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Series VII: Military Programs and Studies |
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This series consists of documents pertaining to programs, projects, and studies conducted by or for elements of the United States National Defense Establishment. Materials are organized into subseries by branch or agency:
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Subseries VII.A. United States Air Force This subseries consists of documentation for program developed by or research conducted by or for the United States Air Force. Materials are organized into subseries by topic. Unless otherwise noted, documents within each subseries are arranged chronologically. | ||
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This subseries consists of general documentation on USAF procedures and policies related to spaceflight or launch operations. | ||
| 217 | 6 | General Range Safety Plan. (AFMTC. AFMTCP 80-2.) Volume I: Pre-launch Safety Procedures. (1 October 1963.) | 7 | Volume II: Operations Requirements. (4 September 1962.) |
8 | Range Safety Officers Handbook. (AFMTC. No date) |
| 227 (OS) | 1 | Organization and Functions. (AFMTC. AFMTCP 20-1. January 1963) |
| 218 | 1 | Test Facilities Handbook. (AFAEDC. July 1963.) Volume 1: Policies and Procedures. |
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Subseries VII.A.2. Launch Vehicles This subseries consists of documentation launch vehicles used by the USAF or studies pertaining to launch vehicles conducted for the USAF. | ||
| 218 | 2 | "Titan II Storable Propellant Handbook." (Bell/BAC. AFBSD-TR-62-2 (Bell Report 8182-933004). March 1962.) [diazo duplicate] | 3 | "WS 107A-2 Titan I Exhibit and Specification Status Report." (STL. 6450.28-256. 31 July 1963) | 4 | Near-Term Launch Vehicle Concepts Study. Proposal. (Douglas/MSSD. January 1966.) Volume I: Engineering Proposal. (SM-51938-P) |
5 | "Titan III Vehicle Family at ETR" [presentation graphics]. (MMC/DD. MCR-68-12. c.1968) | 6 | "Titan IIIC Payload Users Guide." (MMC/DD. MCR-68-62. October 1968) | 7 | Minimum Cost Design (MCD) Booster Study. [presentation graphics]. (NAR/SD. SP 68-24. October 1968.) |
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Subseries VII.A.3. Manned Programs This subseries consists of documentation on the USAF's plans for and the considerations involved in manned spaceflight. Materials are organized into two subseries by topic. Unless otherwise noted, documents within each subseries are arranged chronologically. | ||
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| 218 | 8 | "Proposal for a Manned Lunar Vehicle Concept Study. (GE/DSD. G40-703. 24 November 1961) |
| 219 | 1 | "Space Radiation Guide." (W. P. Saylor, D. E. Winer, C. J. Eiwen, and A. W. Carriker; American Machine and Foundry Co for AFSC/AMRL. AMRL-TDR-62-86. August 1962.) [photocopy] | 2 | "Human Engineering Criteria for Manned Space Flight: Minimum Manual Systems." (Donald K. Bauerschmidt and Robert O. Besco; Hughes for AFSC/ARML. ARML-TDR-62-87. August 1962.) [photocopy] | 3 | Emergency Detection and Escape Initiation System. (H. H. Edwards, L. Oling, D. B. Taylor; CVC/VA for AFSC/FDL. November 1962.) Part II: Solid Propellant Boosters. (ASD-TDR-62-276, Part II.) |
4 | The Handling and Storage of Liquid Propellants. (USAF/Medical Service. AFM 160-39. 1 April 1964) | 5 | "Ferry Vehicle Docking System for MOL/Gemini B Vehicles." (All American Engineering Co. Q-354. 7 April 1964) | 6 | "Retention of Simulated Lunar Landing Mission Skills: A Test of Pilot Reliability." (Theodore E. Cotterman, Ph.D. and Milton E. Wood; AFSC/AMRL. AMRL-TR-66-222. April 1967) | 7 | "Evaluation of a Ground-Based Rescue Concept." (E. J. Rattin; Aerospace/SEO. TOR-0200(4525-04)-1. March 21, 1969) |
