Aeronautics and Astronautics: An American Chronology of Science and Technology in the Exploration of Space, 1915-1960 (National Aeronautics and Space Administrations)

xi, 240 pp. CONTENTS: Foreword by Dr. Hugh L. Dryden, Deputy Administrator; Abbreviations; Preface; Part I. From the Founding of NACA to the Dawn of the Space Age, January 1015-October 1957; Part II. The First 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; Select Awards and Honors in Aeronautics and Astronautics; Membership of the NACA, 1915-58; Select Bibliography; Subject and Name Index.