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Exploring the Unknown
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Index
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Abbey, George, 695
Abelson, Philip, 415
AC Electronics, 708
Ad Hoc Committee on Man-in-Space, 389
Ad Hoc Committee on Space, 390
Ad Hoc Mercury Panel, 177–92
Ad Hoc Working Group on Apollo Experiments and Training, 617
Adams, John B., 764
Advanced Manned Missions Program, 40
Advanced Research and Technology, Office of, 288, 640
Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA)
cooperation with NASA on spaceflight program, 11–12, 74–77, 82–89, 441
creation of, 52
Man in Space Committee, 441
MISS program support, 10
MRS-V Committee, 441
Aeromedical Field Laboratory, Holloman Air Force Base, 141
Aeronautical and Space Research, Office of, 441
Aerospace Medical Laboratory, Wright Air Development Center, 15, 141, 151,
155, 157
Agena rockets
cost of, 264
docking maneuvers with, 38, 255–56, 261, 373; GT-6 mission, 46, 345, 346,
373; GT-8 mission, 47, 345, 357–62; GT-10, 372; GT-11, 372
engines for, 383–84
payload capabilities, 461
procurement of, 256
Agnew, Spiro, 436, 738
Agriculture, U.S. Department of, 673, 679, 680, 681, 683, 743
Air Crew Equipment Laboratory, 164, 169
Air Force, U.S.
Ballistic Missile Division, 164, 165, 242
Flight Test Center, 164
Hawkeye program, 465, 469
Manned Orbiting Laboratory, 41, 286–87, 376
Mercury program liaison to, 11
Mercury program, opposition to, 295
MISS program, 9–10, 9n25, 76, 77–79
Space Systems Division, 243
Titan III development, 253
X-20 Dyna-Soar program, 7, 52, 66–67, 80, 84, 442–43, 469
Air Lubricated Free Attitude (ALFA) Simulator, 166–67, 199
Air Research and Development Command (ARDC), 152
Aldrin, Buzz (Edwin E., Jr.)
Apollo 8, 696
Apollo 11: assignment to, 432; declaration for agriculture and customs, 736–