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... with pilots, orbital capability and a multi-tasking potential. Two months after the launch of Sputnik the USAF invited contractors to begin work on what had now evolved into a fully ... for the validity of the aerospace plane concept and there is a copy of the bibliography that Sänger used when he prepared his original report. The details of the political machinations ...

... , and Singer would later rejoin the society and become AAS Fellows. With the launch of Sputnik 1 by the Soviet Union in October 1957, a paradigm shift occurred in the way ... for humankind’s future in space, and the AAS will be in the lead. Selected Bibliography AAS-published Proceedings of the AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conferences, AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics ...

... international scientific community observed the 40th anniversary of Sputnik's successful launch. On 4 October 1957, the Soviet Union had sent into orbit Sputnik 1 , a small sphere-shaped satellite, setting off ... shortfalls for the Russian Space Agency . Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev took the opportunity of Sputnik's widely celebrated anniversary to complain publicly that Russia owed more than US$400 million ...

... of expenditure which is required to explore the moon by 1970, necessary to insure eventual pre-eminence in space, and reasonable in the light of our other pressing national needs?" In ... program and the determination of the national objectives in space after the strategic surprise of SPUTNIK I . He ` discussed the central considerations of world leadership in science and technology, and the ...

... in the time of Columbus and Magellan." Mr. Watson pointed out that the impact of Sputnik on educa­tion "has thrown the sciences and the humanities badly out of balance.... In ... and minds. "On this sixth anniversary of the flight of Sputnik, we can be sure of one thing; no second sputnik will come along to jolt us into action, and do for American education in the humanities what the first Sputnik did for American education in the sci­ences." ''(CR, 11/12/63, A7010-A7012)'' General ...

... the history and meaning of our times. In 1957 when the Soviets placed the first sputnik in orbit, the Communist rulers of Russia refused to consider sharing the fruits of space ... , Calif., on a Thrust-Augmented Thor-Agena D booster. ''(UPI, Wash. Post, 10/30/63; Pres. Rpt. on Space, 1963, 1/27/64)'' Atlas missile was launched from Cape Canaveral in ...

... in Missiles and Rockets interview : "Con­trary to some published reports, President Johnson is not pre­disposed to a military emphasis on space. He will judge the requirements of DOD and ... of the few men on the Hill to recognize the supreme importance of th e SPUTNIK I launch, and he instigated an extraordinary session of Senate hearings a few weeks later ...

... sixth since LTTAT vehicle was activated on May 9, 1967. ''(SBD, 1/26/68, 137; Pres Rpt 68)'' NASA'S Explorer XXXVI ''(Geos II)'' satellite, launched Jan. 11, had com­pleted ... had oc­curred during first unmanned test of Vostok spacecraft launched May 15, 1960, as Sputnik IV . Because of improper alignment, spacecraft was hurled deeper into space when retrorockets fired instead ...

... ''(143.2-km)'' perigee, 89.1-min period, and 106° inclination. Satellite reentered Sept. 25. ''(Pres Rpt 68; GSFC SSR, 9/15/68, 9/30/68)'' XB-70A, flown by NASA ... Washington Post wrote: "No one is willing to predict what form a new Soviet psychological sputnik would take . . . but it was a gut feeling among space leaders that the United States ...

... )'' . All three crewmen were reported to, be in good condition after VOSKHOD landed at the "pre-arranged spot." Indications were that the men remained inside the craft to completion of landing ... a reaction to the flight. "Beat" of the Star was based upon their editorial on SPUTNIK I in 1957. ''( Wash. Eve. Star, 10/13/64)'' NASA Goddard Space Flight Center officials ...

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