National Air and Space Museum Archives

Rocket-Sonde Research Section (Naval Research Laboratory), V-2 Panel Papers

Summary

Collection ID:
NASM.1998.0025
Creators:
DeVorkin, David H., 1944-
Dates:
1945-1986
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
1.13 Cubic feet
(1 slim legal document box) (2 legal document boxes)
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
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_.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
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.

Administration

Immediate Source of Acquisition
David DeVorkin, Transfer, 1998, 1998-0025, Public Domain

Using the Collection

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Keywords

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Science with a Vengeance Title Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Artificial satellites Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
V-2 rocket Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Rocketry Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Astronautics Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Rockets (Aeronautics) Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Atmosphere, Upper -- Rocket observations Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Ballistic missiles Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Memoranda Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Charts Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
DeVorkin, David H., 1944- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Naval Research Laboratory (Washington, D.C.). Rocket Sonde Branch Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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