SP-4011 Skylab: A Chronology
 
 
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A
 
AAP missions (see also Apollo Applications Program)
AAP-1, 98, 128, 150, 156
CSM, 109, 112
electrical power system, 112
fuel cells, 112
experiments, 106, 120, 125
objectives, 120, 125
AAP-1 A
experiments, 120
objectives, 119, 120
AAP-1/AAP-2, 109, 114, 115, 150
experiments, 106, 114, 139
objectives, 109, 114, 119
AAP-2, 150
configuration, 105
CSM, 109
experiments, 128, 147
objectives, 114, 119
schedule, 108
space suit study, 142
stowage 162
AAP-3, 114, 150
configuration, 105
CSM, 109
launch date, 189
objectives, 107, 128
AAP-3A, 150, 153
experiments, 109
objectives, 136-37
AAP-3/AAP-4
experiments, 109, 128
objectives, 107, 109, 128
AAP-4, 114, 150, 153, 162
configuration, 105
CSM, 109
LM as ATM, 109-10
objectives, 107, 128
space suit study, 142
AAP-A
definition studies, 116, 152
meteorology experiment, 102
AAP-B, definition studies, 116, 152
AAP Inter-Center Interface Panels, 143
created, 105, 121
Electrical, 105
Instrumentation and Communications, 105
Mechanical, 105
Mission Evaluation, 105
Mission Requirements, 105
Systems Integration, 105
Systems Safety, 105
AAP Software Board, 159
Aberg, John O., 142
Actron Industries Inc., 383
Adams, Mac C., 86
Advanced Orbiting Solar Observatory, 69, 79
Aero Services ices, 64
Aeronautics and Astronautics Coordinating Board, 25
Manned Space Flight Panel, 25, 26
Aerospace Corp., 382
Aerospace Safety Advisory Council 221, 290-91, 315
duties, 290-91
purpose, 221
Skylab Program Review, 290-91, 315
Africa, 334, 339
Agena, 73
Agnew Harold M., 291
Agnew, Spiro T., 342
Aiea, HA, 376
Aircraft
C-5A, 279
Guppy, 155, 234, 240, 280
KC-135, 200, 208
Super Guppy, 240, 252, 274, 286
AiResearch Div. See Garrett Corp.
Airlock, 58, 67, 91
advanced concept, 91, 101
flexible scientific, 157
Airlock module (AM), 126-27, 153, 222, 236, 252, 275, 283, 284, 286
AM/MDA engineering inspection, 270
AM/MDA manned altitude chamber test 116, 274
AM/MDA simulation flight test, 155, 158, 271, 274, 283
astronaut maneuvering unit, 98
backup, 235
caution and warning system, 158, 179, 193, 288
Change Review Board, 206
command and instrumentation center, 158
contract, 90, 144, 205
coolanol system, 179, 230, 239
crew station review 202, 205
crew system review, 185, 277
critical design review, 207, 209
data management, 158, 207
design certification review, 283
design concept, 58, 90, 101, 177, 185, 186
electrical power, 118, 207, 271
environmental control system, 90, 158, 207
experiments, 88
responsibility for 207, 271
flight article, 256, 258
flight article test, 137-38, 256
Gemini technology, 90
intercommunications, 158, 207, 285
life support system, 90, 158, 179, 237
modifications, 180
preliminary design review, 92
radar transponders, 118
scientific 175
Scientific Airlock Working Group, 263
stowage, 153, 245, 271
teleprinter, 145, 166, 199
testing, 137-38, 155, 157, 159, 186, 187, 200, 241, 256
trainers, 232
Akens, David S., 142
Alabama Space and Rocket Center, 269
Albany, NY, 386, 394
Aldrich, Arnold D., 342
Aldrin, Edwin E., Jr., 27
Alibrando, Alfred P., 210
Allebach, Newton W., 370
Allen, H. Julian, 75
Allen, Kenneth J., 18
Allen, Robert E., 377
Allenby, Richard J., 39
Aller, Robert O., 244, 250, 269, 316
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co., 68
fuel cell, 68
contract, 23, 105, 146
electrical power system, 146
American Astronautical Society, 124, 354
American Embassy Science Attache, 313, 320
American Geophysical Union, 355
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 114, 130, 242, 355
Fourth Manned Space Flight Meeting, 52
American Optical Co., 106
American Science and Engineering, Inc., 142, 376, 381-82
Ames, Milton B., Jr., 118
Ames Research Center, xvi, 8, 11, 75, 214, 234, 269, 283
Biosatellite Manager, 75
