Index

SP-4311 Wallops Station

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Abbott, Ira A.: 8, 18n, 28
Accomac, VA: 117
Ad Hoc Committee on NASA Organization: see NACA
Advisory Committee on Government Organization: 27
Aegis (Training Center): 123n
Aerobee (Rocket): 14, 85, 101n
Agriculture, U.S. Department of: 29
Air Force, U.S.: 11, 24, 37, 42n, 45n, 51n, 64, 67, 71n, 91, 98n, 110, 118
Air Research and Development Command (ARDC): 41
ARGUS Program: 31, 46n: Cambridge Research Center: 15, 95, 106n; Special Weapons Center: 31
Airships: 87
Allegheny Ballistics Laboratory: 13
Allen, H. Julian: 55, 71n
American Engineers, Inc.: 111
Ames Laboratory (Ames Research Center): 4-5, 10-12, 20n, 26, 28, 40, 45n, 55, 56: Moffett Field: 33, 47n; and Wallops: 14-15
Antigua Island: 73n
Anzofagasta, Chile: 73n
Apollo Project: 1, 11, 67-69, 70, 84, 90, 109, 112, 114: Land vs Water Landing Mode: 68, 77n, 89, 122n
Arctic Research Laboratory: 92-93
Argentina: 91, 103n
ARGO D-8 Probe: 104n
Ariel 1 Satellite: 89
Army, U.S.: 24, 37, 66, 68, 97n, 110: Ballistic Missile Laboratory (ABMA): 23, 28, 38, 42n, 83, 108; Orbiter Project: 42n
Ash Wednesday Storm: 66-67, 76n, 84, 116
Atlantic Missile Range: see Cape Canaveral
Atlas (Booster): 55-58
Atomic Energy Commission (AEC): 27, 82, 110
Atomic Weapons: 10, 12, 23, 31, 46n
Australia: 89
Auxiliary Flight Research Station: see Langley Laboratory

B-58 (Bomber): 41, 53n
Balboa Panama: 95
Balloon Launches and Projects: 6, 57, 90, 94, 97n, 105n, 118
Baltimore, MD: 94-95, 106n
Bay-of-Pigs, Cuba: 67
Beltsville Space Flight Center: see Goddard Space Flight Center
Bendix Corp.: 62, 74n
Bermuda: 63, 74n, 86, 107
Betak, John: 48n
Biological Research: 58, 60, 118
Black Brant (Rocket): 91
Blast Facility: 12, 41, 66
Blossom Point, MD.: 63, 73n, 74n
Blue Scout: see Scout
Boojum (Missile): 10
Brazil: 91, 103n
Bredt, Irene: 55
Briskman, Robert D.: 50n, 74n
Buckley, Edmund C.: 8, 26, 32, 40, 62, 63, 73n, 83, 85, 86, 88, 89, 109, 110, 120n
Buglia, James J.: 71n
Bureau of the Budget, U.S.: 8, 40
Byrd, Harry F.: 32

C-121 (Aircraft): 86, 101n
Cajun (Rocket): 15, 20n, 83, 92, 94
Callao, Peru: 95
Canada: 16, 89, 91
Cape Canaveral (Atlantic Missile Range, Kennedy Space Center): 6, 29, 30, 31, 34, 37, 38, 45n, 57-59, 63, 64, 67, 73n, 74n, 79, 84, 85, 89, 92, 100n, 111, 108, 117
Carnarvon, Australia: 78n
Case Institute of Technology: 27
Centaur (Booster): 97n
CF-105 (Aircraft): 16
Cherry Point, NC: 5, 6
China: 10
Chincoteague, VA: 66, 116
Chincoteague Naval Air Station (CNAS): 6-7, 26, 33, 34, 35, 47n, 48n, 49n, 66,76n
Civil Aviation Administration (CAA): 32
Civil Aviation Research: 2, 11
Clinchy, Ross: 49n
Cold War: 1, 23, 55, 81
Collins Radio Company: 63
Compressibility Effects: 5
Congress, U.S.: 4, 6, 12, 25, 27, 30, 33, 40, 67, 68, 80, 86, 89,112, 113: House Committee on Science and Astronautics: 93, 110, 121n; House Subcommittee on Independent Offices Appropriations: 25, 64, 85, 111, see also: Thomas, Albert; House Subcommittee on NASA Oversight: 112, see also: Teague, Olin; and NACA: 2, 4, 19n, 27, 40; and NASA: 27, 34, 40, 41, 63, 67, 68, 73n, 111-115; and Navy: 33; Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences: 85, 101n; Senate Special Committee on Space and Astronautics: 27, 44n; Senate Subcommittee on Independent Office Appropriations: 30; and Space Issues: 24-26, 27, 30, 44n, 80; and Wallops: 6, 12, 30, 32, 34, 36, 40, 50n, 84, 85, 89, 102n, 111, 113, 115; and Work Stoppages: 64
Contractors: 4, 36, 62, 65, 70, 74n, 75n, 84, 100n, 120n
Coquina Beach, NC: 86
Crowley, John W.: 5, 6, 8, 9, 73n

