America's sentinels of freedom
Subtitle: the National Reconnaissance Office : its mission, history and people
Publisher: National Reconnaissance Office, Office of the Historian
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Chantilly, Va
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Subjects: History; National security; Space surveillance; United States. National Reconnaissance Office
Other titles: National Reconnaissance Office
Description: Contains historical records of the National Reconnaissance program from 1960 to 1965, and of early NRO space programs such as CORONA, GRAB, and the Polar Orbiting Military Meterological Satellite Program. Provides information on film capsule recovery aircraft, launch boosters, and reconnaissance aircraft used to support the mission of the NRO. Includes biographies and portraits of key NRO leaders and national reconnaissance pioneers, NRO-related games for children, and audio-visual material, such as video and audio clips, photo galleries, and selected CORONA imagery.
Notes: Title from container liner.

System requirements [Windows]: Pentium processor-based computer; Windows 95 or higher; minimum of 64 MB RAM; QuickTime 5 or later (included on CD); Sound card-SoundBlaster compatible; 4x CD ROM drive.

System requirements [Macintosh]: Power PC, System 7 or later; minimum of 64 MB RAM; QuickTime 5 or later (included on CD); 4x CD ROM drive.
Table of contents: title: Management of the National Reconnaissance Program, 1960-1965  -- Robert L. Perry; title: The CORONA story  -- Frederic C.E. Oder, James C. Fitzpatrick, Paul Worthman; title: Missile defense alarm: the genesis of spac-based infrared early warning  -- R. Cargill Hall; title: Proceedings of the U-2 Development Panel --; title: The National Reconnaissance Office: freedom's sentinel in space  -- Keith R. Hall; title: The NRO at forty: insuring global information supremacy  -- R. Cargill Hall; title: A history of the military polar orbiting meteorological satellite program  -- R. Cargill Hall; title: SAMOS to the moon: the clandestine transfer of reconnaissance technology between federal agencies  -- R. Cargill Hall; title: Congress and the National Reconnaissance Office -- Clayton D. Laurie.