Index

Aaron, John W.

“A to G” Apollo missions— 57, 285, 300, 364

“H” missions added

“J” missions added.

Abbey, Gene

Abbey, George W. S.

Abbott, Ira H. A.

Abernathy, Ralph D.

Ablative rocket engine thrust chambers

Ablative heatshield. See Heatshield, ablative.

Abort mission

Little Joe II test

off-the-pad

Accidents, fatal

aircraft

simulation chamber

spacecraft

AC Spark Plug Div. (General Motors Corp.)

Ad Hoc Surveyor/Lunar Orbiter Utilization Committee

Adams, J. J.

Adapter, spacecraft-launch vehicle

Apollo

Advanced Saturn. See Saturn launch vehicle.

Aeroembolism

Aerojet-General Corp. (General Tire & Rubber Co.)

Aerospace Corp.

Africano, Alfred

Agena (upper-stage booster rocket)

Borman comments during Apollo

engine explosion

Gemini missions

Agnew, Spiro T.

Air Force, U.S.

Arnold Engineering Development Center

Space Systems Div.

AiResearch Manufacturing Co. (div. of The Garrett Corp.)

Aldrin, Edwin E., Jr. (see also Apollo 11)

Apollo 11 planning

assignments

Gemini

LRV versus walking

Algol solid-propellant rocket motor

Algranti, Joseph S..

Alldredge, J. Brooks

Altneu, Irwin J.

Allnutt, Robert F.

“All-up” flight testing

ALSEP. See Apollo lunar surface experiments package.

American Rocket Society

Ames, Milton B., Jr.

Ames Research Center, NASA

Apollo support studies

lunar guidance system study

lunar mode issue

lunar research studies

spacecraft configuration

suggested site for manned space flight center

Amman, Ernest A.

Amster, Warren

Anders, William A. (see also Apollo 8)

Apollo 11 planning

AS-503

National Aeronautics and Space Council

Anderson, Clinton P.

Anderson, Frank W., Jr.

Anderson, Robert C.

Anderson, Roger A.

Andrews, Norman W.

Antennas, space communications

9-meter dish

26-meter dish

64-meter dish 123, 124 ill.

portable lunar surface

spacecraft

Apollo 1 (AS-204)

widows’ numbering request

Apollo 1A (number rejected)

Apollo 2 (number rejected)

Apollo 3 (number rejected)

Apollo 4 (AS-501)

achievements

AS-501

flight

flight number confusion

objectives

SM engine firing

Apollo(AS-204)

flight

flight preparations

objectives

Apollo(AS-502)

flight

flight preparations

launch vehicle-spacecraft adapter problem

objectives

photography

pogo problem

results

S-11 stage problems

S-IVB stage problems

SM engine firings

Apollo (AS-205; Schirra, Cunningham, Eisele)

cabin noise

crew illness

crew watch arrangement

factor in Apollo 8 decision

flight

flight preparations

food

intravehicular activity

“magnificient flying machine,”

newswortliiness

objectives

photography

practice rendezvous

SM engine performance

sleep

support crew innovation

television

visibility and windows

waste management

Apollo (AS-503; Borman, Lovell, Anders)

Apollo 7 results

Book of Genesis reading

comments about lunar surface

communications

crew illness

CSM 103 performance

CSM/S-IVB separation

earth view comments

first gravitational crossing

flight

flight preparations

landing accuracy and recovery

lunar-orbit decision. See Lunar-orbit mission, first manned.

lunar orbital flight

lunar-orbit insertion (LOI)

naming lunar craters

objectives

pogo

postflight activities

prayer

SM engine performance

television

two-phase lunar orbit maneuver

vehicle and mission reviews

world reactions

Apollo (AS-504; McDivitt, Scott, Schweickart)

astronaut head colds

call signs, communications

cost

crew illness

crew selection, experience, and training

effects on future flights

extravehicular activity

flight

flight preparations

flight readiness reviews

Gemini VI/VII, influence

Gumdrop (CM-104)

LM-CSM flight separation

LM-CSM rendezvous and docking

mission duration

news interest

number earth-orbital revolutions

objectives

pogo

SM engine firings

Spider (LM-3)

descent engine chugging

checkout

flying qualities

separate flight

spacecraft/S-IVB separation

transfer of crew between craft

Apollo (AS-505; Stafford, Young, Cernan)

between-spacecraft communications

between-spacecraft sightings

Charlie Brown (CM-106)

crew rest (sleep)

crew selection and training

crew transfer between craft

docking

DOI

dressing and undressing

drinking water, food

flight

flight patch

flight preparations

flight readiness reviews

illness-free crew

landing site visibility

lunar landmarks and observations

lunar orbit insertion (LOI)

mylar insulation problem

number of lunar orbits

objectives

photography

pilot error

pogo

public interest

radar

S-IVB stage sighting

Snoopy (LM-4)

engine firings

spacecraft rendezvous.

spacecraft/S-IVB stage separation

spacecraft undocking

star sightings

television

TLI

two-phase lunar-orbit maneuver

up-down orientation

Apollo(AS-506; Armstrong, Aldrin, Collins; see also Apolloflight planning)

adaptation to one-sixth gravity

Aldrin’s lunar walk

Armstrong’s lunar walk

ascent from the moon

“bag of rocks” quotation

biological isolation garments (BIG)

Columbia (CM-107)

communications first

computer alarms

crew description of moon— 47, 348—49, 353

crew rest (sleep)

CM-LM separation and docking

daily news summary

Eagle (LM-15)

earthshine

experiments (see also Appendix D)

first manned landing on moon

flag raising

flight

flight preparations

“high gate,”

home on the moon

illness-free crew

influence on Apollo 12 schedule

LM windows

“low gate,”

Luna

lunar dust

lunar landing site

lunar orbit insertion (LOI)

Lunar Receiving Laboratory

lunar-orbit rendezvous

lunar sample collection (see also Appendix E)

lunar soil

men on the moon

mission duration

mission sequence

mobile quarantine facility (MQF)

modular equipment stowage assembly (MESA)

most remembered mission

Nixon phone call and world tour

objectives

peculiar odor in tunnel

photography

plaque

portable life support system (backpack)

practice lunar-ascent countdown

probe and drogue

public interest

quarantine

radar

reentry and recovery

results

Sea of Fertility

SM engine firings

television

“That’s one small step,”

“The Eagle has wings,”

“The Eagle has landed,”

Tranquility base. See lunar landing site.

unidentified object

world tour

Apollo 11 flight planning

American flag

Apollo lunar surface experiments package (ALSEP)

ascent from moon

back contamination provisions

biological isolation garment (BIG)

call signs

communications and tracking

Columbia (CM-107)

crew patch

crew selection and training

Eagle, (LM-5)

early Apollo scientific experiments package (EASEP)

EMU

first man on moon decision

flight readiness reviews

lighting levels required

LM checkout on moon

LM landing and takeoff angle

LM overturn possibilities

Lunar Receiving Laboratory

lunar descent worries

lunar gravity. See Gravity, lunar.

lunar landing approach procedures— 17, 337

lunar landing training vehicle (LLTV)

lunar surface operations demonstration

lunar surface stay decision

no claims on moon

objectives

photography

plaque

public affairs activities

recovery and quarantine

Sea of Tranquility

space exploration treaty

spacecraft “walk-down” team

special LM-2 tests

symbols and symbolism

television

walks, lunar surface. See Walks, lunar surface.

Apollo 12 (Conrad, Bean, Gordon)

Apollo

ApolloSee Apollo-Saturn

Apollo 204 Review Board

findings

investigation

membership

panels

report

Apollo Applications Program (later renamed Skylab)

Apollo Back Contamination Control Panel

Apollo CM Source Evaluation Board

Apollo Crew Safety Review Board

Apollo Executives Committee

Apollo lunar surface experiments package (ALSEP)

Apollo mission A-003

Apollo mission A-004

Apollo Mission Planning Task Force. See Design Reference Mission.

Apollo program— 31, 33, 37, 41, 46, 56, 110—11, 118, 129, 167, 219, 357

“A to G” lunar landing plans

accomplished goals

all-up decision impact

announced

approved

AS—204 accident impact

benchmark for comparisions

complaints against

contractor use

contracts. See Contracts, Apollo, and Appendix F.

costs, See Cost of Apollo program and Appendix H.

flight intervals

flight numbering confusion

follow-up program possibilities

“H” missions

“J” missions

management devices. See Management devices, space program.

management personnel shakeup

objectives

priority

pros and cons

recovery from AS-204 accident

support

to include all manned lunar landing missions

worker morale

Apollo Program Development Plan

Apollo Projects Office

Apollo-Saturn 201 mission

Apollo 1A number rejected

countdown and flight

CSM-009

objectives

recovery

results

Apollo-Saturn

Apollo 2 numbering rejected

objectives, flight, and results

Apollo-Saturn

Apollo 3 numbering rejected

objectives and flight

Apollo-Saturn

accident investigation

Apollo

Apolloreview board. See Apollo Review Board.

attempted rescue

cost and delay caused by accident

crew announced

crew memorial services

CSM-012

delayed

Design Certification Review

experiments

fire

launch-pad test procedures

objectives

plugs out test

possible causes of accident

scheduled launch

Apollo—Saturn 205 (see also Apollo 7)

AS-208

canceled

crew named

objectives

rescheduled

Apollo-Saturn

AS-205

Apollo-Saturn 501 (see also Apollo 4)

Apollo-Saturn 502 (see also Apollo 6)

Apollo-Saturn 503 (see also Apollo 8)

Apollo-SaturnSee Apollo

Apollo Site Selection Board

Apollo Soyuz Test Project

Apollo Spacecraft Development Test Plan

Apollo Spacecraft Project (Program) Office

Configuration Control Board

Configuration Control Panel

organization

Apollo Systems Specification Book

Apollo Technical Conference. See NASA-Industry Apollo Technical Conference, 1961.

Apollo Trajectory Working Group

Appleman, Charles

Appold, Norman C.

Arabian, Donald D.

Armitage, Peter J.

Armstrong, Neil A. (see also Apollo 11)

Apollo 11 planning

crew assignment in 1967

first man to walk on moon

Gemini

LRV versus walking

public affairs activities

Armstrong, William O.

Army, U.S. (see also Army Ballistic Missile Agency, Corps of Engineers, and White Sands Missile Range)

Redstone Arsenal

Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA)

Army Biological Laboratories

Arnold Engineering Development Center

ARP (Apollo Rendezvous Phase)

Arthur, George R.

Ascent engine, LM

ablative thrust chamber

Apollo

backup model

combustion instability

contractor

description

fire-in-the-hole

fuel injector

lunar launch

lunar orbit abort

reliability requirements

test program

Ascent stage, LM

cabin. See Cabin, LM,

design

lunar orbit abort

Ascent trajectory analysis, lunar

AstraCo

Astronauts (see also Appendix B)

Apollo training philosophy and flight tasks

deaths

extravehicular operations

fifth group

first group

first man on moon decision

flight crew titles

fourth group

Gemini experience

lunar surface procedures

medical factors

mission assignments

pilot or nonpilot

science role

scientist-astronauts

second group

selection

spacecraft design and reviews

support team innovation

third group

training

Atkinson, W. A.