| 220 | 1 | "Reaction Control Systems for the Orbit-to-Orbit Shuttle." (D. H. Jaeger; Aerospace/SEO. TOR-0059(6759-01)-5. July 14, 1970) |
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Subseries VII.A.3.b. School of Aerospace Medicine Reports Documents in this subseries are arranged chronologically by study. | ||
| 220 | 2 | "Psychomotor Functioning While Breathing Varying Partial Pressures of Oxygen-Nitrogen." (Jared M. Dunn; AFSC/SAM. 62-82. June 1962) | 3 | "Physiologic Response to Increased Oxygen Partial Pressure." (James E. Herlocher, David G. Quigley, Victor S. Behar, E. G. Shaw, and B. E. Welch; AFSC/SAM. c.1964.) I. Clinical Observations II. Respiratory Studies III. Hematopoiesis. |
4 | "Biochemical Laboratory Apparatus for Use in Space Cabins." (Dale A. Clark, Ph.D; AFSC/SAM. SAM-TDR-64-65. December 1964) | 5 | "The Radiations of Space." III. Some Effects of 138 Mev Protons on Primates. (Glenn V. Dalrymple, et al.; AFSC/SAM. SAM-TR-65-58. September 1965.) |
6 | IV. Some Effects of 400Mev Protons on Primates. (Glenn V. Dalrymple, et al.; AFSC/SAM. SAM-TR-65-73. October 1965.) |
7 | "A Program for the Spatial Disorientation Demonstrator." (Frederic F. Doppelt; AFSC/SAM. SAM-TR-65-66. October 1965) | 8 | "Effect of Luminance on the Moon Illusion." (James E. Hamilton; AFSC/SAM. SAM-TR-65-72. October 1965) | 9 | "Normal Human Serum Parameters for Simulated Altitude and Aerospace Flights." I. Estimation of Change in Serum Protein Concentration." (William G. Glenn, Ph.D. and Carmen F. Garcia; AFSC/SAM. SAM TR 65-219. October 1966.) |
10 | II. Estimation of Change in Albumin, Gamma Globulin, Albumin/Gamma Globulin Ratio, and A/G Ratio. (William G. Glenn, Ph.D. and Iowa W. Marable; AFSC/SAM. SAM TR 65-202. October 1966.) |
11 | III. Estimation of Change in Serum Potassium, Sodium, and Chloride. (William G. Glenn, Ph.D. and Ira L. Shannon; AFSC/SAM. SAM TR 65-218. October 1966.) |
12 | "A Method for Determination of Calcium in Serum, Parotid Fluid and Urine in the Weightless State." (Bruce A. Butcher, Joseph F. Eastis, and Dale A. Clark, Ph.D.; AFSC/SAM. SAM TR 65-222. November 1965) | 13 | "Protons and Space Travel - An Introduction." (Glenn V. Dalrymple and Ian R. Lindsay; AFSC/SAM. SAM TR 65-254. June 1966) | 14 | "An Estimate of the Biological Effects of the Space Proton Environment." (Glenn V. Dalrymple, et al.; AFSC/SAM. SAM TR 65-261. June 1966) | 15 | "Verbal Communication Intelligibility in Oxygen-Helium, and Other Breathing Mixtures, at Low Atmospheric Pressures." (Julian P. Cooke, Ph.D. and Sarah E. Beard; AFSC/SAM. SAM TR 65-269. December 1965) | 16 | "Low Doses of Acetazolamide to Aid Accommodation of Men to Altitude." (Stephen M. Cain and James E. Dunn II; AFSC/SAM. SAM TR 65-323. July 1966) | 17 | "Heart Rate Response of Anesthetized and Unanesthetized Dogs to Noise and Near-Vacuum Decompression." (Julian P. Cooke, Ph.D. and Richard W. Bancroft, Ph.D.; AFSC/SAM. SAM TR 65-327. July 1966) | 18 | "Aerospace Medicine Considerations in Manrating Space Environment Simulators." (Paul W. Musgrave and Donald I. Carter; AFSC/SAM. SAM TR 66-2. June 1966) | 19 | "The Combustibility of Materials in Oxygen-Helium and Oxygen-Nitrogen Atmospheres." (Clayton Huggett, Ph.D., Guenther von Elbe, Ph.D., and Wilburt Haggerty; AFSC/SAM. SAM TR 66-85. December 1966) | 20 | "Some Cardiovascular Responses in Anesthetized Dogs During Repeated Decompressions to a Near-Vacuum." (Julian P. Cooke, Ph.D. and Richard W. Bancroft, Ph.D.; AFSC/SAM. SAM TR 66-88. October 1966) | 21 | "The Study of Man During a 56-Day Exposure to an Oxygen-Helium Atmosphere at 258mm Hg Total Pressure." I. Introduction and General Experimental Design. (John J. Hargreaves, et al.; AFSC/SAM. SAM TR 66-256. June 1966.) |
