getting the Launch Program Started
  5. Battle over Vehicle Specifications
  6. Role of NAS and TPESP, 1955-1956
  7. Onboard Experiments and Instrumentation
  8. Creating a Home on the Range
  9. The Tracking Systems
  10. Early Test Firings
  11. From Sputnik I to TV-3
  12. Success and After
  13. The National Academy of Sciences and the Scientific Harvest, 1957-1959
  14. The Final Accounting

Appendixes

  1. Vanguard Flight Summary
  2. Explorer Flight Summary
  3. IGY Satellite Launches