November 1957
From The Space Library
NACA 1957 Flight Propulsion Conference at Cleveland was review of analysis of space missions, nuclear propulsion systems, chemical propulsion systems, electrical propulsion systems, auxiliary power systems, and propellants.
First Baker-Nunn precision optical satellite tracking camera Installed at White Sands, N. Mex., the first of 12 such optical tracking installations as a part of the IGY under the supervision of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.
Development of satellite launch vehicle focused upon all solid fuel systems at NACA Langley, a major step in the origin of Scout.
