LUNAR IMPACT: A History of Project Ranger

INDEX

A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   K   L   M   N   O   P   Q   R   S   T   U   V   W   X   Y   Z

A

Abbott, Ira

7-121

Abelson, Philip

13-201, 13-202

Able Lunar Orbiter

1-14 (photo)

Advanced Research Projects Agency

1-5, 1-6, 1-10

Aeronutronic Div., Ford Motor Co.

3-61, 7-115, 8-124, 8-125, 9-138, 10-159, 13-203, 14-218

Agena B

6-96 (diagram)

Agena B Coordination Board

2-32, 2-33, 2-43, 2-45, 4-64, 4-66, 5-91, 5-93

Agena Failure Investigating Board

6-109

Agena Survey Team

2-25, 2-26, 2-30, 2-31

Air Force Ballistic Missiles Div.

2-31, 2-32, 2-33, 2-34, 4-63, 4-64

Air Force Space Systems Div.

6-109, 12-190, 12-191

Albert John E.

2-34, 2-35 (photo), 6-99, 6-106, 6-110, 10-169 (photo)

Alcorn, Deloyce

13-206

Alexander, W. M.

3-54, 8-134

Allenby, J. R.

14-220

Alphonsus crater

19-298, 19-299, 19-300, 19-302, 19-303, 19-303 (photos)

Alter, Dinsmore

1-12, 19-299

Anderson, Clinton P.

16-249

Anderson, Ernest C.

4-78

Anderson, H. R.

3-54, 8-134

Apollo Project

1-12, 7-114, 7-115, 7-118, 7-120, 7-122, 7-123, 10-156, 10-157, 10-158, 10-159, 10-162, 10-163, 11-177, 11-182, 12-189, 12-191, 12-192, 13-199, 13-200, 13-201, 13-202, 13-203, 13-206, 13-207, 13-210, 14-217, 15-232, 18-279, 18-280, 18-281, 18-282, 18-283, 18-284, 18-285, 18-288, 19-290, 19-296, 19-309

ArArnold, James R.

1-11, 1-15, 3-54, 4-78, 4-79, 9-146, 9-149, 13-210, 14-216

ARPA

See Advanced Research Projects Agency

Atlas

6-94, 6-95

Atlas-Able

1-13

     mission summary

B-325

Atlas-Agena B

1-23, 2-25, 4-63, 4-64, 4-65, 4-66, 4-67, 4-69, 4-74, 4-79, 6-94, 6-95, 6-106, 6-109, 6-110, 8-127, 9-139, 9-142, 9-143, 10-161 (photo), 12-187, 12-188, 12-189, 12-190, 12-191

Atlas-Vega

1-15, 1-16 (photo), 1-18, 1-20, 1-23

Atomic Energy Commission

4-74

 

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B

Bader, M.

8-134

Bailey, Frederick J.

11-173

Beckman, Arnold O.

16-249

Berkner, Lloyd

1-12, 3-49

Betts, A. W.

4-75

Bourdeau, R. E.

8-134

Boyle, Marjorie J.

12-192

Bratenahl, Alexander

17-260, 17-261

Bronk, Detlev, W.

4-71

Brown. Harrison

1-11, 1-15

Brown, Herschel J.

2-39

Brown, Walter E.

4-79, 7-115, 13-210, 14-216

Buckley, Edmond C.

5-87, 7-121

Burke, James D.

2-28, 2-29, 2-30 (photo), 2-35 (photo), 2-42, 2-45, 3-46, 3-57, 4-63, 4-64, 4-65, 4-66, 4-67, 4-70, 4-73, 4-74, 4-75, 4-76, 4-79, 6-99, 6-101, 6-103, 6-105, 6-106, 6-108, 6-109, 6-110, 7-116, 7-119, 7-123, 8-125, 8-127, 8-129, 8-130, 8-131, 8-132, 8-133, 8-135, 9-145, 9-148, 9-149, 9-152, 9-153, 10-159, 10-167, 10-169 (photo), 11-172, 11-176, 11-178, 11-181, 14-214, 14-215, 15-226, 19-307, 19-308

 

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C

California Institute of Technology

1-3, 3-52, 10-160, 13-205, 16-240, 16-249, 16-251, 16-252, 16-253, 16-254

Campen, Charles

15-223, 15-225, 15-226, 17-261

Casani, John

3-46

Case, Clifford

12-192

Chubb, T. A.

3-54, 6-105, 6-111

Clark, John E.

1-6

Clark, John F.

4-75, 8-136, 18-283

Clarke, Victor

9-139

Cole, Charles

3-58, 8-132

Collins, Foster

1-20

Comuntzis, Marc

3-46

Continental Devices

12-197

Coon, Kenneth C.

