by Gene Kranz
SM
service module—portion of Apollo CSM that contained main engines and power systems
SPAN
spacecraft analysis team—small group in MCC to access design and manufacturing
SPC
stored program command, a command stored in a computer or program that will activate a function at a specific clock time
Stay NoStay
Time-critical decision to remain on the Moon or lift off at the next opportunity
SYSTEMS
Mercury control center engineer responsible for electrical, attitude control, display, and structural systems
TEC
trans-Earth coast
TEI
trans-Earth injection (maneuver to return the spacecraft to Earth from the Moon)
TELMU
Lunar Module engineer responsible for electrical, environmental, communications, pyrotechnic, structural, and EVA systems
TLC
translunar coast
TLI
translunar injection (the maneuver to take the spacecraft to the Moon)
TM
telemetry
Trench
the MCC trajectory team consisting of the RETRO, FIDO, and GUIDO
TVC
thrust vector control (rocket steering mechanism)
Z
Zulu—shortened term for Greenwich Mean Time used in logs and messages
Manned Mercury Remote Sites
BDA
Bermuda
ATS/RKV
Atlantic Tracking Ship/Rose Knot Victor—designation changed in middle of the program
CYI
Canary Islands
KNO
Kano, Nigeria
ZZB
Zanzibar
IOS/CSQ
Indian Ocean Ship/Coastal Sentry Quebec—designation changed in middle of program
MUC
Muchea, Australia
WOM
Woomera, Australia—tracking station in a remote desert location on a military test range
CTN
Canton Island—FAA ground beacon for aircraft navigation in South Pacific
HAW
located at edge of Waimea Canyon on Hawaiian island of Kauai
CAL
California, site located at Point Arguello
GYM
Guaymas, Mexico
TEX
Corpus Christi, Texas
Manned Gemini Remote Sites
CYI
Canary Islands
CRO
Carnarvon, Australia
HAW
located at edge of Waimea Canyon on Hawaiian island of Kauai
GYM
Guaymas, Mexico
CSQ
Coastal Sentry Quebec ship
RKV
Rose Knot Victor ship
TEX
Used as a training site only
INDEX
Aaron, John
and Apollo 1 fire
and Apollo 11
and Apollo 12
and Apollo 13 crisis
Abort
in mission rules
training sessions
Abort command
Abort switch problem
Agena
Africa tracking sites
Air Force
Agena upper-stage rocket
Atlas program
Fighting 69th
man in space program
satellite missions
6555th test wing
Aldrich, Arnold (Arnie)
and Apollo 13 crisis
Aldrin, Edwin (Buzz)
Apollo 11
as CapCom
EVA training
America
American flag
on Moon
American public
and space program
Anders, William
Apollo
Anderson
Anderton, David
Antares
Apollo 1
fire
Apollo 4
Apollo 5
Apollo 6
Apollo 7
Apollo 8
Apollo 9
Apollo 10
Apollo 11
astronaut badge
phase assignments
Apollo 12
lightning strike
Apollo 13
explosion
reentry
Apollo 14
Apollo 15
Apollo 16
Apollo 17
Apollo 18
Apollo 19
Apollo Application Program
Apollo missions
canceled
duration of
final
splashdown parties
unmanned
Apollo program
final missions
first manned missions
guidance and navigation systems and software
leaders in
problems in
Apollo spacecraft
Apollo Saturn
Aquarius
“Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In,”
Arabian, Don
Armed Forces Judo Association
Armstrong, Neil
Apollo 11
Gemini 8
remote site assignment
Army Redstone Arsenal
Astronauts
in Apollo 13 crisis resolution
ejection
expected loss of
experiments performed by
food
hands-on control of spacecraft
and Mercury Control
Mercury Seven
and Mission Control
relationship with ground control
remote site CapComs
right stuff
second group
seven original
training for Apollo program
training for lunar exploration
Atlas rocket
blockhouses
failures
MA-3
Atlas/Agena
Attitude control problem
Attitude control systems
Attitude control tests
Augmented target docking adapter (ATDA)
Aurora 7
Australia tracking station
Aviation Week magazine
Avro Arrow (aircraft)
Avro flight test and design team
B-52
Bales, Steve
Ballistic missions
Bassett, Charlie
Bay of Pigs
Bean, Alan
Apollo 12
Beck, Hal
Bendix (Co.)