Atlas missile

Atlas-Centaur launch vehicle

Atmosphere, spacecraft cabin

AS-204 pad and launch procedure

LM on launch pad

oxygen

oxygen-nitrogen

60-40 mixture

Attitude control motors. See Reaction control motors.

Atwood, Donald J.

Atwood, J. Leland

Augurson, Williams S.

Aurora(Mercury—Atlas 7)

Avco Corp.

Babbitt, Donald O.

Back contamination. See Contamination.

Backpack, astronaut. See Portable life support system.

Bailey, D. K.

Bailey, Glenn F.

Baird, L. E.

Ballistic or blunt-body spacecraft

Barlow, Edward J.

Barlow, Mel R.

Baron, Thomas R.

Baron report

Barr, William T.

Bartley, William F.

Barton, Richard E.

Bassett, Charles A.

death

Gemini

Battersby, Frank X.

Battey, Robert V.

Battin, Richard E.

Batteries, spacecraft

Bean, Alan L.

Beaton, Roy H.

Beauregard, Albert J.

Becker, John V.

Beech Aircraft Corp.

Beeler, DeElroy E.

Beggs, Cal

Belew, Leland F.

Bell, David E.

Bell, Leo R.

Bell, Persa R.

Bell Aerosystems Corp. (sub. Textron, Inc.)

ascent engine, LM— 01, 244—45

LLRV

LLTV

propellant tankage, spacecraft

Bellcomm, Inc.

Bendix Corp.

Benjamin, Warren

Benner, R. L.

Bergaust, Eric

Bergen, William B..

Berman, Kurt

Berry, Charles A.

Berry, S. F.

Beryllium shingles, spacecraft

Beta fiber. See Materials

Bible

Bikle, Paul F.

Bingman, Charles F.

Biological isolation garment (BIG)

Bird, John D.

Bisplinghoff, Raymond L.

Bixler, Charles

Blake, Dan

Bland, William M., Jr.

Blasingame, B. P.

Block I Apollo CM (earth orbital)

cost

CM-002

CM-004

CM-007

CM-009

CM-011

CM-012

CM-014

CM-017

CM-020

difference from Block

electrical circuits

fire. See Apollo-Saturn

Gemini spacesuits

mockup review

reliability deficiency

slow development progress

Block II Apollo CM (lunar orbital)

changes resulting from fire

Critical Design Review

CSM-101

definition work

design or mockup reviews

difference from Block

docking system

electrical circuits

EM³

first flight readiness

hatch. See Hatch, spacecraft.

slow development progress

weight reduction

Blount, Earl

Boardman, Warren

Bobik, Joseph M.

Boeing Co., The

LRV

TIE contract

Bogart, Frank A.

Boilerplate spacecraft. See Mockups and test vehicles.

Bolender, Carroll H.

Bond, Aleck C.

Boost protective cover, CM

Borman, Frank (see also Apollo 8)

Apollo 204 Review Board

AS-204 hearings

AS-205

AS-503

CSM-101

first manned lunar orbital mission

Gemini

Bowman, Julian H.

Boynton, John H.

Brader, Robert

Braking rocket, lunar descent

Braley, E. C.

Bramlet, James B..

Brand, Vance D.

Brendle, Harmon L.

Briggs, Glenn W.

Briskman, Robert D.

Brissenden, Roy F.

Bromberg, Robert

Brooks, Overton

Broome, Douglas R.

Brown, B. Porter

Brown, Clinton E.

Brown, Harrison

Bruning, William

Budget, NASA (see also Appendix H)

FY 1960,

FY 1961

FY 1962

FY 1963

FY 1964

FY 1965

FY 1966.

FY 1967

FY 1970

supplemental

“Bug,” lunar lander. See Lunar landing stage (vehicle, module) .

Buhler, Cary

Bull, John S.

Bunker, George M.

Burke, Walter F.

Bureau of the Budget

Burmood, R. O.

Butler, Gordon

Buxton, Jack

Cabin, LM

atmosphere

cockpit size

controls

elimination of seats

exit and entry hatches

instrumentation and displays

lighting

mockups

multiple uses

restraint system

tunnel

windows

Cain, Darrell O.

California Institute of Technology (see also Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

Call signs, spacecraft

Aurora 7 (MA-7)

Charlie Brown (CM-106; Apollo 10)

Columbia (CM-107; Apollo 11)

Eagle (LM-5; Apollo 11)

Faith 7 (MA-9)

Freedom 7 (MR-3)

Friendship 7 (MA-6)

Gumdrop (CM-104; Apollo 9)

Liberty Bell 7 (MR-4)

“Molly Brown” (Gemini 3)

Snoopy, (LM-4; Apollo 10)

Spider (LM-3; Apollo 9)

“Titanic” (Gemini 3)

Cameras

Canberra, Australia

Canards, CM

Canning, Frank X.

Canning, Thomas N.

Canright, Richard B.

Cape Canaveral (Kennedy)

Carbee, R. W.

Carley, Richard R.

Carpenter, M. Scott

Carr, Gerald P.

Carroll, Robert E.

Carrying the Fire

Carter, David L.

Cartoons, media

Case, Mel

Casey, Francis W.

Cathers, H. B.

Celestial mechanics, study of

Centaur (upper-stage booster)

Cernan, Eugene A. (see also Apollo 10) ill.ill.

AS-205

Gemini IX-A

Certification of Flight Worthiness (definition)

Chaffee, Roger B.ill.

AS-204

death and burial

widow’s court action

Chalmers, James F.

Chamberlain Hotel

Chamberlin, James A.

Chance Vought Aircraft, Inc.

Vought Astronautics

Chapman, Dean R.

Chapee, James H.

Charlesworth, Clifford E.

Charlie Brown (CM-106) , See Apollo

“Charlie Frick’s Road Show,”

Chauvin, Clarence A.

Cheatham, Donald C.

Checkout equipment, spacecraft. See Ground support equipment (GSE) .

Cherry, George W.

Chidley, D. W

Chilton, Robert G.

Chop, Albert M.

Christensen, Everett E.

Chrysler Corp.

Church, James

Circumlunar flight, manned

early Apollo goal

Goett Committee

Navy study

New Projects Panel

Piland study group

program possibilities

request for proposals

spacecraft design

switch to lunar landing goal

Clagett, Albert A.

Clark, J. R.

Clarke, E. E.ill.

Clemence, Raymond R.

Clements, Henry E.

Clemmons, Steven B.

Clustered rocket engine concepts 5, 25, 45—47, 51, 54 ill.ill.

Cohen, Aaron

Cohn, Stanley H.

Collins, Maurice W.

Collins, Mathew R.

Collins, Michael (see also Apollo 11) ill.ill.

Apollo

Apollo 11 planningill.

AS-205

AS-503

biological isolation garmentill.

Carrying the Fire

first man on the moon decision

Gemini

medical factors

spacecraft naming

Collins Radio Co.

Columbia (CM-107) . See Apollo

Command module (CM) , Apolloill. ill.ill.ill.ill.ill. ill.ill.ill.

“A to G” Apollo missions

BEF reentry and landing position

Block I. See Block I Apollo CM (earth orbital) .

Block II. See Block II Apollo CM (lunar orbital) .

boost protective coverill.

cabin atmosphere

canardsill.

CM-002

CM-004

CM-007

CM-009ill.

CM,-011

CM-012 (AS-204; Apollo 1) ill. ill.

Baron report

changes resulting from fireill.

communications trouble

delivery

Design Certification Review

hatches

investigation

problems

“There’s a fire in here,”

CM-014

CM-017 (AS-501; Apollo 4) , Apollo ill.

hatch and heatshield

CM-020 (AS-502; Apollo 6)

CM-2TV-I (thermal vacuum test model) ill.

CM-101 (AS-205; Apollo 7)

delivery

Design Certification Review

factory testing

first manned Apollo mission

flight readiness review

manager

television

windows

wiring

CM-103 (AS-503; Apollo 8)

CM-104 (AS-504; Apollo 9)

Gumdrop

mission switch

wiring

CM-105

CM-106, (AS-505; Apollo 10)

delivery

Charlie Brown

flight readiness review

wiring

CM-107 (AS-506; Apollo 11)

Columbia

computer

configuration

contract

contractor proposal conference

control thrusters. See Reaction control motors.

costsill.

definition and design

development

development contract. See Contracts, Apollo.

docking functionill.

environmental control unit ill.

flammability studies and tests

flight test program

guidance systemill.

heatshield. See Heatshield, ablative.

inflight repair. See Inflight spacecraft repair.

Little Joe II test conceptill.

lower equipment bayill.

missionill.

mockups and test vehicles. See Mockups and test vehicles, Apollo.

parachutesill.

probe and drogue docking device. See Docking, spacecraft.

slow development progress

SM. See Service module, Apollo.

source evaluation board. See Apollo CM Source Evaluation Board.

stable I and II position in water

strakesill.

structural testsill.

subcontracts

subsystem delivery problems

tunnel. See Tunnel, spacecraft.

weight

wind-tunnel work

windows

Common-usage concept, spacecraft equipment

Communications. See Tracking and communications network, worldwide.

Computer

Apollo 11 lunar landing

Gemini spacecraft

real-time computer complex

Configuration Control Board

first man on moon decision

1967 membership

panels

Configuration Management Plan

Congress, U.S. ill.

Apollo 8 joint session

Apollo 204 hearings

House of Representatives

Committee on Sciences and Astronautics

Subcommittee on Manned Space Flight

Subcommittee on NASA Oversight

Independent Offices Appropriations Committee

Select Committee on Astronautics and Space Exploration

lunar receiving laboratory

NASA budget

Senate

Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences

Committee on Appropriations

ten-year plan

Conlon. John W.

Conrad, Charles, Jr.ill.

Apollo

AS-503

Gemini V,

Gemini XI

LM flying qualities

Conrad, Paul

Contamination

from the moon (back)

of the moon and planets

scientists worries before Apollo

Contractor selection procedures

Contracts, Apollo (see also Appendix F)

cost-plus-fixed-fee

feasibility study

guidance and navigation system

incentive

Control (definition of) , spacecraft

Convair/Astronautics Div., General Dynamics Corp.ill.

Coons, D. Owen

Cooper, L. Gordon

Cord, John N.

Cornell University

Corning Glass Works

Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army

Corrosion. See Stress corrosion.

Cortright, Edgar M.

Cosmonauts

Cost of Apollo program ill.

Apollo 9 mission

AS-204 accident

CSM

EMU

FY 1969 experience

per year expense

Couchesill.ill.

CMill.

eliminated from LMill.

Coursen, John

Cozad, James C.

Craig, Jerry W.

