Vanguard

Foreword
List of Illustrations
Preface

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, l955-l956
7. Onboard Experiments and Instrumentation
8. Creating a Home on the Range
9. The Tracking Systems
10. Early Test Firings
11. From Sputnik I toTV-3
12. Success - and After
13. The NAS 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
   
• Publications
• The Authors