Lunar excursion module (LEM) for APOLLO-Continued Stages: Ascent Descent Testing..... Page 32, 33, 38 55 Lunar exploration program (see also APOLLO; Moon, RANGER; SUR- VEYOR).. Earth-based programs.. 12, 27-28, 67-75, 125-131, 224 129-130, 133 Simulation of lunar surface. Use of radar. 130 Funding.... 128 Manned (see also APOLLO; Lunar excursion module) 12, 27, 28, 67-75 129 Simulated Lunar-surface-roving-vehicle, use with SURVEYOR spacecraft. Manned Orbital Laboratory (MOL), DOD project (see also GEMINI B; Orbital Research Laboratory (NASA)) - Manned Spacecraft Center.. Atmospheric reentry evaluation.. 103-105 Manned space flight program (see also APOLLO; Astronauts; GEMINI; Page Advanced missions.. Astronaut training. Duration of MERCURY flight. 5-99, 215-217, 223, 224, 231-239 67-89 94-99 6 215-217 Earth-orbital (see also APOLLO; GEMINI; MERCURY). 67, 75-82 47-61 44-47 33-42, 89-93 65, 66, 223, 224, 231–239 Mapping. (See Geodetics research; Lunar surface, mapping.) MARINER, planetary probe.. Launch by CENTAUR Launch by ATLAS-AGENA. MARINER II, Venus probe_ 196 238, 239 2, 114, 127, 131, 157, 230 157 157 230 2, 114, 127, 131 2 127 131 83-88, 131, 133, 134, 135 133 83, 84, 134 134 131, 133 133 83, 84 135 131, 134 Synodic cycle.. Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. Abort studies_ Facilities... Barge dock and loading.. 33, 35, 39, 45, 47-49, 210 210 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 33, 35, 45 39, 47-49 23 163 239 78, 169, 176, 177, 179, 180 169-171 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., measurement of solar wind....... Maser, preamplifiers for spacecraft communications_ Materials research. Corrosion_. Endurance. Fatigue Glass filaments_ Heat problems.. In space environment Titanium... 179 169-171 78 169 Merritt Island, Fla. (See Kennedy Space Center.) Meteoroids and meteorites... Chemical and mineralogical properties_. Shielding requirements. Meteorological satellite program (see also NIMBUS; TIROS). Automatic picture transmission (APT).... Data processing photographs.. Future plans......- Objectives. Progress and results.. Relation to meteorological sounding rockets.. Sahara Desert temperature by TIROS.. Michoud Plant_ Manufacture of S-1 stage by Chrysler Corp.. Micrometeoroids. (See Meteoroids and meteorites.) Military requirements in space - - - Minitrack (see also Tracking and data acquisition). 6 142 231, 233 8 212, MIROS (modulation inducing retrodirective optical system), description_ Mission Control Center. (See Integrated Mission Control Center Mississippi Test Operations, Bay St. Louis, Miss. (MTO). Facilities Moon (see also Lunar headings) _ . Gas escaping from Aristarchus area. 214 57-60 Canal system. 57 Test facilities for S1-C and S-11. Geological and topographical charts.. Magnetic field. Photography of surface_ Possible use of resources.. Scientific station on surface. 69-70, 125, 129 69, 70 129-130 Mueller, Dr. George E., Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight, Page 5-99 133 Münch, G... National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA): (See also specific program offices: Office of Advanced Research and Programs. (See specific programs, e.g., Advanced research and Navigation. (See Guidance and navigation systems.) Navigators, training.. Navy, U.S., cooperation with NASA. NERVA nuclear rocket engine... Testing 3, 4-7, 26 210 158 190, 191, 194, 195 Newell, Dr. Homer E., Associate Administrator for Space Science Applications, prepared statement.. NIMBUS meteorological satellite- Flight schedule.. NIMBUS-B meteorological satellite, description_.. North American Aviation Corp., Inc. - Contract for APOLLO command module. Contract for APOLLO service module.. Impact test facility. Rocketdyne Division. Northwest Pacific.. and 101-166 142, 145 Tracking of 227, 229 Use by Weather Bureau_. 144 145 Nitrogen oxides, estimation in Martian atmosphere. 133 30, 31, 35, 39, 50, 157 30 31 35 50-52 157 LEM descent engine development_ 39 233 Observatory satellites (see also Orbiting Astronomical Observatory; Orbit- 123-125 10, 67, 68, 167, 168, 175, 189 Program... Program Program__. Relation to manned space flight program. Office of Applications. (See Office of Space Sciences and Applications.) Office of Space Sciences and Applications.. Gravity-gradient satellites. Relation to manned space flight program. Responsibility for GEMINI scientific experiments. 167-219 67, 68 176 153 5-99 19, 44, 187, 212 212 19 Office of Tracking and Data Acquisition program. Orbital Research Laboratory (ORL), manned.. Biomedical experiments... Engineering research and development_ Inflatable.. Twenty-four-man version_ Orbiting Astronomical Observatory, Cambridge, Mass. (OAO). Goddard experiment for OAO-B... Princeton ultraviolet experiment for OAO-C.. Scheduling. Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory experiment. Status.. Page 76-82 76, 77, 78 78 81 81 80, 81 78 80, 81 81, 82 81, 82 121, 123-125, 227 125 125 124, 125 121, 123-125 Telescopes 124 Testing. University of London, X-ray experiment for OAO-C. 123, 124 108, 112, 113, 114 Technical direction by Goddard Space Flight Center.. Orbiting Solar Observatory (OSO). (See also Advanced Orbiting Solar Palomar Observatory, Palomar, Calif., Martian atmospheric studies Parachutes.. Passengers on space flights.. Payload capability: 110, 156, 225, 229 110 133 20 29, 30 61 89 158 153 SCOUT 158 SYNCOM 157 TIROS.. 157 193 196 PIONEER space probes.. 106, 111, 112, 114 Contract with Space Technology Laboratory. 112 Experiments. 112 Management by Ames Research Center- Tracking 112 230 |