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USA in Space, Fourth Edition

Table of Contents

Volume 1



Publisher’s Note


Introduction


Preface to the Third Edition


Contributors


List of Abbreviations


Complete List of Contents


Air Traffic Control Satellites


Amateur Radio Satellites


Ames Research Center


Ansari X Prize


Apollo Program


Apollo Program: Command and Service Module


Apollo Program: Developmental Flights


Apollo Program: Geological Results


Apollo Program: Lunar Lander Training Vehicles


Apollo Program: Lunar Module


Apollo Program: Orbital and Lunar Surface Experiments


Apollo 1


Apollo 7


Apollo 8


Apollo 9


Apollo 10


Apollo 11


Apollo 12


Apollo 13


Apollo 14


Apollo 15


Apollo 15’s Lunar Rover


Apollo 16


Apollo 17


Apollo-Soyuz Test Project


Applications Technology Satellites


Asteroid Redirect Mission


Astronauts and the U.S. Astronaut Program


Atlas Launch Vehicles


Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science


Attack Satellites


Biosatellites


Cape Canaveral and the Kennedy Space Center


Chandra X-Ray Observatory


Clementine Mission to the Moon


Commercial Crewed vehicles


Compton Gamma Ray Observatory


Cooperation in Space: U.S. and Russian


Dawn Mission


Deep Impact


Deep Space Network


Delta Launch Vehicles


Dynamics Explorers


Early-Warning Satellites


Earth Observing System Satellites


Electronic Intelligence Satellites


Environmental Science Services Administration Satellites


Escape from Piloted Spacecraft


Ethnic and Gender Diversity in the Space Program


Europa Clipper


Explorers: Air Density


Explorers: Astronomy


Explorers: Atmosphere


Explorers: Ionosphere


Explorers: Micrometeoroid


Explorers: Radio Astronomy


Explorers: Solar


Explorers 1-7


Extravehicular Activity


Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer


Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer


Funding Procedures of Space Programs


Galaxy Evolution Explorer


Galileo: Jupiter


Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope


Gemini Program


Gemini Spacecraft


Gemini 3


Gemini IV


Gemini V


Gemini VI-A and VII


Gemini VIII


Gemini IX-A and X


Gemini XI and XII


Geodetic Satellites


Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES)


