Pioneer 0-2

The Pioneer Rocket (history of the Thor-Able and ARTV), Quest Magazine
Pioneering Space (Development of Pioneer 0-1), Quest Magazine
Pioneering Space II (Launch and results of Pioneer 0-2), Quest Magazine

Pioneer 0-2 documents:

57-11-01 Memo from Paul Dergarabedian regarding utilization of a Thor-Vanguard combination as a satellite booster
1958 NASA/STL SPACE PROBES (ABLE-1) FINAL REPORT, Volume 1 1959
1958 NASA/STL SPACE PROBES (ABLE-1) FINAL REPORT, Volume 2 1959
60-05-02 The Able Series of Space Probes NASA's press release on Pioneer ("Space Probe Pioneer")

Results of Pioneer 1 Flight, Chuck Sonnet, Goddard Lunar Symposium, 1959
Pioneer 2 STL TV Scanner, Stu Baker & John Kelso, 1959
Ionizing Radiation Detected by Pioneer II, Al Rosen, Paul Coleman, Chuck Sonett, 1959
03/26/58 Memo regarding Mouse In Able (MIA)
Project Mouse in Able (article by experimenters)

Telegrams to Carl McIlwain regarding his work on Pioneers 1 and 2
Carl McIlwain's Pioneers 1,2 and Explorer 4 documents
Carl McIlwain's Explorer I, III, IV; Argus events; Pioneer 1 and 2 documents.

Photo Galleries:


Pioneer 0-2 gallery (misc)
Pioneer 0-2 gallery (Stu Baker)