by Jay Barbree
rendezvous in space docking and, first
first
Resnik, Judy
Rickenbacher, Kelly
Ride, Sally
Riley, Jack
Rivard, John
Roosa, Stuart
Russert, Tim
Russian programs accelerating Apollo 8 mission
cooperating with America. See Apollo-
Soyuz; Mir Eagle
extending lead in space race
first man in space
first spacewalk
instigating Project Apollo
N–1 rocket
NASA response to Swallow
overcoming superiority of
Salyut space station
sources within
spy ship reconnaissance
Swallow
unsophisticated nature of
Voshkod
Zond project
See also Mir; Sputnik
Salyut space station
Saturn V
Schirra, Walter M. “Wally,”
Apollo 1 disaster and
Apollo 7 mission
“Beat Army” prank
chasing Freedom Seven
Cronkite reporting moon landing and
flying all capsule-type spacecraft
Gemini 6 mission
Gus Grissom and
last mission
military background
photograph
practical joker
pulled as Deke backup
Saturn test flight
Sigma Seven flight
smuggling sandwich on board
supporting Deke Slayton
warning Grissom about hatch
Schmitt, Jack
Schweickart, Rusty
Scobee, Dick
Scott, Dave
See, Elliot
Shepard, Alan chosen for first in space
experiencing weightlessness
first flight. See Freedom Seven
as Friendship Seven CapCom
frustrated about flight delays
golfing on moon
Grissom gagging
inner ear problems
introspection on moon
leading America back to moon
See also Apollo 14 leading Gemini program
leaking first-in-space status
losing wings
loving space
on Mercury-Redstone
military background
mood-indicator system
moodiness of
photographs
practical jokes
supporting Cooper
views of Earth
Walt Williams and
Shepard, Louise
Shepherd, Dan
Shuttles. See Space Shuttles; specific Shuttle names
Sigma Seven flight
Sinatra, Frank
Skylab
Slayton, Donald K. “Deke” Alan Shepard illness and
on Apollo 11 lunar landing prerequisites
Apollo-Soyuz mission. See Apollo-Soyuz
astronauts supporting
back on flight status
becoming chief astronaut
as chief of flight crew operations
corned beef sandwich prank and
demanding spacewalk fix
experiencing weightlessness
Freedom Seven communications
Gerald Ford and
giving “GO” for lunar landing
Gus Grissom and
heart problem
managing Apollo 13 problems
military background
as oldest space rookie
pulled from Aurora Seven
responding to Apollo 1 disaster
Smith, Mike
Snoopy
Soviet Union space program. See Russian programs
Strategic Defense Initiative deterring
Space Shuttles comeback after Challenger disaster
comeback after Columbia disaster
development of
directive to develop
disasters. See Challenger disaster;
Columbia (Shuttle) disaster doors, importance of
first mission
NASA overpromising results of
nausea aboard
problems with
routine nature of
See also specific Shuttle names
space stations early ideas for
international agreement
International Space Station
space stations (cont.)
Salyut
Skylab
See also Mir
Space Transportation System (STS)
See also Space Shuttles spacewalks banishing woes of
Buzz Aldrin mastering
“cut loose” order
demand for correcting
experiences during
first American (Gemini 4)
first ever (Russian)
Gemini 9
Gemini challenges
repairing Hubble
Spider
spies and space
N–1 and
seeing Russian sites/rockets
Thor/Agena spy ship (Discoverer)
Sputnik
American public response
booster rocket sighting
dog Laika in
events preceding launch
impact on American space program
launch of
launching author’s career
news flash of
orbit of
R–7 rocket
size of
Sputnik 2
Stafford, Tom Alan Shepard and
Apollo 10 mission
Apollo-Soyuz mission
Gemini 6 mission
Gemini 9 mission
NASA hiring
Starbuck, Randy
Stewart, Jimmy and Gloria
Strategic Defense Initiative (“Star Wars”)
sudden death, of author
beating odds of
brain swelling and memory loss
counting blessings after
CPR administered
defibrillators used
jog leading to
life-saving responses to
not going to light and
subjective experience
wife responding to
Sullivan, Pat
Swallow
Swayzee, Cameron
Swigert, Jack
TEI (Trans Earth Insertion) updates
Thiokol, Morton
Thompson, Floyd L.
