Satcom (communications satellites), 241-
242

Satcom 1 (RCA 1), 274, 277, 279

Satellite applications (see also individual

satellite names)

atmospheric, 21
biological, Soviet, 229
climate forecasting, 150
comsats, 44, 121, 165, 229

crop acreage calculation, and, 224
earth resources, 23, 33, 74, 106
educational TV, 87

fossil fuel searches, 50
geodynamic, 201

geostationary environmental, 206
high-altitude research, 13
land-use planning, 183

meteorological, 21, 51, 71, 192, 215
microwave communications, 44
mineral location, 185

offshore communications, 159
power stations, 131, 250
printing reproduction, 51
radiation transfer, 41
reconnaissance, 67, 86, 242
snowcover measurement, 249
solar power, 161
"spy satellite," 242

tracking and data relay, 21, 109
water measurement by, 179
X-ray research, 196

Satellite Business Systems, 245

Satellite de Recherches et d'Environment

Technique (Sret 2), 103

Satellite Instructional Television Experi-

ment (SITE), 87, 130

Satellite Situation Report, 251
Saturn (launch vehicle), 125

Saturn I, 125

Saturn IB, 4-5, 32, 52, 132, 136, 160
Saturn IVB, 132

Saturn V, 3, 13, 161, 213

Saturn Program Office, 160

Saturn (planet), 108, 199, 228, 245

Saudi Arabia, 4, 233

S-band radio receiver on Viking 2, 184
SCAMS (scanning microwave spectrome-
ter), 109

Scandinavian Airlines, 42

Scanning microwave spectrometer
(SCAMS), 109

Scatterometer, 214

Scherer, Lee R., 12, 67

Schlesinger, James R., 107, 216, 245
Schmitt, Harrison H., 164, 186
Schurmeir, Harris M., 35

Schweikart, Russell L., 179

Science, 103, 104, 106, 151, 190, 235, 242
Science magazine, 11, 13, 94, 115, 117, 147,
148, 163, 196, 250
Scientists, 86, 87, 198
Scobee, Francis R., 295

Scott Air Force Base, Ill., 74
Scott Air-Pak 4.5, 196
Scott, David R., 67, 182
Scout-D launch, 238

Sea of Galilee, 243

Sea-ice, 109, 232

Sea satellite (SEASAT), 2, 142, 228
Seamans, Robert C., 6, 49, 213, 220, 221
Search and rescue, 54-55

Sears, William R., 36

SEASAT (specialized experimental appli-
cations satellite) mission, 2, 142, 228
Seismic pictures of the earth, 50-51
Selivanov, Arnold, 209

Serv-Air, Inc., 58

Servoactuator, 223

Sevastyanov, Vitaly, 91, 92, 121, 282
Sever-27, (Soviet high latitude expedition),

218

Severny Polyus-22, 218

Severny Polyus-23, 218, 237
Sewage, 39, 202

Seychelles Islands, 207

Shapley, Willis H., 146, 192

Shatalov, Vladimir A., 149, 150, 205, 236
Shearing interferometer, 112

Shell Oil Company, 99

Shepard, Alan B., 28, 146
Ships, 82, 135, 248

Shirk, Edward K., 166

Short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft,
54, 116, 167

Shuttle Orbiter, contracts for, 126
Siberia, 103, 238

Siemens AG, West Germany, 130

Silicon devices, 216

Silver Spring, Md., 229

Simonson, S. Christian, 217

Simulator, communications, 43

Singer, S. Fred, 247

Sioux Falls, S.D., 212

SIRIO (Italy's microwave-propagation com-

Skyship dirigible, 99

Slayton, Donald K., 1, 5, 65, 83, 104, 120,
121, 123, 133, 135, 147, 149, 168, 171–
172, 176, 179, 189, 191–192, 205, 243,
265, 282

Slidell Computer Complex, MSFC, 210
SLX-14 (Soviet launch vehicles), 67, 149
Small Astronomy Satellite. See SAS.
Small Magellanic Cloud, 134

