Bold They Rise: The Space Shuttle Early Years, 1972-1986 (Outward Odyssey: A People's History of S) (58 page)

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International Space Station,
42
,
76–77
,
160
,
203
,
268
,
273

International Technology Underwriters,
191
,
194–95

Jarvis, Gregory,
271
,
286
,
287

Kennedy, John F.,
95

Kerwin, Joe,
143
,
218
,
301–5

Kohl, Helmut,
204

Kraft, Chris,
22–23
,
29–30
,
53
,
138–39
,
157

Kranz, Gene,
34
,
108
,
310

landing.
See
reentry and landing, typical

launch, typical,
1–10

LEASAT
satellites.
See
SYNCOM
-
IV
-1 (
LEASAT
-1);
SYNCOM
-
IV
-3 (
LEASAT
-3);
SYNCOM
-
IV
-4 (
LEASAT
-4)

Leestma, David,
2–4
,
6
,
181–87

Lenoir, Bill,
75
,
142–47

Lichtenberg, Byron K.,
196
,
198
,
200
,
204
,
230

Lind, Don,
48–50
,
207–11
,
311–12

Lloyd’s of London,
191
,
194–95

Long Duration Exposure Facility deployment,
174
,
179

Lounge, Mike,
1
,
132
,
258–59
,
261–63
,
282
,
313

Lousma, Jack,
126–32
,
133

Lucid, Shannon,
153–54
,
254–55

Lunney, Glynn,
232

main engines,
10
,
30
,
47–48

Manned Maneuvering Unit (
MMU
),
170–73
,
171
,
176

Manned Orbiting Laboratory program,
25
,
65–66
,
98
,
99
,
222
,
279

Mars mission,
21
,
22

Mattingly, T. K.,
21–28
,
33–39
,
43–44
,
67
,
71–72
,
78
,
99
,
132–41
,
222–28

Max Q,
8
,
292–93

McAuliffe, Christa,
286
,
287
,
295

McBride, Jon,
111
,
181
,
182
,
183

McCandless, Bruce,
169
,
170–72
,
171

McDonald, Alan,
312

McMurtry, Tom,
83
,
89

McNair, Cheryl,
298

McNair, Ron,
169
,
286
,
287
,
295
,
298

Merbold, Ulf,
196
,
198
,
199–200
,
204
,
215–16
,
230

Mercury program,
4
,
29
,
94

Messerschmid, Ernst,
215
,
217
,
219
,
220

microgravity.
See
zero gravity

mid-deck, location of,
4
,
7

military payloads,
25–26
,
137–38
.
See also
classified missions

mission specialists,
55–56
,
70–72
,
77
,
142–43

Moore, Jess,
284

Morgan, Barbara,
295

Morton Thiokol,
292
,
298
,
312

motion sickness,
124
,
129
,
159–60
,
175

Mueller, George,
22
,
53

Mullane, Mike: acceptance of, into astronaut program,
63
,
64
; application of, for astronaut position,
55–56
; on dangers of launch,
237–39
;
STS
-41
D
and,
230
,
234
,
235
,
241–43
;
STS
-51
L
and,
296–97
,
299
,
309
;
STS
-62
A
and,
279
,
281–82
; and women in
TFNG
,
69–70

Musgrave, Story,
149–55
,
212
,
214–15

Nagel, Steven,
215
,
220
,
254
,
256

Nelson, Bill,
271
,
275–78

Nelson, George “Pinky”: shuttle design and,
50–51
;
STS
-3 and,
127–28
,
130
;
STS
-4 and,
134–35
;
STS
-41
C
and,
173
,
174
,
176–78
,
177
;
STS
-51
L
and,
298–99
;
STS
-61
C
and,
271
,
274–75
,
277

Nichols, Nichelle,
54

Nixon, Richard,
22
,
266

Ockels, Wubbo,
215
,
216–17

O’Connor, Bryan,
78–79
,
264
,
269
,
300–301
,
306–8

Odle, Randy,
281

Onizuka, Ellison:
STS
-2 and,
115–16
;
STS
-51
C
and,
222
,
223
,
227
;
STS
-51
L
and,
286
,
287
,
287
,
294
,
295
,
298
,
299

Onizuka, Lorna,
299

Overmyer, Bob,
12
,
142
,
143
,
147
,
207
,
210
,
311–12

Page, George,
103

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