1. Introduction

   • L. D. De Feiter

   EditorialNotes Pages: 197 - 198

2. History of the use of balloons in scientific experiments

   • G. Pfotzer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 199 - 242

3. Scientific ballooning services

   • Alvin L. Morris

   OriginalPaper Pages: 243 - 257

4. Large scale circulation patterns of the stratosphere

   • Barbara Kriester

   OriginalPaper Pages: 258 - 273

5. Air motions in the tropical stratosphere deduced from satellite tracking of horizontally floating balloons

   • James K. Angell

   OriginalPaper Pages: 274 - 289

6. Aeronomical balloon experiments

   • M. Ackerman

   OriginalPaper Pages: 290 - 294

7. Conjugate features of magnetospheric electron dynamics observed at balloon altitudes

   • J. R. Barcus

   OriginalPaper Pages: 295 - 312

8. The future of balloons in cosmic-ray research

   • B. Peters

   OriginalPaper Pages: 313 - 318

9. The polariscope program

   • T. Gehrels

   OriginalPaper Pages: 319 - 319

10. Techniques in balloon X-ray astronomy

    • L. E. Peterson
    • R. M. Pelling
    • J. L. Matteson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 320 - 336

11. Instrumentation for balloon and rocket experiments

    • K. A. Anderson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 337 - 360

12. Summary of the panel discussions

    • L. D. De Feiter

    Legacy Pages: 361 - 364

13. Epilogue by the editors

    • G. Kremser
    • L. D. De Feiter

    EditorialNotes Pages: 365 - 365

14. Book reviews

    • G. van Herk
    • J. Kovalevsky

    BookReview Pages: 366 - 366