American Rocket Society

The American Rocket Society (ARS) began its existence on April 4, 1930, under the name of the American Interplanetary Society. It was founded by science fiction writers G. Edward Pendray, David Lasser, Laurence Manning, and others.[1] Pendray corresponded with Willy Ley of the German rocket society, Verein für Raumschiffahrt, and visited him in 1931.[2] The members originally conducted their own rocket experiments in New York and New Jersey. The society printed its own journal.[3] The AIS did pioneering work in testing the design requirements of liquid-fueled rockets, with a number of successful test launches of ARS rockets occurring in this period and pointing the way to the United States space program. Its name was changed to American Rocket Society on April 6, 1934.[4] In 1936, the American Rocket Society and its member Alfred Africano were awarded the Prix d'Astronautique by the Société astronomique de France (French Astronomical Society) in recognition of their pioneering tests with liquid fueled rockets.

American Rocket Society
FoundedApril 6, 1934
Dissolvedmerged with the Institute of the Aerospace Sciences to become AIAA
TypeProfessional Organization
Originsrenamed from American Interplanetary Society (formed April 4, 1930)
Members
21,000 (1959)

The Journal of the American Rocket Society was published from 1945–53.[5]

Membership increased rapidly in the 1950s as the government funded "upper air research", and by the end of the decade it had reached 21,000. In early 1963, the ARS merged with the Institute of the Aerospace Sciences to become the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).

References and notes
  1. Winter, Frank H. (1983). "Chapter 6. The American Rocket Society". Prelude to the space age (available online and as a download). Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 73.
  2. Winter 1983, p. 77-78.
  3. ARS Journal homepage
  4. "the ARS – early years (1930–44)". History of AIAA. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2013-03-31.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-08-03. Retrieved 2008-09-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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