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1 Bibliography 'Spacelab simulation", JSC release, January 23rd 'Shuttle Training Aircraft delivery to JSC", JSC release, June 8th 'NASA to recruit Space Shuttle astronauts", JSC release, July 8th 'Spacelab simulation crew undergoes medical tests", JSC release, December 1st 'Spacelab medical simulation starts at Johnson Space Centre", JSC release, May 13th 'NASA selects 35 astronaut candidates", JSC release, January 16th 'Shuttle orbiters named after sea vessels", JSC release, February 1st 'Space Shuttle orbiter procurement contract signed", JSC release, February 5th 'Schooling of astronauts, 35 new candidates, is varied, exciting", JSC release, April 8th 'Shuttle launch for Palapa", Flight International, April 28th 'RMS contract award", JSC release, May 25th 'ESA starts work on Spacelab Sled", Flight International, July 14th 'NASA tests new space manoeuvring backpack", JSC release, September 10th 'Astronauts may repair orbiter heat shield in flight", JSC release, September 20th 'NASA to develop Manned Manoeuvring Unit", JSC release, October 2nd 'Heads-up display for orbiter", JSC release, October 16th 'Lockheed clears Shuttle orbiter structure for flight", Flight International, October 27th 'Martin receives TPS repair contract", JSC release, January 22nd 'NASA signs Martin Marietta to build Manned Manoeuvring Unit", JSC release, February 29th 'NASA signs Canadians to build Shuttle robot arm", JSC release, April 14th 'Investigators file report on cause of spacesuit backpack fire", JSC release, June 10th 'Martin Marietta to build Space Shuttle orbiter tile repair kits", JSC release, July 2nd 'Two Europeans selected for Space Shuttle mission specialist training", JSC release, July 7th 'Space Shuttle to carry space toolbox", JSC release, October 14th 'Spacesuit life support system ends 14-hour test", JSC release, October 16th 'NASA names crews for three Space Shuttle missions", JSC release, March 1st 'Three Shuttle crews announced", JSC release, April 19th 'NASA names STS-10 astronaut crew", JSC release, October 20th 1982.

284 Bibliography "Team reports on STS-5 spacesuit failures", JSC release, December 2nd 1982. "Fifth crewmember named to STS-7 and STS-8", JSC release, December 21st 1982.

2 284 Bibliography "Team reports on STS-5 spacesuit failures", JSC release, December 2nd "Fifth crewmember named to STS-7 and STS-8", JSC release, December 21st "STS-11 and STS-12 crews named", JSC release, February 4th "Crewmembers named for STS-13, Spacelab-2 and Spacelab-3", JSC release, February 18th "Salt spray delays Shuttle", Flight International, March 26th "IUS investigation board members named", JSC release, April 7th "Second TDRS deleted from STS-8 manifest", JSC release, May 27th "STS flight assignments", JSC release, November 17th "51K crew announcement", JSC release, February 14th "The launch-and-forget satellite", Flight International, April 7th "IUS on the mend", Flight International, April 21st "Astronaut T.J. Hart to leave NASA", JSC release, May 10th "NASA announces updated flight crew assignments", JSC release, August 3rd "Making Shuttle pay its way", Flight International, December 15th "NASA names crew to deploy satellites in year-end flights", JSC release, January 29th "Boost for PAM-D2", Flight International, March 2nd "NASA changes 5IB landing site to Edwards Air Force Base", JSC release, April 24th "Spacelab-3 success claimed", Flight International, May 18th "NASA names astronaut crews for Ulysses, Galileo missions", JSC release, May 31st "NASA names astronaut crew for Space Shuttle mission 611", JSC release, June 17th "Shuttle and Spacelab to try again", Flight International, July 27th "Spacelab-2 hits trouble", Flight International, August 10th "Cola duel in space", Flight International, August 31st "NASA names crews for upcoming Space Shuttle flights", JSC release, September 19th "Pointing system performance praised", Flight International, September 21st "Spacelab-2 reflight studied", Flight International, October 26th "Journalist to fly on Shuttle", Flight International, November 9th "Spacelab-Dl controlled from Europe", Flight International, November 23rd "New work for Solar Max", Flight International, December 7th "Vandenberg launch schedule date slips", Flight International, December 21st "NASA free-flier spies Halley", Flight International, January 4th "Major changes in 1986 plan", Flight International, January 25th "Teacher flies next Shuttle", Flight International, January 25th "NASA assesses launcher options", Flight International, March 8th "Shuttle off until spring '87", Flight International, March 15th "Shuttle to lose Centaur-G Prime?", Flight International, June 7th "Report of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident", Washington, DC, June "Shuttle restrictions urged", Flight International, August 9th "Implementation of the Recommendations of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident", NASA publication, June Byars, Carlos, "Shuttle's comet tracker malfunctioning", Houston Chronicle, July 30th Cooper, Henry S.F., "Before Liftoff: the making of a Space Shuttle crew". Baltimore, Maryland: The Johns Hopkins University Press, Evans, Ben, "Space Shuttle Columbia: her missions and crews". Chichester, UK: Springer- Praxis, Isikoff, Michael, "Remains of Shuttle crew found", Washington Post, March 10th 1986.