Dagle, Stanley J.: 104n
Daniels, Samuel T.: 49n
Davis-Bacon Act of 1931: 75n
Deacon (Rocket): 13, 15, 20n
Deep Space Network (DSN): see Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Defense, Department of, U.S.: 24, 41, 45n, 79, 85, 94, 113: Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA): 24, 36, 38, 41, 53n, 5; Defense Communications Agency: 100n; Inter-range Communications Planning Commission: 100n; Range Commanders' Council: 100n; Special Committee on Range Facilities: 26, 43n
DeFrance, Smith J.: 14, 45n
Delta (Booster): 39, 92, 123n
Dembling, Paul G.: 49n
Dereng, Durwood A.: 104n
Dickinson, H. Lee: 72n
Distant Early Warning Station (DEW): 93, 104n
Doolittle, James: 26
DOVAP: see Goddard Space Flight Center
Dryden, Hugh L.: 8, 27, 28, 36, 40, 49n, 60, 89, 102n, 117
Duffy, Robert T.: 96, 100n
Duverney, Cecil A.: 49n

Echo Project: 81, 97n
Edwards Air Force Base: see High Speed Flight Section
Eglin Gulf Test Range: 73, 99n
Eisenhower, Dwight D.: 23, 24, 25, 27, 30, 38, 42n, 55, 56, 67
Ethylene Jet: see Pre-Flight Jet
Evans Construction Company: 72
Evins, Joseph: 111
Experimental Inter-American Meteorological Rocket Network: 91
Explorer I (Satellite): 24, 42n
Explorer IV (Satellite): 46n
Explorer IX (Satellite): 41, 53n
Explorer XXX (Satellite): 105n
Explorer 42 (Satellite): 91
Explorer 44 (Satellite): 116

Faget, Maxime A.: 55, 71n
Fassett, John W.: 104n
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA): 31, 32, 46n, 82
Flight Research Center: see High Speed Flight Station
Formosa Bay: 91
Fort Churchill, Manitoba: 91
Fort Monmouth, NJ: 83
Fort Stewart, GA: 73n
FPS-16 (Radar): see Tracking and Data Acquisition
France: 89, 103n
Franco, Francisco: 73n

Gable, L. D.: 104n
Gagarin, Yuri A.: 61, 77n
Garland, Benjamin J.: 71n
Gates, Thomas S.: 48n
Gemini Project: 67, 69, 77n
General Services Administration (GSA): 40, 110
Geodynamic Experimental Ocean Satellite (GEOS 3): 116, 123n
Georgia Institute of Technology: 8
Germany: 4, 10, 55
Gilruth, Robert: 6, 16, 28, 29, 57, 67, 68: and MSC: 67-68; and PARD: 6-8, 26, 29, 56; and STG: 29, 56-57, 68
Glennan, T. Keith: 27, 28, 32, 34, 57, 60, 99n, 109
Goddard, Robert H.: 51n
Goddard Space Flight Center (Beltsville Space Flight Center): 1, 19n, 29, 39, 40, 51n, 57, 64, 67, 80, 83, 85, 92, 93, 94, 103n, 109, 110, 116: DOVAP: 66, 76n; and Space Science Research: 40, 80, 88, 97n, 106n; and Tracking/Data Acquisition: 61-63, 69-70, 74n, 78n; and Wallops: 17n, 29, 92, 95, 97n, 109, 116, 119
Goett, Harry J.: 19n, 70, 98n
Grand Canary Island: see Las Palmas
Grand Turk Island: 73n
Grant, William: 35, 65, 66
Great Depression: 3
Great Society: 112
Greece: 96
Grissom, Virgil I. (Gus): 68, 77n
Ground Blast Apparatus: see Blast Facility
Gutheim, Robert: 43n

