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Abbott, Ira H., 149 Ablation heat protection, 8, 10, 28, 36 Abort test, 44, 53 Aborted mission, 14, 50 Adapters, spacecraft-booster, 41 Aden, 178, 195 Aerobee rocket, 3 Aerodynamic heating, 4, 5, 17, 19, 20, 36, 48 Aerodynamic stability and control, 4, 17 Aeromedical personnel, 30, 33 Aeromedical selection team, 33 Aeronutronics, 14, 39, 51, 62 Aerospace Writers' Association, 194 Agena (see also Hustler), 8 Aircraft: B- 70 Valkyrie, 168 C- 130, 29, 73 T- 33, 54 X- 2,5 X- 15, 6, 9, 11, 15, 17, 21 X- 20 (see also Dyna Soar), 11, 108, 166 XS- 1 rocket plane, 2 X series research, 1, 5, 9 Airdrop progr.am, 28-30 "Airglow," 168 Air lock, spacecraft, 188 Albuquerque, N. Mex., 30, 40 Allen, H . Julian, 4 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Second Manned Space FJ.ight Meeting, 188 American Rocket Society, 11-13 Ames Aeronautical Laboratory (see also Ames Research Center), 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 18, 19 Ames Research Center, Calif. (see also Ames Aeronautical Laboratory), 41, 42, 97, 147, 176 Amundsen, Roald, 162 Analog computing facility, 93, 133 Animal program, 18, 34, 35, 39, 50 Antimissile missile, 13, 15 Apollo (see Project Apollo, Apollo program) Apollo guidance and navigation system, 178 Apollo program (see also Project Apollo), 141, 196 Apollo spacecraft, 171, 188 Armstrong, Neil, 63, 182 Armstrong, William 0., 19 Arnold Engineering Development Center, Tenn., 32,39,41,43,52,64,83,85,111 Artificial satellite, 10, 15 |
Astronautical Research and Development Agency, 11, 12 Astronauts, 70, 72, 94, 114, 153, 161, 183, 189 disorientation flights, 70 human factors, 29 initial orientation, 50 "mechanical," 148 medical ex.amination, 40, 42 NASA policy toward, 57 qualifications for selection, 35, 36 receive pressure suits, 82 selection, 20, 29, 30, 33, 35-37, 39, 40, 42, 50, 182 specialty assignments, 71, 182 training, 4, 30, 33, 48, 54, 56, 71, 86, 94, 96, 105, 109, 114, 121, 124, 131, 141, 145, 154, 161, 187 Atlantic Fleet, 42 Atlantic Missile Range, 3, 10, 42, 49, 50, 52, 57, 67, 88, 92,103,111,143,195 Operations Coordination Group, 92 Evaluation Summary and Management meeting, 111 Atlas flight control system, 164 Atlas-Hustler launch vehicle combination, 14 Atlas launch vehicles, 3, 7, 8-10, 13, 14, 20, 28, 32, 33, 42, 43, 50, 65, 80, 86, 88, 103; 111-114, 120, 125, 126, 143, 144, 148-150 153, 154, 158, 160, 163 Atlas launch vehicle control system, 182 Atlas C, 32 Atlas D, 32 Atlas-Sentry system, 20 Atomic Energy Commission, 11, 258 Attitude control system, spacecraft, 18, 22, 44, 123, 137,192 automatic stabilization and control, 70, 86, 93, 158, 192 fiy-by-wire, 158 manual control. 142, 158, 192 manual mechanical control, 158 reaction control, 39, 86, 119, 142, 158, 167, 169, 174, 180, 183, 185 Augerson, William, 33 Aurora 7, 164 Australia, tracking site, 93, 148 Auxiliary flotation collar (see Inflatable flotation collar) AVCO, 15, 20, 34 Ballistic missile boosters, 9 Ballistic Missile Early Warning System, 149 |
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