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  • vbas_space_journal_055_116.pdf

    This issue includes a statement announcing Space Journal's termination of all connections with the U.S. military and with the Rocket City Astronomical Association. At the time, commander of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) at Redstone Arsenal Gen. John B. Medaris was concerned that the publishers and writers, all in the employ of ABMA, were using their government positions for personal gain through the magazine. Topics covered in the issue include the dangers and feasibility of space travel, designing buildings for life on the Moon, and the existence of life elsewhere in the universe.
  • spc_mitc_063_113.pdf

    In this issue, articles focus heavily on the exploration of space and the particulars of human activities in space, including "the space man's food," research on how weightlessness affects the human body, and the lack of laws governing space. Also included is a profile of Roy Marquardt, "the ramjet man" and founder of Marquardt Aircraft Company. This is the final published issue of Space Journal.
  • spc_stnv_000061.pdf

    Guide to John F. Kennedy Space Center, including an introduction from Center director Kurt Debus.
  • spaceintelligencenotes_19601101.pdf

    This is Vol. 1, No. 1 of Space Intelligence Notes, a publication of the Space Systems Information Branch at the Marshall Space Flight Center. Topics include the use of television in Soviet space research to transmit pictures of the reverse side of the Moon to Earth, a proposed plan to use a ring of small particles around the Earth to create heat and light, an experimental Soviet space ship in orbit with two dogs onboard and other essentials for future manned flights, a Soviet published book on problems associated with flights to the Moon, discoveries and theories of the composition of the surface of the Moon, and international reactions to U-2 flights over Russia.
  • spaceintelligencenotes_19601201.pdf

    This is Vol. 1, No. 2 of Space Intelligence Notes, a publication of the Space Systems Information Branch at the Marshall Space Flight Center. Topics include part one of an in-depth look at Russian literature and technology in the field of astronautics, various topics of Soviet space-related activities, and articles pertaining to the future of the industry.
  • spaceintelligencenotes_19610101.pdf

    This is Vol. 2, No. 1 of Space Intelligence Notes, a publication of the Space Systems Information Branch at the Marshall Space Flight Center. Topics include available Soviet scientific literature including scientific journals available in English, part two of an in-depth look at Russian literature and technology in the field of astronautics and various topics of Soviet space-related activities.
  • spaceintelligencenotes_19610201.pdf

    This is Vol. 2, No. 2 of Space Intelligence Notes, a publication of the Space Systems Information Branch at the Marshall Space Flight Center. Topics include the Soviet's goal of converting its industrial production to automation, the next Russian space "spectacular", Hungarian space goals, problems of interplanetary travel, the significance of spaceships in the study of the atmosphere, and Intelligence Briefs.
  • spaceintelligencenotes_19610301.pdf

    This is Vol. 2, No. 3 of Space Intelligence Notes, a publication of the Space Systems Information Branch at the Marshall Space Flight Center. Topics include the "rise of the Soviet intelligentsia", Soviet publications regarding future developments in astronautics, a contract signed between the Soviets and a New York publisher for exclusive English language rights to Soviet scientific books, the development of cosmic microbiology, a review of the danger of radiation sickness, and Intelligence Briefs.
  • spaceintelligencenotes_19610400.pdf

    This is Vol. 2, No. 4 of Space Intelligence Notes, a publication of the Space Systems Information Branch at the Marshall Space Flight Center. Topics include featured articles of "The Hidden Side of the Moon" and "The Soviet Venus Probe," Soviet rockets study the eclipse, and Intelligence Briefs.
  • spaceintelligencenotes_19610500.pdf

    This is Vol. 2, No. 5 of Space Intelligence Notes, a publication of the Space Systems Information Branch at the Marshall Space Flight Center. Topics include featured articles of "Soviet Security" and "Soviet Space Feat Confirmed," Soviet testing of glass fiber nuclear fuel, Soviet space medicine, flying saucers in Russia, the failure to re-establish radio contact with the Venus probe, data on the Tungusska meteorite, and details of the first Soviet manned satellite orbit.