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

INDEX 343
National Aeronautics and Space Administration-Continued
launches, 277
balloons, 121, 125, 140, 147
interplanetary, 128, 164
lunar, 10, 59, 218
manned, 18, 85-6, 208-9
satellite, 14, 30-1, 105, 117, 207, 223, 267
sounding rocket, 4, 7, 27, 28, 40, 41, 55, 62, 79, 81, 82, 87, 95, 101, 106,
110, 116, 130, 143, 161, 197,203,223,234,247,252,265, 268,270
test, 5, 51, 72, 158, 244
organization, 54, 224
participation, launch, 225, 239
patent, 41, 56, 222-23
personnel
appointment,s, 1, 30, 83, 97, 102, 107, 108, 109, 231, 247
astronauts, 36, 44, 56, 69, 93, 190-91
grades, 116
military, 43
recruitment, 52, 255
training, 62, 122
press conferences
Apollo program, 118-19
ARIEL I, 63
EXPLORER IX, 34-5
EXPLORER XII, 7
MARINER 11, 268
Mercury, 21, 88
U.S.S.R. tandem flight, 153-54
programs
advanced research, 17, 39, 233
Anna, 79, 233, 273
Apollo, 2, 3
Centaur, 79
Dyna-Soar, 25
Gemini, 1
micrometeorite satellite, 280
Ranger, 272
reactor, nuclear, 277-78
unmanned lunar, 215
X-15 Follow-on, 53, 266
studies
booster fragments, 52
contracting, 186
lunar logistics, 144
lunar surface, 196, 234, 260
radiation, artificial, 148, 158, 177-78
rendezvous, 27
space applications, 11
National Aeronautics and Space Council, 2, 5, 54, 61, 131, 234
National Association of Broadcasters, 47
National Association of School Administrators, 17
National Aviation Day, 158
National Broadcasting Co. (NBC), 50, 158
National Bureau of Standards, 1, 17, 112, 130, 267
National Capital Planning Commission, 76
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), 93
National Center for Space Studies (France), 20
National Center for Telecommunications Studies (France), 95
National Civil Service Lea ue, 34, 129
National Committee for a bane Nuclear Policy, 84
National Committee on Space Research (U.K.), 63
National Conference on Application of Electrical Insulation, 20
National Conference on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, Second, 71, 72, 74, 75, 76
National Defense Education Act, 114
National Educational TV Network, 49
National Electronics Conference, 213
National Father of the Year, 87