Bergman, Jules
Bermuda tracking station
site team
Berry, Charles (Chuck)
Black Panthers
Black Team
Bland, Nelson
Blockhouse
Blue Team
Boatman, Dana
Boeing (Co.)
Borman, Frank
Apollo 8
Gemini 7
Bostick, Jerry
Bowen, Maureen
Brand, Vance
Bray, Don
Bronze Team
Brooks, Mel
Brotherhood
Brown, Bob
Bucholz, Bill (Big Shoes)
Burke, Walter
Burton, Clint
Burton, Mary Shep
Byrd, Richard
Caidin, Martin
California tracking station
Canary Islands tracking site
Canin, Larry
Canton Island CapCom (CTN)
Canton Island tracking site
CapCom(s)
remote site
Cape Canaveral, Florida
Capsule systems, handbooks for
Capsules
problems recovering
“Captain Refsmmat”
Cargill, Eugene
Carlton, Bob
C
arnarvon, Australia
Carpenter, Scott
as CapCom
second Mercury orbital mission
Carr, Gerry
Carroll, Harry
Casey, Chuck
Casper
Castro, Fidel
Cernan, Gene
Apollo 17
Gemini 9
Chaffee, Roger
Apollo 1
death of
Challenger
Charlesworth, Cliff
Earth Resources Project Office
flight director
in management
Charlie Brown
Chimpanzees
Coastal Sentry Quebec (CSQ) tracking ship
Cocoa Beach
Coen, Gary
Cohen, Aaron
Cold War
Coleman, Jack
Collins, Mike
Apollo 11
Columbia
Columbus, Christopher
Command and control principle
Command and Service Module (CSM)
Apollo 7
Apollo 9
Apollo 11
Apollo 12
Apollo 13
Apollo 14
Apollo 15
Apollo 17
“funnies” in
modifications to
power provided by
qualifying
testing
Command module
Apollo missions
Communications blackout(s)
Communications system
remote site
Communications technology
Computer program alarms
Computers
in Apollo program
crashing
digital
in dual launch
lunar module
new software in
onboard
simulation
trajectory software
Congress
funding for space program
and future of space program
Conrad, Charles (Pete)
Apollo 12
Gemini-Titan 5
Contractors
Control systems
Controllers
background of
culture of
debriefings
FCD
failures
information available to
knowledge level of
learning by doing
Mercury program
new
post-Apollo
relations among
relationship with astronauts
responsibilities
Cook, James
Coons, Dwight
Cooper, Gordon (Gordo)
final Mercury mission
Gemini-Titan 5
one-day mission
Craven, Jack
Critzos, Chris
Cryogenics
Cuba
Cunningham, Walt
Daley, Richard
Dana, Bill
De Atkine, Joe
Decision making
Decision process
Deiterich, Chuck
Docking
Apollo 14
Apollo 15
Gemini missions
by Russians
Doctors
see also Flight surgeons
Doerner, George
Douglas, Bill
Dowling, Jack
Dual launch capability
Dual launch missions
Duke, Charlie
Apollo 11
Apollo 13
Apollo 16
“Dumb shit medals” (DSM)
E mission
Eagle
Earth Resources Project Office
Echo check
Eisele, Donn
Eisenhower, Dwight
Ejection seats
Electrochemistry
Ellington Air Force Base Officers Club
Endeavour
Engineering Directorate
Engineers
Apollo
and Apollo 13 crisis
based at Space Task Group headquarters
becoming operators
recruiting
and rockets
Enos (chimpanzee)
Ernull, Bob
Ernst, Jack
Erwin, Sue
Escape tower
Eshelman (Teletype operator)
EVA (extravehicular activity)
Apollo 9
Apollo 11
Apollo 13
Apollo 15
Apollo 16
Apollo 17
Apollo missions
Gemini 4
Gemini 9
Evans, Ron
Apollo 17
Experiment Packages
Experiment Systems Branch
Experiments
F-86F Sabre jets