A
Aldrin, Edwin “Buzz,” 25, 42
apogee, 20
Apollo program, 39–42
Armstrong, Neil, 42
C
Chaffee, Roger, 41
Collins, Michael, 42
control sticks, 17–18
E
exercise, in-orbit, 30
F
Freedom 7, 11
G
Gagarin, Yuri, 11, 39
gas gun, 6–7, 24, 25
Gemini 4
astronaut training, 15–17
booster, docking with, 22–23
climate-control system, 30
control design, 17–18
crew, 17–18
daily life in orbit, 29–33
dehydration, 32
experiments, 33–35, 39
fuel issues, 22
goals of, 13–15, 39
lift off, 20–22
preflight, 19–20
reentry, 35–36, 39
sleep, meal breaks, 30–31
Glenn, John, 13, 29
Grissom, Gus, 15–16, 41
H
hatch issues, 25–27
honors for astronauts, 39–40
J
Johnson, Lyndon, 37, 39, 41
K
Kennedy, John F., 11–12
Kraft, Chris, 22
Kranz, Gene, 28
L
Leonov, Alexei, 5, 9
M
McDivitt, Jim, 5, 9, 17–22, 24–28, 30, 33–36, 39–41
Mercury, 11–13
moonwalk, landing, 12, 40–42
N
NASA, 5, 13, 23, 41
O
orbit, speed and motion in, 23
P
perigee, 20–22
R
radio headsets, 30
S
Schweickart, Rusty, 41
Scott, Dave, 41
sextants, 33
Shepard, Alan, 11
Soviet Union, 5, 11, 20, 37
space program
capsules, naming, 28–29
future goals of, 39
overview, 11–12
space suits, 29–30
spacewalk
described, 5–10, 24–27
health effects of, 37–39
media coverage of, 28–29
T
tether, 5, 6, 9, 24, 25–27
W
White, Ed, 5–10, 17–20, 24–28, 33–36, 39–41