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.Š.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,

224-225, 245

Sundic, Milika, 152

Sung Dynasty, 186

Super Arcas (sounding rocket), 90, 284,
285, 286, 287, 289, 290, 291
Super Loki (sounding rocket), 90, 237
Supernovae, 48, 162, 181, 186-187, 232
Supersonic transport (SST), 8, 60, 82, 107,
154, 247

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

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

Wall Street Journal, 33, 51, 228, 236
Wallops Flight Center (WFC), 2, 22, 91, 237
Wallops Island, Va., 41, 206
Walverton, British Columbia, 39
Washington, D.C., 128, 159, 195

Washington Post, The, 3, 4, 42, 54, 77, 81,

96, 102, 126, 127, 131, 136, 137, 157,
166, 173, 174, 186, 190, 219, 230
Washington Star, The, 10, 57, 58, 84, 116,
137, 163, 175, 231, 246

Water, 37, 44, 90, 142, 177, 179
Water hyacinths, 39

Waterman, Alan T., Award, 84
Wave radiation measurements, 39
Weapons standardization in NATO, 108
Weather. See Meteorology.

Weber Metals and Supply Company, 129
Weightlessness, 3, 135, 197, 213, 229
Weinberger, Caspar W., 36
Weinreb, Marius B., 187
Weitz, Paul J., 64, 74

West Germany, 2, 4, 35, 46, 59, 60, 67, 126,
152, 177, 247-248, 277

Westar (Western Union comsat), 4, 136,
159, 241

Westar 1, 112, 136, 164, 228-229
Westar 2, 112, 136

Western European Union, 235

Western Test Range (WTR; see also
Vandenberg AFB, Calif.), 2, 8, 60, 62,
108, 162, 238

Western Union Telegraph Company, 112,
116, 136, 159, 164, 241

WFC. See Wallops Flight Center.
Wheat, 9, 264

White, George C., 47

White House, 60, 103, 190, 205

White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), 215,

240

White Sun of the Desert (film), 130

White, Thomas D., Space Trophy, 187
Whitlow, John B., 82

Whitten, Les, 77

Wicks, Alden, 137

Wide-bodied jets, 78

Williams, Walter C., 201-202

Wilmington, Del., 249
Wilson, Robert G., 25

"Wind Energy Utilization" (bibliography),

127

Wind tunnel, 69, 73, 152
Winfrey, Lee, 142

Wing-sweep control on B-1, 10
Wingless lifting body, X-24B, 161
Wingless vehicle, M2-F3, 128

Winter, David L., 33, 34, 96, 197

Wischnia, Herbert F., 113

Wisconsin, Univ. of, 284, 289

Witkin, Richard, 181

Woodfin, Kenneth L., 59

Woomera Rocket Range, Australia, 232
Worden, Alfred M., 182

World Meteorological Organization (U.N.),

139