14-215, 14-218

Corporal missile

1-4

Cortright, Edgar

2-38 (photo), 4-75, 4-76, 4-77, 6-110, 7-113, 7-115, 7-116, 7-122, 8-127, 8-130, 10-159, 10-160, 11-180, 12-187, 13-203, 13-204, 13-205, 13-206, 13-209, 13-210, 14-221, 15-230, 15-236, 16-244, 16-251, 16-253, 17-262, 17-267 (photo), 19-290, 19-292

Coughlin, William J.

16-240, 16-254

Cousins, Norman

18-286

Cummings, Clifford I.

1-24, 2-29 (photo), 2-36, 2-43, 3-53, 3-57, 4-64, 4-65, 4-73, 4-76, 4-77, 6-106, 7-115, 7-116, 7-118, 7-119, 7-120, 8-126, 8-127, 10-159, 11-176

Cunningham, N. William

7-122, 7-123 (photo), 8-130, 8-131, 8-132, 8-133, 8-135, 8-136, 9-152, 10-169 (photo), 11-173, 12-187, 12-190, 12-196, 13-199, 13-206, 13-207, 13-210, 14-220, 15-225, 15-230, 15-231, 15-234, 15-237, 16-244, 16-246, 16-247, 17-257, 19-290, 19-298

 

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D

Dangle, Eugene

16-244

Davis, Leighton I.

5-91

Debus, Kurt H.

5-91, 5-92, 6-105, 6-106, 10-169 (photo)

Deep Space Instrumentation Facility.

See Deep Space Network

Deep Space Network

5-82, 5-83, 5-84, 5-85, 5-86, 5-87, 5-88, 6-99, 6-103, 6-104, 6-105, 6-108, 9-142, 9-150, 9-153, 15-233, 19-309, 19-310, S-314

Deep Space Instrumentation Facility

5-82

DSN-spacecraft link

5-87 (diagram)

Goldstone antenna

5-86 (photo)

Johannesburg antenna

6-100 (photo)

station locations

5-85

Denison, Frank G.

3-61, 4-64, 8-124, 8-125

Dickinson, Bert

17-269

Discoverer

2-25, 2-39

Dobies, Edwin

8-128

Donlan, Charles

10-157

Downhower, Walter

3-46, 15-236, 15-237, 15-238, 16-241

Dryden. Hugh L.

1-20, 1-21 (photo), 5-93, 7-114, 12-189, 16-246

DuBridge, Lee A.

1-4, 1-5, 10-160, 13-201, 13-202, 16-249

Duerr, Friedrich

2-32, 2-33 (photo), 10-169 (photo), 12-188

Duncan, Donal B.

8-125

 

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E

Eichel, Henry H.

6-109, 6-110

Eimer, Manfred

8-132, 8-133

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

1-3

Ewing, Maurice

1-12, 3-54, 4-78

Explorer satellites

1-4, 1-8, 6-94

 

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F

Faget, Maxime

17-262

Farley, T. A.

8-134

Fleming, William A.

2-32

Foster, John

11-173

Fullbright, J. William

18-280

Fulton, James

7-113, 10-160

 

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G

Gagarin, Yuri

7-112

Garbarini, Robert

17-262

Gemini Project

19-299, 19-305

General Dynamics-Astronautics

2-33, 4-63, 6-94, 9-139, 9-143, 12-189, 12-191, 17-260

Giberson, Eugene

3-57, 10-159

Gilruth, Robert R.

13-201, 18-281

Glenn, John

9-154

Glennan, T. Keith

1-20, 1-21 (photo), 1-23, 2-43, 2-44, 2-45, 3-49, 4-65, 4-72

Goddard Space Flight Center

2-31, 4-76, 12-191

Goett, Harry

2-31, 2-43

Gold, Thomas

1-12, 18-285, 19-309

Goldwater, Barry

14-217, 18-271

Gray, Gordon

1-20

Grumman Aircraft Corp.

12-192

Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory

1-3

 

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H

Harr, Karl G. Jr.

1-20

Hastrup, Rolph

10-164, 10-165, 10-166

Heacock, Raymond

8-128, 15-223, 15-226, 15-230 (photo), 18-274 (photo), 18-284, 19-292 (photo), 19-298, 19-300

Heppner, J. P.

1-4, 6-101, 6-105, 6-106

Hercules Powder Co.

3-62

Hess, Harry

18-283

Heyser, Richard

15-236, 15-237

Hibbs, Albert R.

3-49, 3-52, 4-74, 4-76, 6-101, 6-106, 8-128, 8-129

Hilburn, Earl D.

16-244, 16-245 (photo), 16-247, 19-301

Himmel, Seymour C.

12-189, 12-190, 12-191

Hobby, George L.

4-73, 10-164

Holmes, D. Brainerd

7-121, 7-122, 10-156, 10-158, 10-159, 10-163, 12-191, 12-192, 13-201, 13-203, 14-217

Hornbeck, John

11-173

Horner, Richard E.

1-20, 1-21 (photo), 2-31, 2-44, 7-113, 13-204

Howard, V. William

14-212, 14-213 (photo), 14-218, 14-221

Hueter, Hans

2-32, 2-42, 6-99, 6-106, 6-110, 12-188

Humphrey, Hubert H.