Crawler-transporter, Saturnill.ill. ill.

Crew complement, spacecraftill.

Crew Safety Review Board

Critical Design Review (definition)

Crossfield, A. Scott

Cryogenic propellant. See Propellant, launch vehicle.

Cuban missile crisis

Cumberland Island

Cunningham, R. Walter (see also Apollo 7) ill.ill.

AS-205

Cuzzopoli, Joe

Dandridge, Manning

Daniels, E. J.

Daniels, James L., Jr.

David Clark Co.

David, Dan

Davis, Hubert P.

Davis, Leighton I.ill.

Deans, Philip M.

Deaths

astronaut

at Brooks Air Force Base

cosmonaut

NASA Deputy Administrator

President

Debus, Kurt H.ill.ill. ill.

lunar orbit mission proposal

management council

Saturn launch safety

space launch facilities

Debus-Davis study

Decker, James L.

Decrevel, Ron

DeFries, Paul J.

Demarest, David

Dembling, Paul G.

De Moraes, Carlos.

De Nike, John

Department of Agriculture

Department of Defense

Der Bing, William

Descent engine, LMill. ill.

Apollo

backup chore

competitive contractors

description

development

gimbaled (able to swivel)

hypergolic fuel system

pacing system

Subcontractor Review Board

Descent orbit insertion (DOI) , toward lunar surface

Apollo

Descent stage, LMill.ill.

design

lunar surface launch pad

lunar orbit abort

LRV

MESAill.

Descent stage, lunar landing vehicle

Descent trajectory analysis, lunar

Design, spacecraft

CM. See Command module (CM) , Apollo.

Convair/Astronautics proposalill.

General Electric proposalill.

LM. See Lunar module (LM) , Apollo.

Martin Co. proposal

Design Certification Review (definition)

Design Reference Mission

Apollo Mission Planning Task Force

Desjardin, Lee

Dessler, Alex J.

Direct ascent (lunar flight mode proposal) ill.

backup for EOR

estimated cost

favored by Air Force

favored by Fleming Committee

favored by Piland (STG) study group

favored by NASA Headquarters

final rejected by STG (later MSC)

Golovin Committee study

Low Committee study

lunar landing problems

opposed by Langley group

opposed by von Braun group

propulsion requirements for

Rosen Committee study

study of other options

two-man proposal

Disher, John H.

Ditke, Robert R.

Docking, spacecraft ill.ill. ill.ill.ill.

Apollo 9, 287, 290, 293, 297 ill.

Apollo

Gemini VIII,

probe and drogueill. ill.

procedures

DoD-NASA Large Launch Vehicle Planning Group. See Golovin Committee

Dodge, Harold E.

Dodgen, John A.

Dolan, Thomas E.

Donlan, Charles J.

Doolittle, James H.

Dornbach, John E.

Douglas Aircraft Co.

Saturn S-IVB stage contract

Douglas, Paul H.

Dow-Corning Corp.

Downhower, Walter J.

Drake, Hubert M.

Draper, C. Starkill.

Drogue and probe docking device. See Docking, spacecraft.

Dryden, Hugh L.

announces Apollo

Apollo mode issue

choice of CM contractor

death

Deputy NASA Administrator

insulating research from operation centers

lunar guidance and navigation

relations with scientific community

selecting manned space laboratory site

space program costs

space program funding

DuBridge, Lee A.

Duff, Brian M.

Duggan, Orton L.

Duke, Charles M., Jr.

Duncan, Robert C.

Dust, lunar

Apollo 11, 344, 346, 347, 349, 350—51 ill.

LM design worries

Surveyor I pictures

Eagle (LM-5; Apollo 11)

Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package (EASEP)

Earth-landing sites proposed, Apollo

Earth landing systems, proposed

flexible wing (paraglider)

parachutes. See Parachutes, spacecraft.

rotating wing

Earth orbital flights. See Orbital flight, manned earth.

Earth orbital operations

Earth-orbit rendezvous (lunar flight mode proposal) ill.

compared with direct ascent

compared with LOR

disadvantages

estimated cost

favored by Ames group

favored by Heaton Committee

favored by Lundin Committee

favored by NASA Headquarters at end of 1961

favored by von Braun group

Fleming Committee study

Golovin Committee study

Holmes-Shea studies

Low Committee study

PSAC interest

Rosen Committee study

Non Braun switch

Edwards, J. J.

Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

Eggers, Alfred J., Jr.

Eggleston, John M.

Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.

Ehricke, Krafft A.

Eickmeier, Alfred B.

Eisele, Donn F. (see also Apollo 7) ill.ill.ill.

AS-205

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

Electrical system, spacecraft

Ellington Air Force Base, Tex.

ELM (extended lunar module)

Elms, James C.ill.

Elverum, Gerard W., Jr.

EM³ (engineering manufacturing module mockup)

Emme, Eugene M.

EMU. See Extravehicular mobility unit.

Engle, Joe H.ill.

Environment, spacecraft

launch pad test

one- versus two-gas system

pad and launch procedure

“shirt sleeve,”

two-gas system

Environmental control unit, spacecraft

CMill.

dangers of two-gas system

Erb, R. Bryan

Ertel, Ivan D.

Escape system. See Launch escape system.

Escher, William J. D.

Evans, B. O.

Evans, Brian

Evans, Llewllyn J.

Evans, Ronald E.

Ewing, Edgar G.

Exer-Genie

Experiments, lunar science

ALSEP

EASEP

piggyback role in Apollo

Experiments, space flight (see also Appendix D)

ALSEP

Apollo

Apollo 11, 313, 321 ills.ill.

AS-204

AS-205

EASEP

Gemini program

Experiments Program Office

Explorer (satellite and space probe program)

Extended lunar module (ELM)

Extravehicular activity (EVA) , astronaut ill.

.4polto 9, 290—91, 295—96, 297 ill.

Apollo 11, 319—21, 321 ill.

Gemini program

lunar surface walks. See Walks, lunar surface.

post—Apollo 11 plans

Extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) ill.ill. ill.

Ezell, William F.

F-1 rocket engine, launch vehicle ill.

clustered

combustion instability

first successful clustered engine firing (static test)

funds for

Golovin Committee study

key to manned lunar landing

launch vehicle stage descriptions

NASA-sponsored development

pogo problem

Rosen Committee study

transferred from Air Force

Faber, Stanley

Facilities, Apollo program ill.ill.

construction

land acquisition

launchill.

launch vehicle development and assembly ill.

launch vehicle testill.

location

Faget, Maxime A.ill.

Apollo CM design

Apollo 11 photographic plans

Apollo 204 Review Board

Apollo launch vehicle study

Apollo mission sequence

Apollo mode issue

CM special tests

CM weight

committee work

feasibility studies

LM design

LM propulsion

NASA-industry conference

paraglider opponent

Source Evaluation Board

spacecraft configuration control

spacecraft docking concerns

subsystem managers

Fairchild Stratos Co.

Faith 7 (MA-9)

Falbaum, Sanford

Feasibility studies and contracts, Apollo— 19, 21, 26, 27, 35, 38, 39, 41, 42, 66, 112

bidders

contract awards

costs

evaluation of proposals

guidelines

submissionsill.

Feld, David

Feltz, Charles H.

Ferdman, Saul

Ferguson, Richard B.

Fichtner, Hans J.

Field, Robert E.

Finkelstein, Nisson A.

Fire

AS-204ill.

hazard

prevention

simulation chamber

S-II stage test

Fire extinguishers, spacecraft

First manned landing on moon

First on moon

First words from moon

in spacecraft

from surface

Fisher, Lewis R.

Fitzgerald, Charles

Flag

Flagg, Henry W., Jr.

Flammability studies and tests, spacecraft

Senior Flammability Board

Fleming, William A.

Fleming Committee

Flight Article Configuration Inspection (definition)

Flight directors, Apollo mission

Flight Readiness Review (definition)

Flight Research Center, NASA (see also High Speed Flight Station)

FTA (flight test article) , LM

Flight test program (see also Little Joe II launch vehicle)

“all-up” decision

boilerplate CSMsill.

Food, space flight

Forest, Casey

Frangible probes, LM landing gear ill.

Franklin, George C.

Frasier, Cline W.

Freedman, Toby

Freedom 7 (MR-3)

Freeman, Theodore C.

death

Freitag, Robert F.

Frick, Charles W.

Apollo CSM contract

“Charlie Frick’s Road Show,”

first Apollo spacecraft manager

leaves NASA

LM design work

Friendship 7 (MA-6)

Frutkin, Arnold W.

Fuel cell (generator of electrical energy)

Fuels, rocket. See Propellant.

Fulton, James G.

Funk, Jack

Funding. See Cost of Apollo program and Appendix H) .

G—force

Gagarin, Yuri A.

Gainsville, Miss.

Galman, Barry

Garriott, Owen K.

Garrison, Arthur E.

Gates, Sally D.

Gavin, Joseph G., Jr.ill.

Grumman Apollo proposals

LM contract

LM development organization

LM propulsion

lunar orbit mission proposal

Geer, E. Barton

Gemini. See Project Gemini.

Gemini spacecraft ill.

Gemini III (“Molly Brown”)

Gemini IV

Gemini V

Gemini VI-A

influence on Apollo

world’s first space rendezvous

Gemini VII,

Gemini VIII,

first vehicular docking in space

Gemini IX-A

Gemini X,

Gemini XI

Gemini XII,

General Accounting Office LM investigation

General Dynamics Corp., Convair/Astronautics Div.ill. ill.

General Electric Co.

Apollo feasibility studyill.

Apollo integration contract

bid on Apollo CM contract

space vehicle GSE roleill.

Geological Survey, U.S.

Gibson, Cecil R.

Gibson, Edward G.

Gilbert, David W.

Gilbert, Porter H.

Gilruth, Robert R.ill.ill.ill.

“all-up” decision

Apollo

Apollo CM contract

Apollo CM design

Apollo feasibility contracts

Apollo flight mode issue— 77, 79, 81

Apollo flight program

Apollo follow-on program

Apollo guidance system

Apollo launch vehicle question

Apollo lunar site selection

AS-204 Design Certification Review

AS-204 recovery

astronaut corps

autonomous field activity

director of MSC

director of STG

impression of Apollo task

incentive contracting

LEO

LLTV

LM contract

LM design

LM flying qualities

LM ground testing

LM program review

LM propulsion

LM stress corrosion

location of manned space flight activity

Lunar Exploration Working Group

lunar orbit mission proposal

Lunar Receiving Laboratory

lunar surface walks

management council member

Mission Control Center

NASA-industry conference

New Projects Panel

Piland study group

pre-Apollo 11 worries

public affairs and Apollo

relations with NASA Headquarters and other centers

science and Apollo

Senior Flammability Board

spacesuits

STG organization and mission

symbols for Apollo

upgrading Apollo capabilities

Givens, Edward G., Jr.

Glasser, Otto J.

Glassman, L. H.

Gleaves, James D.

