Download or read book Development and Testing of Rockets and Missles at White Sands Missile Range 1945 1955 written by Eunice H. Brown and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 850 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Development and Testing of Rockets and Missiles at White Sands Missile Range 1956 1960 written by William R. Stevenson and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Rockets and Missiles of White Sands Proving Ground 1945 1958 written by Gregory P. Kennedy and published by Schiffer Pub Limited. This book was released on 2009 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1945, the United States Army established a testing center for rockets and guided missiles in south-central New Mexico. Named White Sands Proving Ground, this center was the locale for many of Americas first steps towards space. Rockets and Missiles of White Sands Proving Ground chronicles major activities at the base from 1945-1958. During this period, the Army, Navy, and Air Force all tested missiles at the desert installation. This book details the development and testing for such missiles as Hermes, Corporal, Nike Ajax, Sergeant, Honest John, and Viking. These missiles formed the backbone of much of Americas arsenal during the Cold War and represented major technological advancements. In 1958, the White Sands Proving Ground became the White Sands Missile Range, as it is known today.
Download or read book White Sands Missile Range written by Darren Court and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the official flag raising on July 9, 1945, the White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) has become an integral part of global defense for the United States. A mere week after formation, Project Trinity tested the first atomic bomb at an isolated site, which was 100 miles north on what was then part of the Alamogordo Bombing Range--a test site for B-17 pilots. Back at White Sands Proving Ground, as it was then named, personnel were unaware of the massive new weapon tested to their north. Instead their focus was upon the arrival of what would be 300 railroad cars of captured German V-2 rockets and associated equipment. Later that year, over 100 captured German scientists, among them Werner von Braun, would arrive at White Sands to assist in V-2 technology, launching America's race to space; tens of thousands of rockets and missiles have since been fired on the range. Thousands of family members also lived and worked at the range, and their stories can be found inside as well.
Download or read book Pocketful of Rockets written by Jim Eckles and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-10-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An informative and entertaining look at the history of White Sands Missile Range. Not only does the author delve into V-2 rockets, missiles gone astray into Mexico, and the introduction of African oryx, but he also tells how the Apache fought buffalo soldiers there in 1880, how Sheriff Pat Garrett investigated the Albert Fountain murder and how ranchers lived on the parched lands raising both cattle and goats.The history of the first atomic bomb test at Trinity Site is covered in detail as well the various searches for the fabulous and mythical Victorio Peak treasure of gold bars. Eckles even provides the military history behind programs responsible for the Roswell UFO phenomenon. The author worked in the missile range's Public Affairs Office for 30 years and had access to most of the Range. He interviewed many of its early pioneers, men and women who made White Sands the birthplace of America's missile and space activities. In the process, he collected many stories that provide that extra insight into the historical events he writes about. This is a rare look under the covers at the largest military installation in America. The missile range's isolation and sensitive testing mission have made it relatively invisible to most. Pocketful of Rockets reveals some of that history and provides a look at the landscape before the military moved in.
Download or read book History of Strategic Air and Ballistic Missile Defense 1945 1955 written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the book's Foreword: In the early 1970s, the U.S. Army Center of Military History contracted with BDM Corporation for a history of U.S. efforts to counter Soviet air and missile threats during the Cold War. The resulting two-volume History of Strategic Air and Ballistic Missile Defense covers the years 1945-1972 when the strategic arms competition between the United States and the Soviet Union was at its height. The study was first published for limited distribution in 1975 and recently declassified with minimal redaction. These volumes address the passive and active defense strategies, technologies, and techniques adopted by both U.S. and Soviet defense planners. Much of their actions centered around three common questions: How might we be attacked? How shall we defend our country? What can technology do to solve the basic problems of defending against this new intercontinental threat?