SMF (space manufacturing facility), 250
Smith, Bruce F., 64

Smith, James W., 29

Soyuz 17, 3, 91, 92, 227, 253, 282

Soyuz 18, 91, 121, 126, 227, 260, 282

Soyuz 19 (ASTP), 1, 131-132, 134, 167,

251, 265, 281, 282

Soyuz 20, 225, 227, 236, 272
Space, 47, 150, 180, 205

Space and Missile Systems Organization
(SAMSO, USAF), 154, 229

Space applications, 45, 101, 205

Space biology and medicine, 4, 197-198, 214
Space colony, 250

Space-environment monitor, 212

Space flight operations, 45, 101
Space Launch Complex, 153
Space law, 165, 213

Space manufacturing facility (SMF), 250
Space objectives and the national interest,

Space Shuttle-continued

Shuttle orbiter, Space Tug, Spacelab;
SRB), 11, 13, 34, 43, 53, 67, 85, 96, 113,
135, 137, 154, 168, 173, 180, 185, 188
appropriations FY 1976, 45, 46
budget, 21, 42, 101, 224

construction of facilities, 61, 69, 87-88,
153-154, 214

contracts, 7, 14, 34, 69, 84, 85, 93, 105,
108, 112, 113, 130, 152, 202, 213, 226,
240

development status, 19, 34, 222
economics effects, 78

SS (U.S.S.R. missiles) (SSN-6, SS-7,
SS-8, SS-11, SS-17, SS-19), 167
SSME. See Space Shuttle main engine.
SSN-6 (U.S.S.R. submarine-based rocket),
167

SST (supersonic transport), 8, 60, 82, 107,
218, 247

St. Louis, Mo., 191

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 229

Stafford, Thomas P., 1, 5, 65, 83, 120, 123,
132, 133, 135, 147, 149, 168, 178, 189,
191, 192, 265, 282

Standardization of weapons in NATO coun-
tries, 108

Standard Parts List, NASA, 239
Stanford Solar Observatory, 225
Star City, U.S.S.R., 191-192

Star Tracker for Economical Long-Life
Attitude Reference (STELLAR), 184–
185

Starlette (passive geodetic satellite), 27, 254
Stars, 48, 73, 196

State-Federal liaison, 152

STDN. See Spaceflight Tracking and Data
Network.

Steam plants, 49

Stecker, Floyd W., 141

Steering by gyro, 216

STELLAR (Star Tracker for Economical
Long-Life Attitude Reference), 184-
185

Stellar fires, 17

Sterilization, 110, 112, 143
Stermer, R. L., 243

Stern, Richard J., 80

Stever, H. Guyford, 29, 84, 103

Stirling external combustion engine, 181–
182

STOL (short takeoff and landing) aircraft,
54, 116, 167

Storms. See Meteorology.

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT),
152, 216

Stratosphere, 13, 21, 29, 70, 144, 159, 183-
184, 237

Streamflow observations, 168

Strike of aircraft workers, 28-29
Strom, Robert G., 58
Structural surveys, 9

STS. See Space Transportation System.
Stuhlinger, Ernst, 235

Stullken, Donald E., 104

Submarines, 19, 242

Sullivan, Walter, 1, 27, 158, 231
Sumerians, 225

Sun-earth relationship, 118

Sun (see also solar headings), 10, 19, 118,

Surveyor (spacecraft), 115
Suslov, Mikhail, 230
Sweden, 60, 99

Symphonie-B, (French-German experi-
mental comsat), 2

Symphonie I, 23, 177

Symphonie 2, 177, 251, 267, 277, 279
Symphonie Project Operations Group, 177
Synchronous Meteorological Satellite
(SMS), 1, 25

Synthetic fuels, 67-68

Syromyatnikov, Vladimir, 139, 140

T

T-500S (Paymover tractor), 214
T&DR (tracking and data relay), 109
Taiyo, 251, 255

Talley, Wilson K., 183

Tanegashima launch site, Japan, 184
Tape recorder on Landsat, 222
Target visibility, 6

Tass news agency, 91, 99, 100, 105, 218,
226, 230, 241, 244

Tau Ceti (star), 73

Taurus, (constellation), 186
Tbilisi, U.S.S.R., 192

TDRSS (Tracking and Data Relay Satellite
System), 27, 113, 233

Teague, Olin E., 8, 25, 43, 61, 108, 116, 141,
151, 219

Technical Univ. of Vienna, 216
Technology, 22, 36, 45, 50-51, 77, 101
Teleoperator system, earth-orbiting, 14
Telephone, 4, 230, 241