Glenn, John H.ill.

Glennan, T. Keithill.

Apollo flight mode

beginnings of Apollo program

contracting procedures

framing a national space program

launch vehicle development.

leaves NASA

manned space flight activity location

NASA Administrator, first

NASA-industry conference.

organizing NASA

Goddard, James L.

Goddard, Robert H.

Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA

real-time computer complex

tracking network responsibilities

Goett, Harry J.

Goett Committee

Gold, Thomas

Goldstone, Calif.

Goldstone, N. J.

Golovin, Nicholas E.

Apollo CM reliability

Apollo flight mode issue

Apollo launch vehicle study

PSAC against Apollo Right mode— 04, 106-07

Golovin Committee

Goodrich, B. F., Co.

Goodyear Aircraft

Goodwin, Glen

Gordon, Richard F., Jr.

Apollo

AS-503

Gemini XI,

Goree, Jesse F.

Goss, J. R.

Gough, Melvin N.

Graham, H. B.

Grant, Arthur F., Jr.

Gravcline, Duane E.

Gravitational field, earth’s

Gravity

Gravity, lunar

Aldrin and Armstrong

Apollo

Apollo 11 concerns

astronaut walking concerns

simulationsill.

Gray, Wilbur H.

Green, Don J.

Greer, Robert E.

Griffin, Gerald D.ill.

Griffith Planetarium

Grimm, Dean F.

Grissom, Virgil I.ill.

Apollo 1, 210 ill.

AS-204

burial

CM-012 complaints

deathill.

Gemini 3 (“Molly Brown”)

MR-4 (Liberty Bell 7)

Mercury spacecraft hatch

space program quotes

widow’s court action

Gross, Alexander

Ground support equipment (GSE)

General Electric

pacing item

Grumman, Leroy R.

Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp.

budget problems, LM

Design Reference Mission

facilities

GSE problems

Kelly, Gavin study groups

LM design

LM development contract

manufacturing problems

NASA review team

relationships with MIT and NAA

subcontract supervision

test articles and program

Guarditc

Guidance (definition)

Guidance, control, and navigation

Apollo

computer. See Computers.

contract

gyroscope

industrial contractors-MIT relations

inertial measurement unit

MIT development role

NAA-MIT relations

operation

reentry. See Reentry, spacecraft.

sextant

Apollo 10, 309 ill.

Apollo 11, 316-18 343—44

attitude reference (“eight ball”)

computer

Grumman-MIT relations

inertial measurement unit

radar linkage

selection controversy

stabilization and control system linkage

telescope

Gumdrop (CM-104; Apollo 9)

Gwinn, William P.

Gyroscope

“H” missions, Apollo

H-1 rocket engine, launch vehicle

Hage, George H.

Hahn, Jack R.

Haines, Richard F.

Haise, Fred W., Jr.

Hall, Albert C.

Hall, Eldon W.

Hall, Harvey

Hamilton Standard (div. of United Aircraft Corp.)

Apollo spacesuit

LM environmental system

portable life support system (backpack)

relations with International Latex Corp.

Hammack, Jerome B.

Hammersmith, John L.

Hammes, Ted

Hammock, David M.

Haney, Paul P.

Hardy, Gordon H.

Harmon, Richard G.

Harter, Alan C.

Hartung, Jack B.

Hatch, spacecraft

CMill.ill.

CM—012

CM-020

explosive and mechanical

LMill.

Hauenstein, Clifford A.

Hawaii

Hawkins, Jerry W.

Hazard, Allyn B.

Healey, John P.

Heating, spacecraft reentry. See Reentry heat protection.

Heaton, Donald H.

Heaton Committee

Heatshield, ablative

Apollo CMill.ill.

AS-201ill.

AS-202

AS-501 (Apollo 4)

Heeb, Malcolm H.

Heberlig, Jack C.

Hello, Bastian

Henderson, Melba S.. xx

Henry, Richard C.

Hess, Harry H.

Hess, Wilmot N

High Speed Flight Station, NASA (see also Flight Research Center, NASA)

Highsmith, Helen

Himmel, Seymour C.

Hjornevik, Wesley L.

Hoag, David G.ill.

Hoberg, Otto A.

Hobokan, Andrew

Hodge, John D.

Apollo Crew Safety Review Board

extended LM (ELM)

LRL readiness

lunar exploration working group

Hoelker, Rudolf F.

Hoffman, Arnold I.

Hoffman, Samuel K.

Holden, George R.

Holland, Howard

Homburg, Merlin

Holmes, D. Brainerdill.ill.

Apollo and Gemini budgets

Apollo flight mode

defense

Bellcomm and GE contracts

launch vehicle study and decision

leaves NASA

LM contract

management council

OMSF buildup

Panel Review Board

Holmes, Jay

Honeywell

Hornby, Harold

Horner, Richard E..

Hornig, Donald F.

Houbolt, John C.

Hound Dog missile

Houston, Tex.

Huhner, R. W.

Hudson, Lincoln

Hughes Aircraft

Hughey, B. J.

Human factors, space flight

ill.ill.

Hunter, Robert B.

Hurt, Jack B.ill.

Huss, Carl R.

Huston, Vincent G.

Huzel, Dieter K.

Hyatt, Abraham

Hyland, Lawrence A.

Hydrogen, liquid. See Propellant.

Hypergolic propellant. See Propellant.

IBM (International Business Machines Corp.

Mission Control and spacecraft computers

Saturn instrument unit

Incentive contracts. See Contracts, Apollo.

Inflight spacecraft repair

canceled

Instrument unit, Saturn

Instrumentation, spacecraft pilot control

ill.ill.

Intercontinental ballistic missiles

Interagency Committee on Back Contamination, 333

Interface (module, vehicle, component, system)

Interface control documents

definition and application

Integration (space vehicle or system)

Boeing “TIE” contract

General Electric role

International Latex Corp.

relations with Hamilton Standard

spacesuit contract

Intravehicular activity, astronaut (comments during Apollo 7)

Irwin, James B.

ITT (International Telephone & Telegraph Corp.)

Interplanetary exploration, unmanned

Interplanetary travel, manned (proposed)

Intransit rendezvous (proposed lunar flight mode)

“J” missions, Apollo

J-2 rocket engine (in Saturn S-II and S-IVB stages) ill.

jacks, Verne L.

Jackson, Karl F.

James, Lee B.

Jarvis. Calvin R.

Jeffs, George W.

Jenkins, Lyle M.

Jenkins, Thomas E.

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA contractor)

Apollo flight mode

lunar experiments program

Ranger program

Surveyor program

tracking and communications

Johansen, John H.

Johnson, Caldwell C., Jr.

Apollo flight mode

CM designill.

LM weight problem

New Projects Panel

spacecraft control thrusters

Johnson, George W. S.

Johnson, Harold I.

Johnson, Irving A.

Johnson, Lyndon B.

Apollo

did not seek reelection

Gemini V and Apollo mission

location of manned space flight center

NASA budget

selecting NASA administrator

selecting NASA deputy administrator

space race

space treaty

Johnson, W. Kemble

Johnston, Richard S.

Apollo feasibility studies

AS-204 accident

back contamination

LRL readiness

lunar surface operations

symbols for Apollo

Johnston, Robert L.

Jones, David M.

Juno V launch vehicle

Jupiter missile

Kapp, Michael

Kapryan, Walter J.ill.

Karegeannes, Carrie E.

Kavanau, Lawrence L.

KC-135 aircraft

Kehlet, Alan B.

Apollo feasibility studies

CM Block II design

Little Joe II

New Projects Panel

Kelly, G. Fred

Kelly, Thomas J.

AS-204 aftermath

elimination of LM seats

LM design contract

LM mockup review board

LM weight reduction

space study work

Kemmerer, Walter W., Jr.

Kennedy, John F.

Apollo flight mode

assassination

Cuban missile crisis

lunar landing challenge

NASA uncertainties

Kennedy Space Center, John F., NASA

launch complex locationsill.

Merritt Island Launch Annex

previous designation. See Launch Operations Center, NASA.

Kerwin, Joseph P.ill.

Kiker, John W.

Kimpton, Lawrence A.

Kimpton Report

King, Alan

King, Charles H.

King, Elbert A.. Jr.

King, Martin Luther, Jr.

Kingfield, Joseph P.

Kingsley, Milton

Kistiakowsky, George B.

Kleinknecht, Kenneth S.

Klemas, Vytautas

Knacke, Theodore W.

Knauf, George M.

Koelle, Heinz H.

Kollsman Instrument Corp.

Komarov, Vladimir M.

Koppenhaver, James T.

Kotanchik, Joseph N.

Kraft, Christopher C., Jr.ill.

Apollo

Apollo mission planning

CM mockup review board

inflight spacecraft repair

LM mockup review board

lunar orbit mission proposal— 74

Mission Control Center

recovery plans for Apollo

spacecraft configuration control

spacecraft docking concerns

stretching Apollo landing zone

Kranz, Eugene F.ill.

Kroupa, Charles E.

Kuettner, Joachim P.

Kupczyk, Richard R.

Kupfer, Walker

Kurbjun, Max C.

Kyle, Howard C.

Laboratory, proposed manned space

Lambert, C. Harold, Jr.

Landing, spacecraft, discussion of water and ground

Landing and recovery, spacecraft

Apollo

AS-201

AS-202

Landing gear. See Legs (gear) , lunar landing vehicle.

Lang, Dave W.

Lange, Oswald H.

Langley Research Center, NASA

Apollo flight modeill.

Little Joe II/LM test

LM landing gear tests

location of manned space flight center

lunar landing trainer ill.

material studies

manned lunar program feasibility

parachute studies

reentry heating studies

space station studies

WASP test (liquid-hydrogen behavior)

Lanning, J. H.

Lanzkron, Rolf W..

Large Launch Vehicle Planning Group. See Golovin Committee

Larson, Howard

Larson, Raymond F..

Larson, Robert L.

Laughlin, C. Patrick

Launch Complex 34, 191, 209, 267, 270 ill. AS-204 activities

Launch Complex

Launch Complex 39, 233 ill.

true location

Launch escape systemill.

abort tower

Little Joe II testsill.

rocket motor

Launch Operations Center, NASA (see also Kennedy Space Center, NASA)

Launch pads. Saturn

“all-up” decision impact

launch complexes. See Launch Complex

sliding wire safety devices

Launch vehicle concepts, multistage

Launch vehicle development plans

Lawton, Richard W.

Layton. P.

Lee, John B.

Lee, William A.

Lees, Lester

Legs (gear) , lunar landing vehicle ill.ill.ill.ill. ill.

Apollo

crushable honeycomb

designill.

footpadsill. ill.

frangible probesill.

ladderill.ill.

number of

LEM management plan

“Lemon award,” Grissom

Lenticle-shaped spacecraftill.

LEO (large earth orbit)

Leonov, Aleksey A.

Lessing, Henry C.

Levin, Kenneth

Levine, David S.

