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Authors: Robert Zimmerman

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shown on television from Apollo 8, 164, 165-66, 206-11
sphere of influence, 101
U.S. plans for flight to, 161, 162, 184-85
N
NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
decision-making process, 242
directors, 188
Manned Spacecraft Center (Houston), 81, 98
press liaisons for astronauts' wives, 58
quality control problems, 149

 

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See also
U.S. space program;
and specific missions
National Academy of Sciences, 244
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
See
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Council, 235, 254
Naval Academy, 32-34, 37-38, 40-42
navigation
on Apollo 8, 54-57, 63, 96, 99, 127-29, 167, 171, 216, 222-24
I.M.U. (inertial measuring unit), 54-55, 222, 279
New York City
astronauts in, 234
Columbia University protests, 152, 153, 154, 155-58
New York Times
, 75, 87, 240, 245
Nichols, Nichelle, 258
Nikolayev, Andrian, 86, 89, 104
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