MicroMed Cardiovascular Inc. / Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory / General Electric / Lockheed Martin / Jet Propulsion Laboratory / Grumman / See Thermal Protection Systems / Astrogenetix Inc. / Thiokol Chemical Corporation / Andrew / Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. / National Space Technology Laboratory / Brunswick Corporation / Hi-Shear Technology Corporation / Alliant Techsystems / Collaborative Integrated Processing Solutions / Middle School Students / Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory / Pratt & Whitney Company / Atmospheric Laboratory / Santa Susana Field Laboratory / Index Thermal Protection Systems / European Modular Cultivation System / McCall / Orbital Maneuvering Systems / Astrotech Corporation / Manned Orbiting Laboratory / Space Task Group / Isothermal Dendritic Growth Experiment / Aerospace Corporation / Simmons / General Dynamics / COI Ceramics Inc. / Earth Knowledge / Melanie / PerkinElmer / Coleman / North American Rockwell Corporation / Carlos / Primary Avionics Software / McDonnell Douglas / See Spacehab Inc. / Cepheid / Spaceflight Meteorology Group / Kraft / Electronic Systems Test Laboratory / Bioserve Space Technologies / North Carolina Foam Industries / Kyzen Corporation / See Thiokol Chemical Corporation / Electrical Power Systems Laboratory / Oxygen System Consultants Inc. / Product Development Laboratory / Martin Marietta / Rockwell International / Fairchild Industries / DuPont / Ford / International Business Machines / Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory / Space Experiment Module Program / Spacehab Inc. / Boeing / American Airlines / Ames / Thermal Protection Systems / Lockheed Space Operations Company / David / Cimarron Software Services Inc. / Garrett / Lockheed International / Chicago Bridge & Iron Company / Phillips Laboratories / /
Country
France / United Kingdom / United States / Soviet Union / Columbia / /
Currency
ESP / /
Facility
Space Center / Barksdale Air Force Base / National Space Biomedical Research Institute / Avionics Engineering Laboratory / Shuttle Logistics Depot / Eglin Air Force Base / Shuttle Landing Facility / Cape Canaveral Air Force Station / Space Museum / Research Animal Holding Facility / Salyut space station / Long Duration Exposure Facility / Space Camp / Parachute Refurbishment Facility / Space Station Robotic Arm / Space Station Processing Facility / Gravitation Plant Physiology Facility / Space Station Freedom / Logistics Depot / Shuttle-Mir Program Mission Control Center / Purdue University / Mir space station / Orbiter Processing Facility / Southwest Research Institute / Compton Gamma Ray Observatory / Edwards Air Force Base / Space Transportation System / Precision Air Bearing Facility / National Space Transportation System / Michoud Assembly Facility / Patrick Air Force Base / Manipulator Development Facility / University of Buffalo Research Center / Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building / Dover Air Force Base / Hypergolic Maintenance Facility / Surge Facility / Destiny laboratory / Columbus laboratory / Refurbishment Facility / Houston Museum of Natural Science / International Space Station / Baylor College of Medicine / See Thiokol Chemical Corporation Moscow Control Center / Arlington National Cemetery / See International Space Station / /
IndustryTerm
sensor validation algorithm / pyrotechnic systems / configuration management / communications flight controllers / 125 disease prevention / computer networking / abort landing site / chemical fingerprinting / flight systems management / 462 disease prevention / computational fluid dynamics tool / food quality / payload processing / dark energy / facility infrastructure / energy efficiencies / de-mining flare / materials processing / gas leak detection / satellite deployments / cable testing device / hazardous gas detection / planned landing site / technology innovations / cursor control devices / carbon fiber solution / digital communications / gas dynamics / polar orbiting weather satellite / platelet technology / graphics software / software support / navigation software tool / business services / individual satellite / radar imaging / energy use assessment / anti-satellite weaponry / cargo integration test equipment / launch processing / software language / ground processing / public relations / ground facility infrastructure / manufacturing execution system / /
NaturalFeature
Cape Canaveral / Sahara / /
Organization
National Space Biomedical Research Institute / National Research Council / 45th Weather Squadron / Marshall Space Flight Center / Southwest Research Institute / Space Command / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / European Space Agency / Chinese National Satellite Meteorological Center / Recharge Oxygen Orifice Bypass Assembly / Lightning Advisory Panel / Dryden Flight Research Center / Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee / National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency / American Society for Testing and Materials / Hydraulic Power Unit / Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency / Baylor College of Medicine / Space Center Houston / Israeli Space Agency / National Outdoor Leadership School / Space Shuttle Program Systems Integration Office / Canadian Space Agency / Magellan mission / Astronaut Corps / Air Force / Smithsonian / Federal Aviation Administration / Harvard Medical School / Japanese mission / Arnold Engineering Development Center / Food and Drug Administration / Sally Ride’s Science Club / German Space Agency / Rogers Commission / Mission Operations Directorate / Purdue University / Auxiliary Power Unit / Kennedy Space Center / Shuttle-Mir Program Mission Control Center / Columbia Accident Investigation Board / National Bureau of Standards / DuVal High School / National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Challenger Center for Space Science Education / Department of Defense / Buffalo Research Center / Italian Space Agency / Equal Employment Opportunity Commission / Shuttle Radar Topography mission / Johnson Space Center / Environmental Protection Agency / Goddard Space Flight Center / /
Person
John Jr. / John-David / Hillary Rodham / Michael / Reagan / Reynolds Aluminum / Lennard / Ruth Bates / Tracy Caldwell / Dave / Bush / Jody / /
Position
payload specialist / /
Product
Orion / Pilot / Franklin / KC-135 / Shuttle / delta wing / Satellite / Challenger / Expedition / Space Shuttle Program / Manned Orbiting Laboratory / STS / Quest / C-2 / Soyuz capsule / /
Index A Abbey, George, 27, 132 ablator, 189, 191, 194, 195, 197 abort, mission during ascent, 234–236