22 | II. Major and Minor Atmosphere Components. (Jimmie D. Adams, et al.; AFSC/SAM. SAM TR 66-253. June 1966.) |
23 | III. Renal Response. (H. V. Glatte, et al.; AFSC/SAM. SAM TR 66-250. June 1966.) |
24 | IV. Selected Blood Enzyme Response. (M. J. Bartek, et al.; AFSC/SAM. SAM TR 66-246. June 1966.) |
25 | V. Exercise Performance and Cardiovascular Response. (Howard J. Zeft, et al.; AFSC/SAM. SAM TR 66-252. June 1966.) |
26 | VI. Excretion of Steroids and Catecholamines. (Frode Ulvedal, et al.; AFSC/SAM. SAM TR 66-251. June 1966.) |
27 | VII. Respiratory Function. (William G. Robertson, et al.; AFSC/SAM. SAM TR 66-257. June 1966.) |
28 | VIII. Observations on Feeding Bite-Size Foods. (Norman D. Heidelbaugh, et al.; AFSC/SAM. SAM TR 66-242. June 1966.) |
29 | IX. Nutritional Evaluation of Feeding Bite-Size Foods. (John E. Vanderveen, et al.; AFSC/SAM. SAM TR 66-243. June 1966.) |
30 | X. Enteric Microbial Flora. (Joseph T. Cordaro, et al.; AFSC/SAM. SAM TR 66-215. June 1966.) |
31 | XI. Oral, Cutaneous and Aerosol Bacteriologic Evaluation. (James E. Moyer, et al.; AFSC/SAM. SAM TR 66-244. June 1966.) |
32 | XII. Clinical Observations. (Howard J. Zeft, et al.; AFSC/SAM. SAM TR 66-255. June 1966.) |
33 | XIII. Behavior Factors. (David W. Rodgin, et al.; AFSC/SAM. SAM TR 66-247. March 1966.) |
34 | "Observations on Man in an Oxygen-Helium Environment at 380mm Hg Total Pressure." I. Clinical. (Howard J. Zeft, et al.; AFSC/SAM. SAM TR 66-232. May 1966.) |
35 | II. Respiratory. (W. G. Robertson, et al.; AFSC/SAM. SAM TR 66-231. May 1966.) |
36 | III. Heat Exchange. (W. L. Epperson, et al.; AFSC/SAM. SAM TR 66-233. May 1966.) |
37 | IV. Communications. (Charles W. Nixon, Ph.D., William E. Mabson, Frank Trimboli, James E. Endicott, B. E. Welch, Ph.D.; AFSC/SAM. SAM TR 67-205. January 1968.) |
38 | "Tissue Oxygenation During Hemorrhage in Dogs Breathing 1 and 3 Atmospheres of Oxygen." (Stephen M. Cain, Ph.D. and John M. Connolly, MD; AFSC/SAM. SAM TR 66-258. February 1967) | 39 | "A Detailed Study of Contaminant Production in a Space Cabin Simulator at 760mm of Mercury." (James P. Conkle, William E. Mabson, Jimmie D. Adams, Howard J. Zeft, and Billy E. Welch, Ph.D.; AFSC/SAM. SAM TR 66-267. May 1967) | 40 | "The Effect of Space Cabin Environment on Viral Infection." (David J. Giron, Frank F. Pindak, and Jerome P. Schmidt; AFSC/SAM. SAM TR 66-323. August 1967) | 41 | "High Venous Pressures During Exposure of Dogs to Near-Vacuum Conditions." (Julian P. Cooke, Ph.D., Stephen M. Cain, Ph.D., and Richard W. Bancroft, Ph.D.; AFSCSAM. SAM TR 67-257. October 1967) | 42 | "Abdominal Blood Flow Changes During Acceleration Stress in Anesthetized Dogs." (H. L. Stone, Ph.D. and W. C. Alexander; AFSC/SAM. SAM TR 67-268. February 1968) | 43 | "Comparative Cardiovascular Responses of Baboons and Dogs to Near-Vacuum Pressures." (Julian P. Cooke, Ph.D., William P. Fife, Ph.D., and Richard W. Bancroft, Ph.D.; AFSC/SAM. SAM-TR-68-44. May 1968) |
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| 220 | 44 | A Recoverable Interplanetary Space Probe. Report. (MIT/IL. R-235. July 1959.) Volume I: General Discussion. | 45 | Volume II: Engineering Analyses. |
| 221 | 1 | Volume III: Engineering Analyses. | 2 | Volume IV: Appendices. |
3 | Study of a Drag Brake Satellite Recovery System. Results of Phase I. (Avco/ERL. WADD TR 60-775. July 1960.) [folder 1 of 2] |
4 | [folder 2 of 2] |
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This subseries consists of documents on various research programs funded by the USAF, but not related to launch vehicles, manned flight considerations, or satellite operations. Materials are organized into two subseries by topic. Unless otherwise noted, documents within each subseries are arranged chronologically. | ||
