Astronautical and Aeronautical Events of 1962 - NASA's History Office

INDEX 339
Mercury-Atlas 5 (MA-5), 7, 303
Mercury-Atlas 6 (MA-6)
booster fragments, 129
flight, 18, 20-21, 32, 42, 49, 286, 303
flight preparations, 1, 7, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16
results, 48, 191
Mercury-Atlas 7 (MA-7)
booster fragments, 89
flight, 86-87, 187, 289, 304
flight preparations, 36, 69, 71, 76, 79, 80, 81 , 82 185
results, 159
Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8)
flight, 208-9, 294, 304
flight preparations, 109, 115, 148, 155, 158- -9, I .77, 179, 1 194, 197, 199,
201, 202, 206
use of, 209
Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9), 213, 240, 249
Mercurv Control Center. 62
Mercuri, Project
conclusion of, 199, 209
control room, 51
medical, 4
pilot, 36
program, 19
results, 48
team, 20, 22, 27, 28, 69, 93
tracking, 62
Mercury-Redstone, 301, 302, 303
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner, and Smith, Inc., 177
Messerschmitt Aircraft. 134
Meteor, 52, 60,70
Meteorites
composition, 60, 70
diamonds in, 271
frequency, 231
locating of, 131, 136, 203, 276
satellite impact with, 150, 159
Methane. .~~. 147
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Meyer, Andre J., Jr., 273, 274
Meyers, Tedson J., 119
Mi-1 (U.S.S.R.), 100
Miami Beach. Florida, 33
Miami, Florida, 99, 101
Michaelson, Dr. Sol M., 50
Michigan, Univ. of, 82, 97, 247
Michoud Operations (NASA), 201
facilities, 134. 226
location,' 71 '
production, 10, 140
Micrometeorite, 39
Micrometeoroid, 180, 270
Micro-organism, 157, 182, 200
Microscope, 137
Microwave, 50
Midas (military defense alarm system), 136, 179
Middlebury College, Vermont, 115
Middletown, Ohio, 167
Midway Island, 109
MiG-15, 181
MiG-17, 181
Mikhailov, A., 159, 171
Mikoyan, Artem, 246
Mil, Mikhail L., 91
Mildura, Australia, 55