Author: Alfred RosenthalPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 376
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Venture Into Space: Early Years of Goddard Space Flight Center
Author: Alfred RosenthalPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Venture Into Space
Author: National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationPublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781495428685
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
The Goddard Space Flight Center is a partnership of many people – scientists, engineers, project managers, and administrators – whose combined efforts are needed to carry on and bring to fruition scientific and technological expeditions into outer space. While the Goddard Space Center came into being with the establishment of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, its antecedents extend much further. Indeed, the Center inherited much scientific and operational competence from groups and individuals who had already achieved professional distinction. Under the guidance of Dr. Harry J. Goett, the Center's first director, 1959-1965, a most competent team came into being. This team successfully developed and launched a wide variety of scientific spacecraft, sent into orbit this Nation's first weather and synchronous communications satellites, and provided the tracking links for America's first man-in-space missions. The purpose of this preliminary historical report is to describe the Center's historical origins and traditions, as well as the projects and activities which the men and women of Goddard were privileged to make their contribution to the U.S. space program. In doing so, they not only opened a new path of exploration but were carrying on a tradition of scientific and technical curiosity envisioned two generations earlier by a then unknown New England professor – Dr. Robert H. Goddard.
Venture Into Space
Author: World Spaceflight NewsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781973161677
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
This official NASA history document is an interesting account of the early history of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. It includes the story of Dr. Robert H. Goddard, called the father of American rocketry and a pioneer in the theory of space exploration. It covers many milestones in the American space program, including the Mercury tracking program and satellites such as Vanguard, Explorer, Pioneer, Tiros, Telstar, Relay, Syncom, and others.This historical report represents a preliminary record of the efforts of this NASA Center, from its antecedents through 1963. Any cutoff date for such a report must be necessarily arbitrary; 1963 has been selected as terminal date because that year saw the culmination of many of the early efforts: the organization achieved the form its planners had envisioned; many of the physical facilities were completed; and, perhaps most important, scientific findings produced by "first generation" satellites began to be returned to curious scientists. As a consequence of the new scientific knowledge and technological advances, the years beyond 1963 would feature more advanced missions, utilizing "second generation" spacecraft with more sophisticated instrumentation. Weather and communications satellites developed during the early years had by 1963 demonstrated such utility as to make operational systems a reality. The Goddard-operated manned space flight tracking network contributed to the successful completion of Project Mercury, the United States' first man-in-space program.
Goddard
Author: Goddard Space Flight CenterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 456
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The Early Years, Goddard Space Flight Center
Author: Goddard Space Flight CenterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 286
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The Early Years
Author: United States. National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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Goddard '66
Author: Goddard Space Flight CenterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Dreams, Hopes, Realities
Author: Lane E. WallacePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Dreams, Hopes, Realities
Author: Lane E. WallacePublisher:
ISBN: 9780756732622
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
Traces the legacy of the Goddard Space Flight Center over its first 40 years. It has played an important role in developing commun's., weather, & Earth resources satellites. Its Wallops Island facility has been central to sounding rocket, balloon, & aircraft research. Its tracking & data networks involved up to 24 countries, & it managed numerous international projects in earth & space science. It also launched over 200 scientific satellites. Its work covered every aspect of space science experiments, from developing theory to building the spacecraft, instruments, & launch vehicles; to operating & tracking the satellite in space; & finally, collecting, analyzing, & disseminating the data to the international scientific community. Oversize. Color photos.
Goddard Space Flight Center
Author: Goddard Space Flight CenterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 4
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