HIGH ALTITUDE ROCKET RESEARCH by Newell, H. E., Jr. reviewed by Frederick I. Ordway III

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HIGH ALTITUDE ROCKET RESEARCH

by Newell, H. E., Jr.

New York, 1953: Academic Press, 298 pages, $8.50

This title represents the first systematic treatise of the use of rockets as upper atmospheric research tools. It describes the various rocket vehicles used as instrument carriers (V2, Viking. Aerobee, etc), gives firing summaries, and covers the nature of the atmosphere, vehicle performance, payloads, motions, data recovery, measurements, radiations, high altitude photography, etc.

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