Amsbury, David L., 375
Analytical Research Laboratories, 258
Anders William A., 27
Anderson, Senator Clinton P., 37-38, 62, 210
Anderson, Frank W., Jr., xvi
Anderson, G. M., 69
Anderson, K. A., 387
Andrews AFB, MD, 135
Ann Arbor, MI, 394
Apollo A, 16
Apollo 6, 124
Apollo 7 (AS-205), 143, 199
Apollo 10, 156
Apollo 11, 167
Apollo 12, lightning strike, 297
Apollo 13 Accident Review Board, 211, 238
Apollo 14, 208
Apollo 15, 208, 223, 232, 239, 240, 297
contamination control, 232, 246, 260
Apollo 16, 224, 232, 239, 240
experiments, 232, 260
cameras 240
mass spectrometer, 240
Apollo 17, 223, 239, 240, 289
experiments, 232
infrared scanning radiometer, 240
ultraviolet spectrometer, 240
Apollo 18, 197
Apollo 19, 197
Apollo 20, deleted, 188
Apollo 204, fire, 104
funding, 112
impact, 112, 119
Apollo Applications Program (see also AAP-I, etc.), xv, xvi, 47, 62, 67, 70, 94, 130
abort guidance system, 155
airlock (see also Airlock; Airlock Module), 67, 139
astronaut maneuvering unit, 97, 98
budget, 68, 71, 98, 130
caution and warning system, 155, 288
Center responsibilities, 54, 66-67, 89, 119, 132, 137, 142
cluster, 88, 101, 116, 128, 144, 153, 157, 225-26
LM/ATM, 100, 167
manned CSM, 100
Workshop, 100
component nomenclature changes, 85, 127
concepts, 168
configuration guidelines, 54, 79, 111, 134, 147, 157, 162, 163
crew safety, 75, 86, 122
crew training, 93
CSM, 53, 69, 75, 147
definition studies, 77
design decisions, 76, 122
designated, 49
engineering support, 134
experiment activities, 52, 53, 68, 75, 80, 88, 104, 132
experiment payload, 54, 61, 68, 116, 137, 147
established, 52, 54
funding, 73, 74, 77, 119
funding constraints, 92, 98, 126, 133, 136, 143
innovations, 114
land-landing systems, 67, 77, 94-95, 107, 112, 118, 173-74
lunar activity, 122, 138
lunar orbit, 76
lunar exploration, 126, 138, 239
missions (see also AAP-1, etc.), 57, 68, 73-76, 79, 89, 94, 95, 96, 103, 112-13, 119, 153, 178, 185
modified CSMs, 105, 109, 110, 148, 152
objectives, 52, 54, 62-63, 66, 67, 79, 88, 94, 98, 113, 123, 136, 161, 167, 169, 186
payload configuration, 86, 103
payload integration, 54, 58, 61, 75, 89, 116, 126, 139, 142, 150
phase C technical proposal, 53, 76, 88-89
planning, 50, 53, 68, 71, 74, 75, 82, 95, 96, 105, 106, 119, 178
primary navigation guidance system, 155
problem, multiple launch, 79
proposed goal, 55, 73
redesignated Skylab Program, xvi, 193
reliability, 135
reprogramming, 119
schedule, 51, 71, 96, 100, 108, 112, 116, 122, 138, 169, 171, 172
Source Evaluation Board, 74, 76, 77
space suits, 142, 147
system engineering, 114
system requirements, 58, 77, 98, 125, 127
technical planning session, 75
testing, 77-79, 138, 142-43, 147
weight, 147, 157
Apollo command module, 283
Apollo Extension System (AES), xvi, 41, 47-50
Center roles, 30, 41, 47, 49, 50
concept, 38
experiments, 38-40, 42, 47, 59, 85
goals, 47, 119
planning guidelines, 30, 39, 41, 47
plans, 41, 42, 47, 59
program definition, 38, 39, 41, 42, 47
redesignated Apollo Applications Program, 49
spacecraft atmosphere, 48-49
system development, 39, 47
Apollo Logistic Support System Office, 34
Apollo Lunar Exploration Mission, 164
common CSM, 164, 168, 171
hardware configuration, 164, 188
Apollo Orbital Research Laboratory, 31
Apollo program (see also Apollo 6, etc.), iii, xvi, 9, 23, 31-32, 34, 62, 194, 300
experiments, 16, 68, 88
hardware, 22-23, 78, 130
landing rocket system, 67
lunar landing, 68, 71, 88
manned lunar landing program, 38, 51, 55, 77
schedule, 112
subsystem testing, 55, 77-78, 314
Apollo-Saturn 209, 86
Orbital Workshop as experiment, 86
Apollo-Saturn 209/210, 87
S-IVB airlock module experiment, 87
Apollo/SLA Workshop, 70
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, 227, 282, 292, 333, 345
CSM-111, 282
CSM-119 282
Skylab visit, 333
