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Volume 1 Number 1 OCTOBER 1956
Flight Into Space W.N. Neat
Tsiolkovskii - Founder of Astronautics G.V.E. Thompson
Ideas Behind the Rocket D. Hurden
The Vanguard Project Kenneth W. Gatland
Careers in Astronautics Arthur V. Cleaver
The Hum and The Bug Philip Ellaby Cleator
The Colours of Martian "Vegetation" A.E. Slater
Have You Read Any Good Books Lately? Arthur V. Cleaver
Reviews
VOLUME 1 NUMBER 2 JANUARY 1957
EDITORIAL 45
PROGRESS WITH VANGUARD. THE LATEST NEWS ABOUT THE EARTH SATELLITE PROGRAMME; DEVELOPMENTS WHICH HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN RECENT MONTHS A. V. CLEAVER. 47
OPERATION MOONWATCH. WHAT WILL THE EARTH SATELLITES LOOK LIKE? WILL THEY BE VISIBLE WITHOUT TELESCOPES? HOW THEY WILL BE TRACKED BY VISUAL MEANS, AND WHAT AMATEUR OBSERVERS CAN DO TO HELP W. H. HAAS. 49
THE MOON-THE EARTH'S NEAREST NEIGHBOUR. THE LUNAR WORLD; ITS NATURE, ITS FEATURES, AND THE CONDITIONS WHICH WE MUST EXPECT TO MEET UPON ITS SURFACE E. A. WHITAKER. 52
GODDARD, FATHER OF MODERN ROCKETRY. THE LIFE AND WORK OF THE GREAT PIONEER WHO FIRED THE FIRST OF ALL LIQUID-FUEL ROCKETS G. V. E. THOMPSON. 61
OERLIKON ROCKETS. SOME OF THE HIGH-ALTITUDE ROCKETS PRODUCED BY THE ARMS DIVISION OF THIS FAMOUS SWISS FIRM M. F. ALLWARD. 64
A TRIBUTE TO A. M. LOW. P. E. CLEATOR 70
THE SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ASTRONAUTICS. A PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF THE CONGRESS OF THE I.A.F., HELD IN ROME IN SEPTEMBER, 1956 R. A. SMITH. 71
THE ROME CONGRESS : TECHNICAL REPORT. SOME OF THE IMPORTANT RESEARCHES WHICH WERE DESCRIBED BY DELEGATES TO THE I.A.F. CONGRESS G. V. E. THOMPSON. 77
THE V-2 POWER PLANT. A CONCISE DESCRIPTION OF THE POWER PLANT OF THE GERMAN V-2, THE FIRST OF THE REALLY SUCCESSFUL HIGH-ALTITUDE LIQUID-FUEL ROCKETS A. V. CLEAVER. 84
SKY DIARY, JANUARY TO MARCH, 1957. WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN THE NIGHT-SKY DURING THE EARLY MONTHS OF THE NEW YEAR PATRICK MOORE. 86
REVIEWS 88
VOLUME 1 NUMBER 3 APRIL 1957
EDITORIAL 91
POSTPONEMENT OF THE "MOONWATCH" ALERT. REASONS WHY THE U.S. "ALERT," ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER, 1956, HAS BEEN DELAYED W. H. HAAS. 91
METEORS AND SPACEFLIGHT. MUCH HAS BEEN HEARD OF THE METEOR HAZARD IN SPACE FLIGHT. THIS ARTICLE SURVEYS THE WHOLE FIELD OF METEORIC ASTRONOMY N. H. LANGTON. 92
HERMANN GANSWINDT. THE LIFE AND WORK OF THE GERMAN PIONEER WHO WAS ALMOST THE FIRST TO REALIZE THE POTENTIALITIES OF THE ROCKET IN SPACE FLIGHT G. V. E. THOMPSON. 101
WOOMERA. SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE LEADING ROCKET GROUND OF THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH A. V. CLEAVER. 103
GULLIVER'S MOONS. DONALD MALCOLM 107
THE PROBLEM OF WEIGHTLESSNESS. A DISCUSSION OF THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF "ZERO GRAVITY" A. E. SLATER. 109
PRELIMINARY REPORT ON OBSERVATIONS OF MARS. A REPORT UPON OBSERVATIONS OF MARS MADE AT MOUNT WILSON DURING THE EXCEPTIONALLY CLOSE APPROACH OF THE PLANET IN 1956 R. S. RICHARDSON. 114
THE FIRST POLISH ASTRONAUTICAL EXHIBITION 115
IT WAS IN THE PAPERS. W. JOHNSON 116
CORRESPONDENCE 118
OUR CARTOONISTS 118
SKY DIARY. WHAT TO SEE IN THE NIGHT SKY, APRIL TO JUNE, 1957 GEOFFREY TURNER. 120
REVIEWS 121
VOLUME 1 NUMBER 4 JULY 1957
EDITORIAL 126
VISIT TO VANGUARD A PERSONAL ACCOUNT FROM THE UNITED STATES ROCKETS AND ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES IN THE I.G.Y. ARTHUR C. CLARKE 127
THE SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES OF THE INTERNATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL YEAR, WITH BACKGROUND HISTORIES OF THE ROCKETS AND ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES THAT WILL PLAY VITAL ROLES IN THIS EXCITING EXPLORATION 130
