INDEX

A

activities (Inquire & Investigate)

Background Checks, 22

Communism, Socialism, and Capitalism Today, 21

Compare and Contrast, 87

The Edge of Disaster, 72

First-Person Account, 8

A New Kind of Space Race, 107

Propaganda!, 36

Return on Investment, 105

Splat!, 54

To the Moon!, 88

What If?, 106

Aldrin, Buzz, ix, 86, 101, 102

Anders, Bill, 99

animals in space, vii, viii, 29–30, 33, 34, 44, 48, 61, 96

Apollo program, ix, 86, 90, 92–93, 96–104

Armstrong, Neil, ix, 2, 84, 101–103

astronauts

cooperative/joint missions of, 75–76, 104, 107

dangers for, ix, 39, 41, 44–45, 54, 56, 57–58, 80, 81, 84, 92–95, 103

early space program, viii, 38–54

meeting/docking in space, ix, 64–65, 70, 81, 82–83, 84, 86, 94, 98, 100, 104

moon circling/orbiting, ix, 96, 98–101

moon landing, ix, 2, 101–103

moon travel preparation, 52–53, 56–71, 77–78, 79–86, 90–101

spacewalks by, ix, 79–80, 82, 85, 86, 101, 103

Atlas missiles, 61

atomic bombs, vii, 18, 19, 20. See also nuclear weapons

Aurora 7, 63–64

B

Bay of Pigs, viii, 50

Bean, Alan, 100

Belyayev, Pavel, 79, 81

Beregovoy, Georgy, 98

Berlin division/Wall, vii, 24–25, 60, 74–75

Bolshevik Revolution, vi, 10, 11–12

Borman, Frank, 82, 99

Brezhnev, Leonid, 78, 83, 94

Bykovsky, Valery, 70

C

Carpenter, Scott, 41, 63–64

Cernan, Eugene “Gene,” 84–85, 100

Chaffee, Roger, ix, 92–93

Cold War

beginning of, 24–35

Berlin division/Wall in, vii, 24–25, 60, 74–75

communism as central issue of, vii, 10–20, 24–26, 28, 30, 36, 50, 52–53, 60, 66, 71, 95

Cuban Missile Crisis in, viii, 66–68, 72, 74, 78

ICBMs in, vii, 26–28, 38, 39, 61

Korean War in, vii, 27

nuclear weapons in, ix, 26–28, 32–33, 38, 60–61, 66–68, 72, 74, 75, 76, 78, 96

Space Race in (see Space Race)

Vietnam War in, ix, 78–79, 95

Collins, Michael “Mike,” 86, 101

communism

Cold War era, vii, 10–20, 24–26, 28, 30, 36, 50, 52–53, 60, 66, 71, 95

The Communist Manifesto on, 11

definition and description of, 10

rise of, 10–20

Conrad, Pete, 82, 86

Cooper, Gordon, 41, 68–69, 82

cosmonauts, viii–ix, 43–45, 47–49, 52, 56, 59, 64–65, 69–71, 77–78, 79–80, 81, 83, 93–96, 98, 103–104

Cuba

Bay of Pigs in, viii, 50

Missile Crisis, viii, 66–68, 72, 74, 78

Cunningham, Walt, 97

D

duck and cover, 60, 61

E

Eisele, Donn, 97

Eisenhower, Dwight D., 30–31, 34, 38, 46

Engels, Friedrich, 11

Explorer 1, vii, 34–35

F

Faget, Max, 41

Faith 7, 68–69

Feoktistov, Konstantin, 78

First Lady Astronaut Trainees (FLATs), 70, 71

Freedom 7, 50–52

Friendship 7, 61–63

G

Gagarin, Yuri, viii, 47–49, 94

Gemini program, ix, 69, 77, 80–83, 84–86, 90, 91

Germany

division of, vii, 24–25, 60, 74–75

war and weapons in, vi, 5, 6, 15–18

Glenn, John, viii, 41, 46, 48, 61–63

Goddard, Robert, vi, 4

Gordon, Dick, 86, 100

Grissom, Gus, ix, 41, 57–58, 81, 92

I

intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), vii, 26–28, 38, 39, 61

International Space Station, 107

Iron Curtain, 26

J

Japan, World War II role of, vi, vii, 15, 19, 20

Johnson, Lyndon B., 53, 76–77, 79, 95

K

Kennedy, John F., viii–ix, 46, 49–50, 52, 60, 66–68, 74–77, 88

key questions, 7, 20, 35, 53, 71, 86, 104

Khrushchev, Nikita, vii, 30–31, 38, 46, 65, 66, 68, 76, 77–78

Komarov, Vladimir, ix, 78, 94–95

Korean War, vii, 27

Korolev, Sergei, ix, 18–19, 26, 29–34, 43–44, 53, 77, 83, 91–92

L

Lenin, Vladimir, vi, 12–13

Leonov, Alexey, ix, 79–80, 81

Liberty Bell 7, 57–58

Limited Test Ban Treaty, ix, 75

Lovell, Jim, 82, 86, 99

M

man in space. See astronauts; cosmonauts

Marx, Karl, 11

McCarthy, Joseph/McCarthyism, vii, 28

McDivitt, Jim, 81

Mercury program, 40–42, 44–45, 46–47, 48, 51, 52, 56–58, 61–64, 65–66, 68–69, 90

Mishin, Vasily, 83, 91–92, 94

moon travel

circling/orbiting, ix, 96, 98–101

landing, ix, 2, 101–103

preparation for, 52–53, 56–71, 74–88, 90–101

N

N-1 rockets, 83, 91–92, 103

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), viii, 39–42, 44–47, 48, 50–53, 56–58, 61–64, 65–66, 68–71, 74, 77, 80–83, 84–86, 90–93, 96–104