Telesat-C (Anik 3), 2, 29, 51

Telescope, 14, 30, 84, 105, 112-113, 127,
137, 144, 147, 148, 165, 169, 185, 194,
214, 215, 230

Television, 6, 24, 86, 87, 245

Television Infrared Operational Satellite
(Tiros-N), 215

Temperature, 24, 26, 27

Temperature/humidity infrared radiometer
(THIR), 109

Tennessee, Landsat applications, 232
Tenth planet, 168

ter Horst, J. F., 172

Terrier Malamute (rocket), 288

Texas Medical Center, 176, 179
Texas, Univ. of, 205, 289
Thermal energy, 31, 127, 185
Thermionic conversion, 131
Thiokol Corporation, 84

THIR (temperature/humidity infrared
radiometer), 109

Thole, John M., 64
Thom, Kari, 119

Thomas, Garland L.. 183

Thor-Delta launch vehicles, 2, 8, 23, 25, 44,
60, 62, 63, 73, 79, 108, 110, 119, 162-
163, 177

Thoria-dispersed magnesium, 210
Tiros-N (Television Infrared Operational
Satellite) spacecraft, 26, 208, 211, 215,

231
Tiros 1, 57

Titan-Centaur launch vehicles, 2, 87, 143,

164, 171, 173, 223

Titan (Saturn moon), 245

Today editorial, 172

Toilets, solar-powered, 211

Tokamak (nuclear reactor), 220

Tokyo Univ., Institute of Space and Aero-
nautics, 35

Toronto, 173

Toxic chemicals, 39

Tracking and data acquisition, 22, 45, 101,

188-189

Tracking and data relay (T&DR), 109
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
(TDRSS), 27, 113, 233

Tracking stations, 21, 130, 201
Tractor, towing, 214

Transit (U.S. Navy navigation system), 179
Transonic flight, 161, 172

Transport aircraft, 8, 82, 107

Transportation, U.S. Department of, 8, 27,
29, 55, 80

Trella, Massimo, 8, 66
Trendelenburg, Ernst, 66

Triad 2 (U.S. Navy satellite), 271
Trident missile, 19, 23
Trimethylaluminum, 6

Tripler Hospital, Hawaii, 147, 149
Tropical wind-energy conversion and refer-
ence level experiment (TWERLE), 109
Truman, President Harry S, 84, 226
TRW Company, 43

TRW Systems Group, 37, 43, 136, 204, 221
Tsibin, Sergei, 140

Tsiolkovsky, Konstantin, 137

Tu-144 (U.S.S.R. supersonic aircraft), 44
Tulinius, Jan R., 37

Tunney, Sen. John V., 32, 127, 128, 161
Tupolev, Aleksey A., 44

Tupolev -144 airliner, supersonic, 44, 247
Turbine technology, 50
Turbofans, 82

Turbojet, 82

TWERLE (tropical wind-energy conversion
and reference level experiment), 109
Tyuratam, U.S.S.R., 67

U

U-2 (high altitude aircraft), 13, 70, 138,
190, 237

UAL. See United Air Lines.
Ubangi River, Africa, 233
Uchinoura Space Center, Japan, 35
Uhuru (Explorer 42), 79

U.K. (United Kingdom), 23, 60, 93
Ultrasound diagnostic systems, 102
Ultraviolet radiation, 13, 68, 105, 134, 223
U.N. See United Nations.

Unemployment of scientists and engineers,
86

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. See
U.S.S.R.

United Air Lines, Inc. (UAL), 2, 42, 218
United Aircraft Corporation, 4, 36
United Kingdom. See U.K.