ACCELERATIONS IN SPACE MEDICINE PROBLEMS OF ACCELERATION ; HOW THEY AFFECT SPACEFLIGHT, AND WHAT IS NOW BEING DONE TO SOLVE THEM M. K. BROWNE 139
THE B.I.S. OBSERVATORY AN ACCOUNT OF THE BRITISH INTERPLANETARY SOCIETY'S FIRST ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY, AT HARLOW TOWER, HARROGATE L. S. STRICKSON 143
BRITAIN'S GUIDED MISSILES AND ROCKETS MUCH HAS BEEN HEARD OF AMERICAN ROCKETS ; BUT BRITAIN, TOO, IS ACTIVE IN THE FIELD OF ROCKET RESEARCH M. F. ALLWARD 145
SKY DIARY WHAT TO SEE IN THE NIGHT SKY, JULY TO SEPTEMBER, 1957 GEOFFREY TURNER 151
CARTOONIST'S CORNER 152
CORRESPONDENCE 153
REVIEWS 154
Volume 1 Number 5 OCTOBER 1957
EDITORIAL 158
THE INTERNATIONAL ASTRONAUTICAL FEDERATION An account of the I.A.F.. its history, activities and role in modern astronautics, by the President for 1956-57 L. R. Shepherd 159
BUILDING THE EARTH SATELLITE VEHICLE. A series of twelve photographs showing various stages and processes of the actual satellite vehicle to be launched during the Vanguard project 164
OBERTH-DOYEN OF SPACEFLIGHT TODAY The life and work of the man who is justly known as the "Father of Astronautics" G. V. E. Thompson. 170
THE CRANFIELD SYMPOSIUM An account of the important symposium organized jointly by the British Interplanetary Society, the Royal Aeronautical Society and the College of Aeronautics, on July 18 to 20, 1957 S. W. Greenwood. 173
AMERICA'S SURFACE-TO-SURFACE MISSILE ARSENAL Information on this important aspect of rocket work, written by one of those who is actively concerned in it Frederick I. Ordway and Ronald C. Wakeford 176
THE YOUNG ASTRONAUT'S LIBRARY Suggestions for books suitable for younger readers W. E. Keswall 187
CORRESPONDENCE 188
SKY DIARY, October to December, 1957 Geoffrey Turner 191
REVIEWS 192
Volume 1 Number 6 JANUARY 1958
EDITORIAL 194
NOTICE OF THE SOCIETY 195
THE SPACE AGE IS HERE A description of the launching of Sputnik I, and its significance to scientific work in general Maurice Allward 196
THE FIRST DAYS OF SPUTNIK I Reports of the work carried on during the days immediately following the launching of Russia's first space satellite V. C. Reddish, Martin Ryle, a member of the Jodrell Bank research team. H. V. Griffiths and John Heywood 198
BLEEP! "Ursus" 203
RUSSIA'S SECOND SATELLITE K. W. Gatland 204
THE BARCELONA CONGRESS A personal account of the 1957 Congress of the International Astronautical Federation, held in Barcelona at the time of the launching of Sputnik I A. E. Slater 206
WARSAW CONFERENCE ON ROCKET TECHNIQUE AND ASTRONAUTICS An account of the conference held at Warsaw, organized by the Polish Astronautical Society. written by one of those directly concerned K. Zarankiewic 210
THE RAMJET IN ASTRONAUTICS What is a ramjet? Has it a place in astronautics? S. W. Greenwood 211
CONDITIONS ON THE MOON WITH WHICH THE FIRST LANDING CREW WILL CONTEND What will it be like for the first travellers who reach the Moon? And what are the main difficulties which will face them? Gilbert Fielder 216
RADIOACTIVE RECOVERY TECHNIQUE FOR MISSILES AND AIRCRAFT F. Pollard 220
SKY DIARY What to look for in the sky, January to March 1958 A. E. Slater 223
REVIEWS 226
VOLUME 1 NUMBER 7 APRIL 1958
EDITORIAL 230
U.S. SATELLITES (FAILURE AND SUCCESS), ARTIFICIAL METEORS AND PROJECT FARSIDE AN ACCOUNT OF THE NEW UNITED STATES SPACE EXPERIMENTS, WRITTEN BY AN EYE-WITNESS FRANK POLLARD 231
ENTERING THE ATMOSPHERE WE HAVE MANAGED TO SEND ROCKETS BEYOND THE ATMOSPHERE—BUT NOT, SO FAR, TO RECOVER THEM INTACT. THIS ARTICLE EXPLAINS SOME OF THE DIFFICULTIES OF THE ALL-IMPORTANT RE-ENTRY PROBLEM TERENCE NONWEILER 238