National Defense Education Act, 39

Nicholas II, 11–12

Nikolayev, Andriyan, 64–65

Non-Proliferation Treaty, ix, 96

nuclear weapons

Cold War era, ix, 26–28, 32–33, 38, 60–61, 66–68, 72, 74, 75, 76, 78, 96

World War II era, vii, 18, 19, 20

O

Oberth, Hermann, 4, 5, 17

Operation Paperclip, 6, 18

P

Popovich, Pavel, 64–65

Powers, Gary, viii, 46

R

Red Scare, 14

Redstone, 31, 34, 50–52, 56, 61

Ride, Sally, 70

rockets

animals in, vii, viii, 29–30, 33, 34, 44, 48, 61, 96

astronauts in, viii–ix, 2, 38–54, 56–71, 77–78, 79–86, 90–104

early, 2–3

ICBMs, vii, 26–28, 38, 39, 61

military use of, 4–5, 16–19, 26–28, 30, 38–39, 60, 66–68, 72, 74

satellite launches with, vii–viii, 6, 7, 31–35, 38

slave labor to build, 5, 17, 22

V-2, vi, vii, 5, 16–18, 19, 26–27

writings on, 3–4, 17, 18

Roosevelt, Franklin D., 15

S

satellites, vii–viii, 6, 7, 31–35, 38

Saturn rockets, 53, 90–92, 96–104

Savitskaya, Svetlana, 71

Schirra, Walter “Wally,” 41, 65–66, 82–83, 97

science fiction, 3, 4, 5, 17

Scott, David, 84, 100

Shepard, Alan, viii, 41, 46–47, 48, 50–52

Sigma 7, 65–66

Slayton, Deke, 41, 68

Soviet Union

Cold War with. See Cold War

communism in, 10–15, 24–26, 30, 36, 60, 71, 95

cosmonauts from, viii–ix, 43–45, 47–49, 52, 56, 59, 64–65, 69–71, 77–78, 79–80, 81, 83, 93–96, 98, 103–104

Czechoslovakia invasion by, 95, 96

nuclear weapons of, ix, 20, 26–28, 32–33, 38, 60–61, 66–68, 72, 74, 75, 76, 78, 96

rockets/rocket development in, vii, 18–19, 26–28, 30–34, 35, 38, 39, 52, 53, 91–92

Space Race with. See Space Race

Sputnik and satellite launches by, vii, 6, 7, 31–34, 38

World War II role of, vi, 15, 18–19

Soyuz program, ix, 77, 93–95, 98, 104

Space Race

animals in space, vii, viii, 29–30, 33, 34, 44, 48, 61, 96

astronauts/cosmonauts in, viii–ix, 2, 38–54, 56–71, 77–78, 79–86, 90–104

Cold War driving. See Cold War

cooperative/joint missions in, 75–76, 104, 107

cost/expense of, 75, 103, 105

dangers of space travel, ix, 29, 34, 39, 41, 44–45, 54, 56, 57–58, 80, 81, 84, 92–95, 103

definition of, 1

end of, 103–104

meeting/docking in space, ix, 64–65, 70, 81, 82–83, 84, 86, 94, 98, 100, 104

moon travel/landing in, 2, 52–53, 56–71, 74–88, 90–104

origins/beginning of, 1–7, 31–32

popularizing space in, 3–4, 28–29

rockets in. See rockets

satellites in, vii–viii, 6, 7, 31–35, 38

science in, 63–64, 66, 68, 82, 90

spacewalks in, ix, 79–80, 82, 85, 86, 101, 103

timeline of, vi–ix

Space Shuttle, 104

Sputnik, vii, 6, 7, 32–34, 38

Stafford, Thomas “Tom,” 82–83, 84, 100

Stalin, Joseph, vi, vii, 13–14, 15, 18, 20, 24–25, 30, 36

T

Tereshkova, Valentina, viii, 70–71

timeline, vi–ix

Titov, Gherman, 59

Tsiolkovsky, Konstantin, 3, 18

U

U-2 spy planes, viii, 45–46, 66

United States

anti-communism in, vi, vii, 14, 28, 30, 52–53, 66

astronauts from, viii–ix, 2, 38–42, 44–47, 48, 50–53, 56–58, 61–64, 65–66, 68–71, 77, 80–83, 84–86, 90–93, 96–104

Cold War with. See Cold War

nuclear weapons of, vii, ix, 18, 19, 26–28, 61, 75, 76, 96

rockets/rocket development in, vi, vii, 4, 5, 6, 17–18, 26–30, 34–35, 38–39, 52, 53, 90–91

satellite launches by, vii–viii, 31–32, 34–35

Space Race with. See Space Race.

Vietnam War role of, ix, 78–79, 95

World War II role of, vi–vii, 15, 17–18, 19, 20

V

V-2 rockets, vi, vii, 5, 16–18, 19, 26–27

Vanguard, Project, viii, 31–32, 34

Vietnam War, ix, 78–79, 95

von Braun, Wernher, vii, 5, 6, 16–18, 22, 26, 28–32, 34–35, 39, 44, 48, 53, 91, 102

Voskhod program, ix, 77–78, 79–80

Vostok program, 43–46, 48–49, 52, 59, 64–65, 69–71, 77–78

W

White, Ed, ix, 81–82, 92

women in space, viii, 43, 70–71

World War II, vi–vii, 5, 14–20

Y

Yegorov, Boris, 78

Young, John, 81, 86, 100

Z

Zond program, 96