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This subseries consists documents pertaining to research conducted under USAF contract, including materials originated by the RAND Corp which are not explicitly identified part of Project RAND. | ||
| 221 | 5 | Weapons Systems Planning and Control Study. The Broad Time-Cost-Probability-Value Characteristics of Aero-Space Development Programs. (John B Lathrop; Lockheed. LAC-1. 12 July 1960.) | 6 | "Operational Design Criteria for Missile Ground Systems: Readiness Testing." (Sidney I. Firstman; RAND. P-2112, to be presented at the 18th National Meeting of the Operations Research Society of America, October 10-12, 1960, Detroit, Michigan. September 15, 1960) | 7 | Preliminary Investigation of Interplanetary, Lunar and Near Planet Environments. Preliminary Investigation of Interplanetary, Lunar and Near Planet Environments and Methods of Simulation. (C. D. Jones, ed; OSU/MED for AFSC/ASD. ASD-TR-61-267. July 1961.) |
8 | "Space and Planetary Environments (Air Force surveys in geophysics No.139)." (Shea L. Valley, ed; AFCRL. AFCRL-62-270. January 1962) |
| 222 | 1 | "AFCRL Studies of the November 1960 Solar-Terrestrial Events." (J. Aarons and S. M. Silverman, ed.; AFCRL. AFCRL-62-441. April 1962) | 2 | Geophysics and Space Data Bulletin, Volume II, Number 1. (Anne L. Carrigan and Norman J. Oliver, ed.; AFCRL. First Quarter 1965) |
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Subseries VII.A.5.b. Project RAND This subseries consists of documentation for research conducted under USAF contract as part of Project RAND (Research and Development). For reports originated by the RAND Corp, but which are not explicitly part of Project RAND, see subseries VII.A.5.a. (General). Documents are arranged by report number. | ||
| 222 | 3 | "Outline of a Study of Manned Space Flight (U)." (R. W. Buchheim; RAND. RM-2005. September 27, 1957) | 4 | "A Photographic System for Close-Up Lunar Exploration." (M. E. Davies; RAND. RM-2183. 23 May 1958) | 5 | "Summary of Orbital and Physical Data for the Planet Mars." (Donna Scott Kirby; RAND. RM-2567. August 1, 1960) | 6 | "Design Criteria for Rotating Space Vehicles." (S. H. Dole; RAND. RM-2668. October 18, 1960) | 7 | "Solar-Flare Radiation and Manned Space Flight." (D. J. Dugas; RAND. RM-2825-PR. November 1961) | 8 | "Space Geomagnetism, Radiation Belts, and Auroral Zones." (E. H. Vestine; RAND. RM-3144-PR. July 1962) | 9 | "Costing Tomorrow's Weapon Systems." (David Novick; RAND. RM-3170-PR. June 1962) |
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| 222 | 10 | Space Communications Program. Bibliography of Space Communications Reports. (MIT/LL. SC-8. 1 April 1968.) | 11 | Division 6 Quarterly Technical Summary. (MIT/LL for AFSC/ESD.) (ESD-TR-69-48. 15 March 1969.) |
12 | (ESD-TR-69-137. 15 June 1969.) |
13 | (ESD-TR-69-249. 15 September 1969.) |
14 | (ESD-TR-69-388. 15 December 1969.) |
15 | (15 March 1971.) [2 copies] |
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Subseries VII.B. Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) Documents in this subseries are arranged chronologically. | ||
| 227 (OS) | 2 | "Data for ICBM Re-entry Trajectories." (Dean N. Morris and P. Benson; RAND. RM-3475-ARPA. April 1963) |
| 222 | 16 | "Earth Coverages from Satellites at 20,000 and 50,000 N Mi." (G. E. Modesitt; RAND. RM-5095-ARPA. December 1966) |
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Subseries VII.C. United States Navy Materials are organized chronologically. | ||
| 223 | 1 | "Product Quality Program Requirements for Fleet Ballistic Missile Weapon System Contractors" [Military Specification]. (DoD for USN/BuWeps. MIL-Q-21549B(WEP). 10 June 1963) | 2 | Spacecraft Oceanography Project. Annual Report. 1 October 1965 - 1 September 1966. (USN/OO. No date.) [folder 1 of 2] |
3 | [folder 2 of 2] |