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The Rocket-Sonde Research Section of the Naval Research Laboratory (NAR) participated in the V-2 Panel (ACA V-2 Upper Atmosphere Research Panel), which, with the use of captured German V-2 rockets, conducted in the 1940s and 1950s a long series of experiments which sought to to further our understanding of the upper atmosphere and the nature of solar radiation, as well as the technology utilized in the V-2 itself.
NASM.1998.0025
DeVorkin, David H., 1944-
1945-1986
David DeVorkin, Transfer, 1998, 1998-0025, Public Domain
1.13 Cubic feet ((1 slim legal document box) (2 legal document boxes))
National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection is comprised mostly of administrative memoranda of the portion of the V-2 Panel which represented the Rocket-Sonde Research Section of NAR. The thirty-four files from Rocket-Sonde members are roughly chronological and are followed by files from other entities such as the Ad Hoc Committee on Rocket, Satellite and Space Research. The material in this collection was gathered by David DeVorkin while he conducted research for his book, _Science with a Vengeance_.
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Artificial satellites
V-2 rocket
Rocketry
Astronautics
Rockets (Aeronautics)
Atmosphere, Upper -- Rocket observations
Ballistic missiles
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Archival materials
Memoranda
Charts