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In 1945, the United States Army established a testing center for rockets and guided missiles in south-central New Mexico. Named White Sands Proving Ground, this

The growth in size, lethality, and technology of the German Luftwaffe was of concern to some defense planners in the United States before American entry into th

Sounding rockets provided the first means to carry instruments to the outermost reaches of the Earth's atmosphere. They were, indeeed, our first space vehicles.

This volume focuses on the influence of America’s Second World War aviation development and experience, subsequent aviation technological advances, and world