3 Bibliography 285 Jenkins, Dennis R., "Space Shuttle: the history of the National Space Transportation System - the first 100 missions". Hinckley: Midland Publishing, McConnell, Malcolm, "Challenger: a major malfunction". New York: Doubleday, Mullane, Mike, "Riding Rockets: the outrageous tales of a Space Shuttle astronaut". New York: Scribner, Reichardt, Tony, (ed.) "Space Shuttle: the first 20 years". Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, Savage, P.D., G.C. Jahns, B.P. Dalton, R.P. Hogan and A.E. Wray, "The Rodent Research Animal Holding Facility as a barrier to environmental contamination", NASA Technical Memorandum , September Shapland, David and Michael Rycroft, "Spacelab: research in Earth orbit". Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Trento, Joseph J., "Prescription for disaster". New York: Crown, Vaughan, Diane, "The Challenger launch decision: risky technology, culture and deviance at NASA". Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996.

4 Index Note: page numbers in bold refer to illustrations. Acton, Loren Airborne Support Equipment 32, 33 Aldrich, Arnie 22 Allen, Joe 2, 5 Blaha, John 41 Bluford, Guy 73, 80-82, 85, 93 as first black American spacefarer 73, Bobko, Karol 'Bo' 1-2, 10, 12 and training for STS-6 28 role in STS-6 spacewalks 10, 14 Brand, Vance , 113 Brandenstein, Dan 48, 80, 82, 85, 91, 93 Challenger as lighter orbiter than Columbia 22 flight deck of 21 Flight Readiness Firing of 23-25, 24 Heads-Up Display of 41 hydrogen leaks prior to STS main engines of middeck of 27 modification from Structural Test Article to orbiter 8-10, 9 origin of name of 8 planned missions after STS-51L , records set by 227 rollover to Vehicle Assembly Building of 6 test equipment aboard Colonna, Richard 5 Electrophoresis Operations in Space 38 Enterprise approach and landing runs of 7 as testbed for Columbia and Challenger 7 ejection seats of 7 structure of 7 Greene, Jay 26, 97 Gregory, Fred , Haise, Fred 7 Hart, Terry 97, 114, Hauck, Rick 45-46, 48-49, 54, 60, 63 Inertial Upper Stage 31-36, 33, 73-74, 95-96, 114 Lenoir, Bill 2-3 Lind, Don 39, 188 Lunney, Glynn 35 McBarron, Jim 5 McCandless, Bruce 3, 29, , 134 McCann, Joe 13-14

5 288 Index Mission Specialists 22 Musgrave, Story 1-2, 3, 4 and preparations for STS-6 spacewalk first experience of spaceflight of 29-30, role in Tracking and Data Relay Satellite deployment standing during STS-6 re-entry 41 Nelson, George 'Pinky' 4, 12, 14, 16, 114, 121, , 134 North, Warren 22 Payload Assist Module 62 Peterson, Don 1-2, 3, 4 and preparations for STS-6 spacewalk and training for STS role in Tracking and Data Relay Satellite deployment Pohl, Henry 19 Ride, Sally 46-47, 47, 59-60, 63, as first American woman in space Ross, Jerry Scott, Dave 4 Shriver, Loren Shuttle Landing Facility Shuttle Training Aircraft Solar Max 15, 63, , 105, , , 125, Spacelab development and history of , 164 igloo 201 Instrument Pointing System 166, 200, , 205 pallets , 201 pressurised module , 167 Space Shuttle ability to land at night of airlock of 11 and satellite repair missions , approach and landing runs of 7 as operational 'space liner' 5 assembly of 20 astronauts of ejection seats of 20-21, flight deck of 21 flight deck windows of External Tank of 18-19, 23 juggling of orbiters and missions , landing of launch of 27-29, 28 main engines of 19 manoeuvrability of 107 middeck of 27 mission training for 140 Payload Specialists on 137 physical appearance of 10 Remote Manipulator System of 50-52, 52, 86-88, sleeping aboard 90 Solid Rocket Boosters of 18, 19-20, 23, 76 spacesuit of 10-17, 4, 15 STS-41D main engine shutdown and testing of 7 thermal protection system of space sickness 53-56, 76-78, 83, STS-5 spacesuit failures on 2-3, 5 STS as oldest astronaut crew to date 1-2 Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System on 37-39, 37 EVA on 13-17, 15 EVA training for 3-5 F-Troop nickname of crew 1 Getaway Special experiments on 40 landing of launch of 27-29, 28 long wait of crew to fly 18 Monodisperse Latex Reactor on Night/Day Optical Survey of Lightning on 39 thermal protection system damage suffered by Tracking and Data Relay Satellite and 26, 30-36, 33, wheel damage suffered by 42 STS Anik-C2 and 57-59, 58, 60-62, 61 as first five-person Shuttle crew 49-50, 50, 53-56