Lewis Research Center, NASA

Apollo flight mode

barred as manned space flight location

CM thruster studies

F-1 engine combustion instability

hydrogen-propulsion research

lunar landing stage (crasher)

manned lunar mission feasibility

Ley, Willy

Liberty Bell 7 (MR-4)

Lift-off

Lifting-body spacecraft

Lilly, William E.

Lina, Lindsay J.

Lind, Don L.

Lindeman, Richard E.

Linder, Harry S.

Ling, Donald P.

Ling-Temco-Vought, Inc.

Link, John

Linton, Ted

Liquid hydrogen. See Propellant, launch vehicle.

Little, Arthur D., Inc.

Little Joe II launch vehicleill.

Apollo A-003

Apollo A-004

BP-12 flight test

BP-22 flight test

BP-23 flight test

description

LM test programs

test program objectives

Lockheed Missiles & Space Co.

Lockheed Propulsion Co.

Loftin, Laurence K., Jr.

Loftus, Joseph P., Jr.

Logistics vehicle, unmanned lunar

Long, Franklin A.

Long-range planning

Lord, Douglas R.

Lousma, Jack R.

Love, Eugene S.

Lovelace Foundation and Clinic

Lovell, James A., Jr. (see also Apollo 8) ill.ill.ill.

Gemini VII,

Gemini XII,

Low, George M.ill.ill.ill.

“A to G” Apollo plan

ALSEP

Apollo 6 pogo problems

Apollo 7 worry list

Apollo

Apollo flight numbers

Apollo flight schedule

Apollo flight mode

ascent engine problems, LM

back contamination

becomes Apollo spacecraft manager

cabin atmosphere question

congressional testimony

extending Apollo

first Low Committee

first man on moon decision

Goett Committee

headquarters steering committee

LRL

lunar orbit mission proposal

lunar surface operations

management council

NASA-industry conference

1968 worker morale problem

OMSF organization

Panel Review Board

parachutes versus paraglider

planning for Apollo

recovery from AS-204 accident

scientist-astronaut selection

second Low Committee

spacesuit

spacecraft configuration control

spacecraft docking concerns

spacecraft names

space flight television

unmanned logistics vehicle

vehicle shipment proposal

LTA-1 (lunar test article)

LTA-2

LTA-3

LTA-4

LTA-5

LTA-8

LTA-10

Luna missions (Russian program)

“Lunar crasher” landing stage

Lunar exploration, unmanned

Ranger

Surveyor

Lunar exploration program

Lunar landing, manned

achievement

approved program

congressional testimony for

contractor studies

costs

feasibility

first

first man on moon decision

first mission possible

Goett Committee.

how-to studies

Kennedy challenge

launch vehicle for

Low Committee

mode issue. See Lunar orbit rendezvous.

NASA ten-year plan

New Projects Panel

nine plateaus to

objectives

phased program

planning first

priority

proposed as NASA’s objective

schedule

space goal

steps “A through G,”

suggested landing sites

23 considerations

Lunar landing maneuvers

Lunar landing methods

Lunar landing research vehicle (LLRV) ill.

Lunar landing stage (module, vehicle) ill.ill.ill.ill.ill.ill.

“lunar crasher,”

one-manill.

proposed weights

two-man

Lunar landing training vehicle (LLTV) ill.

Lunar landing steering committee

Lunar logistics vehicle, unmanned

Lunar mission planning

Apollo

Lunar module (LM; earlier called lunar excursion module, LEM), Apollo ill.ill.ill. ill. ill.

“A to G” Apollo missions

abort guidance system

ascent engine. See Ascent engine, LM.

ascent stage. See Ascent stage, LM.

attitude control thrusters

batteries. See Batteries, spacecraft.

budget problems

cabin. See Cabin, LM.

changes resulting from CM—012 fire

communications system

configuration

contract

costsill.

crew stationsill.

delivery to Cape

descent engine. See Descent engine, LM.

descent stage. See, Descent stage, LM.

design

development

docking systemill. ill.ill.

drogue. See Docking, spacecraft.

electrical system

environmental control unit

evaluation of contractor proposals

extended lunar module (ELM)

fire-in-the-hole. See Ascent engine, LM.

flight test planning

flying qualities

frangible probesill.

fuel cells. See Fuel cell.

FTA (flight test article)

GSE (ground support equipment)

guidance and navigation. See Guidance,

control, and navigation.

hatches. See Hatch, spacecraft.

inflight repair. See Inflight spacecraft repair.

instrumentation

landing gear. See Legs (gear) , lunar landing vehicle.

launch positionill. ill.ill.

LM-alone flightsill.

LM-1

Apollo 5, 242, 243 ill.

delivery to Cape

description

LM-2

broken wiring

special test for Apollo

LM-3 (see also Apollo 9)

ascent engine fuel injector

broken wiring

factor in CM lunar-orbit mission decision

preflight preparations

Spider

stress corrosion

LM-4 (see also Apollo 10) — 87

Snoopy

LM-5 (see also Apollo 11)

Eagle

LM-6

LM-7

LM-8

LM-10

manufacturing

mockupsill.

NASA Management Review Team

operating environment

optical tracker

pacing vehicle

porchill.ill.

propellant tankageill.

propulsion system. See Propulsion system, LM.

radar

stabilization and control system

stress corrosion (metal cracking)

television

test program

thermal control

TM (test model)

tunnel

unmanned version

visibility

weight

windowsill.ill. ill.

Lunar orbit insertion (LOI)

Apollo

Lunar-orbit mission, first manned (see also Apollo)

Apollo 7 factor

Apollo executives meeting

Cape conference

CSM-103

decision

designated Apollo

Houston planning

Huntsville conference

LM-3 factor

payload launch, weight

“Sam’s Budget Exercise,”

Saturn V 503

Vienna conference

Washington conference

Lunar orbital flight, manned

Apollo

Lunar Orbiter program

Lunar-orbiting spacecraft (see also Apollo 8, Apollo 10, and Apollo 11)

Lunar orbit rendezvous (Apollo lunar flight mode)

Ames Research Center dislike

Apollo 10, 309 ill.

Apollo

Apollo flight mode choice

“Charlie Frick’s Road Show,”

defense of against PSAC

description

Dolan study group

estimated cost

Fleming Committee

foreseen dangers

Golovin Committee

Heaton Committee

Houbolt crusade

Langley studies

Lundin Committee

Marshall and Lewis losses

Marshall switch to

mode comparison studies

NASA Headquarters switch to

Rosen Committee

Space Task Group (later Manned Spacecraft Center) switch to

Lunar receiving laboratory (LRL) ill.

Apollo

construction

cost

functions

Lunar roving vehicle (LRV)

Lunar samples. See Samples, lunar soil and rock.

Lunar science program. See Science role in Apollo

Lunar surface rendezvous (lunar flight mode proposal) ill.

Lunar surface study

Surveyor I pictures

Lunar surface walks. See Walks, lunar surface

Lunar test article (LTA)

Lundin, Bruce T.

Lundin Committee

LUNEX

Lunik

Lunney, Glynn S.ill.

Luskin, Harold T.

McCandless, Bruce

McCafferty, Riley D.

McCarger, Charles G.

McClintock, John J.

McCullough, Hugh

McDivitt, James A. (see also Apollo 9) ill.ill.ill.

AS-204

AS-205

Gemini IV,

lunar-orbit mission

McDonnell Aircraft Corp.

Mace, William D..

McGahey, Richard

McGee, Leonard A.

McGinty, Earl E.

McGolrick, Joseph E.

McLaughlin, Richard I.

McLeaish, John E.

McMillan, Brockway

McNamara, Robert S.

M-1 rocket engine, launch vehicle

Madrid, Spain

Maggin, Bernard

Makarian, Don

MALLAR (manned lunar landing and return)

Malley, George T.

Mallick, Donald L.

MALLIR (manned lunar landing involving rendezvous)

Man-in-Space-Soonest

Management devices, space program

“all-up” flight testing

Apollo executives committee

Apollo Back Contamination Control Panel

Apollo Program Development Plan

Apollo Spacecraft Development Test Plan

Apollo Systems Specification Book

Certification of Flight Worthiness

Configuration Control Board

Configuration Control Panels

Configuration Management Plan

Crew Safety Review Board

Critical Design Review

Design Certification Review

Design Reference Mission

“five-box” organization system

Flight Article Configuration Inspection

Flight Readiness Review

incentive contracting

Interagency Committee on Back Contamination

interface control documents

LEM Management Plan

lunar flight mode issue

Lunar Roll of Honor

Manned Space Flight Management Council

Materials Selection Review Board

MFA

mockup review boardsill.

NASA Management Review Team (LM)

Panel Review Board

Preliminary Design Review

PRIDE

program control office

resident project office

Senior Flammability Board

spacecraft manager

subsystem managers

system review meetings

Weight Control Board

work packages

Maneuverable spacecraft

Manned lunar flights. See Apollo Apollo and Apollo

Manned Lunar Landing Task Group. See Low Committee.

Manned Space Flight Management Council

established

reorganized

Manned Space Flight Network (MSFN) . See Tracking and communications network, worldwide.

Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) , NASA (see also Space Task Group, NASA) ill.ill.

against unmanned lunar supply craft

Apollo guidance and navigation

Apollo CM contract

Apollo CM responsibilities

Apollo LM responsibilities

Apollo mode issue

Apollo Spacecraft Project (Program) Office. See Apollo Spacecraft Project (Program) Office.

center for manned spaceflight projects

Experiments Program Office

LOR defense against PSAC

lunar surface questions

Mission Control Center. See Mission Control Center.

move to Houston announced

1968 worker morale problem

opposition to Bellcomm contract

opposition to GE contract

Project Gemini

Project Mercury

reaction to AS-204 accident

relations with Langley

search for location

selection criteria (see also Appendix A)

Space Task Group renamed

tracking network question

Manufacturing, spacecraft

CMill.ill.ill.

LMill.

Mardel, Alfred D.

Mariner (space probe)

Mark II Mercury spacecraft

Markley, J. Thomas

Marquardt Corp., The

CSM attitude control thrusters

LM attitude control thrusters

Mars (planet)

Marshall Space Flight Center, George C., NASA

“all-up” testing effects

Apollo flight test program

banned as manned space flight location

facilities

favored EOR

interface control documents repository

Launch Operations Directorate

launch vehicle development

LOR defense against PSAC

LRV

manufacturing assistance to MSC

Mississippi Test Facilityill.

opposition to GE contract

relations with Lewis

relations with STG (MSC)

Saturn launch vehicle. See Saturn launch vehicle.

sought by NASA

suggested as manned space flight location

switch to LOR

Martin Co. (Martin-Marietta) , The

Apollo CM contract bid

LM proposal

lunar mission feasibility studies

Martinez, R. S.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Instrumentation Laboratory

Apollo CM G&N contractill.