Havana, Cuba: 73n
Helium Gun: 9, 18n, 16, 41, 65
High Speed Flight Station (Dryden Flight Research Center, Flight Research Center): 5, 11, 20n, 28, 45n, 69, 112: Edwards Air Force Base: 5, 74n, 112
Holaday, William: 23, 42n
Honest John (Rocket): 13
House of Representatives: see Congress, U.S.
Hugo Project: 15, 82
Hurricane Daisy: 82, 98n
Hurricane Ester: 65-66
Hypersonic Research: 13, 18n, 28, 31, 36
HYWARDs Project: 71n

India: 89, 93, 103n
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM): 13, 23, 24, 55, 113
International Business Machines (IBM): 62
International Council of Scientific Unions: 88
International Geophysical Year (IGY): 14, 23, 42n, 88, 94: U.S. Committee for IGY: 15
International Ionospheric Satellite: see Ariel 1
International Year of the Quiet Sun (IQSY): 94, 105n
Italian Space Research Commission: 91
Italy: 89

Jason Project: 46n
Javelin (Rocket): 37, 51n
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL): 28, 38, 45n, 59, 80, 81, 98n, 109, 121n: Deep Space Network (DSN): 78n
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory: 118
Johnson, Lyndon B.: 23, 24, 26, 27, 112
Johnson, Thomas: 35
Jones, L.M.: 15
Jupiter (Booster): 24, 30, 32, 37, 79

Kellam, Albert P.: 116
Kennedy, John F.: 64, 67, 112
Kennedy Space Center (KSC): see Cape Canaveral
Kenya: 91
Killian, James: 23-25, 42n
Korean War: 10
Krieger, Robert L.: 8, 9, 15, 26, 32, 35, 39, 40, 41, 60, 63, 64, 65, 75n, 82, 83, 86, 89, 92, 94, 110, 111, 112, 113, 117, 118, 119

Lakehurst, NJ: 87
Langley Laboratory (Langley Memorial Aeronautical Lab, Langley Aeronautical Lab, Langley Research Center): 11, 28, 39, 41, 45n, 56, 62, 67, 69,70, 73n, 79,82, 85, 91, 95, 111, 119: Advanced Materials and Physics Division (AMPD): 35, 40, 52n; and Ames Lab: 4, 14, 20n; and A.E.C.: 82; Auxiliary Flight Research Station (AFRS): 5, 8; Computers: 50n; Establishment of: 3, 17n; and Hypersonic Research: 11, 13-14, 18n, 25, 26, 31, 37, 56, 65; Instrument Research Division: 8, 12, 40, 63; Methodology of: 4, 7, 116; Pilotless Aircraft Research Division (PARD): 8, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 25, 26, 28, 31, 33, 35, 37, 40, 52n, 55, 58, 59, 80, 107; and Space Research: 56-57, 86, 106n; Special Flying Weapons Team: 5, 8; and Wallops: 2, 6, 9, 10, 28, 35, 39-40, 57, 59, 66, 85, 95, 104n, 113-116
Las Palmas: 73n
Lead Range Concept: 85
Lewis, George W.: 8
Lewis Laboratory (Lewis Research Center): 4, 11, 25, 28, 39, 40, 41, 45n, 56, 79, 111, 121n
Liberty Bell 7 (Spacecraft): see Project Mercury
Lima, Peru: 73n, 95
Lincoln Lab: see Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Little Joe (Booster): 60, 61, 65, 68, 69
Little Joe II (Booster): 69
Lockheed Corp.: 86
Lord Salisbury Motel: 70

McGoogan, Marvin W.: 36, 50n, 72n
McKinsey & Co.: 28, 44n
McNulty, James F.: 63, 74n
Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC, Johnson Space Flight Center): 67, 84, 121n
Manned Space Flight Network (MSFN): see Tracking and Data Acquisition
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC): 38-39, 80, 91, 110, see also: Army, von Braun
Maryland Commission on Interracial Problems and Relations: 49n
Maryland State College (UMES): 59, 72n
Maryland, University of: 15, 81
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT): 27, 42n: Lincoln Lab: 36, 50n
Master Planning of Facilities: 110, 111, 120n
Mercury Mark II (Spacecraft): see Gemini Project
Mercury Project: 2, 11, 38, 41, 55-63, 65, 68-70, 77n, 81, 86, 88, 93, 113, 118
Mercury-Redstone 3 (Freedom 7): 61
Mercury-Redstone 4 (Liberty Bell 7): 68, 77n
Meredith, Leslie: 15
Meteorological Research: 82-83
Metropolitan Security Services, Inc.: 75n
Michigan, University of: 15, 81, 92, 95, 98n, 106n
Michoud Plant: 121n
Military Sea Transport Service (MSTS): 86, 93, 94
Milliner, Cary F.: 110
Milliner, Joyce B.: 60
Minitrack Network: see Tracking and Data Acquisition
Missile Research: 5, 9, 24, 41, 55, 112
Missiles and Rockets: 72n
Mississippi Test Facility: 121n
Mobile Sea Launch Expedition: 93-96, 106n
Moffet Field: see Ames Lab
Montgolfier Brothers: 2