6 Index 289 brake damage on 71 Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System on 68 Getaway Special experiments on 67 landing of 69-71, 70 launch of micrometeroid impact on Monodisperse Latex Reactor on 68 Office of Space and Terrestrial Applications payload 65, Palapa-Bl and 57-59, 58, preparations for 56-58, 58 Remote Manipulator System on 50-52, 52 role of Ku-band antenna on Shuttle Pallet Satellite aboard 52, 58, 63-65, 64 space 'Olympics' on 70 STS and first nocturnal Shuttle landing 91-93, 92 and first nocturnal Shuttle launch 78, 79, 80-82, 81 Animal Enclosure Module on 86 Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System on Evaluation of Oxygen Interaction with Materials on Getaway Special experiments on heat pipe investigation on 89 high-performance Solid Rocket Boosters on 76 Insat-IB and 73, 74, 75, 83-85, 84 Payload Flight Test Article and 73, 75, 86-88, 87 removal of Tracking and Data Relay Satellite from 36, STS-41B EVAs on Inflatable Rendezvous Target and , 111 landing of , 113 Manned Manoeuvring Unit and , 99, 101, 106 new numbering system and Palapa-B2and Shuttle Pallet Satellite aboard , 105 Westar-6and , 110 STS-41C 'direct insertion' ascent of 121 EVAs on landing of launch of Long Duration Exposure Facility and , 118, Manned Manoeuvring Unit and , 125 Solar Max repair , 125 'triskaedekaphobia' and 97, 114 STS-41G crew of discovery of Ubar Earth Radiation Budget Satellite and , 144 EVA on , 154 Ku-band antenna problems on , 155 Office of Space and Terrestrial Applications payload Payload Specialists on , 156 Shuttle Imaging Radar and , 148, 155 STS-51B 166, as 'dual-shift' mission 181 ATMOS observations 'gravity gradient' attitude adopted by 180, 182 landing site changed to Edwards Air Force Base 176 landing of launch of microgravity research aboard 175, NUSAT deployment and squirrel monkeys aboard STS-51F Abort To Orbit on , 195 as first pallet-only Spacelab mission , 210 Coke and Pepsi aboard , 199 life sciences experiments on main engine shutdown and , 197 Plasma Diagnostics Package on , 212 STS-61A as first eight-person Shuttle crew 218 life and microgravity sciences research on

7 290 Index STS-61A (cont.) operated from outside the United States 222 training for STS-51L cause of the disaster cold weather and 232, 233 destruction of , 243, 245, 246 fate of the crew on first 'private' citizen in space on , Greg Jarvis and planned Halley's Comet observations by Tracking and Data Relay Satellite and T-38 jet trainers Thagard, Norm 53-56, 55 Thirty Five New Guys astronaut class 45-49, Thornton, Bill 76-78, 77 Tracking and Data Relay Satellite 17-18, 30-36, 33, 43-44, 73-74, 88, 114, , Truly, Dick 93 Vaughan, Chester 14 van Hoften, James 'Ox' Vidrine, Dave 115 Walker, Charlie 21, 38, 54, 68, 120 Weightless Environment Training Facility 3,4 Weitz, Paul 1-2, 41

8 Printing: Mercedes-Druck, Berlin Binding: Stein+Lehmann, Berlin

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