Apollo G&N system development

LM G&N system development

relations with G&N industrial contractors

relations with spacecraft contractors

Materials, spacecraft

Beta fiber

flammability

guidelines on

Materials Selection Review Board

nonflammable

Senior Flammability Board

space effects on

tests

Materials Selection Review Board

Mathews, Charles W.

Matranga, Gene J.

Mattingly, Thomas K.

Apollo

Apollo 11 planning

Mattson, Axel T.

Maus, Hans H.

Maxwell, Arthur L.

May, Ralph W., Jr.

Mayaguana (Bahama Islands)

Mayer, John P.

Maynard. Owen E.

“A to G” Apollo plan

LOR

lunar mission feasibility

nine plateaus to moon

Mayo, Alfred M.

Mayo, Richard E..

Mead, Margaret

Mead, Merrill H.

Medical factors, astronaut

Melancon, Paul S.

Meldrum, Cliff

Mendell, Wendell W.

Mercury. See Project Mercury.

Mercury-Atlas

Mercury-AtlasSee Friendship

Mercury-AtlasSee Aurora

Mercury-AtlasSee Sigma

Mercury-AtlasSee Faith

Mercury control center (space flight)

Mercury-Redstone

Mcrcury-RedstoneSee Freedom.

Mercury spacecraft ill.

Mark II,

modified

heatshield

Merrick, George B.

Merritt Island

Merritt Island Launch Annex

Messina, Frank

Meteoroid hazard, spacecraft

Mettler, Ruben F.

Meyer, André J., Jr.

MFA (manned flight awareness)

Michael, William H., Jr.

Michel, F. Curtis

Michoud (Saturn assembly facility) ill.

Micrometeoroids

Midcourse guidance. See Trajectory analysis, lunar flight.

Middleton, Roderick O.

Miller, Edward S.

Miller, Ford L.

Miller, George P.ill.

Miller, J. S.

Miller, John E.

Miller, Lowell

Mills, C. V.

Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Co.

Minuteman missile

Mission Control Center

Apolloill. ill.ill.

Geminiill.

Mission planning, Apollo

“A to G” missions

Apollo

flight numbering confusion

Gemini contributions

lunar-orbital flight

nine plateaus to moon

steps to lunar landing

23 considerations for first manned moon landing

Mission rules, Apollo

Mississippi River

Mississippi Test Facility, NASAill.

MIT. See Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Mitchell, Edgar D.

Mitchell, Elliott

Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF) ill.ill.

Mockups and test vehicles, Apollo

CMill.ill.ill.ill.ill.

Block I,

Block II

BP-12 test

BP-13 test

BP-15 test

BP-23 test

BP-1224 tests

SA-8 mission

SA-9 mission

SA-10 mission

LMill.ill. ill.

M-1

M-5

TM-1

Mockup review boards, spacecraft

Block I,

Block II.

Mode questions and studies, Apollo flight

Modular spacecraft

Moe, W. R.

“Molly Brown” (Gemini III)

Mondale, Walter F.

MORAD (manned orbital rendezvous and docking)

Morchead Planetarium

Morris, Corrine L.

Morris, Owen G.

Morrow, Thomas F.

Morse, Archibald E., Jr.

Mortimer, Robert.

Motorola, Inc.

Mrasek, William A.

Mueller, George E.ill.ill.

“A to G” Apollo plans

“all-up” testing

Apollo

Apollo 11 planning

Apollo experiments program

Apollo flight numbering confusion

AS-201

AS-204

ascent engine problem

astronaut corps

back contamination question

costs

CSM

first man on moon decision

flight program predictions

flight schedule planning

flight training

follow-on to Apollo

incentive contracting

inflight spacecraft repair.

intervals between flights

launch vehicle payload weight

LEO

LLTV

LRL

lunar landing site selection

lunar orbit mission proposal— 74

lunar roving vehicle

lunar surface demonstration

management council

Mission Control Center

optics versus radar

Panel Review Board

policy changes for Apollo

Saturn

spacecraft atmosphere

spacecraft review steps

spacesuit contract

special reviews

upgrading Apollo capabilities

Mullaney, Robert S.ill.

Muller, Donald E.

Murder on Pad

Muse, Thomas C.

Music

Myers, Dale D.

Names, spacecraft. See Call signs, spacecraft.

NASA-Industry Apollo Technical Conference (1961)

NASA-Industry Program Plans Conference (1960)

National Academy of Sciences

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958,

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

ad hoc committee work

administrators

charter

field centers. See Ames, Goddard, High Speed Flight Station, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Kennedy, Langley, Launch Operations, Lewis, Manned Spacecraft, Marshall, and Space Task Group.

Headquarters

Office of Advanced Research and Technology

Office of Launch Vehicle Programs

Office of Manned Space Flight

Office of Program Planning and Evaluation

Office of Space Flight Programs

Office of Space Science and Applications

public affairs. See Public Affairs Office, NASA.

reorganization

role in Apollo program— 29

Lunar Exploration Office

Lunar Landing Steering Committee

Lunar Role of Honor

Manned Space Flight Management Council

MFA (manned flight awareness)

peak years

reorganization

Space Exploration Program Council

National Aeronautics and Space Council

National space vehicle program

Navajo missile

Navigation (definition) , space

Navy, U.S.

Neal, James L.

New Projects Panel

New York Times

Newell, Homer E.

Newhouse, C. W.

Nicks, Oran W.

Nicollelo, Henry

Nikoleyev, Andrian G.

Nitrogen/oxygen space cabin atmosphere

Nitzberg, Gerald E.

Nixon, Richard M.

Nolan, James P., Jr.

North, Warren J.

North American Aviation, Inc. (North American Rockwell Corp. after 22 Sept. 1967) ill.

Apollo mode issue

Apollo Spacecraft Development Test Plan

Barron report

CM contract

CM development team

CM test programill. ill.

command module. See CM, Apollo.

Design Reference Mission

facilities

Hound Dog missile

LM contract bid

lunar mission feasibility studies

name change

1966 problems

personnel shakeup

PRIDE

reaction to Apollo 204 Review Board report

relations with Grumman

relations with MIT

Rocketdyne Div., See Rocketdyne Div.

Saturn launch vehicle contracts

Skybolt missile

SM. See SM (service module) , Apollo.

Space Div.

Space and Information Systems Div.

subcontractors

sued by astronauts’ widows

Tulsa facility

Northrop Corp. (parachutes)

Nose cone, Saturn

Nova launch vehicle (proposed for Apollo)

Apollo direct ascent flight mode

clustered F-1 engines

description

disadvantages foreseen

facility assembly factor

funding

NASA development plans

solid-fueled engines

Nugent, John

O’Connell, J. J.

O’Donnell, Kenneth

O’Hara, Delores B.

Olson, R. L.

One-way manned lunar flight

Onboard repair concept, spacecraft

O’Malley, T.J.

O’Neal, Robert L.

Optical systems, CM

Optical systems, LM

Optical tracker (rendezvous aid)

Oquist, Hal O.

Orbiting Astronomical Observatory

Orbital flight, manned earth

Apolloill.ill.

Gemini

Mercury

Russian programs

Osbon, H. Gary

Ostrander, Don R.

Ottinger, C. Wayne

Owens, W. L.

Oxygen, liquid. See Propellant.

Oxygen, spacecraft cabin— 40

AS-204 launch pad test procedures

versus oxygen-nitrogen— 40

Pacing Systems of the Apollo Program

PadSee Launch Complex

Pad abort tests, CMill.

Page, Thornton L.

Paige, Hilliard W.

Paine, Thomas O.

Acting NASA Administrator

Apollo

Apollo 11 planning

back contamination question

extending Apollo capabilities

first man on the moon decision

lunar orbit mission (proposal and decision)

NASA Administrator

NASA Deputy Administrator

Palaoro, Hans R.

Panel Review Board

Parachutes, spacecraft ill.

Apolto

clustered (3) , ring-sail

glide-sail

Little Joe II launch test

Paraglider earth-landing system

Parker, John A.

Parkes, Australia

Parsons, John F.

Pastorc, Dominick J.

Patch, crew

Apollo

Patterson, Herbert G.

Patton, R. Mark

Paup, John W.ill.

Pearl River

Pearson, Ernest O.

Pegasus satellites

Perrinc, Calvin H.

Pesman, Gerard J.

Petrone, Rocco A.

Apollo flights

lunar orbit mission proposal

Petynia, William W.

Phillips, Samuel C.ill.

“A to G” Apollo plan

Apollo flight scheduling

Apollo flights

Apollo Program Development Plan

AS-204 accident

cabin atmosphere question

configuration control

enlarging the Apollo landing zone

extending Apollo capabilities

lunar mission symposium

lunar orbit mission proposal

lunar surface demonstration

lunar surface walks

“Phillips report,”

“Sam’s Budget Exercise,”

Saturn launch safety

space flight television

spacecraft docking concerns

spacecraft review steps

spacesuit contract

vehicle shipment proposal

Phillips, William H.

Photography, space

Apollo 11, 329, 342, 347, 348, 350—51 ill.

Apollo missions 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, 248, 249 ill.ill.ill.ill. ill.ill.

Pickering, John E.

Pickering, Richard F.

Pickering, William H.

Piland, Joseph V.

Piland, Robert O.ill.ill.

Apollo Projects Office

Apollo Spacecraft Project (Program) Office

CM contract

CM design studies

Experiments Program Office

NASA-industry conference

vehicle attitude thrusters

Planetary flights, proposed manned

Pogo abort sensor

Pogo problems, Saturn V, xx

Apollo

Gemini-Titan II similarities

solution

Pogue, William R.

Polaris missile

Popovich, Pavel R.

Portable life support system (PLSS; backpack) ill.

Apollo 9, 291 ill.ill.

Apollo 11, 313, 321 ill. ills.

cost and description

EMU. See Extravehicular mobility unit.

Powers, John A.

Pratt & Whitney Aircraft (div. of United Aircraft Corp.)

Preliminary Design Review (definition)

Presidential campaign of 1960

President’s Science Advisory Committee (PSAC)

Apollo 8 decision

Block I CM reliability

desires for Apollo

opposition to LOR mode

Panel on Man-in-Space

Space Vehicle Panel

President’s Space Task Group

Pressure-fed spacecraft engines

Pressure launch test, maximum dynamic

Preston, G. Merritt

PRIDE (“Personal Responsibility in Daily Effort”)

Probe and drogue. See Docking, spacecraft.

Procter and Gamble

Production, spacecraft. See Manufacturing, spacecraft.

Project Apollo. See Apollo program.

“Project Christmas Present,”

Project Gemini

contributions to Apollo

costs

dual flight

influence on Apollo mission planning— 06

LEO (large earth orbit)

manned flights

objectives

rivalry with Apolloill.

surplus GSE

technical problems

worker morale

world’s first docking in space

world’s first rendezvous in space

Project Horizon

Project management concept

Project Mercury

approved program

banner year

conclusion

difficulties

follow-on to

modifications of

move question

worker morale

Propellant, launch vehicle

cryogenic

hypergolic

liquid hydrogen

nuclear

solid

storable

Propellant tankage, spacecraft

CSMill.