THE LONDON PLANETARIUM LONDON'S PLANETARIUM, THE FIRST IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH, OPENED THIS MARCH. IN THIS ARTICLE DR. KING, CHIEF NARRATOR, GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF IT H. C. KING 241
PHOTOGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL EARTH SATELLITES AN ACCOUNT OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC WORK WHICH CAN BE CARRIED OUT BY AMATEUR OBSERVERS, WITH INSTRUCTIONS AS TO HOW TO DO IT M. J. SMYTH 247
STOP PRESS! URSUS 252
A TEST AND LAUNCHING STANDARD FOR THE VANGUARD ROCKETS SOME DETAILS OF THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS INTRODUCED BY UNITED STATES RESEARCHERS DON KARSHAN 253
ROCKET RESEARCH IN BRITAIN OPEN DAY AT WESTCOTT—A VISIT BY MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH INTERPLANETARY SOCIETY MAURICE ALLWARD 258
SKY DIARY, APRIL-JUNE, 1958 A. E. SLATER 259
REVIEWS 261
Volume 1 Number 8 JULY 1958
EDITORIAL 266
THE PHOTOGRAPHIC OBSERVATION OF ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES Amateur workers can do useful work in photographing the Earth Satellites. Here, M. J. Hendrie gives some practical advice as to how to go about it M. J. Hendrie 267
WHITE SANDS An account of the most famous American rocket range, written by one who has worked there Frank B. Pollard 275
SATURN Saturn, the Ringed Planet, is perhaps the most beautiful object in the sky. This article gives all the main facts about it, and is written by one of Britain's most active observers of the planet H. N. D. Wright 278
"SPACEMAN OVERBOARD" Man is not naturally adapted to conditions in space, and many problems will have to be overcome. These problems are summed up and discussed by Dr. Guignard, who is carrying out research in this field J. C. Guignard 282
SPECULATIONS ON EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE Does life exist on other planets? If so, what will it be like? S. S. Kind 288
COSMIC RADIATION AND ITS POSSIBLE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS Cosmic radiation has often been regarded as the worst hazard facing space-travellers. The problem is discussed here by Dr. Sandeman in a totally unbiased way T. F. Sandeman 291
SKY DIARY: JULY TO SEPTEMBER, 1958 What to look for in the sky, July to September, 1958 A. E. Slater. 297
REVIEWS 299
VOLUME 1 NUMBER 9 OCTOBER 1958
EDITORIAL 302
SPUTNIK III RUSSIA'S NEW SATELLITE, AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN ASTRONAUTICS MAURICE ALLWARD 303
WHY SEND A ROCKET TO THE MOON ? THE VALUE OF THE PROJECT TO SEND A LUNAR MISSILE EITHER TO LAND ON THE MOON OR TO MAKE A "ROUND TRIP GILBERT FIELDER 308
SPACE-STATIONS : TO BE OR NOT TO BE ? MUCH DISCUSSION HAS TAKEN PLACE AS TO WHETHER MANNED SPACE-STATIONS WILL HAVE TO BE BUILT BEFORE INTERPLANETARY VOYAGES CAN TAKE PLACE. H. E. ROSS, WELL KNOWN FOR HIS PIONEER WORK UPON THIS PROBLEM. SUMS UP THE PROS AND CONS H. E. ROSS 311
COSMIC BOOMERANG IN THIS ARTICLE DR. CHEBOTAREV, RUSSIAN PHYSICIST AND MATHEMATICIAN, SUMS UP SOVIET VIEWS UPON RECENT EXPERIMENTS G. CHEBOTAREV 315
THE HELLENIC ASTRONAUTICAL SOCIETY E. N. PETROPOULOS 317
TABLE OF SATELLITE DATA 319
TRUTH OR IGNORANCE DO WE REALLY HAVE ANY REAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE UNIVERSE IN WHICH WE ALL LIVE? AND WHAT WILL OTHER WORLDS BE LIKE? A. R. ACRAMAN 320
HYDROPONICS WHEN SPACEFLIGHT HAS REALLY BEGUN, "HYDROPONIC FARMING" WILL BE OF GREAT IMPORTANCE. THIS ARTICLE GIVES A GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE SUBJECT STEPHEN KEELER 324
GLOSSARY OF ASTRONAUTICAL TERMS D. HURDEN 326
NEWS OF THE X-15 FROM DON KARSHAN 328
THE FIRST MOON ROCKET 329
SKYDIARY A. E. SLATER 330
REVIEWS 332