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA): 2, 4, 10, 11, 19n, 20n, 25, 26, 27, 28, 36, 40, 62, 79, 88, 107: Ad Hoc Committee on NASA Organization: 28; Committee on Aerodynamics: 11, 14, 26, 43n; Conference on High-Speed Aerodynamics, March 1958: 56; Executive Committee: 11, 25; Headquarters: 4, 8-9, 11, 79; and Industry: 3, 9, 12, 59; Main Committee: 3, 15, 25-27; and Military: 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 12, 16, 19n, 20n, 25, 27, 30, 33, 41, 43n, 56, 59, 62, 63; Public Relations: 59, 88; and Space Research: 25, 27, 42n, 56-7; Special Committee on Space Technology: 27, 30-31, 43n; Special Subcommittee on the Upper Atmosphere: 14
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA): 1-2, 28, 34-37, 39, 40, 41, 62, 63, 67, 68, 79, 80, 85, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 114: Budget (Funding): 36, 40, 63, 85; Establishment of: 9, 28, 40, 42n, 79; and FAA: 31, 32; Headquarters: 32, 34, 38, 40, 41, 49n, 59, 70, 80, 85, 89, 91, 94, 97n, 107, 109-111; International Relations: 62, 80, 87-91, 102n; and Military: 30, 32-33, 56, 62-63, 100n; Office of Aeronautical and Space Research (OASR): 38; Office of the General Council: 35; Office of International Programs: 89; Office of Launch Vehicle Programs (OLVP): 38, 107; Office of Space Flight Development (OSFD): 29, 39, 57, 62, 80; Office of Space Flight Programs (OSFP): 38, 93, 108; Office of Space Science and Applications (OSSA): 80, 81, 91, 93, 94, 109; Office of Tracking and Data Acquisition (OTDA): 40, 93, 109, 110; Organization of: 29, 38, 57, 67, 80, 107; and Piloted Space Flight: 2, 55, 66, 67, 68; Public Relations: 59, 60, 72n, 74n, 96; and Space Research: 29, 40, 79, 80, 83, 107; Space Sciences Steering Committee: 80; Space Task Group (STG): 29, 35, 38, 56-63, 68, 70, 89; and Strikes: 64, 75n; University Relations: 41, 56, 79, 81, 94, 98n
National Bureau of Standards (NBS): 82, 93, 95
National Capital Planning Commission: 110
National Security Agency (NSA): 15
Naugle, John: 94
Navy, U.S.: 6, 9, 11, 24, 32, 33, 41, 86, 87, 93, 123n: Bureau of Ordnance: 6, 8, 33; Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet (CINCLANT): 12, 19n; Office of Naval Research: 15
Naval Air Ordnance Test Station (NAOTS): 9, 33
Naval Ordnance Test Station: 95
Naval Research Laboratory (NRL): 14, 23, 27, 29, 42n
Norfolk Naval Air Station: 33
Newell, Homer E. Jr.: 14, 80, 88, 109, 112
New Hampshire, University of: 95, 106n
Nike (Booster): 13, 15, 20n, 83, 92, 94
Nimbus (Satellite): 83, 84
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO):: Advisory Group for Aeronautical Research (AGARD): 16
Norway: 89, 103n

Office of Defense Mobilization (ODM): 42n
Offices, NASA Headquarters: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Ohio State University: 98n
Orbiter Project: see Army, U.S.
Orbiting Observatories: 90
O'Sullivan, William J.: 6, 14-15, 81, 94
Organized Labor: 64, 75n
Ostrander, Don: 38, 51n