19-297 (photo), 19-306 (photo)

Huntsville

See Marshall Space Flight Center

Hyatt, Abraham

7-114

 

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I

IGY

See International Geophysical Year

image enhancement technique,

19-310, 19-311 (photo)

International Astronomical Union

18-285

International Council of Scientific Unions

4-72

International Geophysical Year

1-6, 1-12

 

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J

Jakobowski, Walter

7-122, 8-135, 11-173, 15-230, 15-231, 16-244, 16-246

James, Jack

13-208

Jastrow, Robert

1-15, 1-20, 3-52

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

 

     five-year plan for space exploration

1-17, 1-18

     organization of

2-28, 2-34, 2-35, 2-36, 2-37, 11-176, 11-180

     Pioneer lunar probe

1-9 (photo)

     relationship with Lockheed

2-39, 2-40, 2-41, 2-42, 2-43, 4-64, 4-65, 4-66

     relationship with NASA

2-31, 2-32, 2-34, 2-35, 2-36, 2-37, 2-38, 2-39, 2-43, 2-44, 2-45, 8-130, 8-131, 8-132, 8-133, 8-134, 10-160, 10-161, 10-162, 10-163, 16-249, 16-250, 16-251, 16-252, 16-253, 16-254, 16-255

     space flight operations

5-88, 5-90, 5-91, 5-92, 5-93

     Space Flight Operations Facility

5-90, 5-91, 15-233, 15-235, 17-262, 17-263 (photo), 17-267 (photo)

     spirit of

11-174

Johnson, Lyndon B.

7-113, 14-217, 14-221, 18-271, 18-279 (photo), 18-280, 19-294, 19-296, 19-297 (photo), 19-305, 19-306 (photo)

Johnson, Marshall S.

5-89, 5-90, 6-103, 9-145, 9-149

Johnson, Roy

1-6

JPL

See Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Juno IV

3-46, 3-47

 

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K

Kaplan, Joseph

1-12

Karth, Joseph E.

10-156, 11-180, 13-203, 13-205, 13-210, 16-242, 16-252, 16-253, 16-254, 18-280

Kautz, Gordon P.

2-36, 2-37 (photo), 7-116, 8-127, 9-145, 11-179, 12-185, 12-186, 14-215, 17-257, 17-258, 17-264, 17-268

Kelley, Albert J.

2-42, 11-173, 11-174

Kellogg, William

1-12

Kendall, James, Jr.

17-260

Kennedy, John F.

7-113, 14-217, 14-218

Khrushchev, Nikita

9-154

Kindt, Donald

12-193, 12-195, 16-241, 17-256

Kirhofer, William

9-139

Kistiakowsky George B.

1-20

Koppenhaver, James

11-173

Kozyrev, Nikolay

19-299

Kuiper, Gerard P.

1-12, 4-79, 8-128, 13-200, 14-216, 14-219, 15-225, 15-226, 15-227 (photo), 15-233, 15-237, 17-262, 17-266, 18-273, 18-274 (photo), 18-280, 18-281, 18-284, 18-285, 18-286 (photo), 18-287, 19-289, 19-290, 19-292 (photo), 19-301, 19-302 (photo)

 

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L

LaGow, Herman

11-173, 16-243, 17-262

Langley Research Center

10-157, 13-209, 13-210

Larkin, Walter

6-103, 9-142

launch operations, explanation of

5-91, 5-92

launch vehicles

See vehicle name

Lear, John

18-285, 18-286, 18-287

Lederberg, Joshua

4-72, 13-202

Lewis Research Center

12-189, 12-190

Libby, Willard

13-202

Liepmann, Hans

17-260

Lingle, Walter

16-244

Lockheed Missile and Space Div.

2-31, 2-39, 2-40, 2-41, 2-42, 2-43, 4-63, 4-65, 4-76, 6-95, 6-109, 6-110, 9-139, 12-189, 12-191

Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory

4-74, 4-75, 4-76, 4-77

Low, George

10-158, 12-192, 13-201

Ludwig, George

1-10

Luedecke, Alvin R.

16-254

Luna 1

1-10, 1-13, 1-18, 1-19 (photo)

Luna 2

1-20

Luna 3

1-10, 1-20, 1-22 (photo)

Luna 4

12-191

lunar flights, summary

B-325, B-326

Lunar Orbiter Project

13-209, 13-210, 14-220, 16-246. See also Able Lunar Orbiter

lunar theory

A-317, A-318, A-319, A-320, A-321, A-322

Luskin, Harold T.