United Nations (U.N.)

ad hoc committee on uses of outer space,
165

General Assembly, 231

Political and Security Committee, 213
Scientific and Technical Subcommittee

for the Peaceful Use of Space, 25
World Meteorological Organization, 139
United Nations Public Registry of Space
Flights, 251

United States (see U.S.), 68, 121, 158
United States Air Force (USAF)

Aero Propulsion Laboratory, 67

AFSC. See Air Force Systems Command.
airborne comsat terminal, 29

Airborne Warning and Control System
(AWACS), 59

Avionics Laboratory, 81

Cambridge Research Laboratories, 6
comsat failures, 87
dirigibles, 99

Flight Dynamics Laboratory, 152
Flight Test Center, Calif., 10, 24, 27
hypersonic aircraft, 239

manned orbiting laboratory, 153
-NASA joint programs, 293
nuclear-powered aircraft, 57

reconnaissance satellites (Big Bird), 67
satellite communications (AFSATCOM),
43

Space and Missile Systems Organization
(SAMSO), 154, 229

upper atmosphere experiments, 6
United States Army, 71

Ballistic Missile Agency, 125
Corps of Engineers, 9, 14, 213
United States Navy (USN), 71
Auxiliary Landing Field, Calif., 167
combat fighter development, 23
Naval Observatory, 168

Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), 94
sixth fleet, 59

Transit navigation system, 179
United Technologies Corporation, 81, 162
Universal Construction Company, 213
Universe, 19, 178

Upper atmosphere, 6, 100
Uranium, 119, 233

Uranus (planet), 168, 198-199, 235
Urey, Harold C., 111

Urinary infections detection, 177
Urokinase, 4

Uruguay, 203

USAF. See United States Air Force.
USDA. See Agriculture, U.S. Department
of.

U.S.-European joint venture, Spacelab's
first mission, 35

USGS. See Geological Survey, U.S.
U.S.-Malagasy agreement on tracking sta-
tion, 129

USN. See United States Navy.
U.S.-U.K. cooperative satellite (Ariel 5),
158

U.S.-U.S.S.R. cooperation (see also
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project), 31-32,
41, 131, 140, 191-192

U.S.-West German solar probe (Helios I),

46

U.S.S.R. (Union of Soviet Socialist Repub-
lics), 24, 28, 42, 44, 53, 54, 70, 77, 107,
121, 127, 146, 168, 204, 222, 234
missile (see also individual missiles, such
as SS-19, SSN-6), 166-167
satellites and spacecraft (see also indi-
vidual satellites and spacecraft, such
as Cosmos, Intercosmos, Luna, Mars,
Meteor, Molniya, Salyut, and Soyuz),
4, 47, 67, 99, 100, 103, 149, 169, 176,
188, 204, 208, 209

space program, 81, 102, 130, 149, 218,
231

Ute-Tomahawk rockets, 6

UV: ultraviolet (radiation).

V

VAB: Vehicle Assembly Building (KSC).
Van Allen radiation belts, 42, 94, 103
Van Flandern, Thomas C., 168
Van Reeth, George, 66

Vandenberg Air Force Base, 29, 64, 153,
154

Vanguard 1, 47

Vatican satellite coverage, 173
Vecchietti, George J., 59

Vela (constellation), 181, 225

Venera spacecraft, 106, 162, 209, 210
Venera 9, 105, 209, 210, 251, 263
Venera 10, 105, 209, 210, 251, 263
Venus (planet; see also Mariner 10, Pio-
neer - Venus, Venera 9, and Venera
10), 49, 52, 100, 101, 105, 106, 113, 115,
127, 144, 162, 183, 209-210, 226
Vertical Motion Simulator (VMS), 159, 196
Vertical takeoff and landing aircraft
(VTOL), 159, 196

Vibration testing of Space Shuttle, 15
Video inertial pointing (VIP), 214
Video sensors, 215

Video service by Westar (Western Union),

112

Vidicon tube, 215

Viking Data Review Management Center,
182

Viking: Mission to Mars, 171

Viking (program), 8, 21, 113, 143, 160,
172-173, 174-175

Viking (spacecraft), 1, 55, 73, 95, 96, 112,
153, 164, 169–170, 277

Viking-A spacecraft, 153, 166

Viking-B spacecraft, 143, 153, 166, 182
Viking 1, 110, 169, 170-171, 217, 223, 266,

279

Viking 1 lander, 110, 111, 170-171
Viking 2 lander, 73, 94, 184, 217, 220, 267,

279

Vinogradov, Alexander P., 226
VIP (video inertial pointing), 214
Virginia, Univ. of, 247

VMS (Vertical Motion Simulator), 159
Volcanoes on Mars, 175
Volgograd, U.S.S.R., 192
Vologda Oblast, U.S.S.R., 39