XIth International Astronautical Congress Stockholm 1960: Proceedings Vol I: Main Sessions

Effects of the Interstellar Wind on the Interplanetary Plasma.- About Cosmic Dust as Decelerating Factor and a General Law for Satellite Orbits.- Ionization Measurements in Shocked Gases.- Conductivité électrique de l’air sous l’action d’une onde de choc — formation de NO.- Beitrag zur inneren Ballistik der Photonenrakete.- Conditions of Compatibility of Terminal Positions and Velocities.- A Nuclear-Thermionic-Ionic Propulsion System.- Protective Role of Hypothermia Against X-Rays.- Heliodyne: A Solar-Powered Interplanetary Vehicle.- Electrostatic Propulsion Design Principles and Problems.- Optical Determinations of Atmospheric Structure.- The Effect of Some Physical Forces on Action Potentials in Guinea Pig Sciatic Nerve.- Direct Operating Cost Analysis of a Class of Nuclear Spaceships.- Die Ökosphären der veränderlichen Sterne.- Application of the Jacobi Integral of Celestial Mechanics to the Terminal Guidance of Space Probes.- Trajectories for Direct Vehicle Transfer from Moon to Earth.- Some Notes on High Speed Medium Propulsion.- Selected Areas of Structural Research in Rocket Vehicles.- Ion Engine Test Laboratory Planning.- A Basic Program for the 1963 Extraordinary Administrative Radio Conference on Space Communications.- Biological Shielding of Nuclear Rockets.- A High Efficiency Plasma Motor.- Evaporative Film Cooling of Blunt Bodies in Hypersonic Flow and its Application to Re-entry Vehicles.- Relation entre les émissions radioélectriques et les rayons cosmiques solaires.- A Working Arc Jet Rocket Eng?ne.- State of the Art in Radio Tracking.- Pioneer V and Explorer VI, Systems Engineered Space Probes.- Space Ecological Systems 1960–1975.- Communication System Design for Interplanetary Distances.- Guidance and Control of “24-hour” Communication Satellites.- Present and Future Propulsion Systems — a Survey.- Exploitation de l’étude dynamique d’un satellite artificiel.- The Post-Launch Performance of the Tiros I Satellite.- Die Stabilität der Rotation eines zylinderförmigen Satelliten.- Perturbation Theory of Celestial Mechanis Using Lie Series.- Space Transport by In-Transit Rendezvous Techniques.- On the Optimum Size of Orbital Carrier Vehicles Based on Overall Economy.- On the Accuracy of an Elliptical Orbit Determination.- Theorem of Image Trajectories in the Earth-Moon Space.- An Attitude Control System for Extremely Small Control Forces.- Experiments and Theory for Continuous Steady Acceleration of Low Density Plasmas.- Food Reserves on Space Trips.- Analytic Solutions to Several Optimum Orbit Transfer Proilems.- Equations for Thrust Programs.- A Radar System for Universal Satellite Monitoring.- On the Use of Precision Frequency Signals in Space.- Sea Launch of Solid-Propellant Rocket Vehicles.- Free Molecule Flow over Non-Convex Surfaces.- Untersuchung von Lebewesen in rotierenden Systemen.- The Meteorological Satellite.- A New Approach to Space Communications During Re-entry Based on the Propagation Characteristics of Electromagnetic Waves in Ionized Media.- Some Problems of Physics of the Upper Atmosphere.- Rotational Magnetodynamics and Steering of Space Vehicles.- Exact Limit Cycle Solutions for the Single-Axis Reaction Wheel Attitude Control System.- A Radio Guidance System for Space Exploration.- The Practical Application of Space Nuclear Power in the 1960’s.- Communications Satelite Orbits.- Systems Engineering for the NASA Satellite Launcher ‘Scout’ Research Vehicle.- Food to Food Process Cycle for Extended Travel in Space.- De l’influence d’une réaction chimique sur la célérité du son dans un gaz.- On the Reverse Side of the Moon.- Abstracts of Regular Papers.- Scientific Research Using Space Vehicles.- United States Space Carrier Vehicle Program.- Progress in Electric Propulsion Systems.- Space Medicine and Astrobiology.- Power Supplies for Space Vehicles.- The Earth’s Atmosphere.- Trajectories Above the Denser Portions of the Earth’s Atmosphere.- Guidance Problems of Space Flight.- Erratum to: An Attitude Control System for Extremely Small Control Forces.- Erratum to: Communications Satelite Orbits.