Download or read book History of Strategic Air and Ballistic Missile Defense Volume I 1945 1955 2009 written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book We Develop Missiles Not Air The Legacy of Early Missile Rocket Instrumentation and Aeromedical Research Development at Holloman Air Force Base Project Manhigh written by Department of Defense and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-16 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report contains an investigation of the history of missile, rocket, instrumentation, and aeromedical research programs conducted at and around Holloman Air Force Base. Research was completed for 11 programs, including six missile and rocket development complexes, a series of instrumentation facilities used to support missile testing, and four programs involved in aeromedical research. Newspapers, magazines, formerly classified military records, and interviews with people involved provided information about the innumerable testing programs carried out in the area. Archaeological investigations were also conducted at the various sites to document and identify those remains still existing today. The results of this research indicates HAFB played a primary role in the early Cold War development of many programs which represented the beginnings of the United States space program. Holloman AFB is located on the eastern edge of White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) within the Tularosa Basin of south-central New Mexico. These two military installations have played an important part in the United States' effort towards 'Man In Space' and the maintenance of the defense posture of this country. The onset of World War II was responsible for the establishment of the Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range (now HAFB). The early space-related efforts were carried out on the Range after it was integrated with White Sands Proving Grounds (now WSMR) at the end of the war. HAFB officials, cognizant of the base's important role in U.S. aerospace development, are now attempting to preserve a portion of this early history to preclude it from being lost forever. Contents: Preface * Acknowledgments * List of Acronyms * Abstract * Introduction * Physical and Historical Background * Physical Environment * Project Location * Tularosa Basin Environment * Military Potential * Historical Background * Space Technology in New Mexico * Holloman Air Force Base * Target: Alamogordo * Research Questions and Methodology * Research Questions * Methodology * Missile and Rocket Complexes * Ground-to-Air Pilotless Aircraft (GAPA) * Historical Background * Archaeological Perspective * North American Test Instrument Vehicle (NATIV) * Historical Background * Archaeological Background * Jet-Bomb 2 (JB-2) * The German Vengeance Weapon (V-1) * The American Jet Bomb 2 * Archaeological Perspective * Aerobee Rocket * Historical Background.. * Archaeological Perspective * Able 51 * Historical Background. * Archaeological Perspective * Horizontal Test Stand * Historical Background. * Architectural Perspective. * Instrumentation Facilities * Cinetheodolite Stations * Historical Background * Archaeological Perspective * Mart Site (HAR-018r, LA 107798) * Pritch Site (HAR-007, LA 99633) * Sole Site (HAR-005, LA 99457). * Bern Site (HAR-021, LA 102577) * Features 121 and 144 (HAR-041, LA 104274) * Aeromedical Research * Aeromedical Research Laboratory * Holloman Zoo * Rockets and Balloons * Subgravity * Escape Physiology * Automotive Crash Forces * Bopper Sled * Swing Seat * Daisy Track * Project Excelsior * Project Manhigh * Background History * Holloman AFB Programs * Summary and Conclusion * The Programs * The Early Years, 1947-1949 * Missile Test Stands Area * Instrumentation Sites - Cinetheodolite Stations * Aeromedical Research * Further Advances, 1950-1969 * Able 51 * High Speed Test Track * Instrumentation Sites - Missile Theodolite Towers * Aeromedical Research * End of Era, 1970 - present * Archaeological Sites * Missile Test Stands Area * Able 51 * Cinetheodolite Stations * Historic Buildings * Conclusions * Recommendations * National Register Eligibility * Management Considerations * Project Analysis * Future Research * Interpretive Possibilities * Endnotes * Bibliography * General References
Download or read book White Sands Missile Range written by Robert Rook and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-07-11 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pictures and Text about missiles and rockets on display at Missile Park Museum, White Sands Missile Range (WSMR)
Download or read book 60 Years of Making History Every Day 1945 2005 written by White Sands Missile Range (N.M.) and published by . This book was released on 2005* with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Technical Development Plan for Operation and Modernization of White Sands Missile Range written by White Sands Missile Range (N.M.). Headquarters and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book From Barren Desert to Thriving Community written by William B. Boehm and published by . This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book White Sands Missile Range Birthplace of America s Missile and Space Activity written by White Sands Missile Range (N.M.) and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Proceedings of the Second All IRIG Symposium U S Naval Post Graduate School Monterey California October 1958 Air Force Missile Development Center Air Proving Ground Center Atlantic Missile Range Naval Ordnance Missile Test Facility Naval Ordnance Test Station Pacific Missile Range White Sands Missile Range written by Inter-Range Instrumentation Group and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The White Sands Missile Range Optical Evaluation Facility written by Joe L. Rosson and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Optical Evaluation Facility (OEF) was completed in December 1972 at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR). The Facility was developed to support WSMR in a continuing program of optical system evaluation, development, and testing. The OEF was designed to provide optimum test conditions including temperature control, filtered air, and vibration isolation. Unique in the OEF is a 40 meter horizontal tunnel which houses a 32 meter (106 foot) isolated test beam. The large beam (possibly the largest isolated beam in the United States) effectively isolates seismic disturbances to a maximum of .0001 g over a 1 to 200 hertz range. The Main Laboratory, which is intersected by the tunnel, consists of a 92 square meter area containing an isolated 8 meter beam. The laboratory also contains numerous types of test equipment including unequal path Twyman-Green interferometers, Ealing optical bench equipment, and a Tropel Miniscan. Software is available for the reduction of both interferometric and edge scan data. Future plans for the Facility include an environmental test unit, expansion in the field of infrared testing, and continuing development of test methods including multi-wavelength interferometry. (Author).
Download or read book The U S Air Force in Space 1945 to the Twenty First Century Proceedings written by Air Force Historical Foundation. Symposium and published by Department of the Air Force. This book was released on 1998-09-02 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains papers presented at the Air Force Historical Foundation Symposium, held at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, on September 21-22, 1995. Topics addressed are: Pt. 1, The Formative Years, 1945-1961; Pt. 2, Mission Development and Exploitation Since 1961; and Pt. 3, Military Space Today and Tomorrow. Includes notes, abbreviations & acronyms, an index, and photographs.
Download or read book Army Research and Development written by and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
