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

Wisconsin, 212
Wisconsin, University of, 33, 223
INDEX
WKBT-TV, 175
WMO. See World Meteorological Organization.
Wolf, Mrs. Constance, 39
Women’s Advertising Club, 44
Women’s National Press Club, 20
woo. See Western Operations Office.
Wood, Col. Floyd, 148
Wood, George P., 241, 274
Wood, Maj, James W. (USAF), 195
Woollard, Dr. George P., 33
Woolson, Ferdinand C., 274
Woomera, Australia, 25, 35, 43, 90, 175, 199, 270
Woodwell, George M., 258
Worcester, Massachusetts, 42
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) , 59, 84, 97
World Mother of the Year. 87
World Peace-Congress, llf, 123
World’s Fair, 140
World’s Fair Corp., 140
World War I, 58
World War 11, 59, 60
“World weather watch”, 59
Wright-Bellanca, 94
Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy, 166
Wright Memorial Dinner, 166
Wright, Orville, 158
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, 51, 142, 226, 246
Wright, Wilbur, 55
WS. See Wallops Station.
x-l,81
X-14A, 264
X-15, 10, 75, 80, 81, 84, 100, 139, 144, 251
and astronauts, 123, 125
awards. 107. 116. , 125. , 126. , 132. , 204
equipment, 242
flights
canceled, 43, 62, 86, 120, 201 ,
successful
No. 1, 3, 57, 64, 84, 96, 109, 122, 131
No. 2. 72, 93. 126. 143. 158. 165, 202.21 12,236
NO. 3; 6,47,58, io7, 1’23, i37, i51,2‘10, 220, 269, 2 73
Follow-On program, 53, 266
heat transfer, 126, 143, 158, 165
program, 19, 43, 197, 239, 254
reactive control, 107, 210
records
altitude, 64, 123
speed, 107, 109
re-entry control, 109, 131, 202, 212, 220, 236, 269, 273
stability augmentation system, 93, 122, 151
x-19, 110
X-20 (Dyna Soar), 257
booster, 159
boost-glide, 177
communications, 256
equipment, 47
pilots, 36, 195, 219
program, 100, 108, 109, 179, 197, 265
X-ray, 30, 50, 62, 67, 104, 162, 258
Yagoda, Herman, 111
Yale University, 9, 45, 58, 86
Yarov-Yarovoy, Mikhail, 270
Yeager, Col. Charles E. (UBAF), 81, 129
Yerkes Observatory, 23
YHU-1D (Iroquois), 54, 58
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