Apollo spacecraft (see also Apollo 6, etc.), 22-23, 34, 71, 252
Block II, 78
design, 20
modifications, 23, 27, 68, 71, 147
objectives, 52
procurement for AAP, 56
scientific equipment, 85
telescope, 85
Apollo Spacecraft Program Office (ASPO, MSC), 36-37, 54, 67, 124, 182
Apollo telescope mount (ATM), 71, 111, 160, 176, 197, 275, 381-83, 397, 399
acceptance checkout equipment, 140, 157
approval asked, 69, 79
ascent stage, 95
as part of OWS, 236
ATM-A, 152
ATM-B, 152, 183
ATM LEM integration, 95-96
baseline configuration, 95, 133
Center project offices, 62, 65
Center responsibility 83, 89, 137, 142
checkout, 119, 162, 193, 206, 260, 280
clean room, 244
computer, 152, 163, 169
Contamination Working Group, 151, 257
contract, 126
control moment gyros, 99, 107, 128, 178, 236
controls and displays, 150, 175
crew station review, 170, 196, 270, 283
critical design review, 163, 169, 176, 200, 283
definition and development, 69, 78-79, 82, 98, 157
delivery, 272, 280, 282, 302
environment, 119, 201
extravehicular activity, 137, 162, 170, 396
experiments (see also Principal Investigators), 59, 83-84, 88, 90, 114, 137, 141, 151, 162, 169, 187, 190, 219, 237, 247, 259, 271, 381-83, 396
feasibility, 79
film and camera stowage, 144, 156, 157, 162, 172, 269-70, 275, 302
flight crew, 124, 269
flight unit, 256, 260, 262, 272
funds, 74, 79, 90, 189
ground support equipment, 190, 193
guidelines, 72
H Alpha telescope, 129, 169, 172, 397
pointing system, 69, 129
instrumentation, 59, 397
integration with LEM, 72, 95
launch schedule, 109, 126, 138, 189
LM half rack, 84-86, 87, 95-96
location on payload cluster, 83, 84-87, 96, 129
management responsibility, 83, 85
mission support, 211
missions, 71, 104, 112, 122, 205, 305-07, 310, 312, 324-25, 333, 334-36, 339-41, 344, 350
monthly project reviews, 116, 205
neutral buoyancy exercise, 170
objectives, 79, 109, 127, 381-83
optical equipment, 50, 109, 172, 236, 237, 397
payload integration, 116
pointing control, 69, 96, 106, 128, 129, 184
power system, 107
solar array panels, 107, 141, 150, 165
preliminary design review, 143
project management proposal, 65, 83
Principal Investigators, 114, 132, 185, 205, 219, 259, 271, 381-83
solar astronomy, 128, 381-83
solar telescope, 69, 155, 183, 217
solar tracker, 106
tests, 141, 150, 162, 172, 178, 184, 189, 193, 244, 246, 256, 262, 270, 285, 291, 300, 305
thermal system, 130, 132, 151, 157, 172, 186, 201, 245, 272
weight growth, 95, 157
Apollo X, 16, 31, 34-37
biomedical missions, 35
configurations, 36
definition studies, 36
scientific missions, 35
Argentina, 246
Arkon Scientific Laboratories, 234
Armstrong, Edward A., xvi
Army-Navy-Air Force Journal and Register, 30
Arnold Engineering Development Center, 131
Arthur D. Little, Inc., 390
Asia, 334, 339
Associated Press, 342
Astronomy Missions Board, 124
Astronaut maneuvering unit, 334
Air Force, 98
on SAA-210, 98
on SAA-211, 98
on SAA-212, 98
Astronaut training
aircraft flying, 180
altitude training, 180
Apollo, 286
ATM, 153, 247, 256-57, 267
basic, 256
centrifuge, 180
CSM, 256-57
electrical systems, 253, 257, 268
environment, 180, 243
experiments, 61, 247-48, 256
extravehicular activity, 153, 213, 265, 288
extravehicular activity mobility unit, 288
intravehicular activity, 288
medical, 257
neutral buoyancy, 153, 213, 250
OWS systems, 257
solar physics, 189, 217
zero-g, 180
Astronauts (see also Scientist-astronauts)
Aldrin, Edwin E., Jr., 27, 167, 419
Anders, William A., 27, 418
Armstrong, Neil A., 167, 419
Bassett, Charles A., II, 27
Bean, Alan L., 27, 257, 322, 323, 324, 335, 419, 421
Bobko, Karol J., 169, 265, 275
Borman, Frank, 418
Carr, Gerald P., 257, 329, 338, 346, 422
Cernan, Eugene A., 27, 419-20
Chaffee, Roger B., 27, 104
Collins, Michael, 27, 167, 418, 419
Conrad, Charles, Jr. See Conrad, Charles, Jr., main entry.
