Session 2. History of Space Science

HAD Special Session, Sunday, January 8, 2006, 3:00-5:30pm, Maryland C

2.01 The Orbiting Astronomical Observatories

N. G. Roman (Chevy Chase, MD)

2.02 Wisconsin's Role in the First Orbiting Astronomical Observatory

A. Code (Steward Observatory and Univ. of Wisconsin)

2.03 The Wisconsin Experiment Package (WEP) aboard the Orbiting Astronomical Observatory (OAO-2)

J. D. Marche (Kutztown University)

2.04 Historical Background Regarding the IAU's CBAT

D. W. E. Green (Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics)

2.05 Mapping the Ultraviolet Universe: The Smithsonian's Celescope Payload

D. H. DeVorkin (National Air and Space Museum)

2.06 Going for the Moon instead of Just Going into Orbit: The Quest for Approval of the United States' First Lunar-Probe Attempts, 1957-1958

C. B. Waff (Air Force Research Laboratory)