LMill.

Propst, Gary W.

Propulsion modules, spacecraft

Propulsion system, lunar landing

Propulsion system, LM

ascent engineill.

descent engine ill.

Propulsion system, SM main

Propulsion system, spacecraft

Public Affairs Office, NASA

Public Health Service

Pump-fed spacecraft engines

Purser, Paul E.

Pyle, Ray W.

Quality assurance. See Reliability and safety, space vehicle.

Queijo, Manuel J.

Radar systems, spacecraft

Apollo

Radcliffe, Lynn

Radiation, space— 03, 106, 110, 185

Gemini flights

protection from

Radio Corp. of America (RCA)

inflight maintenance, LM

radar, LM

stabilization and control system, LM

Radnofsky, Matthew I.

Rafel, Norman

Ragan, Ralph

Ranger (space probe) program

Ranger VIII

Ranger IX,

Raines, Martin L.

Rathert, George A.

Rathke, C. William

Raytheon Co.

Reaction control motors

ablative

CSM

test program

Reaction Motors (Div. of Thiokol)

Ream, Harold E.

Record to 1967, manned space program

Recovery, spacecraft. See Landing and recovery, spacecraft.

Recruit solid-propellant rocket motors

Rector, William F.ill.

Apollo mode issue

LM contract

LM descent engine

LM design

LM guidance system

Recupito, Pasquale

Redstone Arsenal, Ala.ill.

Redundancy, spacecraft subsystem

Reece, L. D.

Reentry, spacecraft

Apollo missions

guidance

test program

Reentry control system

Reentry corridor, earth

Reentry heat protection, spacecraft

AS-201

CM. See Heatshield, spacecraft ablative.

reaction control motors. See Reaction control motors.

Rees, Eberhard F. M.

Apollo 6 pogo problem

CM manufacturing help

lunar orbit mission proposal

Reliability and safety, space vehicle

AS-204 reaction

ascent engine, LM

cabin atmosphere

Crew Safety Review Board

LM on launch pad

manufacturing and testing

redundant systems

Rendezvous, space vehicle

Apollo 7 practiceill.

Apollo 9, 290, 297 ill.

Apollo 10, 309 ill.

Apollo

CM-LM

earth orbit. See Earth orbit rendezvous.

first (Gemini VI-A/VII)

first international

Gemini IV worries

Gemini V practice

Gemini missions

lunar orbit. See Lunar orbit rendezvous

lunar surface. See Lunar surface rendezvous.

Rendezvous sensor olympics

Renzetti, Nicholas A.

Repair concept, spacecraft onboard

Republic Aviation Corp.

Research Steering Committee for Manned Space Flight. See Goett committee.

Restraint harness, spacecraft

Reynolds, Harry L.

Rice Hotel (Houston)

Rice University

Rich Building (Houston)

Richard, Ludie G.

Richard, Louie G.

Ricker, Harry H., Jr.

Riehl, William

Rigsby, John

Riley, John E.

Ritland, Osmond J.

RL-10 hydrogen-fueled rocket engine

Roadman, Charles H.

Rock and soil, lunar (see also Apollo 11)

Rocketdyne Div. (of North American Aviation, Inc.)

CM thrusters

F-1 engineill.

Gemini spacecraft thrusters

H-1 engine

J-2 engineill.

LM ascent engine fuel injector

LM descent engine

Saturn S-II stageill.

Rockets, spacecraft lunar landing

Rogers, Henry H.

Roland. Alex F.

Romatowski, Ray

Roosa, Stuart A.

Rose, James T.

Rose, Rodney G.

Rosen, Milton W.ill.

Rosen committee

Rothrock, Addison M.

Rowell, Billie D.

Rubel, John H.

Rubin, Sheldon

Rudolph, Arthur

Ruppe, Harry O.

Ruseckas, Joseph

Russell, Harold G.

Russia. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Russo, Raymond R.

Ryan Aeronautical Co.

Ryken, John

Ryker, Norman J., Jr.ill.

Saegesser, Lee D.

Safety and reliability. See Reliability and safety.

St. Louis, Mo.

Salina, Salvatore

Salvo rendezvous

Samples, lunar soil and rock

Apollo 11, 346, 348, 349, 353, 356 ill.

“bag of rocks” quotation

Samulon, Henry

Sasser, James H.

Saturn (launch vehicle)

“all-up” decision impact

development contractors

designations. See Saturn C-1 through Saturn C-5, Saturn C-8, Saturn I, Saturn IB, Saturn II, and Saturn V.

instrument unit

stages. See Saturn launch vehicle stages.

Saturn C-1 launch vehicle (see also Saturn I) 12 ill.ill.

configuration

first launchill.

Saturn C-1B (see also Saturn IB)

configuration

development approved

Saturn C-2, 12 ill.

canceled

configuration

Saturn

canceled

configuration

Saturn

canceled

configuration

Saturn C-5 (see also Saturn V) ill.

chosen for Apollo

configuration

prospective contractors

renamed

Saturn

Saturn-Apollo missions

SA-6ill.

SA-7

SA-8

SA-9

SA-10

Saturn I launch vehicle (see also Saturn C-1)

impact of “all-up” decision

manned flights canceled

Pegasus flights

Saturn-Apollo (SA) flights. See SaturnApollo missions

Saturn IB (see also Saturn C-1B)ill.ill.ill. ill.

“A to G” Apollo missions

“all-up” decision impact

AS-204

AS-205, See Saturn IB missions and program assignments.

AS-205/208

description

dual-launch missions

LM test flights

vehicles released

Saturn IB missions and program assignments

201 (see also AS-201)

202 (see also AS-202)

203 (see also AS-203)

204 (see also Apollo 5 and AS-204)

205 (see also Apollo 7) ill.

206

207

208

Saturn II,

Saturn V, xix, xx, 7, 47, 55 ill.ill. ill.ill.ill. ill.ill.ill. ill.

“A to G” Apollo missions

Apollo missions, See ApolloApollo and Apollothrough Apollo

configuration

crawler-transporterill.

delay effects

engine, pad or launch shutdown of

pogo. See Pogo problems, Saturn V.

stages. See Saturn launch vehicle stages S-IC, S-II, and S-IVB.

Saturn V missions (see also Apollo 9, Apollo 10, and Apollo 11)

501 (Apollo 4) ill.

502 (Apollo 6)

503 (Apollo 8)

Saturn launch vehicle stages

S-Iill.

S-IBill.

S-ICill.ill.

AS-501 (Apollo 4)ill.

AS-502 (Apollo 6)

AS-503 (Apollo 8)

pogo prevention testing

S-IIill.ill.

contract award

fuel-tank model (WASP test)

S-IVill.

S-IVBill.ill. ill.

AS-201

AS-203

AS-204 (Apollo 5)

AS-205 (Apollo 7)ill.

AS-501 (Apollo 4)

AS-502 (Apollo 6)

AS-503 (Apollo 8)

S-V

Savage, Melvin

Sawyer, Ralph S.

Schedules, Apollo spacecraft

Schedules, Apollo flight

“A to G” lunar landing plans

“all-up” decision impact

Apollo

AS-204

impact

AS-205/208

AS-503

Apollo pacing systems

budget effects

Disher-Tischler study

intervals between flights

1968 launch

1969 launch

spacecraft delivery threat

Scheer, Julian

public affairs and Apollo

spacecraft call signs

television, space flight

symbols for Apollo

Schenk, Maurice

Scherer, Lee R.

Schirra, Walter M., Jr. (see also Apollo. 7) ill.ill.ill. ill.

announced retirement

Apollo 7 trainingill.

AS-204 hearings

AS-205

CSM-101

Gemini VI

Schmid, James E.

Schmidt, Stanley F.

Schmitt, Harrison H.ill.

Schmitt, Joe W.

Schneider, William C.

Schramm, Wilson B.

Schurmcier, Harris M.

Schwarzschild, J. Martin

Schweickart, Russell L. (see also Apollo 9) ill.ill.

AS-204

AS-205

Science (magazine)

Science role in Apollo

Apollo

Apollo 11 postmission desires

experiments

limitations

National Academy of Sciences

not to interfere with Apollo’s prime objective

objectives

scientist-astronauts

scientists’ complaints

service module bay

Space Science Steering Committee

Scott, David R. (see also Apollo 9) ill.ill.

AS-204

AS-205

Gemini VIII,

Scott, Hugh M.

“Scrape” (LM weight reduction)

Seale, Leonard M.

Sea of Fertilityill.

Sea of Tranquilityill.ill.

Seamens, Robert C., Jr.ill.ill.

advanced program study

Apollo cost estimates and funds

Apollo flight mode

Apollo flight schedules

Apollo launch vehicle question.

Apollo program management

AS-204 accident

CM contract and development

CM guidance system

crawler-transporter

Gemini program

incentive contracting.

leaves NASA

LEO

location of manned space flight activity

NASA Associate Administrator

NASA budget

NASA Deputy Administrator

tracking network

See, Elliot M., Jr.

death

Gemini IX

Seiff, Alvin

Senior Flammability Board

Service module. See SM.

Sevier, John R.

Sextant, spacecraft

Shapiro, Leonard

Shapley, Willis H.

Sharpe, Burton L.

Shea, Joseph F.ill.

Apollo flight mode

LOR defense

Apollo flight planning— 02

Apollo SM problem

AS-204 accident

astronaut corps

becomes Apollo spacecraft manager

CM-012 problems

CM development— 72

LM design and development

LM guidance system

LM propulsion system

LM radar system

man on the moon

management council

Panel Review Board

systems engineering activity

Shepard, Alan B., Jr.

Shepard, Leonard

Sherman, Howard

Shinkle, John G.

Shoaf, Harry C.ill.

Shoemaker, Eugene M.

Short Jack

Sidney, Australia

Siepert, Albert F.

Sigma 7 (MA-8) ill.

Silverstein, Abe

Apollo mode issue

becomes Lewis director

CM development decision

launch vehicle development

names Apollo

space program planning

Silverstein Committee

Simpkinson, Scott H.

Simulations (simulators)

Apollo mission

astronaut water recoveryill.

celestial navigation

CMill.

Gemini

Grissom “lemon” award

launch abort

LMill.ill.

lunar abort

lunar landingill. ill.

lunar surface operationsill.

Mercury

one-sixth gravityill.

pilot spacecraft control

rendezvous

slide wire, launch pad

vacuum chamberill.

Site selection, lunar landing

Apollo zone

Site Selection Board

suggested areas

Sjoberg, Sigurd A.

Skids, lunar landing vehicleill.

Skrydloff, Leon

Skurla, George M.

Skybolt missile

Skylab program

Slayton, Donald K. ill.ill.

Apollo 6 pogo problems

Apollo

Apollo 11 planning— 31

AS-204

crew selection policy

lunar orbit mission proposal

spacecraft docking concerns

Sloan, James E.

