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INDEX Vandenberg AFB, Calif., 44, 272 launches missile, 17, 21, 24, 40, 52, 70, 76, 108, 120, 121, 126, 136, 145, 146, 150, 202, 263, 266, 267, 272, 275 probe, 91, 129 satellite, 4, 20, 56, 64, 79, 90, 93, 104, 108, 109, 126, 131, 136, 139, 161, 165, 169, 191, 202, 222, 232, 249, 260, 266; 269 Vanguard brogram). 118 ,, VANGUARD i^, 37 VANGUARD 11, 300 VANGUARD 111, 300 Variable fuselage, 8 Variable wing, 8 Varna, Bulgaria, 199 Varvarov, N., 226 Vatican, 128, 214, 276 Vehicle Research Corp., 236 Velocity package, 256 Venus astronomy, 66, 138, 195, 248 communications, 17, 70 data on, 2, 8, 76, 90, 278 flight to, 128, 149, 154, 163, 164, 169, 173, 239, 270 life on, 83 photos of, 143 probe, 16, 34 radar astronomy, 13, 41, 72, 223, 280 rotation, 280 Vermilion River Observatory, 237 Vernov, Dr. Sergei N., 238 Veronique, 43, 218 Vertical take-off and landing. Very low frequency (VLF), 245 Vestnik Akademii Nauk, 64 Vickers Armstrong, Ltd., 204 Victor, W. K., 70 Vidsel, Sweden, 84 Vienna, Austria, 195 Vigilante. See A-5A. Vincent, Jessie G., 58 Vinson, Rep. Carl, 38 Virginia Capes, 6 Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI), 149, 237 Virginia Psychological Association, 218 Virginia State Exchange Clubs, 108 Virginia, Univ. of, 237 Vitkevich, Dr. Viktor V., 251 V.K. (jet engine), 181 VLF. See very low frequency. Voas, Dr. Robert B., 19, 88, 218 Voice of America, 2, 13, 15, 17, 18,23, 33,138, 46, 50, 60, 64, 71, 78,83, 129, 177,216 von Braun, Dr. Wernher, 103, 143, 154, 186, 189, 217 von KBrmLn, Dr. Theodore, 282 von KiirmBn Lecture, 245 VOSTOK 11, 69 VOSTOK - .~ ~ I11 See VTOL flight, 148, 149, 151, 153, 182, 219, 291 launch, 146 VOSTOK IV, 148, 149, 151, 153, 182, 219, 291 VTOL (Vertical take-off and landing), 109 demonstration. 171 development, 67, 110, 111 flight-test, 146 research vehicle, 264 Vu1ca.n (bomber), 44 VZ-10 (Hummingbird), 146 Wadena, Minnesota, 175 Wagner, Mayor Robert, 27, 94
Wagner, Dr. Bernard M., 173 Wahiawa (Oahu), Hawaii, 84 Wake Island, 116 Walker AFB, N.M., 265 Walker, Joseph A., 75, 80, 139, 220 awards, 98, 125, 205 flights, 57, 64, 96, 109, 122, 137, Wallasey, U.K., 204 Wallen, Saul, 279 Wallops Station (WS), 39, 60, 62, 64, awards, 107 construction, 218 INDEX 367 151, 273 70, 112, 214 damage, 29 facilities, 12, 235 launches, 70, 268 Aerobee, 4, 106, 110, 129, 143, 197, 203, 223, 242, 248, 265 Argo D-4, 68 Black Brant 111. 268 Iris, 68 Journeyman, 197 Nike-Apache, 95, 101, 161, 216, 234, 254, 257, 262 Nike-Asp, 55, 95 Nike-Cajun, 28, 40, 41, 55, 62, 79, 82, 95, 96, 141, 147, 167, 167, 232, 234, 254, 257, 260, 262, 263 Ram-B, 197 Scout, 7, 27, 43, 158, 173, 270 Sparobee, 247 Walter Boothby Award, 52 Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 184 Walton, Capt. John (USAF), 29 Warren AFB, Wyoming, 76 Warsaw, Poland, 97 Warwick. James W., 281 Washington and Jefferson College, 98 Washington, D.C., 198, 253 ceremonies, 22, 57, 63, 105, 238 Communications Satellite Corp., 265, 275 international meetings, 40, 41, 44, 57, 59, 63, 67, 79 meetings, 3, 4, 60, 63, 105, 213, 214, 220, 235, 239, 263 publications, 132 Washington Evening Star, 274 Washington National Airport, 76 Washington Planetarium and Space Center Corp., 76 Washington Post, 49, 198, 222, 237, 268, 275 Washington Univ., St. Louis, 140 Wasielewski, Eugene W., 273 Watkins, Cdr. George C. (USN), 74 Watson-Watt, Sir Robert, 102 Wayne, Maj. James C. (USAF), 92 Weather control of, 115, 211, 283 mearch, high-altitude, 167, 179 etudy, 9,42 Webb, James E., 21, 31, 151, 172, 173, 249, 257 announcements, 52, 115, 126, 146, 203, 221, 242, 256, 271 applications, 74 awards from, 88, 125, 214 awards to, 130, 167, 214, 240 budget, 6, 23 comsat, 5.1 impact, space, 17, 102, 240 manned space fight, 99, 153, 234 MARINER 11, 268 objectives, space, 206, 207, 230 organization, 54, 80 personnel, 85 science, space, 47 U.S.S.R. space program, 102, 173 vehicles, launch, 71, 118
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