Soviet writings on earth satellites and space travel / Articles by Ari Sternfeld ; V. Ambartsumyan.

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Cont.: pt. 1. From Earth satellites to interplanetary travel / by Ari Sternfeld -- pt. 2. The Sputniks: Space travel initiated / by academician V. Ambartsumyan -- From man-made satellite to Moon-bound voyages / by Professor V. Dobronrarov -- Earth satellites and geophysical problems / by Alexander Obukhov -- Sputnik II: report in Pravda, November 13, 1957 -- Life in Sputnik / by P. Isakov -- Conducting optical observations / by Professor B. Kukarkin -- What Sputnik I disclosed about radiowave propagation / by Professor A. Kasantsev -- Russian Air Force views on Sputniks / by V. Aleksandrov, G.I. Pokrovsky, V. Grenin, and V. Kaznevsky -- Soviet Sputniks and radio electronics / by academician A.I. Berg -- What Sputniks I and II disclosed about outer space: report in Pravda, April, 1958 -- Sputnik III in flight: Soviet press release, May 29, 1958 -- Design of the third Soviet Sputnik: report in Izvestia, May 20, 1958 -- Solar battery on Sputnik III / by M.S. Sominsky -- Model comparison / by Ari Sternfeld.

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