This authoritative, illustrated history chronicles the Vanguard project, which placed one of the United States' earliest successful man-made satellites into Earth orbit. In addition to analysis of the program's scientific and technical challenges, it surveys the influence of the launchings of the first Russian Sputniks and Vanguard's impact on subsequent space missions.
Reprint of the NASA Historical Series, Washington, D.C., 1970 edition.

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Table of Contents for Project Vanguard: The NASA History
Foreword
List of Illustrations
Preface
Introduction
1. Background of Space Exploration
2. Seeking Government Support for a Satellite Program
3. Selecting a Satellite Plan
4. Getting the Launch Program Started
5. Battle over Vehicle Specifications
6. Role of NAS and TPESP, 1955–1956
7. Onboard Experiments and Instrumentation
8. Creating a Home on the Range
9. The Tracking Systems
10. Early Test Firings
11. From Sputnik I to TV-3
12. Success—and After
13. The National Academy of Sciences and the Scientific Harvest, 1957–1959
14. The Final Accounting
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Appendixes
1. Vanguard Flight Summary
2. Explorer Flight Summary
3. IGY Satellite Launches
Index

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