2-39, 2-41 (photo), 2-42, 6-106, 6-110

 

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M

Mackin, Robert

17-260

Manned Orbiting Laboratory

14-221

Manned Spacecraft Center

7-120, 13-201, 15-232, 18-280, 18-281, 18-282

Mare Cognitum

18-285, 19-290

Mare Tranquillitatis

See Sea of Tranquility

Margraf, Harry

12-190

Mariner space probes

 

     Mariner C

17-257

     Mariner R

7-122, 8-135, 8-136, 10-160, 10-161 (photo), 11-171, 11-172

     Mariner 2

10-160, 10-167, 11-177, 19-300

     Mariner 4

19-301

Marshall Space Flight Center

2-30, 2-31, 2-32, 2-34, 2-41, 2-42, 2-44, 2-45, 5-91, 6-110, 12-188, 12-189

Martin, Earl

6-99

McDonald, W. S.

8-134

McElroy, Neil

1-6

McNamara, Robert

14-221

Medaris, John B.

3-46

Meghreblian, Robert V.

14-214, 15-223

Mercury Project

7-112, 7-113

Merrick, William

5-84

Metzger, Albert E.

3-54, 4-78, 9-146

Miller, Bernard P.

11-180, 12-186, 12-195, 17-256

Miller, George P.

16-242, 16-249, 16-252, 18-273, 18-280

Millikan, Robert A.

1-4

Moon

See lunar theory

Morris, Brooks T.

11-180

Mueller, George E.

18-282

Mulladay, J.

10-169 (photo)

 

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N

NACA

See National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

NASA

See National Aeronautics and Space Administration

National Academy of Sciences

4-71, 4-72

     Space Science Board

1-12, 3-51, 7-113, 10-162, 13-207, 18-283

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

1-12, 1-20

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

 

     launch operations, control of

12-190, 12-191

     Lunar and Planetary Programs Div.

2-38, 7-113, 7-122, 8-127, 8-128, 8-131, 13-201

     lunar program objectives

1-23, 2-25, 2-26, 10-160, 10-161, 10-162, 10-163

     lunar program origins

1-15, 1-17, 1-20, 1-23

     Office of Launch Vehicle Programs

2-29, 2-30, 2-31, 5-91, 7-121

     Office of Manned Space Flight

7-121, 7-122, 10-159, 10-160, 10-162, 10-163, 12-192, 13-200, 13-201, 18-281, 18-282

     Office of Space Flight Programs

2-27, 2-30, 2-31, 3-49, 4-70, 5-87, 5-92, 6-106, 7-121

     Office of Space Science and Applications

14-218, 14-220, 14-221, 15-230, 15-234, 16-240, 16-243, 16-249, 16-250, 16-251, 16-254, 18-281

     Office of Space Sciences

7-121, 7-122, 7-123, 8-127, 8-128, 8-129, 8-130, 8-132, 10-157, 10-158, 10-15910-161, 10-162, 10-163, 11-173, 11-174, 12-198, 13-199, 13-200, 13-201, 13-202, 13-203, 13-204, 13-208, 13-209, 13-210, 14-217

     organization of

1-14, 1-15, 2-38, 5-91, 5-92, 7-120, 7-121, 12-187, 12-188, 12-189, 12-190, 12-191, 12-192, 12-193, 12-194, 12-195, 12-196, 12-197, 12-198, 13-199, 14-218

     project management

2-26, 2-27, 2-28, 2-31, 2-32, 2-42, 2-43, 2-44, 2-45, 5-91, 5-92, 7-122, 7-123, 12-188, 12-189, 12-190, 12-191, 12-192, 12-193, 12-194, 12-195, 12-196, 12-197, 12-198, 19-306, 19-307

     realignment for Apollo

7-120, 7-121, 7-122

     relationship with Air Force

2-32, 2-33, 2-34, 2-39, 5-91, 5-92, 5-93, 12-187, 12-188, 12-189, 12-190, 12-191

     relationship with JPL

2-31, 2-32, 2-34, 2-35, 2-36, 2-37, 2-38, 2-39, 2-43, 2-44, 2-45, 8-130, 8-131, 8-132, 8-133, 8-134, 10-160, 10-161, 10-162, 10-163, 16-249, 16-250, 16-251, 16-252, 16-253, 16-254, 16-255

     scientific experiment selection policy

4-73, 4-74, 4-75, 4-76, 4-77, 4-78,4-79, 4-80

     Space Exploration Program Council

2-31, 2-43

     Space Sciences Steering Committee

4-73, 4-78, 4-79, 8-128, 8-129, 8-130, 8-131, 8-132, 8-133, 8-135, 8-136, 8-137, 11-177, 13-207, 14-215, 14-219, 18-282

     spacecraft sterilization policy

4-72

     Working Group on Lunar Exploration

1-15, 1-17, 1-18, 1-20

National Science Foundation

4-71

Naugle, John

17-268

Naval Research Laboratory

1-14

Neher, H. Victor

1-4, 3-54, 8-134

Neugebauer, M. M.

3-54

Newell, Homer, E.

