Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1967 - NASA's History Office

Langley Research Center-Continued
Lunar Orbiter program, 37,59,111,139,
1 80
Pla&tary Reentry Parachute program,
191,222
supersonic transport, 69
Voyager program, 158, 160
Langley, Samuel Pierpont, 177
Lapp, Ralph, 51
LaRc. See Langley Research Center.
Large Astronomical Satellite (LAS) ,302
Large Object Salvage System (LOSS), 369
Lark (missile), 79
LAS. See Large Astronomical Satellite.
Las Vegas, Nev., 111,153
Laser, 10, 16, 18, 80,84,108,221,371,391
LAW. See Low-altitude supersonic vehi-
cle.
Latin American summit conference, 84
Latta, Rep. Delbert L., 192
Latta, M/G William N. (USA), 197
Launch Complex 34, KSC, 23, 26, 81
Launch Complex, 29, 37, 81
Launch Complex, 32, 39, 338, 339
Launch vehicle (see also individual
launch vehicles, su& as Atlas-Agena,
Saturn, etc.), 42, 49, 54, 61, 62, 67,
80,135,233,361
cost, 135
procurement, 225
reusable, 187, 188
U.S.S.R., 33, 109, 121, 351, 355
Lawrence, J. H., Co., 176
Lawrence Radiation Laboratory (Univ. of
Calif.), 15
Lawrence, Maj. Robert H., Jr. (USAF),
197,371,373
Leavitt, William, 285
Le Bourget Airfield, France, 162,174
“Lectures in Aerospace Medicine” conference,
39
Lederberg, Dr. Joshua, 15
Lederer, Jerome F., 173, 369
Lee, Dr. William A., 219
Leeds, Univ. of, 104
Lehigh Univ., 109
Leighton, Dr. Robert B., 250-251
LEM. See Lunar Module.
Le May, Gen. Curtis E. (USAF, Ret.), 344
Lemert, James B., 62
Lemnitzer, Gen. Lyman L. (USA), 204
Leningrad, 327
Lenoir, Dr. William B., 233
Leonard Medal, 320
Leoaov, L/C Aleksey (U.S.S.R.), 194, 291
Le Page, Wynn L., 309
LeRC. See Lewis Research Center.
Les V. See Lincoln Experimental Satel-
lite.
Letov, Dr. Alex M., 243
Levine, Arthur L., 315
Lewicki, Dr. George W., 372
Lewis, Anthony, 93
Lewis, Dr. Henry, 10
Lewis Research Center (LeRC) (NASA),
180,359
ASTRONAUTICS AND AERONAUTICS, 1%7
Lewis Research Center-Continued
aircraft research, 11,261
Quiet Engine program, 250
award, 20, 275, 316-317
booster, 113, 187, 334, 359
contract, 37,59,213
criticism, 47
rocket engine, 190
Lewis, Richard, 274
Lewis, W. Deming, 109
Libby, Dr. Willard F., 209,316
Library of Congress, 74,139
Legislative Reference Service, 24, 88,
104
Lick Observatory, 181,192
Lieblein, Seymour, 19
Lieberman, Henry R., 70
Lifting-body vehicle, 14, 58, 62, 116, 163,
166, 190, 199,206, 213,226,392
Lilly, William E., 75
Lincoln Experimental Satellite (Les V) ,
199,213
Lincoln Laboratory, MIT, 20
Lindbergh, Charles A., 166, 177, 331
Lindsley, Prof. Donald B., 334
Lindsay, Mayor Robert, 170
Linear accelerator, 267
Ling-Temco-Vought, Inc. (LTV) ,221
Range Systems Div., 205
Link, Edwin A., 316
Literaturnaya Gazeta, 123
Little, Arthur D., Inc., 354
Littleton, Colo., 12
Littlewood, William, 366
Llewellyn, Dr. John A., 233, 234
LM. See Lunar Module.
Local Scientific Survey Module (LSSM) ,
193
Lockheed California Co., 182
Lockheed-Georgia Co., 268,301
Lockheed Aircraft Corp., 15, 36, 110, 130,
189,331
award, 6
contract, 61
SR-71 aircraft, 318
supersonic transport, 7
Lockheed Missiles and Space Co., 39, 226
contract, 13, 86, 123, 179, 220, 255, 279
sounding rocket experiment, 98,253
Lockheed Propulsion Co., 32, 63
Loftin, Laurence K., Jr., 317
London, U.K., 23, 26, 70, 174, 269, 299,
359
meeting, 93,109,153,236,318
press conference, 21!4-220,225
Long, Dr. Frank A., 25
Long Beach, Calif., 64
Lop Nor, Communist China, 386
Loring AFB, Me., 162
Los Alamos Atomic Weapons Laboratory,
322
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, 77,262,
348
Los Angeles, Calif., 48,199,312
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, 372