_Live From Cape Canaveral_ - Jay Barbree [129]
reentry
return contingency
return to command module
shutting down systems
sleep for crew
splashdown
Apollo 14
Alan Shepard leading
Cone Crater excursion
docking/return of
leaving moon
lunar rickshaw of
moon samples
moonwalks
Nixon endorsing flight of
views of Earth
Apollo 15
Apollo 16
Apollo 17
Apollo program. See Project Apollo; specific Apollo missions
Apollo-Soyuz birth of
building equipment for
Deke Slayton and
docking in space
engendering U.S./Soviet trust
importance of
launch of
meals on
shaking hands
Aquarius
See also Apollo 13
Armstrong, Neil Bob Button pilot error and
celebrating Apollo 13 return
controlling reentry problem
as first civilian astronaut
Gemini 8 mission
as leading candidate for first moon landing
moon landing
moonwalk
NASA hiring
notified of lunar mission
See also Apollo 11
AstroChimp. See chimpanzees in space
astronauts early challenges
first civilian. See Armstrong, Neil
qualifications and screening
selection
women and, stories
See also Gemini Nine; Mercury Seven;
specific astronauts
Atlantis
Atlas 10B (Project Score)
Aurora Seven
Bailey, Terry
Bales, Steve
Barbree, Jay breaking Challenger story
Christmas Eve with John Glenn
enduring test chambers
family taking more attention
flying Messerschmitt plane
future vision
Jimmy Carter and
losing son
love of flying
military background
move to Merritt Island
photographs
radio broadcasting
reflections on career and space program
sudden death experience. See sudden death, of author telling whoppers
Barbree, Jo Reisinger
handling moon-launch crank callers
losing son
meeting/marrying author
photograph
responding to sudden death
watching Challenger disaster
Bean, Alan
Beatty, Morgan
Beckman, Dan
Bedard, Chris
Beddingfield, Sam
Benedict, Howard
Bloom, David
Bluford, Guion
Borman, Frank
Apollo 8 mission
on Apollo 12 fate
Gemini 7 mission
investigating Apollo 1 fire
NASA hiring
Brand, Vance
Brinkley, David
. See also Huntley-Brinkley Report
Broad, Bill
Brokaw, Tom
Challenger disaster coverage
Columbia disaster coverage
Hubble repair coverage
John Glenn return coverage
Brown, Curt
Brown, Dave
Browne, Don
Bubb, Mary
Button, Bob
Bykovsky, Valery F.
Caidin, Martin coauthoring Titov book
flying with author
N–1 information
novel inspiring space rescue
photograph
as reference for author
Russian sources
secret space book
Yuri Gagarin sharing memories with
Cain, LeRoy
Cape Canaveral history/ecological makeup
naming of
Capra, Frank
Carpenter, (Malcolm) Scott
Carr, Jerry
Carter, Jimmy
Caskey, Martha
Casper
Cavanaugh, Brian
Cernan, Jim
Chaffee, Roger
Challenger debut
Challenger disaster
author experience
black smoke indicator
breaking story of
breakup statistics
Christa McAuliffe and
countdown
countdown delay
crew photograph
crew surviving blast
crew unaware of problem
death of crew, unknown cause
flames and destruction
liftoff
O-ring seal problem
premonitions of
press reports
reactions to
recovering remains
weather conditions
Chancellor, John
Charlie Brown
Chawla, Kalpana
chimpanzees in space
Christmas mission. See Apollo
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Clark, Laurel
Clemons, Ed
Cocoa, Florida, early days
Coledan, Stefano
Collins, Eileen
Collins, Mike
Apollo 11 mission
Gemini 10 mission
on Presidential Goodwill Tour
Columbia (Apollo 11 command ship)
Columbia (Shuttle) first mission
last mission
See also Columbia(Shuttle) disaster pre-launch security breaches
rollout of
second mission
Columbia (Shuttle) disaster
countdown/liftoff
flight safety risk assessment
investigation after
Israeli on board
known foam risks
losing foam
ominous signs
planned mission
reentry and disintegration
search-and-recovery for
what-ifs
Conrad, Charles “Pete”
Apollo 12 mission
celebrating Apollo 13 return
Gemini 5 mission
“honoring” Mercury Seven
NASA hiring
Cooper, (Leroy) Gordon
accolades to
“buzzing” incident
cheating death
cleared for Mercury flight
Deke Slayton and
drag races
filling pool with fish
in Gemini