1-12, 1-14, 1-18, 1-20, 1-23, 3-49, 3-51 (photo), 3-52, 3-53, 4-73, 4-74, 4-75, 5-90, 5-91, 7-121, 7-122, 8-128, 8-129, 8-130, 8-133, 10-156, 10-157, 10-158, 10-163, 11-173, 11-180, 11-181, 12-198, 13-199, 13-201, 13-202, 13-203, 13-204, 13-205, 13-206, 13-207, 13-208, 13-210, 14-217, 14-218, 14-220, 14-221, 15-224, 15-226, 15-230, 15-236, 15-239 (photo), 16-244, 16-246, 16-247, 16-249, 17-262, 17-267 (photo), 18-271, 18-272 (photo), 18-278, 18-279 (photo), 18-280, 18-283, 19-298, 19-308, 19-309

Nichols, Ocorge

17-264, 17-268, 17-269, 19-290

Nicks, Oran W.

4-70, 4-71 (photo), 6-97, 6-105, 6-106, 7-113, 7-115, 7-116, 7-122, 8-125, 8-127, 8-128, 8-129, 8-130, 8-132, 8-133, 10-160, 10-162, 10-163, 11-173, 12-187, 13-201, 13-203, 13-207, 13-210, 14-215, 14-217, 14-220, 15-225, 15-230, 16-244, 16-249, 16-251, 17-257, 17-262, 18-281, 18-284, 18-285, 19-298, 19-300

Northrop Corp.

13-204, 13-205, 13-209, 14-212, 14-213, 14-214, 14-215, 14-218, 14-221

 

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O

O'Day, Marcus

1-12

Odishaw, Hugh

1-12

Ostrander, Donald R.

2-29, 2-31, 2-34, 5-91, 7-121

 

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P

Pace, Robert

2-34

Parks, Robert

11-177, 11-178 (photo), 12-197, 13-209, 13-210, 15-235, 15-236

Pauling, Linus

13-201

Phillips, Samuel C.

18-281

photograph enhancement by computers

See image enhancement

Pickering, William H.

1-3, 1-4, 1-5 (photo), 1-23, 2-28, 2-31, 2-34, 2-43, 3-46, 3-53, 4-65, 6-106, 8-127, 8-133, 9-150, 9-154, 10-157, 10-159, 10-162, 10-163, 10-165, 11-171, 11-177, 11-180, 12-197, 13-203, 13-204, 13-205, 15-226, 15-229, 15-233, 15-234, 15-237, 15-239 (photo), 16-241, 16-242, 16-249, 16-251, 16-253, 17-266, 17-267 (photo), 18-271, 18-272 (photo), 18-278, 18-279 (photo), 19-290, 19-301

Pieper, G. F.

8-134

Pioneer lunar probes

 

     mission summary

B-325

     Pioneer 0

1-7

     Pioneer 1

1-8

     Pioneer 2

1-8

     Pioneer 3

1-8, 1-10

     Pioneer 4

1-10

     spacecraft

1-7 (photo), 1-9 (photo)

Piroumian, Maurice

17-259

Planetary science

1-11, 1-12, 1-14, 1-15, 4-78, 4-79, 8-128, 11-181, 11-182, 13-207 13-210, 14-216, 14-218, 18-284, 18-285, 18-286, 18-287, 19-309

President's Science Advisory Committee

1-12, 14-217

Press, Frank

1-12, 1-15, 3-54, 4-78, 14-216

project management

See National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Project Paperclip

2-32

 

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Q

 

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R

Radio Corp of America

4-78, 4-79, 7-115, 7-116, 12-186, 12-193, 12-194, 12-195, 15-223, 17-256, 17-257, 17-258, 17-259

Ranger Project

 

     analysis of

19-306, 19-307, 19-308, 19-309, 19-310

     Block I

see also Rangers 1 and 2

          mission objectives

3-56, 6-94, C-329

          proof test model

4-68 (photo)

          scientific experiments in

4-77 (photo), D-335

          spacecraft design

3-46, 3-47, 3-48, 3-53, 3-54, 3-55, 3-56, 3-57, 3-58, 3-59, 3-60

          technical details of

C-329, C-330, C-331

          test flight preparation

4-67, 4-68, 4-69, 4-70, 4-71

          trajectory diagram

6-95

     Block II

see also Rangers 3, 4, and 5

          maneuver sequence, midcourse

9-146 (diagram)

          maneuver sequence, terminal

9-148 (diagram)

          mission objectives

3-57, 9-138, C-329

          scientific experiments in

3-62, 4-80 (diagram), 8-125, D-336

          superstructure design,

3-62 (diagram)

          technical details of

C-329, C-330, C-331

          weight reduction in

4-63, 4-64, 4-65, 4-66, 4-67

     Block III

see also Rangers 6, 7, 8, and 9

          hardware delivery schedule

8-131

          initiation of

7-114, 7-115, 7-116

          launch schedule

7-118, 12-197, 12-198

          mission objectives

7-115, 7-116, 10-165, 11-179, 13-206, C-329

          Project Development Plan

8-128, 8-129

          scientific experiments in

8-134, 8-136 (diagram), D-337

               organization of

15-223, 15-224, 15-225, 15-226, 15-227, 15-228, E-341, E-342, E-343, E-344

          spacecraft development

 

               diagrams of,

12-187, 12-188

               preliminary design

7-118, 7-119 (photo)

               redesign

12-185, 12-186, 12-187

          technical details

C-329, C-330, C-331

          television camera sequencing

7-117, 7-118

          television subsystem development

12-186, 12-193, 12-194, 12-195, 12-196, 17-256, 17-257, 17-258

          terminal maneuver

19-291 (diagram)

