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See also Atlas 10B
(Project Score)
Atlas successes
Aurora Seven
chimpanzees in space
Faith Seven
Gemini program vs.
Liberty Bell Seven
orbit ultimatum
secrecy about first in space
stretching orbit limits
See also Freedom Seven; Mercury Seven
Project Score (Atlas 10B)
R–7 rocket. See Sputnik
Ramon, Ilan
Rathmann, Jim
Reagan, Ronald
Reasoner, Harry
Redstone #29
rendezvous in space docking and, first
first
Resnik, Judy
Rickenbacher, Kelly
Ride, Sally
Riley, Jack
Rivard, John
Roosa, Stuart
Russert, Tim
Russian programs accelerating Apollo 8 mission
cooperating with America. See Apollo-
Soyuz; Mir Eagle
extending lead in space race
first man in space
first spacewalk
instigating Project Apollo
N–1 rocket
NASA response to Swallow
overcoming superiority of
Salyut space station
sources within
spy ship reconnaissance
Swallow
unsophisticated nature of
Voshkod
Zond project
See also Mir; Sputnik
Salyut space station
Saturn V
Schirra, Walter M. “Wally,”
Apollo 1 disaster and
Apollo 7 mission
“Beat Army” prank
chasing Freedom Seven
Cronkite reporting moon landing and
flying all capsule-type spacecraft
Gemini 6 mission
Gus Grissom and
last mission
military background
photograph
practical joker
pulled as Deke backup
Saturn test flight
Sigma Seven flight
smuggling sandwich on board
supporting Deke Slayton
warning Grissom about hatch
Schmitt, Jack
Schweickart, Rusty
Scobee, Dick
Scott, Dave
See, Elliot
Shepard, Alan chosen for first in space
experiencing weightlessness
first flight. See Freedom Seven
as Friendship Seven CapCom
frustrated about flight delays
golfing on moon
Grissom gagging
inner ear problems
introspection on moon
leading America back to moon
See also Apollo 14 leading Gemini program
leaking first-in-space status
losing wings
loving space
on Mercury-Redstone
military background
mood-indicator system
moodiness of
photographs
practical jokes
supporting Cooper
views of Earth
Walt Williams and
Shepard, Louise
Shepherd, Dan
Shuttles. See Space Shuttles; specific Shuttle names
Sigma Seven flight
Sinatra, Frank
Skylab
Slayton, Donald K. “Deke” Alan Shepard illness and
on Apollo 11 lunar landing prerequisites
Apollo-Soyuz mission. See Apollo-Soyuz
astronauts supporting
back on flight status
becoming chief astronaut
as chief of flight crew operations
corned beef sandwich prank and
demanding spacewalk fix
experiencing weightlessness
Freedom Seven communications
Gerald Ford and
giving “GO” for lunar landing
Gus Grissom and
heart problem
managing Apollo 13 problems
military background
as oldest space rookie
pulled from Aurora Seven
responding to Apollo 1 disaster
Smith, Mike
Snoopy
Soviet Union space program. See Russian programs
Strategic Defense Initiative deterring
Space Shuttles comeback after Challenger disaster
comeback after Columbia disaster
development of
directive to develop
disasters. See Challenger disaster;
Columbia (Shuttle) disaster doors, importance of
first mission
NASA overpromising results of
nausea aboard
problems with
routine nature of
See also specific Shuttle names
space stations early ideas for
international agreement
International Space Station
space stations (cont.)
Salyut
Skylab
See also Mir
Space Transportation System (STS)
See also Space Shuttles spacewalks banishing woes of
Buzz Aldrin mastering
“cut loose” order
demand for correcting
experiences during
first American (Gemini 4)
first ever (Russian)
Gemini 9
Gemini challenges
repairing Hubble
Spider
spies and space
N–1 and
seeing Russian sites/rockets
Thor/Agena spy ship (Discoverer)
Sputnik
American public response
booster rocket sighting
dog Laika in
events preceding launch
impact on American space program
launch of
launching author’s career
news flash of
orbit of
R–7 rocket
size of
Sputnik 2
Stafford, Tom Alan Shepard and
Apollo 10 mission
Apollo-Soyuz mission
Gemini 6 mission
Gemini 9 mission
NASA hiring
Starbuck, Randy
Stewart, Jimmy and Gloria
Strategic Defense