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Sinatra, Frank, 197
Sjoberg, Sig, 298
Skylab, 334, 337, 341-42, 343
Slayton, Deke, 7, 50, 56, 65, 122-24, 356-62, 364, 365, 367, 368, 380, 382
Apollo 1, 177, 178, 182, 185, 190-91, 192, 196
Apollo 7, 208
Apollo 8, 215, 229
Apollo 10, 229
Apollo 11, 12, 226, 237-38, 237-38
Apollo 13, 258, 267-68, 269, 271-72, 275, 276
Apollo 14, 282, 287, 295, 306, 310, 317
and Apollo program, 197-99, 202-3, 207
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project mission, 336, 342-43, 345-46, 347, 352-53, 358
assessment of Mercury Seven peers, 64
astronaut pin, 196, 211, 247, 252
as Chief of Flight Crew Operations, 159
as Coordinator of Astronaut Activities, 145-46
and Gemini program, 157, 165, 173-74
and Grissom, 70-71, 190, 283
heartbeat irregularity and medical grounding, 59, 59-60, 142, 145-46, 196, 257-58, 261-62, 329-32
introduced as Mercury Seven astronaut, 49-52
and Mercury missions
Aurora Seven, 144
Faith Seven, 146-50
Freedom Seven, 62-63, 64, 65, 96, 99-100, 102-3, 104, 107, 108-9, 111-12
and Mercury Seven training, 56-57, 60, 73
reinstatement of flight status, 333-34
and Shepard, 49, 50-51, 96, 157-59, 256-58, 283, 317, 318, 329-30, 337-38, 353
slated for second orbital flight, 141-42
as a test pilot, 29-30, 36-37, 38-41, 50-51, 262
at White House reception and parade, 117, 120
as a World War II fighter pilot, 37-38, 50, 344, 345
Slayton, Kent, 51, 52
Slayton, Marge, 51-52, 59
Snoopy (Apollo 10 lunar module), 229, 231-32, 345
solar powered flight, 203
sonic booms, 110
South Korea, 19
Soviet Academy of Sciences, 336
Soviet Air Force, cosmonauts from, 80, 160-61, 344-46
Soviet “firsts” in space, 9
man in space, 79-84
satellite in orbit, 25-31
space walk, 160-61
woman in space, 155
Soviet Union/Russia, 9-10
arguments for yielding space race to, 85-87
joint mission with US. see Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
long-endurance flights, 155, 340-41
manned lunar project, 213-14, 224, 339-40
rocketry program, 18, 21, 85—86. see also N-1; R-7
space stations, 340-41
spacecraft. see Soyuz; Voshkod; Vostok
spaceport, 22-23
Sputnik launch, 25-31
Zond (circum-lunar) program, 212-14, 217, 223-24
See also Soviet “firsts”; US-Soviet competition
Soyuz 1 mission (Komarov), 194, 203-6, 213
Soyuz 2 mission, initial plan, 194, 203
Soyuz 6, 7, and 8 rendezvous mission (Shonin, Kubasov, et al.), 345
Soyuz 11 mission (Dobrovolsky, Volkov, and Patsayev), 333
Soyuz 19 mission (Leonov and Kubasov), 344, 345, 347, 350-51, 353-55, 354-56, 380
See also Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
Soyuz spacecraft, 194, 203
modified as Zond, 213
as space station ferry, 340-41
Space Council, 86, 90, 152
space flight: “firsts,” 9-10, 364-65, 375
See also “firsts” in space
space race. See US-Soviet competition
space shuttles, U.S. See Space Transportation System
space stations, 286, 340-41
See also Skylab
Space Task Group, 62, 151, 154
Space Transportation System (STS; Space Shuttle), 13-14, 341-42
space walks
Aldrin’s advances, 175-76
first, 160-61, 345-46
Gemini program, 156, 174-76
initial problems, 174-76
Soyuz capability, 194
See also moonwalks
Spacecraft 012 (Apollo 1)
cabin fire, 185-92, 372-73
charred remains, 201
design and mechanical problems, 177-78, 179, 201-2
oxygen pressurization, 181-82, 184, 192
Sperry Gyroscope, 195
Spider (Apollo 9 lunar module), 225, 228
Sputnik 1, 25-31, 35
Sputnik 2, 30
Sputnik launch, 25-31
SS-6 rocket, 81, 130
Stafford, Tom, 12, 13, 14-15, 146, 157, 254, 365
Apollo 10 mission, 229-30, 231-32, 337, 345
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project mission, 337, 343, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 351, 354, 357, 380
Gemini 6 mission, 168, 328, 345
Gemini 9 mission, 172-74, 337, 345
Star City, Russia, 346, 353
Sturniola, Joe, 110, 111
suborbital missions. See Mercury-Redstone missions
Surveyor robot ship, 260-61
survival training, 60
Swallow. See Vostok I
Swigert, Jack: Apollo 13 mission, 264, 265, 267, 269, 270, 271, 272-73, 275, 277, 278, 377
T
Tampa, Florida, 153
Taurus Mountains, Moon, 338, 339
Tereshkova, Valentina V.: Vostok VI mission, 155
test pilots
astronaut requirements, 35-36, 48
Mercury Seven backgrounds, 50-51
Shepard, 28, 41-43
Slayton, 29-30, 36-37, 38-41, 50-51, 262
Thomas, Albert, 152, 154
Thompson, Floyd L, 198, 201
Thor missiles, 19, 152-53
Time magazine, 33
Titan rocket, 19, 123, 132, 152-53, 157
Titov, Gherman Stepanovich, 80, 130, 143
translunar injection, 291
“trench,” at Mission Control, 237
Trident missiles, 346-47
Truman, Harry, 19, 129, 195
Tsiolkovsky, Konstantin E., 364-65
U
United States, 9-10
commitment to a manned lunar landing. see under Kennedy
competition with Soviet Union. see U.S.-Soviet competition
first manned space flight. see Freedom Seven
first satellite launch, 31-33
joint mission with Soviets. see Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
postwar rocketry program, 16-22
See also entries at U.S.