     Block IV

 

          cancellation of

13-210

          initiation of

13-202, 13-203

          mission objectives

13-206, 13-207, 13-208

          scientific experiments in

D-338

     Block V

14-212, 14-213, 14-214, 14-215, 14-216, 14-217, 14-218, 14-219, 14-220, 14-221

          cancellation of

14-221

          initiation of

13-202

          mission objectives

14-214, 14-219

          scientific experiments in

14-216, D-338

     Design Review Board

11-179, 12-185, 12-192

     financial history

G-351

     JPL investigation

11-171, 11-172, 11-173, 11-174, 11-175, 11-176

     mission objectives, all flights

C-329

     naming of

1-23, 1-24

     NASA board of inquiry

11-173, 11-174, 11-175, 11-176

     organization chart

2-40

     performance history

H-355

     priorities

10-157

     Project Development Plan

2-45, 8-128

     reorganization

2-43, 11-176, 11-177

     schedule history

F-347

     scientific experiments for

3-49, 3-51, 3-52, 3-53, 3-54, 4-73, 4-74, 4-75, 4-76, 4-77, 4-78, 4-79, 4-80, 8-128, 8-129, 8-130, 8-131, 8-132, 8-133, 8-134, 8-135, 8-136, 8-137, 14-216, D-335, D-336, D-337, D-338

     spacecraft

 

          design

3-48 (diagram), 3-54, 3-55, 3-56, 3-57, 3-58 (diagram), 3-59, 3-60, 3-62

          packaging

3-55 (photo), 3-56 (diagram)

          redesign of

12-185, 12-186, 12-187

          sterilization of

4-71, 4-72, 4-73, 8-124, 8-125, 8-126, 8-127, 10-164, 10-165, 10-166, 11-174, 11-175, 11-176, 11-177

          subcontractor selection

13-203, 13-204, 13-205

          technical details

C-329, C-330, C-331

          test procedures

4-67, 4-68, 4-69, 16-245, 16-248, 16-250, 16-251, 16-253, 17-261, 17-262

     Ranger 1

6-94, 6-95, 6-96, 6-97, 6-98, 6-99, 6-100, 6-101, 6-102, 6-103, 6-104

          flight

6-101, 6-102, 6-103

          launch of

6-102 (photo)

          postflight analysis

6-104

          scientific experiments on

D-335

          spacecraft design

3-58 (diagram)

          systems testing of

4-69 (photo)

          trajectory diagram

6-95

     Ranger 2

6-105, 6-106, 6-107, 6-108, 6-109, 6-110, 6-111

          countdown for

6-107 (photo)

          flight of

6-107, 6-108, 6-109

          postflight analysis

6-109, 6-110, 6-111

          scientific experiments on

D-335

          spacecraft design

3-58 (diagram)

          trajectory diagram

6-95

     Ranger 3

9-138, 9-139, 9-140, 9-141, 9-142, 9-143, 9-144, 9-145, 9-146, 9-147, 9-148, 9-149, 9-150

          flight of

9-143, 9-144, 9-145, 9-146, 9-147

          launch constraints

9-140 (diagram)

          launch of

9-144 (photo)

          preparation for flight

9-141 (photo)

          postflight analysis

9-147, 9-148, 9-149, 9-150

          scientific experiments on

D-336

          sterilization of

8-125, 8-126

          superstructure design

3-62 (diagram)

     Ranger 4

9-150, 9-151, 9-152, 9-153, 9-154, 9-155

          flight of

9-152, 9-153, 9-154

          launch preparation

9-151 (photo)

          postflight analysis

10-163, 10-164

          scientific experiments on

D-336

          superstructure design

3-62 (diagram)

     Ranger 5

10-163, 10-164, 10-165, 10-166, 10-167, 10-168, 10-169, 10-170

          flight of

10-167, 10-168, 10-169, 10-170

          launch of

10-168 (photo)

          postflight analysis

11-171, 11-172, 11-173, 11-174, 11-175, 11-176

          scientific experiments on

D-336

          sterilization of

10-164, 10-165

          superstructure design

3-62 (diagram)

     Ranger 6

15-223, 15-224, 15-225, 15-226, 15-227, 15-228, 15-229, 15-230, 15-231, 15-232, 15-233, 15-234, 15-235, 15-236, 15-237, 15-238, 15-239, 16-240, 16-241, 16-242, 16-243, 16-244, 16-245, 16-246, 16-247, 16-248, 16-249, 16-250, 16-251, 16-252, 16-253, 16-254, 16-255

          assembly

12-194 (photo)

          failure investigation

 

