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| Volume 1 Number 1
| OCTOBER 1956
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| Flight Into Space
| W.N. Neat
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| Tsiolkovskii - Founder of Astronautics
| G.V.E. Thompson
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| Ideas Behind the Rocket
| D. Hurden
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| The Vanguard Project
| Kenneth W. Gatland
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| Careers in Astronautics
| Arthur V. Cleaver
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| The Hum and The Bug
| Philip Ellaby Cleator
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| The Colours of Martian "Vegetation"
| A.E. Slater
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| Have You Read Any Good Books Lately?
| Arthur V. Cleaver
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| Reviews
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| VOLUME 1 NUMBER 2
| JANUARY 1957
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| EDITORIAL
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| 45
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| PROGRESS WITH VANGUARD. THE LATEST NEWS ABOUT THE EARTH SATELLITE PROGRAMME; DEVELOPMENTS WHICH HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN RECENT MONTHS
| A. V. CLEAVER.
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| OPERATION MOONWATCH. WHAT WILL THE EARTH SATELLITES LOOK LIKE? WILL THEY BE VISIBLE WITHOUT TELESCOPES? HOW THEY WILL BE TRACKED BY VISUAL MEANS, AND WHAT AMATEUR OBSERVERS CAN DO TO HELP
| W. H. HAAS.
| 49
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| THE MOON-THE EARTH'S NEAREST NEIGHBOUR. THE LUNAR WORLD; ITS NATURE, ITS FEATURES, AND THE CONDITIONS WHICH WE MUST EXPECT TO MEET UPON ITS SURFACE
| E. A. WHITAKER.
| 52
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| GODDARD, FATHER OF MODERN ROCKETRY. THE LIFE AND WORK OF THE GREAT PIONEER WHO FIRED THE FIRST OF ALL LIQUID-FUEL ROCKETS
| G. V. E. THOMPSON.
| 61
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| OERLIKON ROCKETS. SOME OF THE HIGH-ALTITUDE ROCKETS PRODUCED BY THE ARMS DIVISION OF THIS FAMOUS SWISS FIRM
| M. F. ALLWARD.
| 64
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| A TRIBUTE TO A. M. LOW.
| P. E. CLEATOR
| 70
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| THE SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ASTRONAUTICS. A PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF THE CONGRESS OF THE I.A.F., HELD IN ROME IN SEPTEMBER, 1956
| R. A. SMITH.
| 71
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| THE ROME CONGRESS : TECHNICAL REPORT. SOME OF THE IMPORTANT RESEARCHES WHICH WERE DESCRIBED BY DELEGATES TO THE I.A.F. CONGRESS
| G. V. E. THOMPSON.
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| THE V-2 POWER PLANT. A CONCISE DESCRIPTION OF THE POWER PLANT OF THE GERMAN V-2, THE FIRST OF THE REALLY SUCCESSFUL HIGH-ALTITUDE LIQUID-FUEL ROCKETS
| A. V. CLEAVER.
| 84
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| SKY DIARY, JANUARY TO MARCH, 1957. WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN THE NIGHT-SKY DURING THE EARLY MONTHS OF THE NEW YEAR
| PATRICK MOORE.
| 86
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| REVIEWS
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| 88
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| VOLUME 1 NUMBER 3
| APRIL 1957
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| EDITORIAL
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| 91
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| POSTPONEMENT OF THE "MOONWATCH" ALERT. REASONS WHY THE U.S. "ALERT," ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER, 1956, HAS BEEN DELAYED
| W. H. HAAS.
| 91
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| METEORS AND SPACEFLIGHT. MUCH HAS BEEN HEARD OF THE METEOR HAZARD IN SPACE FLIGHT. THIS ARTICLE SURVEYS THE WHOLE FIELD OF METEORIC ASTRONOMY
| N. H. LANGTON.
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| HERMANN GANSWINDT. THE LIFE AND WORK OF THE GERMAN PIONEER WHO WAS ALMOST THE FIRST TO REALIZE THE POTENTIALITIES OF THE ROCKET IN SPACE FLIGHT
| G. V. E. THOMPSON.
| 101
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| WOOMERA. SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE LEADING ROCKET GROUND OF THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH
| A. V. CLEAVER.
| 103
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| GULLIVER'S MOONS.
| DONALD MALCOLM
| 107
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| THE PROBLEM OF WEIGHTLESSNESS. A DISCUSSION OF THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF "ZERO GRAVITY"
| A. E. SLATER.
| 109
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| PRELIMINARY REPORT ON OBSERVATIONS OF MARS. A REPORT UPON OBSERVATIONS OF MARS MADE AT MOUNT WILSON DURING THE EXCEPTIONALLY CLOSE APPROACH OF THE PLANET IN 1956
| R. S. RICHARDSON.
| 114
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| THE FIRST POLISH ASTRONAUTICAL EXHIBITION
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| 115
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| IT WAS IN THE PAPERS.
| W. JOHNSON
| 116
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| CORRESPONDENCE
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| 118
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| OUR CARTOONISTS
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| 118
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| SKY DIARY. WHAT TO SEE IN THE NIGHT SKY, APRIL TO JUNE, 1957
| GEOFFREY TURNER.
