Neil Armstrong: A Life of Flight (55 page)

computers, of lunar lander

Conrad, Pete

Constellation project

Cooper, Gordon

Covey, Dick

creation (theological)

Crippen, Robert

Crossfield, Scott

Cunningham, Walter

DC-3 plane

Discoverer surveillance satellite

Discovery
shuttle

Discovery Television

Dobrynin, Anatoly

docking in space

first

Doolittle, Jimmy

Douglas, Bill

Douglas Skyrockets

Duffy, Brian

Duke, Charlie

Dyna-Soar plane

Eagle.
See Apollo 11,
Eagle

Earth, the

eventual death of

formation of

gravity of, and escape velocity

view of, from space

view of, from the moon

Earth-Moon system

flight windows (opportunity to fly)

need to explore

origin of, at beginning of the solar system

view of, from Galileo planetary craft

Earth orbit

earthshine

Edwards Air Force Base

Edwards High Speed Flight Station/Research Center

8-ball (equipment)

Einstein, Albert

Eisele, Donn F.

Eisenhower, Dwight

Eisenhower, Mamie

ejection

instructions for

at jet speed

lifetime limit on number

from LLTV

El Lago neighborhood, Houston, Texas

Ellington Air Force Base, Texas

Enos (chimpanzee)

equigravisphere

escape velocity

Essex
aircraft carrier

Evans, Ron

executive overload computer error

Explorer I
satellite

Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA)

difficulties of, overcome by Buzz Aldrin

first (Soviet)

F9F Panther

F-82 research plane

F-104A Starfighter

Fighter Squadron 51 (VF-51)

firsts

docking in space

Extra Vehicular Activity

humans on Earth

landing on moon (American)

man in space (American)

man in space (Soviet)

rendezvous in space

satellite (American)

satellite (Soviet)

flight medicine and physiology

Florida, cold snaps in

Ford Trimotor

free return trajectory

Freedom 7
spacecraft

Freeman, Faith

Freeman, Ted

Friendship 7
spacecraft

Fucci, James

future, lack of vision for

G force

g limiter

G load

Gagarin, Yuri

background

first flight to space

hero to Neil

memorial to, on the moon

galaxies

Galileo

Galileo planetary craft

Garman, Jack

Garriott, Owen

Gemini 3

Gemini 4

Gemini 5

Gemini 6

Gemini 7

Gemini 8

liftoff

reentry

roll emergency

second-guessing of Neil’s performance

Gemini 9

Gemini 10

Gemini 11

Gemini 12

Gemini Nine (astronauts)

credentials of

Gemini Project

Gemini simulator

Gemini spacecraft

Gibson, Edward

Gibson, Robert “Hoot”

Gilruth, Robert

Glenn, Annie

Glenn, John

boarding spacecraft

character of

chosen for Redstone

escorts JFK

at Grissom’s burial in Arlington

grounded by JFK

hero to Neil

in Houston

jogging

jungle survival training

Mercury-Atlas flight around Earth (1962)

on Neil’s personality

one of the Mercury Seven

parades for

pilot in Korean War

returns to space at 77 years of age

Senate career

on the space race

support for Neil’s pilotry

support for Slayton

gliders

God

Goddard, Esther

Gold, Herb

Goldin, Dan

Gorbachev, Mikhail

Gordon, Dick

Gordon, Henry

Graveline, Duane

“Green Six” target in Korean War

Grissom, Gus

burial at Arlington

chosen for Redstone

death in launchpad fire

on Gemini 3

on Gemini 4

in Houston

memorial to, on the moon

Mercury flight

one of the Mercury Seven

in simulator

supports Slayton

Grumman Aircraft

guidance office (GUIDO)

guidance systems

Gulfstream aircraft

Haise, Fred

Haney, Paul

Harbaugh, Greg

Harrington, Bob

Harris, Hugh

Harrison, Ed

Hauck, Rick

Hawaii Rescue 1 and 2 (C-130s)

Hawaiian Islands, view from space

heat shield

Hilmers, Dave

Hodge, John

Hope, Bob

Hornet,
USS

Houston, Texas

Hoyle, Fred

Hubble Constant

Hubble Space Telescope

humans, first appearance on Earth

Huntsville, Alabama

inboard cutoff

International Geophysical Year (IGY)

International Space Station

“Jingle Bells” broadcast

John Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio

Johnson, Lyndon

Johnsville, Pennsylvania

jumpsuit

jungle survival training

Jupiter-C/Juno-I rocket

Kamanin, Lev

Kauai, Hawaii, tracking station

Kazakhstan

KC-135 (“Vomit Comet”)

Kennedy, Jacqueline

Kennedy, John F.

challenge to go to moon and return (1961)

interest in space

meets John Glenn on landing

protected from possible blame in re Slayton

visits Cape Canaveral

watching a launch

Kerwin, Joseph

King, Jack

Kitchell, Jim

Knight, Carol

Komarov, Valentina

Komarov, Vladimir

memorial to, on the moon

Korean War (1950)

Korolev, Sergei

Kraft, Chris

Kranz, Gene

Lagrange points

Laika (Russian dog in space)

Landwirth, Henri

Las Vegas odds on Apollo flights

Launch Control, Cape Canaveral

Lemaître, Georges

Leonov, Alexei

Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory, Cleveland, Ohio

Liberty Bell 7
spacecraft

life, Neil’s respect for

Life
magazine

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

Lindbergh, Charles

Lindsey, Steve

Los Angeles, California

Lounge, Mike

Lovell, James

on
Apollo 8

and
Apollo 11

on
Apollo 13

celebrity status

character of

on
Gemini 7

and Gemini 8

on
Gemini 12

Gemini missions

and launchpad fire investigation

LLTV training

one of Gemini Nine

phone call to
Apollo 11
astronauts

preaches need to return to space

training

understands Neil’s reluctance to be in the spotlight

at White House

Low, George

Lunar Landing Training Vehicle (LLTV)

crash of

ejection from

Neil’s training on

lunar module (LM)

computers on

construction of

order of entering and exiting

testing of

lunar module simulator

Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI)

lunar receiving laboratory (LRL)

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

Luscombe plane

Magellanic Cloud

Makarov, Oleg

Man-in-Space-Soonest (MISS) group

Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas

Mars, exploration of

Martians on Earth

mascons on the moon

Mason
destroyer

Max-Q

McAuliffe, Christa

McCandless, Bruce

McDivitt, James

McKay, Jack

meals in space

Mercury-Atlas flights

Mercury Control

Mercury Project

success of

Mercury Seven (astronauts)

recruiting for

Michel, Curt

MIG planes

Milky Way

Mir