               Congressional investigation

16-252, 16-253, 16-254

               JPL-RCA board of inquiry

16-241, 16-242, 16-243, 17-258, 17-259, 17-260, 17-261

               NASA review board

16-243, 16-244, 16-245, 16-246, 16-247, 16-248, 16-249, 16-250, 16-251, 16-252

          flight of

15-235, 15-236, 15-237

          launch of

15-235

          lunar target for

15-232, 15-233

          postflight analysis

17-258, 17-259, 17-260, 17-261

          postflight press conference

15-239 (photo)

          scientific experiments on

8-134, D-337

          television subsystem

12-193, 12-194, 12-195, 12-196 (photo), 12-197

     Ranger 7

17-256, 17-257, 17-258, 17-259, 17-260, 17-261, 17-262, 17-263, 17-264, 17-265, 17-266, 17-267, 17-268, 17-269, 17-270, 18-271, 18-272, 18-273, 18-274, 18-27518-276, 18-277, 18-278, 18-279, 18-280

          flight of

17-264, 17-265, 17-266, 17-267, 17-268, 17-269, 17-270

          launch of

17-265 (photo)

          lunar photographs

18-275, 18-276, 18-277

          scientific experiments on

8-134, D-337

     Ranger 8

18-282, 18-283, 18-284, 18-285, 18-286, 18-287, 18-288, 19-289, 19-290, 19-291, 19-292, 19-293, 19-294, 19-295, 19-296

          flight of

19-289, 19-290

          lunar photographs

19-293, 19-294, 19-295

          lunar targets for

18-282, 18-283

          scientific experiments on

8-134, D-337

     Ranger 9

19-296, 19-297, 19-298, 19-299, 19-300, 19-301, 19-302, 19-303, 19-304, 19-305, 19-306

          flight of

19-299, 19-300

          lunar photographs

19-303, 19-304

          lunar targets for

19-297

          scientific experiments on

8-134, D-337

RCA

See Radio Corp of America

Rechtin, Eberhardt

3-57, 5-82, 5-83 (photo), 9-142, 15-233

Red Socks Project

1-5

Redstone Arsenal

1-4

research sources

S-312, S-313, S-314

Richter, Henry

5-82

Rindfleisch, Thomas

15-233

Ritland, Osmond J.

2-34, 6-109

Rittenhouse, J. B.

6-101, 6-106

Roadman, Charles

7-121

Robillard, Geoffrey

3-57, 14-215, 14-216 (photo), 14-218, 14-219

Rocketdyne Div., North American Aviation

6-95

Rohr Aircraft

3-62

Rudolph, Arthur H.

11-173

Russia

See Soviet Union

Ryan Aeronautical Co.

3-62

Rygh, Patrick

10-164, 10-165 (photo), 10-169, 11-180, 12-193, 15-235, 15-236, 15-237, 17-267, 17-269

 

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Sampson, William

5-82

Sanders, N.

8-134

Sandia Corp.

4-74, 4-75, 4-76, 4-77

Schienle, Donald R.

12-192

Schilling, Oerhardt

4-74, 4-75

Schneiderman, Daniel

3-46, 3-47, 3-54

Schurmeier, Harris M.

2-36, 3-56, 4-66, 5-89, 6-99, 7-116, 11-176, 11-177, 11-178, 11-179 (photo), 11-180, 12-185, 12-186, 12-189, 12-190, 12-191, 12-192, 12-197, 13-203, 13-206, 13-208, 13-209, 13-210, 14-214, 14-215, 15-225, 15-226, 15-234, 15-236, 15-237, 15-239 (photo), 17-256, 17-257, 17-260, 17-261, 17-264, 17-266, 17-267, 18-272, 18-281, 19-290, 19-306 (photo)

Science

See space science

Sea of Clouds

17-262, 17-266, 18-275, 18-276, 18-275 (photos)

Sea of Tranquility

15-233, 19-290, 19-293, 19-294, 19-293 (photos)

Seamans, Robert C., Jr.

2-44, 4-73, 5-93, 7-114, 7-115, 7-120, 7-121, 8-126, 10-163, 12-189, 13-203, 13-204, 13-205, 13-210, 16-243, 16-249, 16-251, 19-299, 19-305

Serbu, G. P.

8-134

Sergeant missile

1-4

Shea, Joseph

10-158, 10-163, 18-281

Shoemaker, Eugene M.

1-12, 4-79, 8-128, 10-163, 13-200, 15-226, 15-228 (photo), 18-274, 18-284, 18-285, 18-286 (photo), 19-292, 19-301 (photo), 19-302 (photo)

Siepert, Albert

2-44

Silverstein, Abraham

1-14, 1-18, 1-20, 1-23, 2-27 (photo), 2-28, 2-31, 2-38, 3-49, 3-53, 3-57, 4-72, 4-73, 4-75, 5-92, 6-106, 7-114, 7-121, 12-189

Simpson, George E.