| 120
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| REVIEWS
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| 121
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| VOLUME 1 NUMBER 4
| JULY 1957
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| EDITORIAL
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| VISIT TO VANGUARD A PERSONAL ACCOUNT FROM THE UNITED STATES ROCKETS AND ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES IN THE I.G.Y.
| ARTHUR C. CLARKE
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| THE SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES OF THE INTERNATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL YEAR, WITH BACKGROUND HISTORIES OF THE ROCKETS AND ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES THAT WILL PLAY VITAL ROLES IN THIS EXCITING EXPLORATION
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| ACCELERATIONS IN SPACE MEDICINE PROBLEMS OF ACCELERATION ; HOW THEY AFFECT SPACEFLIGHT, AND WHAT IS NOW BEING DONE TO SOLVE THEM
| M. K. BROWNE
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| THE B.I.S. OBSERVATORY AN ACCOUNT OF THE BRITISH INTERPLANETARY SOCIETY'S FIRST ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY, AT HARLOW TOWER, HARROGATE
| L. S. STRICKSON
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| BRITAIN'S GUIDED MISSILES AND ROCKETS MUCH HAS BEEN HEARD OF AMERICAN ROCKETS ; BUT BRITAIN, TOO, IS ACTIVE IN THE FIELD OF ROCKET RESEARCH
| M. F. ALLWARD
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| SKY DIARY WHAT TO SEE IN THE NIGHT SKY, JULY TO SEPTEMBER, 1957
| GEOFFREY TURNER
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| CARTOONIST'S CORNER
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| CORRESPONDENCE
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| 153
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| REVIEWS
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| 154
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| Volume 1 Number 5
| OCTOBER 1957
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| EDITORIAL
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| 158
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| THE INTERNATIONAL ASTRONAUTICAL FEDERATION An account of the I.A.F.. its history, activities and role in modern astronautics, by the President for 1956-57
| L. R. Shepherd
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| BUILDING THE EARTH SATELLITE VEHICLE. A series of twelve photographs showing various stages and processes of the actual satellite vehicle to be launched during the Vanguard project
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| OBERTH-DOYEN OF SPACEFLIGHT TODAY The life and work of the man who is justly known as the "Father of Astronautics"
| G. V. E. Thompson.
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| THE CRANFIELD SYMPOSIUM An account of the important symposium organized jointly by the British Interplanetary Society, the Royal Aeronautical Society and the College of Aeronautics, on July 18 to 20, 1957
| S. W. Greenwood.
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| AMERICA'S SURFACE-TO-SURFACE MISSILE ARSENAL Information on this important aspect of rocket work, written by one of those who is actively concerned in it
| Frederick I. Ordway and Ronald C. Wakeford
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| THE YOUNG ASTRONAUT'S LIBRARY Suggestions for books suitable for younger readers
| W. E. Keswall
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| CORRESPONDENCE
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| SKY DIARY, October to December, 1957
| Geoffrey Turner
| 191
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| REVIEWS
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| 192
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| Volume 1 Number 6
| JANUARY 1958
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| EDITORIAL
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| NOTICE OF THE SOCIETY
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| THE SPACE AGE IS HERE A description of the launching of Sputnik I, and its significance to scientific work in general
| Maurice Allward
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| THE FIRST DAYS OF SPUTNIK I Reports of the work carried on during the days immediately following the launching of Russia's first space satellite
| V. C. Reddish, Martin Ryle, a member of the Jodrell Bank research team. H. V. Griffiths and John Heywood
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| BLEEP!
| "Ursus"
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| RUSSIA'S SECOND SATELLITE
| K. W. Gatland
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| THE BARCELONA CONGRESS A personal account of the 1957 Congress of the International Astronautical Federation, held in Barcelona at the time of the launching of Sputnik I
| A. E. Slater
| 206
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| WARSAW CONFERENCE ON ROCKET TECHNIQUE AND ASTRONAUTICS An account of the conference held at Warsaw, organized by the Polish Astronautical Society. written by one of those directly concerned
| K. Zarankiewic
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| THE RAMJET IN ASTRONAUTICS What is a ramjet? Has it a place in astronautics?
| S. W. Greenwood
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| CONDITIONS ON THE MOON WITH WHICH THE FIRST LANDING CREW WILL CONTEND What will it be like for the first travellers who reach the Moon? And what are the main difficulties which will face them?
