NASA Langley / Langley Aeronautical Laboratory / Space Task Group / McDonnell Aircraft Corp. / /
Continent
America / /
Country
United States / /
Event
FDA Phase / Person Communication and Meetings / Name Change / /
Facility
Research Center / Langley Research Center / Langley laboratory / Langley Aeronautical Laboratory / NASA Facts National Aeronautics and Space Administration Langley Research Center / Mercury control center / Mission Control Center / Foot Full-Scale Wind Tunnel / Wright Air Development Center / Lovelace Clinic / Manned Spacecraft Center / /
IndustryTerm
capsule control systems / life-support systems / recovery systems / communications system / aerospace community / navigation equipment / search process / long-distance communications / telemetry systems / launch vehicle suppliers / in-flight control systems / Long-range communications / prime spacecraft contractor / communications system power / manned satellite project / constant radio communications / spaceflight simulation systems / manned launch site / /
NaturalFeature
Atlantic Ocean / Wallops Island / Back River / New Ocean / /
Organization
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics / Marshall Space Flight Center / Manned Spacecraft Center / office of Public Affairs / Army Ballistic Missile Agency / Wright Air Development Center / Army / Navy / Mission Control Center / United States Marine Corps / Congress / NASANavy committee / Pilotless Aircraft Research Division / National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Air Force Ballistic Missile Division / NASA Langley Research Center / Johnson Space Center / /
Person
Marshall Space / James E. Webb / Astronauts Glenn Grissom / James R. Hansen / Eisenhower / Donald / Charles C. Alexander / Slayton Cooper / Kennedy / Floyd Thompson / Loyd S. Swenson Jr. / Yuri Gagarin / John Glenn / Gordon Cooper / Paul Purser / Walter M. Schirra Jr. / James M. Grimwood / Big Joe / Faget / Robert Gilruth / Charles Donlan / Robert R. Gilruth / M. Scott Carpenter / John H. Glenn Jr. / Linda Neuman Ezell / T. Keith Glennan / Scott Carpenter / L. Gordon Cooper Jr. / Sam / Robert Champine / Glenn Grissom / Alan B. Shepard Jr. / Alan Shepard / Walter Schirra / / /
Position
President / Mercury Director / pilot for the first orbital mission / head / engineer / designer / administrator / pilot / Major / threeaxis controller / boilerplate spacecraft model / astronaut / sidearm controller / Lt. Col. / astronaut activities / Carpenter / Lt. Comdr / Carpenter / Mercury Project Management After President / prime spacecraft contractor / assistant director / coordinator / director / simple chair / Langley director / head of Project Mercury / director ’s assistant / /
Product
Apollo / Little Joe capsule / Mercury capsule / Joe / /
ProvinceOrState
Ohio / Virginia / New Mexico / Texas / Tennessee / Florida / Massachusetts / /
NASA Facts National Aeronautics and Space Administration Langley Research Center Hampton, Virginia[removed]April 1996 FS[removed]LaRC