17-267, 18-273

Simpson, J. A.

3-54

Singer, S. Fred

1-12

sky science

1-11, 1-12, 3-51, 3-52, 4-76, 4-77, 6-100, 6-101, 6-108, 6-109, 7-114, 8-129, 8-130, 8-131, 8-132, 8-134, 8-135, 13-199, 13-200, 13-207

Small, John

3-46

Smith, E. J.

8-134

Smith, Francis B.

11-173, 16-243, 17-262

Snyder, C. W.

3-54

Sonett, Charles P.

1-12, 7-123, 8-130, 8-132, 8-133

Soviet Union

 

     lunar program of

1-10, 1-13, 1-18, 1-20, 1-23, 12-191

     mission summary

15-236

     space race with

1-23, 1-24, 4-65, 4-66, 4-70, 7-112, 7-113, 7-114, 9-138, 9-154, 11-181, 19-299, 19-307, 19-308, 19-309

Space Exploration Program Council

See National Aeronautics and Space Administration

space flight operations, explanation of

5-88, 5-89, 5-90, 5-91

Space Flight Operations Facility

See Jet Propulsion Laboratory

space race

See Soviet Union

space science

1-11, 1-15, 4-73, 7-112, 7-113, 7-122, 7-123, 8-128, 8-129, 8-130, 8-131, 8-132, 8-133, 10-156, 10-157, 10-165, 11-181, 11-182, 13-199, 13-201, 13-202, 13-208, 14-212, 14-221, 14-222, 18-284, 18-285, 18-286, 18-287, 18-288, 19-302, 19-308, 19-309. See also sky science and planetary science.

Space Science Board

See National Academy of Sciences

Space Sciences Steering Committee

See National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Space Technology Laboratories

1-6, 1-7 (Pioneer photo), 1-13, 4-65, 4-66, 4-67

Sparks, Brian

4-76, 8-131, 8-135, 10-167, 11-176, 13-203

Spilhaus, Athelstan

1-12

Spitzer, Lyman

1-12, 13-202

Sputnik 1

1-3, 1-10

Sterilization

See spacecraft sterilization under Ranger Project

Stevens, Robertson

5-82, 5-84

STL

See Space Technology Laboratories

Sullivan, Charles

1-20

Suomi, Verner

1-12

Surveyor Project

4-79, 7-114, 7-115, 8-128, 14-220, 16-246, 18-282

 

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T

Thomas, Albert

7-113, 10-160

Thor-Able

1-7

Tiros satellite

4-78

Townsend, John

1-12

 

Top

U

Urey, Harold C.

1-11, 1-15, 3-52, 4-79, 8-128, 11-181, 13-200, 13-202, 13-207, 14-221, 15-224, 15-226, 15-229 (photo), 18-284, 19-301 (photo), 19-302 (photo)

U.S.S.R

See Soviet Union

 

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V

Van Allen, James

1-4, 1-10, 1-12, 3-49, 3-52, 3-54, 13-202

Van Allen radiation belts

1-8, 1-9, 1-10

Van Dilla, Marvin A.

3-54

Vega Project

1-23, 1-24, 3-47, 3-49, 3-50, 3-51, 3-52, 3-53

     launch schedules

1-18

     spacecraft model

3-50 (photo)

Vela Hotel

4-74, 4-75, 4-76, 4-77, 6-111

Venera 1

4-65, 4-66 (diagram)

Victor, Walter

5-82

Von Braun, Wernher

1-4, 2-31, 2-32, 2-43, 12-188

Voskhod 2

19-299

Vrebalovich, Thomas

15-223, 15-224 (photo), 15-232, 19-290

 

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W

WAC Corporal rocket

1-4

Wagner, Harry

4-79

Walker, John M.

11-173

Washburn, Harold W.

9-141, 9-149, 15-223

Weaver, Warren

13-201, 13-202

Webb, James E.

5-87, 5-93, 7-113, 7-114, 7-120, 7-121 (photo), 9-152, 9-153, 9-154, 10-156, 12-189, 12-190, 13-202, 14-217, 14-221, 16-249, 16-252, 16-253, 16-254, 19-297 (photo), 19-306 (photo)

Wexler, Harry

1-12

Whipple, Fred

1-12

Whitaker, Ewen A.

15-226, 15-231 (photo), 18-274 (photo), 19-292 (photo), 19-301 (photo)

Wiesner, Jerome

7-112

Willingham, Donald E.

15-233

Wise, Donald

19-293

Witkin, Richard

17-266

Wolfe, Allen E.

7-116, 7-117 (photo), 8-125, 8-127, 8-135, 9-145, 11-176, 11-179, 12-185, 12-192, 13-206, 17-264

Working Group on Lunar Exploration

See National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Wyatt, D. D.

10-160

 

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X

 

Top

Y

Young, Jack

2-44

 

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Z

 

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