Published In
Ann Arbor News, December 8, 1959
Caption
WORK ON SATELLITE: Professors in the University's astronomy department inspect a vacuum tank they are building to aid in the design of instruments for a satellite observatory that will circle the earth 300 to 400 miles out in space. The professors are (left), Prof. Leo Goldberg, department chairman, standing; and Prof. William Liller; and (right) Prof. Fred T. Haddock. The project is being financed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Published In
Ann Arbor News, October 31, 1958
Caption
BUILDS SATELLITE: Jim Richards, 18, of 2482 Carpenter Rd., a senior at Ann Arbor High School, holds a 48-inch, 4-pound satellite he built in his home workshop. In his left hand are two experimental nose cones and a rocket fuel cylinder to project the satellite from the main rocket body. The instrument is equipped to send temperature data from the upper atmosphere back to earth.