Pakistan: 89, 93, 103n
Palmer, John C. (Jack): 10, 26, 35, 45n, 110
Paraglider: see Rogallo Wing
Patrick Air Force Base: see Cape Canaveral
Pickering, William H.: 45n
Pilotless Aircraft: 5, 10
Pilotless Aircraft Research Division (PARD): see Langley Laboratory
Plant Security Inc.: 75n
Point Arguello, CA: see Vandenberg AFB
Point Barrow, AK: 92, 118
Point Mugu, CA: see Vandenberg AFB
Polaris (Missile): 13, 24, 41, 42n, 53n
Pre-Flight Jet: 6, 13, 18n, 41, 57, 65, 75n
President's Commission on Government Employment Policy: 34, 49n
President's Science Advisory Committee (PSAC): 23, 25, 42n
Price, Paul A.: 100n
Puerto Rico: 31
Purser, Paul: 13, 56, 71
Pyle, James T.: 32

Quito, Ecuador: 73n

Radio Corporation of America (RCA): 62, 83, 99n
RAND Corp.: 23, 42n
Rawinsonde Operations: 93, 105n
Red Cross: 66
Redstone (Booster): 31
Re-entry Flight Demonstration Experiment #1 (RFDE 1): 82
Reichelderfer, Francis W.: 15
Reid, Henry J.E.: 39
Robbins, Joseph E.: 32, 35, 66, 98n, 116
Rockoon (Launcher): 15, 20n
Rogallo, Francis M.: 69
Rogallo Wing: 68, 69
Rome, University of: 91
Rosen, Milton: 88
Ruttenberg, Stanley: 94

Sahara Desert: 14

Salisbury, MD: 7
Sandia Corp.: 95, 105n
San Diego, CA: 73n
Sanger, Eugen: 55
San Marco Project: 90, 91
San Marco 1:91
San Marco 2:91
Santiago, Chile: 73n
Sardinia: 91
Saturn (Booster): 38, 70
Scout (Booster): 37, 40, 51n, 63, 65, 66, 70, 72n, 79, 81, 85, 91, 102n, 103n, 113,: Blue Scout: 37, 97n
Scout 9: 66, 72n
Seamans, Robert C.: 109
Secretary of War: 3
Senate Committees and Subcommittees: see Congress, U.S Sergeant (Booster): 56
Sharp, Edward R.: 45n
Sheppard, Alan B. Jr.: 61
Shortal, Joseph A.: 16, 32, 40, 52n, 64, 71n
Shotput Project: 81
Siepert, Albert: 41, 109
Silverstein, Abe: 25, 29, 38, 41, 51n, 57, 62, 84, 86
Singer, S. Fred: 15
Slotted Throat Wind Tunnels: 10
Snark (Missile): 10
Sodium Vapor Experiments: 39, 91, 95, 103n
Sonic Boom Research: 41, 123n
Sonmiani Beach, Pakistan: 91
Soule, Hartley A.: 8, 63
Sounding Rockets: 13, 15, 39, 57, 59, 81, 82, 84, 90, 93, 94, 95, 102n, 111, 113, 118-119, 123n, 124n
Space Ranging Radar (SPANDAR): see Tracking and Data Acquisition
Space Shuttle: 11, 43n, 67, 70, 77n, 112
Space Task Group (STG): see National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space Tracking and Data Acquisition Network (STADAN): see Tracking and Data Acquisition
Spain: 103n
Special Committee on Range Facilities: see Defense, Department of
Special Committee on Space Technology: see National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
Special Flying Weapons Team (SFWT): see Langley Laboratory
Spinak, Abraham D.: 86, 118
Sputnik Program: 1, 25, 29, 33, 40, 42n, 55, 81, 84, 87
Sputnik 1 (Satellite): 1, 23-24, 26
Sputnik 2 (Satellite): 23
Stack, John: 18n, 112
Stever, H. Guyford: 27, 30, 43n
Sweden: 89

Teague, Olin E.: 112
Terrapin (Rocket): 15, 20n
Thomas, Albert: 25, 30, 60, 63, 70, 85, 111
Thompson, Floyd L.: 8, 44n, 73n
Thor (Booster): 30, 32, 37, 79
Tiros (Satellite): 83-84, 90, 97n
Tiros Operational System (TOS): 83
Tonapah, NV: 99n
Townsend, John: 15
Tracking and Data Acquisition (T&DA): 8, 16, 34, 36, 40, 41, 50n, 61, 69, 74n,84, 86, 104n: Data Reduction: 50n, 79; FPS-16 Radar: 59, 82, 83, 99n; Manned Space Flight and Tracking Network (MSFN): 62, 69, 70, 78n, 86,122n; Minitrack Network: 61-63, 74n; SPANDAR: 36, 50n, 63; STADAN: 91; SPS-12 Radar: 86
Tracking and Ground Instrumentation Unit (TAGIU): 62-63, 69-70, 89
Trailblazer Project: 40, 53n, 65, 79
Transonic Flight: 5, 17n
Tsiolkovsky, Konstantin: 51n