Thor-Able rocket
Thor/Agena spy ship (Discoverer)
Thornton, Kathy
Titov, Gherman
Titov, Vladimir
Tornabene, Russ
Truly, Richard
Unity Node
Vanguard
von Braun, Wernher
Voshkod
Vostok V and VI
Ward, Russ
Warren, Ken
Webb, James
weightlessness experiences of
staying in shape in
tools used in
White, Ed
Wiesner, Jerome
Williams, Brian
Williams, Walt
Wilson, Charles E.
Wilson, Jim
women in space, firsts
. See also
McAuliffe, Sharon Christa
Worden, Al
Yankee Clipper
Yates, Donald
Young, Andrew
Young, John
Apollo 16 mission
commanding Columbia
corned beef sandwich prank
Molly Brown flight
NASA hiring
piloting command module
Zarya
Zond project
Acknowledgments
Science advisor…
Physicist Gene McCall, Ph.D.
Chief Scientist, Air Force Space Command,
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p; Senior Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory,
Senior Advisor to Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force. (Ret.) Researchers…
The voices of Launch Control
Apollo’s Jack King
Space Shuttle’s Hugh Harris
And
The voice of the astronauts
Bob Button
This book is written from the files and memories of Jay Barbree and the following storytellers…
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin
Sam Beddingfield
Ted Anderson
Howard Benedict
Astronaut Neil Armstrong
Jay Blackman
Tom Baer
Mary Bubb
Jo Barbree
Bruce Buckingham
Dan Beckmann
Dee Dee Caidin
Martin Caidin
Laurel Lichtenberger
Steve Capus
Lisa Malone
Astronaut Scott Carpenter
Marvin Matthiesen
Mark Cleary
Leslie McCall
Stefano Coledan
Lt. General Forest McCartney
Colonel Bill Coleman
Javier Morgado
Hartwell Conklin
Frieda Morris
Tom Costello
David Mould
Walter Cronkite
Rob Navias
Kristen Dahlgren
John Neilon
Marcia Dunn
Al Neuharth
George English
Ray Nugent
Dixon Gannett
James O’Berg
Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin
Thomas J. O’Malley
Astronaut John Glenn
Amber Philman
Herb Gold
Jim Rathmann
Phil Griffin
Mike Rein
Lt. Colonel Ken Grine
John Rivard
Kay Grinter
Les Roberson
Robert Hager
Jessica Rye
Todd Halvorson
Astronaut Wally Schirra
Bill Hardwood
Astronaut Winston Scott
Bob Harrington
Astronaut Alan Shepard
Cora Harris
Dan Shepherd
Eddie Harrison
Astronaut Deke Slayton
Jim Hartz
Roy Tharpe
Science Writer A. R. Hogan
Cosmonaut Gherman Titov
Dale Holzen
Russ Tornabene
Lang Houston
Manny Virata
Paul Irvin
Russ Ward
Bill Johnson
Ken Warren
Larry Kasulka
Fritz Widick
Jim Kitchell
Billy Wiggins
Gene Kranz
Bilynda Wiggins
Henri Landwirth
George Wilson
Bill Larson
Astronaut Al Worden
Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov
About the Author
JAY BARBREE, seen above reporting live from the launch of Gemini 6 in December 1965, has covered the space race since Sputnik as a correspondent for NBC. The NBC space unit won an Emmy for its coverage of the first Apollo moon landing. Barbree also broke the world news exclusive on the cause of the Challenger explosion. The coauthor of the New York Times bestseller Moon Shot, he lives near Cape Canaveral.
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Credits
Jacket design by Mumtaz Mustafa
Jacket photograph by NASA
Copyright
“LIVE FROM CAPE CANAVERAL.” Copyright © 2007 by Jay Barbree. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
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Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
Preface
ONE: Sputnik
TWO: The Early Days
THREE: The Astronauts
FOUR: First in Space
FIVE: John Glenn
SIX: On Orbit
PHOTOGRAPHIC INSERT
SEVEN: The Worst of Times
EIGHT: Gemini
NINE: “I’ve got a fire in the cockpit!”
TEN: A Christmas Moon
ELEVEN: The Secret Side of Space