Get-Away Special Experiments


Global Atmospheric Research Program


Global Positioning System


Goddard Space Flight Center


Gravity Probe B


Heat Capacity Mapping Mission


High-Energy Astronomical Observatories


Hubble Space Telescope


Hubble Space Telescope: Science


Hubble Space Telescope: Servicing Missions


Huygens Lander


Infrared Astronomical Satellite


Intelsat Communications Satellites


International Space Station: Crew Return Vehicles


International Space Station: Design and Uses


International Space Station: Development


International Space Station: Living and Working Accommodations


International Space Station: Modules and Nodes


International Space Station: U.S. Contributions


International Space Station: 1998


International Space Station: 1999


International Space Station: 2000


International Space Station: 2001


International Space Station: 2002


International Space Station: 2003


International Space Station: 2004


International Space Station: 2005


International Space Station: 2006


International Space Station: 2007


International Space Station: 2008


International Space Station: 2009


International Space Station: 2010


International Space Station: 2011


International Space Station: Utilization Years


International Sun-Earth Explorers


Volume 2



International Ultraviolet Explorer


Interplanetary Monitoring Platform Satellites


ITOS and NOAA Meteorological Satellites


James Webb Space Telescope


Jet Propulsion Laboratory


Johnson Space Center


Juno Probe


Kepler Space Telescope


Landsat 1, 2, and 3


Landsat 4 and 5


Landsat 7


Langley Research Center


Launch Vehicles


Launch Vehicles: Reusable


Lewis Field and Glenn Research Center


Lifting Bodies


Lunar Exploration


Lunar Orbiters


Lunar Prospector


Magellan: Venus


Manned Maneuvering Unit


Manned Orbiting Laboratory


Mariner 1 and 2


Mariner 3 and 4


Mariner 5


Mariner 6 and 7


Mariner 8 and 9


Mariner 10


Mars Climate Orbiter and Mars Polar Lander


Mars Exploration Rovers


Mars Global Surveyor


Mars InSight


Mars Observer


Mars Odyssey


Mars Pathfinder


Mars Phoenix


Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter


Marshall Space Flight Center


Materials Processing in Space


Mercury Project


Mercury Project Development


Mercury Spacecraft


Mercury-Redstone 3


Mercury-Redstone 4


Mercury-Atlas 6


Mercury-Atlas 7


Mercury-Atlas 8


Mercury-Atlas 9


MESSENGER


Meteorological Satellites


Meteorological Satellites: Military


Mission to Planet Earth


Mobile Satellite System


National Aeronautics and Space Administration


National AeroSpace Plane


National Commission on Space


Navigation Satellites


New Horizons Pluto-Kuiper Belt Mission


New Millennium Program


Nimbus Meteorological Satellites


Nuclear Detection Satellites


Nuclear Energy in Space


Ocean Surveillance Satellites


Orbiting Astronomical Observatories


Orbiting Geophysical Observatories


Orbiting Solar Observatories


OSIRIS-REx


Parker Solar Probe


Pegasus Launch Vehicles


Pioneer Missions 1-5


Pioneer Missions 6-E


Pioneer 10


Pioneer 11


Pioneer Venus 1


Pioneer Venus 2


Planetary Exploration


Private Industry and Space Exploration


Ranger Program


Rocketry: Early History


Rocketry: Modern History


Russia’s Mir Space Station


Saturn Launch Vehicles


Search and Rescue Satellites


Search for Extraterrestrial Life


Seasat


Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment


Skylab 2


Skylab 3


Skylab 4


Skylab Program


Skylab Space Station


Small Explorer Program


SMS and GOES Meteorological Satellites


Solar and Heliospheric Observatory


Solar Maximum Mission


Soyuz and Progress Spacecraft


Soyuz Launch Vehicle


Space Centers, Spaceports, and Launch Sites


Space Shuttle


Space Shuttle: Ancestors


Space Shuttle: Approach and Landing Test Flights


Space Shuttle: Life Science Laboratories


Space Shuttle: Living Accommodations


Space Shuttle: Microgravity Laboratories and Payloads


Space Shuttle: Radar Imaging Laboratories


Volume 3



Space Shuttle Mission STS-1


Space Shuttle Mission STS-2


Space Shuttle Flights, 1982


Space Shuttle Flights, 1983


Space Shuttle Mission STS-6


Space Shuttle Flights, 1984


Space Shuttle Mission STS 41-B


Space Shuttle Mission STS 41-C


Space Shuttle Mission STS 51-A


Space Shuttle Flights, January-June, 1985


Space Shuttle Flights, July-December, 1985


Space Shuttle Mission STS 51-I


Space Shuttle Mission STS 61-C


Space Shuttle Mission STS 51-L


Space Shuttle Activity, 1986-1988


Space Shuttle Mission STS-26


Space Shuttle Flights, 1989


Space Shuttle Flights, 1990


Space Shuttle Flights, 1991


Space Shuttle Flights, 1992


Space Shuttle Mission STS-49


Space Shuttle Flights, 1993


Space Shuttle Mission STS-61


Space Shuttle Flights, 1994


Space Shuttle Flights, 1995


Space Shuttle Mission STS-63


Space Shuttle-Mir: Joint Missions


Space Shuttle Mission STS-71/Mir Primary Expedition Eighteen


Space Shuttle Flights, 1996


Space Shuttle Flights, 1997


Space Shuttle Flights, 1998


Space Shuttle Mission STS-95


Space Shuttle Flights, 1999


Space Shuttle Mission STS-93


Space Shuttle Flights, 2000


Space Shuttle Flights, 2001


Space Shuttle Flights, 2002


Space Shuttle Mission STS-107


Space Shuttle Activity, 2003-2004


Space Shuttle Mission STS-114


Space Shuttle Mission STS-120


Space Shuttle Mission STS-125


Space Shuttle Mission STS-133, Final flight of Discovery


Space Shuttle Mission STS-134, Final Flight of Endeavour


Space Shuttle Mission STS-135, Final Flight of Atlantis


Space Stations: Origins and Development


Space Suit Development


Space Task Group


Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network


SPACEHAB


Spacelab Program


SpaceShipOne


SpaceX


Spitzer Space Telescope


Spy Satellites


Stardust Project


Strategic Defense Initiative


Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment


Surveyor Program


Swift Gamma Ray Burst Mission


Telecommunications Satellites: Maritime


Telecommunications Satellites: Military


Telecommunications Satellites: Passive Relay


Telecommunications Satellites: Private and Commercial


Telescopes: Air and Space


Tethered Satellite System


TIROS Meteorological Satellites


Titan Launch Vehicles


Tracking and Data-Relay Communications Satellites


Ulysses: Solar Polar Mission


United Space Alliance


United States Space Command


Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite


Vandenberg Air Force Base


Vanguard Program


Viking Program


Viking 1 and 2


Voyager Program


Voyager 1: Jupiter


Voyager 1: Saturn


Voyager 2: Jupiter


Voyager 2: Saturn


Voyager 2: Uranus


Voyager 2: Neptune


Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe


X-15


X-20 Dyna-Soar


Appendixes



Key Figures in the History of Space Exploration


Glossary


Space Shuttle Missions


Online Resources