Sloop, John L.

SM (service module), Apollo (see also CM, Apollo) ill.ill.

Apollo

AS-201

AS-203

AS-204

Block II

contract

docking functionsill.

flight-test program

function

science experiments bay

weight reduction

SM-008

SM-012 (AS-204) ill.

SM-017 (Apollo 4)

Smedal, Harald A.

Smiley, Gerald T.

Smylie, Robert E.

Smith, Donald W.

Smith, G. Allan

Smith, G. Dale

Smith, Gerald L.

Smith, Joseph R., Jr.

Smith, Levering

Smith, Margaret Chase

Snedeker, John

Snoopy. See Apollo

Soil and rock, lunar. (see also Appendix E) ill.ill.

Solar cells (electrical energy generator)

Solar Particle Alert Network (SPAN)

Solid propellant, rocket. See Propellant, rocket.

Source Evaluation Board contract procedure

Soyuz

Space Environment Simulation Laboratory ill.

Space Exploration Program Council

Space race— 83, 189, 206, 220, 227, 340, 361

Space science programs, unmanned

Space Science Steering Committee

Space station. See Laboratory, manned space flight.

Spacesuits. See Suits, space.

Space Task Group (STG) , NASA (see also Manned Spacecraft Center, NASA)

Apollo mode issue

Apollo Projects Office

CM ((design, contract, and development)

formed

launch vehicle development

location

Marshall Space Flight Center proposal

Mercury program

move to Houston announced

New Projects Panel

renamed

Space Technology Committee (Stever)

Space Technology Laboratories (STL; see also Thompson-Ramo-Wooldridge)

LM descent engine

Space walk, first

Spacecraft managers

Spaceport facilities

Spare parts concept, spacecraft flight

Specifications, Apollo space vehicle— 22, 128

Speer, Fridtjof

Sperry Rand

Spider (LM-3). See Apollo

Sputnik I, xvii,

“Stable I” and “Stable II,” CM

Stabilization and control system

Stafford, Thomas P. (see also Apollo 10) ill.ill.ill.

AS-205

Gemini VI,

Gemini IX,

Stecher, Lewis J.

Stehling, Kurt R.

Stern, Eric

Stevens Institute of Technology

Stevenson, John D.

Stever, H. Guyford

Stever committee

Stewart, Homer J.

Steyer, Wesley L.

Stinnett, Glen W.

Stone, Ralph W., Jr.

Stonesifer, John C.

Stoncy, William E., Jr.

Storable propellant. See Propellant, launch vehicle.

Storms, Harrison A., Jr.ill.

Stoner, G. H.

Strakes, CMill.

Strang, Charles F.

Strass, H. Kurt

Strauss, Daniel T.

Stress corrosion (metal cracking) , spacecraft

Stridde, Jack

Stuhlinger, Ernst

Stullken, Donald E.ill.

Suborbital manncd space flight

Subsystem managers, Apollo spacecraft

Suits, spaceill.ill.ill.

Apollo 9, 291 ill.ill.

Apollo Block II

CM mockup reviewill.

extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) ill.ill.ill.ill. ill.ill.

Gemini program

Sullivan, Donald B.

Sullivan, Leslie J.

Surveyor (unmanned lunar soft lander)

Apollo landing near

radar system

Surveyor I,

Surveyor III,

Sutton, George P.

Swigert, John L.

SWIP (super weight improvement program) , LM

Sword, Carl D.

Syvertson, Clarence A..

T-38 aircraft

Tanner, Trieve A.

Tash, Herbert L.

Taub, Willard M.

Taylor, Clinton L.

Taylor, Richard L.

Teague, Olin E.

Telecommunications. See Tracking and communications network, worldwide.

Television (receivers and transmitters)

Apollo

AS-203

AS-204 fire

first close-up view of moon

WASP flight test

Telstar communications satellite

Ten-year plan, space program

The Moon-Doggle

Thermal vacuum test, spacecraftill.

Thibodaux, Joseph G., Jr.

Thiokol Chemical Corp.

Thomas, Albert W.

Thompson, Floyd L.ill.

Thompson, William D.

Thompson board. See ApolloReview Board.

Thompson-Ramo-Wooldridge (TRW)

Thornsjo, Oreland O.

Throttleable lunar-landing engine (see also Descent engine, LM)

Thrusters, spacecraft. See Reaction control motors.

Tindall, Howard W., Jr..

Apollo lunar mission plans

LM flying qualities

“Tindallgrams,”

Tiros meteorological satellite

Tischler, Adelbert O.

Titan II missileill.ill.

Titan III missile

Titterton, George F.

Towl, E. Clinton

Tracking and communications network, worldwide ill.ill.

antennas. See Antennas, communications.

Apollo

Apollo program stations

apportioned responsibilities

competition among centers

Gernini VIII,

Gemini program stations

Goldstone, Calif.ill.

Mercury program stations

Parkes, Australia

realtime computer complex

S-band radar system

space rendezvous role

Trageser, Milton B.

“Train wreck” (Apollo simulator)ill.

Training, astronaut

Apollo 7, 263, 264 ill.

Apollo

Apollo 11, 313—14, 321 ill.

AS-204ill.

celestial navigation

philosophy, Apollo

support crew innovation

water recoveryill.

vacuum chamberill.

Trainers, Apollo

CMill.

Langley lunar landing ill.

LMill.

LLRVill.

LLTVill.

one-sixth gill.

Trajectory. Saturn launch

Trajectory analysis, lunar flight

Apollo

Apollo Trajectory Working Group

Design Reference Mission

lunar landing

midcourse guidance

onboard operations

reentry guidance

Tranquility Base

Transearth injection (TEI; insertion on trajectory toward earth)

Transearth voyage

Apollo 8, 281, 282 ill.

Apollo

Translunar injection (TLI)

Translunar voyage

Apollo

Transporter, Saturn crawlerill. ill.

Treaties, space exploration

Treinen, Terry

Treman, S. M.

Trembath, Nathaniel W.

Trimble, George S., Jr.ill.

Trimpi, Robert L.

Tripp, Ralph H.

Triton (submarine)

Truszynski, Gerald M.

Tulsa, Okla.

Tunnel, spacecraft ill.

Apollo

Turantsky, Clem

Ulmer, Ralph E.

Underwood, Richard W.

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

United Technology Center (div. of United Aircraft Corp.)

Unmanned lunar logistics vehicle

Unmanned space flight programs, support for Apollo

Urey, Harold C.

U.S.S. Bennington (Apollo 4 recovery ship)

U.S.S. Boxer (AS-201 recovery ship)

U.S.S. Essex (Afiollo 7 recovery ship) ill.

U.S.S. Guadalcanal (Apollo 9 recovery ship)

U.S.S. Hornet (AS-202 and Apollo 11 recovery ship) ill.

U.S.S. Okinawa (Apollo 6 recovery ship)

U.S.S. Princeton (Apollo recovery ship) .

U.S.S. Yorktown (Apollo 8 rccovery ship)

Vale, Dick

Vale, Robert E.

Valentine, Richard

Van Allen, Tamcs A.

Van Bockel, John J.

Van Dolah, Robert W.

Vanguard satellite

Vega (upper-stage rocket booster)

Vavra, Paul H.

Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB; formerly Vertical Assembly Building) ill. ill.ill.

Venus, proposed manued flights to

Visibility, space flight

Voas, Robert B.

Vogeley, Arthur W.

von Braun, Wernherill. ill.ill.ill.

“A to G” Apollo plan

“all-up” decision

Apollo flight mode

Apollo program management.

AS-201

favored earth-orbit rendezvous

launch vchicle proposals

launch vehicle test facilities

lunar orbit mission proposal

management council

Pegasus program

relations with STG

spacecraft test program

symbols for Apollo

team

Voris, Roy N.

Voskhod spacecraft

Voskhod II,

Voss, R.

Vostok program

Vostok I,

Vostok

Vrungos, James

Vucelik, Mike

Wade, Donald C.

Walkover, Louis W.

Walks, lunar surface

accomplished goal

Aldrin-Armstrong comments

Apollo

planning for

post-Apollo 11 plans

priorities during Apollo

training forill.

Walks, space. See Extravehicular activities, astronaut.

Wallops Island, Va.

Ward, Douglas K.

Wanzecha, Ladislaus W.

WASP (Weightless Analysis Sounding Probe)

Waste management system, space flight

Water transportation, launch vehicle

Water versus land landing spacecraft

Webb, James E.ill.ill.ill. ill.

Apollo flight mode ill.

Apollo launch vehicle

Apollo program approval

Apollo program development

Apollo program facilities

Apollo program management

AS-204 accident

cancels crew assignments

CM contract

CM guidance system

concludes Project Mercury

cost estimate of Apollo

leaves NASA

LEO

LM contract

LOR flight mode announcedill.

LOR mode choice defended

lunar orbit mission proposal

mission control center

NASA budget

NASA reorganization

second NASA Administrator

Soynz I statement

Wedum, A. G.

Weigand, Heinrich J.

Weight, spacecraft

Weight Control Board

Weightlessness

Weitz, Paul J.

Welch, Joseph D.

Wells, Gordon

Wendt, Guenter F.

Wente, John S.

West, Mareta

Westinghouse Electric Corp.

Weston, Kenneth C.

Whitaker, Arnold B.

White, Edward H.ill.

AS-204ill.

death and burial

Gemini

widow’s court action

White, George C., Jr.

White, Stanley C.

White, Terry (Robert T.)

White Sands, New Mex.ill.

Little Joe II flight testsill.

LM engine tests

Weisner, Jerome B.

1960 space program evaluation.

opposition to LOR mode choice

Weisner committee and report

Williams, Clifton C., Jr.

AS-503

death

Williams, Francis L.

Williams, J. J.

Williams, John J.ill.

Williams, Laurence G.

Williams, Walter C.ill.ill.— 15, 122, 129, 491

Wilson, Bill

Wilson, T. A.

Wilson, W. K.

Wind-tunnel tests

earth-landing system

Windows, spacectaft

Apollo

LMill.

Wingrove, Rodney C.

Wiring, spacecraft electricalill.

Wise, Donald U.

Wiseman, Donald G.

Wolley, Bennie C

Wolman, William W.

Wondka, Robert P.

Woodling, Carroll H.

Woodward, William H.

Worden, Alfred M.

Worldwide tracking network. See Tracking and communications network, worldwide.

Wren, Robert J..

Wright, Howard

Wright, Monte D.

Wulfsberg, Arthur H.

Wyatt, DeMarquis D.

Wydler, John W.

X-15 aircraft

York, Herbert F.

Yolles, J.

Yost, Harold C.

Yost, Michael

Young, Earle B.

Young, John W. (see also Apollo 10) ill.ill.ill.

AS-205

CSM-101

Gemini III,

Gemini X

Young, R. Wayne

Zaitzeff, Eugene M.

Zavasky, Raymond L.

Zedekar, Raymond G.