United Kingdom (UK): 89
USNS Coastal Sentry Quebec: 93
USNS Croatan: 94, 95, 106n, 109, 118
USNS Range Recoverer: 86-87, 93, 96, 101n, 115
U.S.S. Forrestal: 26
Upper Atmosphere Rocket Research Panel (UARRP): 14

V-2 (Missile): 10, 14, 24
V-2 Upper Atmosphere Research Panel: 14
Valparaiso, Chile: 95
Van Allen, James: 14, 27
Vandenberg Air Force Base (PMR): 28, 30, 38, 73n, 74n, 79, 85, 91, 108, 123n
Vanguard Project: 24, 27-28, 37, 42n, 59, 61, 88
Victory, John: 20n
Vietnam War: 112
Viking (Booster): 14
Virginia:: Bureau of Public Roads: 116; Council of Higher Education: 118; University of: 118, 123n
Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI): 118, 123n
Von Braun, Wernher: 24, 27, 28, 37, 42n, 59, 92
Vostok Project: 68, 77n
Vought Corp.: 91, 103n

Wallops Station (Wallops Flight Facility): 10, 29, 35, 39, 40, 57, 59, 79, 80, 85, 86, 89, 91, 92, 94, 104n, 108, 109, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116: Administrative Division: 35; Administrative Unit: 9, 18n, 35; Aeronautical Research at: 2, 6, 8, 26, 41, 70, 79, 112; Aircraft: 86; Community Relations: 2, 9, 32-36, 48n, 65, 116-119; Damage Control Branch: 65; Establishment of: 1-2, 6-9, 12, 17n; Expansion of: 13, 29, 30-33, 35-36, 41, 49n, 84-86, 108; Flight Test Division: 35, 110, 116; Group Achievement Award: 66; Handbook: 85, 100n; Independendence of: 2, 29, 35, 39-41; International Relations: 2, 16, 62, 70, 88, 89-91, 93-94, 103n, 108, 116; Labor Relations: 64, 75n; Launch Scheduling Difficulties: 12, 63, 85; Local Conditions: 9, 28, 39, 64, 69, 75n, 108; Mechanical Services Unit: 9, 18n, 35; Meteorological Research: 79, 82-84, 91-95, 118; Military Relations: 5-7, 9, 12, 31, 33-35, 41, 46n, 60, 79, 81, 85, 87, 100n, 113, 115, 118, 123n; and NACA: 26, 40, 79; and NASA: 20, 26-27, 35, 40, 41, 46n, 65, 79, 80, 107, 108, 113, 114, 119; Off-range Operations: 2, 63, 92-96, 107; Organization of: 8, 35, 39-40, 63, 65, 109, 110, 115; and Piloted Space Flight: 2, 55-59, 61, 67-70; Pilotless Aircraft Reseach Station (PARS): 8, 27, 43n, 107; Program Management and Liaison Branch: 110; Project 2080: 35, 36, 49n, 84, 85, 99n; Project 3512: 66, 76n; Public Relations: 59-60, 70, 73n, 89, 96; Range Engineering Branch: 110; Range Interference: 9, 12, 19n, 32-33, 46n; Range Safety: 41, 60, 85, 86, 92, 104n; Research Section: 9, 18n, 35; Security Guards: 60, 64, 75n; Space Science Research at: 2, 15, 29, 41-43, 70, 79, 81, 95, 97n, 112, 114, 120r; Technical Services Division: 35, 65; University Relations: 13-16, 41, 81, 113, 115, 117
War Department, U.S.: 3, see also: Defense, Department of
Washington, DC: 3
Weather Bureau, U.S.: 15, 20n, 44n, 73, 82, 83, 84, 95, 121n
Webb, James E.: 108, 109, 110, 112
Western Electric Co.: 62, 63
Wexler, Harry: 14, 20n
White Sands Missile Range: 6, 15, 68, 73n, 99n
Williams, Walter C.: 45n, 63, 74n
Williamsburg, VA.: 45n
Woomera, Australia: 73n, 78n
Worchester County Civic League: 34, 49n
World War I: 2
World War II: 2,4, 10, 33, 81, 94
Wright Brothers: 2

X-248 (Rocket): 37, 92
X-series aircraft: 5, 11, 19n, 24, 112

Yates, Donald N.: 63

Zanzibar Tracking Station: 78n