Cooper, L. Gordon, Jr., 418, 420
Crippen, Robert L., 169, 265, 275
Cunningham, R. Walter, 27, 418
Duke, Charles M., Jr., 420
Eisele, Donn F., 27, 418
Evans, Ronald E., 420
Freeman, Theodore C., 27
Fullerton, Charles G., 169
Garriott, Owen K., 221, 257, 315, 421
Gibson, Edward G., 267, 296, 329, 338, 422
Gordon, Richard F., Jr., 27, 418, 419
Grissom, Virgil I., 104
Haise, Fred W., Jr., 419
Hartsfield, Henry W., Jr., 169, 419
Irwin, James B., 420
Lind, Don L., 257, 387
Lousma, Jack R. See Lousma, Jack R.
Lovell, James A., Jr., 418, 420
McCandless Bruce, II, 257, 380
McDivitt, James A., 232, 264, 419
Mattingly, Thomas K., II, 420
Mitchell, Edgar D., 420
Overmyer, Robert F., 169, 178
Parker, Robert A. R., 295
Peterson, Donald H., 169
Pogue, William R., 251, 267, 296, 338, 346, 422
Roosa, Stuart R., 420
Schirra, Walter M., Jr., 418
Schweickart, Russell L., 27, 257, 316, 419
Scott, David R., 27, 419, 420
Shepard, Alan B., Jr., 418, 420
Slayton, Donald K. See Slayton, Donald K., main entry
Stafford, Thomas P., 419
Swigert, John L., Jr., 420
Truly, Richard H., 169, 241
Weitz, Paul J., 257, 281, 304, 308, 421
White, Edward H., 104
Williams, Clifton C., Jr., 27
Worden, Alfred M., 420
Young, John W., 418, 419, 420
Astronomical observatory, 38
Atlanta, GA, 378
ATM. See Apollo telescope mount.
Atmosphere, spacecraft
mixed-gas, 48-49, 100, 101-02, 110, 127, 133, 298
single-gas, 48-49, 101-02, 110
Atomic Energy Commission, 301
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 301
developed miniature chemical laboratory, 301
Australia, 339
AVCO Corp.
AVCO Electronics Div., 387
space station proposal, 18
 
 
B
 
 
Ball Brothers Research Corp.
ATM experiments, 106, 132, 236, 237, 381, 382
Harvard College Observatory, 106, 237
High Altitude Observatory, 106
Naval Research Laboratory, 106, 236, 237
ATM study, 69, 74
Baltimore, MD, 105, 293, 389, 391, 392, 394
Banana River, 287
Barge, 240
Barnett, Thomas L., 383
Barron, E. T., 108
Barry, R. J., 395
Barton, Richard, xvii
Bassett, Charles A., 27
Bates J., 170
Baton Rouge, LA, 376
Battelle Memorial Institute, 178
Battey, Robert V., 164
Bauer, Ethel H., 232
Bausch & Lomb, Inc., 236
Baylor University College of Medicine, 371, 372
Bean, Alan L., 27, 257, 322, 323, 324, 335, 419, 421
Belew, Leland, xvi, 71, 75, 92, 96, 98-99, 103, 107, 111, 119,