AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS: An American Chronology of Science and Technology in the Exploration of Space 19151960 by Emme, E. M. reviewed by Frederick I. Ordway III

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AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS: An American Chronology of Science and Technology in the Exploration of Space 19151960

by Emme, E. M.

Washington, 1961: Government Printing Office, 240 pages, $1.75

The chronology is divided into two parts, one covering events from the founding of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics to the launching of Sputnik 1 (January 1915 to October 1957) and the other the first three years of the Space Age (through December 1960). Five appendices are included: "Chronicle of Earth Satellites and Space Probes," "Chronicle of World Airplane Records," "Chronicle of Select Balloon Flights, 1927-1960," "Select Awards and Honors in Aeronautics and Astronautics," and "Membership of the NACA, 1915-1958," plus a bibliography and subject and name index.

Extracted from the 1962 Publication Annotated Bibliography of Space Science and Technology with an Astronomical Supplement - A History of Astronautical Book Literature 1931 - 1961. by Frederick I. Ordway III