Abstract
r P W O important events spotlighted the Sixth Congress of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) at Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2-6, 1955. Delegates of rocket and astronautical societies of eighteen countries were already on their way to Copenhagen when news of the first event broke—the White House announcement of a satellite vehicle project as part of the U. S. program for the International Geophysical Year. This news was not only startling in itself but had some far-reaching implications. The other event was the attendance of an IAF Congress for the first time by the Russians. Leonid I. Sedov and Kyrill F. Ogorodnikov were no ordinary observers but top scientists sent by the USSR Academy of Sciences. Professor Sedov, author of several textbooks on aerodynamics and mechanics, was named some months ago as President of the Academy Commission on Interplanetary Sciences. Professor Ogorodnikov is an astronomer at the University of Leningrad.
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