Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1967 - NASA's History Office

Walker, Robert, 386-387
Wallops Island, Va., 120
Wallops Station (NASA), 128, 348
award, 85
contract, 388
launch
RAM C1,311
sounding rocket
Aerobee 150, 285
Aerobee 150A, 72,368
Arcas, 93,237-238
Argo D-4 (Javelin), 157, 191
MT-135, 93
Nike-Apache, 28, 91, 184, 216,
237-238, 272-273,347,375
Nike-Cajun, 91, 106, 117, 130, 140,
151, 375
Trailblazer, 46
Trailblazer 11, 195
Walsh, John, 302
Walz, Jay, 247
Warnke, Paul C., 359
Warsaw, Poland, 161
Warschauer, Dr. D. M., 386
Washington, D.C., 95, 209, 247, 329, 351
awards presented at, 172, 177, 285, 317,
380
meetings, 13, 16, 33, 36, 48, 49, 93, 115,
146, 151, 172, 175, 178, 180-181, 185,
195, 215, 220, 274, 281, 310, 318, 344
press conference, 60, 110, 129, 217
satellite communications with, 12, 21,
199
space treaty signed at, 23,25-26,70,299
Washington, D.C., Aero Club, 220
Washington, D.C., National Airport, 137
Water, 126
Water injection, 370,392
Water pollution, 189-190
Waterman, Dr. Alan T., 361
WEAFAX. See Weather facsimile experiment.
Weapon systems, 205, 216, 247, 257-258,
267-268, 329, 331, 343-M, 348
Weather facsimile (WEAFAX) experiment,
270
Weather modification, 113-114, 214, 346-
347
Webb Associates, 36-37
Webb, James E., 65
Apollo (AS-204) accident, 25, 33, 46,
49-50, 53, 103, 114, 130, 139, 171,279
appointments by, 14, 173, 212, 253, 299,
327
astronaut. 232
award by, 54
award to, 190
budget, 18, 20, 220, 221, 224, 243, 272,
275, 283, 284. 338. 352. 353
, ,
cosmonaut; 16
criticism of, 148, 167, 294, 295
Seamans, Dr. Robert C., Jr., resignation,
288
space cooperation, 125, 388
ASTRONAUTICS AND AERONAUTICS, 1967
Webb-Continued
space program, 3, 116, 151, 155, 163,
301, 336, 338, 341, 352, 353
tribute to, 166,258
universities, 150, 306, 307, 363
Webb, Paul, 36
Weightlessness, effects of
animals, 2,6,65,104
humans, 10, 12, 31, 36, 56, 71, 76
organisms, 47,263,313,391
plants, 326
Weitzel, Frank H., 168 %
Welles, Benjamin, 85
Welsh, Dr. Edward C., 38, 63, 104, 160,
162,215,256,293,342
West Palm Beach, Fla., 53
West Point, N.Y., 29
West Point, Neb., 385
West Virginia, 126, 202
Western Electric Co., 70, 263, 284
Western High School Alumni Assn., Washington,
D.C., 142
Western Test Range (WTR) (see also
Vandenberg AFB, Calif.), 381
launch
contract, 126, 371
lifting-body vehicle, 62
postponed, 111
satellite
launch vehicle
NASA
Thor-Delta, 20
Thrust-Augmented, 120, 143,
34.2
Thrust-Augmented Improved
Delta, 163
Thrust-A u g m en t e d Thor.
Agena, 222
U.K., Scout, 140
USAF
Atlas, 221
Atlas-Agena D, 36, 161, 175
Scout, 111,159,279
Thor-Agena D, Thrust-Aug-
mented Thor-Agena, 9, 50,
146,188,219,235,271,327
Thor-Burner 11, 196, 236
Thrust-A u g m e n t e d Thor-
Agena, 146
Titan 111-B, 50, 191, 245, 274,
318
Western Union International, Inc. (WUI) ,
101. 118. 130
Westinghouse Electric Corp., 213, 244
Weston, Ill., 188, 207
Wheeler, Gen. Earle G. (USA), 108
Whelan, Joseph G., 104
Whipple, Dr. Fred L., 177
White, Alvin S., 12, 267, 300
White, L/C Edward H., I1 (USAF)
Apollo (AS-204) accident, 21-22,
25,26,26-27,36,102
eulogy, 29
Gemini IV flight, 387
honors. 41. 69. 85. 142. 207
memorial Anice, 27
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