print email comment close Rockets, Radar, and Computers: The International Geophysical Year URL: http://celebrating200years.noaa.gov/magazine/igy/welcome.html Description: Illustrated overview of the 1957-1958 International Geophysical Year (IGY), "an international effort to coordinate the collection of geophysical data from around the world," focusing on the IGY's legacy at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Includes discussion of the 1957 Soviet launch of the first Earth satellite, Sputnik, using a military intercontinental ballistic missile, and the accompanying "'crisis' [that] overshadowed the other activities of the IGY." From NOAA. Publisher: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Department of Commerce LII Database Information: Record 24055 created by Jennifer English on 06/19/2007 Last modification on 06/25/2007 Published: 06/27/2007   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24055