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Abbott, Ira H.,

Ablation heat protection,, , ,

Abort test, 44, 53

Aborted mission, 14, 50

Adapters, spacecraft-booster, 41

Aden, 178, 195

Aerobee rocket, 3

Aerodynamic heating, 4, 5, 17, 19, 20, 36, 48

Aerodynamic stability and control, 4, 17

Aeromedical personnel, 30, 33

Aeromedical selection team, 33

Aeronutronics, 14, 39, 51, 62

Aerospace Writers' Association, 194

Agena (see also Hustler), 8

Aircraft:

B- 70 Valkyrie, 168

C- 130, 29, 73

T- 33, 54

X- 2,5

X- 15, 6, 9, 11, 15, 17, 21

X- 20 (see also Dyna Soar), 11, 108, 166

XS- 1 rocket plane, 2

X series research, 1, 5, 9

Airdrop progr.am, 28-30

"Airglow," 168

Air lock, spacecraft, 188

Albuquerque, N. Mex., 30, 40

Allen, H. Julian, 4

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics,

Second Manned Space FJ.ight Meeting, 188

American Rocket Society, 11-13

Ames Aeronautical Laboratory (see also Ames Research Center), 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 18, 19

Ames Research Center, Calif. (see also Ames Aeronautical Laboratory), 41, 42, 97, 147, 176

Amundsen, Roald, 162

Analog computing facility, 93, 133

Animal program, 18, 34, 35, 39, 50

Antimissile missile, 13, 15

Apollo (see Project Apollo, Apollo program)

Apollo guidance and navigation system, 178

Apollo program (see also Project Apollo), 141, 196

Apollo spacecraft, 171, 188

Armstrong, Neil, 63, 182

Armstrong, William 0., 19

Arnold Engineering Development Center, Tenn., 32,39,41,43,52,64,83,85,111

Artificial satellite, 10, 15

Astronautical Research and Development Agency, 11, 12

Astronauts, 70, 72, 94, 114, 153, 161, 183, 189

disorientation flights, 70

human factors, 29

initial orientation, 50

"mechanical," 148

medical ex.amination, 40, 42

NASA policy toward, 57

qualifications for selection, 35, 36

receive pressure suits, 82

selection, 20, 29, 30, 33, 35-37, 39, 40, 42, 50, 182

specialty assignments, 71, 182

training, 4, 30, 33, 48, 54, 56, 71, 86, 94, 96, 105, 109, 114, 121, 124, 131, 141, 145, 154, 161, 187

Atlantic Fleet, 42

Atlantic Missile Range, 3, 10, 42, 49, 50, 52, 57, 67, 88, 92,103,111,143,195

Operations Coordination Group, 92

Evaluation Summary and Management meeting, 111

Atlas flight control system, 164

Atlas-Hustler launch vehicle combination, 14

Atlas launch vehicles, 3, 7, 8-10, 13, 14, 20, 28, 32, 33, 42, 43, 50, 65, 80, 86, 88, 103; 111-114, 120, 125, 126, 143, 144, 148-150 153, 154, 158, 160, 163

Atlas launch vehicle control system, 182

Atlas C, 32

Atlas D, 32

Atlas-Sentry system, 20

Atomic Energy Commission, 11, 258

Attitude control system, spacecraft, 18, 22, 44, 123, 137,192

automatic stabilization and control, 70, 86, 93, 158, 192

fiy-by-wire, 158

manual control. 142, 158, 192

manual mechanical control, 158

reaction control, 39, 86, 119, 142, 158, 167, 169, 174, 180, 183, 185

Augerson, William, 33

Aurora 7, 164

Australia, tracking site, 93, 148

Auxiliary flotation collar (see Inflatable flotation collar)

AVCO, 15, 20, 34

Ballistic missile boosters, 9

Ballistic Missile Early Warning System, 149