urination systems, 95-96, 129
U.S. Air Force: Astronaut Maneuvering Unit (AMU), 172-74
astronauts, 50-51, 65, 122-23
facilities, 152-53, 155
lighthouse “launch” film, 69
missile development programs, 19, 132, 195
rescue planes, 172
review of Slayton’s health status, 141-42
U.S. Army: campaign to launch a U.S. satellite, 17, 21, 26-27, 31-33
communications satellite system, 123
Operation Paperclip, 17
rocketry program, 16-17, 18-19, 19-20, 27, 123
U.S. Congress
in 2010, 362-63
Kennedy’s address to, 121
and Mercury program, 57, 58
NASA funding, 18, 124, 130, 153-54, 286, 341-42
opposition to space program, 18, 340-41
Spacecraft Center site selection, 152-53, 153-55
U.S. “firsts” in space
docking in orbit, 183-84
manned lunar landing and return. see Apollo 11
manned lunar orbit. see Apollo 8
manual control of spacecraft, 106-7
U.S. Marines, 114, 115
astronaut, 50-51, 65
U.S. Naval Academy, 43-44
U.S. Navy
astronauts, 43, 43-47, 50-51, 65, 122-23, 259
recovery teams, 100, 108, 171
USS Coastal Sentry Queen, 170
USS Hornet, 376
USS Iwo Jima, 277, 377
USS Lake Champlain, 114
USS Missouri, 104
USS New Orleans, 328
USS Noa, 141
USS Oriskany, 43-47
U.S.-Soviet competition, 9-10, 346-47, 363, 380
after Friendship Seven flight, 141
distrust of joint mission, 335-36, 346-47
end of, and reduction in U.S. space program, 340-41
long-endurance flight, 146, 155, 167-68
lunar landing, 160-64, 193, 194, 211, 213-14, 237, 339-40
manned flight, 72, 77
manual control of spacecraft, 106-7
orbital flight, 130, 132, 141
rendezvous and docking in orbit, 176
rocketry and boost capability, 21, 117-18, 119, 121, 155
satellite in orbit, 28
space walking, 160-64, 175-76
U.S. -Soviet space treaty, 193
V
Van Allen, Dr., James, 32, 34
Vanguard project, 20-21, 26, 30-31
Vietnam war, 178
Volkov, Vladislav, 333
Voshkod 2 (Diamond) mission (Belyaev and Leonov), 160-61, 162-64, 345
Voshkod spacecraft, 194
Vostok II (Eagle) mission (Titov), 130, 132
Vostok I (Swallow) mission (Gagarin), 107, 118, 132
Vostok spacecraft, 162, 194
Vostok V (Hawk) mission (Bykovsky), 155
Vostok VI (Sea Gull) mission (Tereshkova), 155
V-1 rocket, 17
V-2 rocket, 17, 26
W
walking in space. See space walks
Webb, James E. (Jim), 86-87, 117, 124, 141-42, 151-52, 156, 195, 198, 200, 207, 214, 216
weightlessness
effects of, 166, 341, 342
sensation of, 82, 105-6, 353, 369, 380
training for, 60
Weird crater, Moon, 326
Welsh, Edward, 90
White, Dr. Paul Dudley, 145
White, Edward II (Ed), 146, 197, 365, 371
Apollo 1 mission, 177, 178, 181, 186, 187-88, 190, 192, 196, 201, 372-73
Apollo 1 mission and death of, 185-92, 194-97, 252
Gemini 4 mission, 165-66, 171-72, 371
White House (Washington D.C.), 115-21, 193, 370
White, Patricia (Pat), 191, 196
White Room, 93, 95, 181, 186, 188-190, 191, 284
Wiesner, Jerome B, 87, 89, 118, 141-42
Williams, Walt, 71, 90-91, 127-28, 132, 137, 146-47
Wilson, Charles E., 26, 33
women, first in space, 48, 155
Worden, Al: Apollo 15 mission, 332
World War II, 28
fighter pilots, 37, 70, 283, 344, 345
German rocket group, 16-22, 26
X
X-15 rocket plane, 169, 242
Y
Yankee Clipper (Apollo 12 command module), 259, 260
Young, John, 146, 365
Apollo 10 mission, 229, 230, 232
Apollo 16 mission, 334
Gemini 3 mission, 157, 165
Z
zero-g. See weightlessness
Zond program, 212-14, 217, 223-24
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