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Lovell, Marilyn, 60, 77, 80 21, 27, 95, 108, 117 Soviet space missions, 20,
lunar module, 26, 29, 37–39, vomit comet (KC-135), 112 27, 108
40, 55, 59, 64, 67, 71, navigation, 32, 34, 38, 64–65, Sputnik 1, 11, 64
74, 76, 78, 85, 91–92, 98 Vostok 1, 15
97–98, 105 star check, 75 Vostok 2, 16
lunar rover, 96, 98–100, sun check, 53–54 Vostok 3, 19
102–104 Nixon, Richard, 23, 60, 82, space exploration, 12, 21, 109
lunar samples, 5, 7, 23, 85–87, 106 benefits, 112–115
26, 94–95, 99–100, cost, 58, 106, 108, 112
102–104, 106 Odyssey, 30–31, 33–34, future, 115–117
38–39, 49, 57 space shuttle program, 106,
mailbox device, 58–59 landing, 71, 76, 80, 82–83 108–110, 116
Mars, 106–107 powering up, 44, 61, Challenger, 109
InSight, 115–117 67–68, 74–76 Columbia, 109
missions, 112, 115–116 role in mission, 28–29, 48 Discovery, 109, 113
math, 6, 11–12, 38, 64–65, oxygen tanks, 37 space suits, 16, 19–21, 59,
86, 107, 117 explosion, 9, 33–36, 70, 73 66, 94, 99, 103, 114
Mattingly, Ken, 5, 40, 68–69, investigation, 88–91 space technology, 95,
80, 101–102 uses, 29, 33–34 112–115
media coverage, 15, 39, 58, space walk, 21, 102, 110
60, 77–78, 80 Paine, Thomas, 84, 88 SpaceX Crew Dragon, 116
medical breakthroughs, 114 parachutes, 76, 80, 100 splashdown, 55–56, 60,
Mercury missions, 13–17, photography in space, 23–25, 70–72, 76–83
19–21, 42, 64 54–56, 99, 106, 110, superstition, 7
Freedom 7, 15, 93 113 Swigert, Jack, 5, 9, 30–31,
Friendship 7, 17, 19, 64 power sources, 9, 33, 36–37, 38–39, 41, 43, 54,
Liberty Bell 7, 16, 18 44–45, 67 64–65, 78–80, 82–85,
mission control, 22, 77, 112 Presidential Medal of 86–87, 91
communication, 8–9, 38, Freedom, 85–87 education, 6
45, 47–48, 54, 60, 69, public reaction, 58–61, role in mission, 6, 39, 69,
78–80 76–77, 80, 82–83, 71–72, 74–76
decisions, 17, 32–33, 36, 86–87 training, 6
41–44, 66, 81, 101
help, 40–41, 92 quarantine, 94 television broadcasts, 8–9,
history, 6, 12, 34–35 15, 39, 58, 60, 77–78,
simulators, 40, 68 reentry, 17, 37–38, 43–44, 80, 98, 100, 102
moon landings, 11, 15, 20–23, 50, 63, 67–68, 71–72, temperature, 28, 41, 51, 64,
34–36, 88, 92–93, 95, 74–80, 109 66, 71–72, 78–79
97–98, 101–102, 106, thermal control roll, 48,
115 scientific discoveries, 5, 17, 56–57, 63
moonwalks, 25, 94, 97, 101, 23, 26, 91–92, 94–97,
104 100, 104, 107–108, unlucky 13, 7
110–111, 113–115, 117
NASA, 6 service module, 78, 92, 102 waste, 66
goals, 8, 14–15, 20–22, explosion, 33, 37, 41–43, water shortage, 29, 34,
106, 115, 117 70, 73–74 37–38, 42, 44, 46–48,
Grumman Aerospace investigation, 89–91 50–51, 65–66, 91
Corporation, 40, 46–47, jettison, 50–51, 71, 72–74 what-if games, 81
74, 115 role in mission, 29–30, 33
history, 11–14 simulators, 40, 53, 68–69
North American Rockwell, Skylab, 107–108
74 Smylie, Ed, 59
space race, 10–12, 15, 19, Soviet. See cosmonauts

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