| Gilbert Fielder
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| RADIOACTIVE RECOVERY TECHNIQUE FOR MISSILES AND AIRCRAFT
| F. Pollard
| 220
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| SKY DIARY What to look for in the sky, January to March 1958
| A. E. Slater
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| REVIEWS
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| 226
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| VOLUME 1 NUMBER 7
| APRIL 1958
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| EDITORIAL
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| U.S. SATELLITES (FAILURE AND SUCCESS), ARTIFICIAL METEORS AND PROJECT FARSIDE AN ACCOUNT OF THE NEW UNITED STATES SPACE EXPERIMENTS, WRITTEN BY AN EYE-WITNESS
| FRANK POLLARD
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| ENTERING THE ATMOSPHERE WE HAVE MANAGED TO SEND ROCKETS BEYOND THE ATMOSPHERE—BUT NOT, SO FAR, TO RECOVER THEM INTACT. THIS ARTICLE EXPLAINS SOME OF THE DIFFICULTIES OF THE ALL-IMPORTANT RE-ENTRY PROBLEM
| TERENCE NONWEILER
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| THE LONDON PLANETARIUM LONDON'S PLANETARIUM, THE FIRST IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH, OPENED THIS MARCH. IN THIS ARTICLE DR. KING, CHIEF NARRATOR, GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF IT
| H. C. KING
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| PHOTOGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL EARTH SATELLITES AN ACCOUNT OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC WORK WHICH CAN BE CARRIED OUT BY AMATEUR OBSERVERS, WITH INSTRUCTIONS AS TO HOW TO DO IT
| M. J. SMYTH
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| STOP PRESS!
| URSUS
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| A TEST AND LAUNCHING STANDARD FOR THE VANGUARD ROCKETS SOME DETAILS OF THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS INTRODUCED BY UNITED STATES RESEARCHERS
| DON KARSHAN
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| ROCKET RESEARCH IN BRITAIN OPEN DAY AT WESTCOTT—A VISIT BY MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH INTERPLANETARY SOCIETY
| MAURICE ALLWARD
| 258
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| SKY DIARY, APRIL-JUNE, 1958
| A. E. SLATER
| 259
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| REVIEWS
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| 261
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| Volume 1 Number 8
| JULY 1958
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| EDITORIAL
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| 266
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| THE PHOTOGRAPHIC OBSERVATION OF ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES Amateur workers can do useful work in photographing the Earth Satellites. Here, M. J. Hendrie gives some practical advice as to how to go about it
| M. J. Hendrie
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| WHITE SANDS An account of the most famous American rocket range, written by one who has worked there
| Frank B. Pollard
| 275
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| SATURN Saturn, the Ringed Planet, is perhaps the most beautiful object in the sky. This article gives all the main facts about it, and is written by one of Britain's most active observers of the planet
| H. N. D. Wright
| 278
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| "SPACEMAN OVERBOARD" Man is not naturally adapted to conditions in space, and many problems will have to be overcome. These problems are summed up and discussed by Dr. Guignard, who is carrying out research in this field
| J. C. Guignard
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| SPECULATIONS ON EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE Does life exist on other planets? If so, what will it be like?
| S. S. Kind
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| COSMIC RADIATION AND ITS POSSIBLE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS Cosmic radiation has often been regarded as the worst hazard facing space-travellers. The problem is discussed here by Dr. Sandeman in a totally unbiased way
| T. F. Sandeman
| 291
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| SKY DIARY: JULY TO SEPTEMBER, 1958 What to look for in the sky, July to September, 1958
| A. E. Slater.
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| REVIEWS
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| VOLUME 1 NUMBER 9
| OCTOBER 1958
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| EDITORIAL
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| 302
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| SPUTNIK III RUSSIA'S NEW SATELLITE, AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN ASTRONAUTICS
| MAURICE ALLWARD
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| WHY SEND A ROCKET TO THE MOON ? THE VALUE OF THE PROJECT TO SEND A LUNAR MISSILE EITHER TO LAND ON THE MOON OR TO MAKE A "ROUND TRIP
| GILBERT FIELDER
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| SPACE-STATIONS : TO BE OR NOT TO BE ? MUCH DISCUSSION HAS TAKEN PLACE AS TO WHETHER MANNED SPACE-STATIONS WILL HAVE TO BE BUILT BEFORE INTERPLANETARY VOYAGES CAN TAKE PLACE. H. E. ROSS, WELL KNOWN FOR HIS PIONEER WORK UPON THIS PROBLEM. SUMS UP THE PROS AND CONS
| H. E. ROSS
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| COSMIC BOOMERANG IN THIS ARTICLE DR. CHEBOTAREV, RUSSIAN PHYSICIST AND MATHEMATICIAN, SUMS UP SOVIET VIEWS UPON RECENT EXPERIMENTS
| G. CHEBOTAREV
| 315
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| THE HELLENIC ASTRONAUTICAL SOCIETY
| E. N. PETROPOULOS
| 317
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| TABLE OF SATELLITE DATA
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| 319
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| TRUTH OR IGNORANCE DO WE REALLY HAVE ANY REAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE UNIVERSE IN WHICH WE ALL LIVE? AND WHAT WILL OTHER WORLDS BE LIKE?
| A. R. ACRAMAN
| 320
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| HYDROPONICS WHEN SPACEFLIGHT HAS REALLY BEGUN, "HYDROPONIC FARMING" WILL BE OF GREAT IMPORTANCE. THIS ARTICLE GIVES A GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE SUBJECT
| STEPHEN KEELER
| 324
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| GLOSSARY OF ASTRONAUTICAL TERMS
| D. HURDEN
| 326
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| NEWS OF THE X-15 FROM DON KARSHAN
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| 328
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| THE FIRST MOON ROCKET
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| 329
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| SKYDIARY
| A. E. SLATER
| 330
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| REVIEWS
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| 332
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