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

INDEX 363
United Nations (U.N.), 1, 27, 49
Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, 26, 37, 44, 51, 69, 95, 99, 187,
188, 269
launch site, 179, 182, 187
space law, 4, 38, 90, 106, 180, 184, 264
space nuclear tests, 181
space registry, 29, 35, 41, 42, 213
General Assembly, 20, 115
Political Committee, 232, 258, 260, 264
space, 41, 59, 145, 261, 269
United Republican Fund, 208
United Technology Corp. (UTC), 54, 66, 73, 112, 232, 245,375
University, 88, 198, 272, 275
Upper Mantle Project, 258
Uppsala Univ. (Sweden), 276
Uranus, 83
Urey, Dr. Harold C., 60, 70, 151, 251
“U.S. Aeronautics and Space Activities”, 11
USAF Academy, 108
USAF Nuclear Effects Research Laboratory, 248
U.S. Air Force (USAF)
awards, 62, 146
budget, 24, 227
contracts
aircraft, 38, 94, 110
auxiliary power, 151
boosters, 73, 224
life science, 142
radar, 46
site, launch, 87
tracking, 82
facilities
communications, 189
research, 135
rocket firing, 254
tracking, 35
training, astronaut, 226
flight records
aircraft, 243
altitude, 194
distance, 4, 96, 100
speed, 29
balloons, 90, 106, 120
Gemini, Blue, 266
launches, balloon, 84, 91, 106, 269
launches, missile
Atlas, 17, 24, 40, 50, 52, 76, 120, 121, 145, 146, 150, 195, 219, 234, 241,
267, 272, 275
Minuteman, 39, 76, 82, 97, 110, 195, 202, 217, 247, 264, 266, 269, 274
Skybolt, 57, 188, 200, 253, 275
Titan I, 21, 70, 98, 262
Titan 11, 36, 86, 96, 119, 120, 184, 214, 222, 263, 272
launches, apace
probes, 91, 129, 248, 272
satellites, 20,32,50,56,63,64,79,90,93,102, 104,108,109,126,131,139,
161, 165, 169, 191,203, 213,222,232,238,239,249,260, 266,269,271
NASA-WAF, 30, 43, 71, 127
pilot, space, 36, 44, 58, 105
propulsion, 110, 268, 275
research
aircraft, 11, 39, 97
astronomy, 90
helium layer, 215
life science, 106, 151
radiation, space, 25, 28, 162, 188, 211
rockets 7. 17. 214. 275
, I
sites, missile, 56
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