Bold They Rise: The Space Shuttle Early Years, 1972-1986 (Outward Odyssey: A People's History of S) (56 page)

ablative heat shield,
45
,
109–10

abort system,
29–31

Abrahamson, Jim,
151

“Ace Construction Company,”
267

“Ace Moving Company,”
176

“Ace Satellite Repair,”
175–76

Acton, Loren,
212

air-breathing engines,
44

Air Force Academy, astronaut graduates of,
57–58

Aldridge, Pete,
279
,
280
,
281
,
311

Allen, Joe,
25–26
,
88–89
,
112
,
142–48
,
188–95

Apollo program,
94–95
; and
Apollo 1
fire,
290
; and
Apollo 16
mission,
20
,
21
,
106
,
133
; and
Apollo 17
mission,
21
,
116
; contrast of, with shuttle design,
32
,
36
,
40
,
43
,
46
; simulators and,
78–79
; and vehicle abort system,
29
; and vehicle design,
27

Apollo-Soyuz Test Project,
32
,
67
,
87
,
116
,
148

ASC
-1 satellite,
262

Assembly Concept for Construction of Erectable Space Structure (
ACCESS
),
265–68
,
266

Atlantis
(
OV
-104),
80
.
See also specific flights

Atlas rocket booster,
94

aurora, photograph of,
210–11

AUSSAT
-1 satellite,
262

Bartoe, John-David,
212

Baudry, Patrick,
254
,
256

Bayh, Birch,
89

Before Lift-Off
(Cooper),
183

Beggs, Jim,
169

bends, the,
152

Bluford, Guion,
14
,
165–68
,
167
,
218
,
220

Bobko, Bo,
75
,
100–101
,
149
,
229
,
246–48
,
250

Bolden, Charlie,
15–16
,
30–31
,
80
,
90–91
,
132
,
271–72
,
274–78
,
297–98

Brand, Vance,
127
,
142
,
143–44
,
146–49
,
169
,
170
,
173

Brandenstein, Dan,
58
,
70–71
,
72–74
,
165–68
,
254–55
,
310

Bridges, Roy,
212
,
282

Buchli, James,
215
,
220
,
222
,
223
,
227
,
297

Bugg, Charlie,
251

Burke, Roger,
38
,
78–79

Bush, George H. W.,
109

Cenker, Robert,
271

Centaur rocket,
282–85

ceramic tiles.
See
thermal protection system

Cernan, Gene,
116

Chaffee, Roger,
290

Challenger
(
OV
-99),
81
.
See also specific flights

Chang-Diaz, Franklin,
271

classified missions,
222–29

Cleave, Mary,
163
,
264
,
267
,
297

Coats, Michael,
230
,
235
,
243

Cohen, Aaron,
186–87

Columbia
(
OV
-102),
80
,
83
,
90–91
,
182
.
See also specific flights

Comet Halley Active Monitoring Program (
CHAMP
) experiment,
274–75

communication, limited,
120
,
122
,
130
,
153
,
184

computer technology, shuttle design and,
32–33
,
36–37

Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System (
CFES
),
231–32
,
251

Cooper, Henry S. F., Jr.:
Before Lift-Off
,
183

Covey, Dick,
57–59
,
65
,
258–64
,
286–90
,
310–11

Creighton, John,
56
,
254–55

crew cabin, location of,
3
,
4

Crippen, Bob: computer technology and,
98–99
; Manned Orbiting Laboratory program and,
65
; simulators and,
79
;
STS
-1 and,
5
,
92–93
,
94
,
97–112
,
99
,
113–14
;
STS
-7 and,
156–57
,
160–61
,
163–65
;
STS
-13 and,
169
;
STS
-41
C
and,
173–80
;
STS
-41
G
and,
181–88
;
STS
-51
L
and,
302
,
313–14
;
STS
-62
A
and,
279–81
; and thermal protection system,
89–90

Cronkite, Walter,
180

DeLucas, Larry,
251

Discovery
(
OV
-103),
80
.
See also specific flights

The Dream Is Alive
,
179–80
,
298

Dunbar, Bonnie,
44–47
,
215
,
218–20

Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (
ERBS
),
184–85

Education Toys in Space activities,
252

electrophoresis.
See
Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System (
CFES
)

Endeavour
(
OV
-105),
80

England, Tony,
212

Engle, Joe:
Enterprise
approach and landing tests and,
81
,
85–86
; shuttle planning and,
116–17
; Shuttle Training Aircraft and,
80
;
STS
-1 and,
91–92
,
95–96
,
117
;
STS
-2 and,
115
,
118–21
,
123–25
,
132
,
259–60
;
STS
-51
I
and,
258–62
; on women in
TFNG
,
68–69
;
X
-15 plane and,
85
,
116
,
118