Origins of NASA Names

CONTENTS

• Foreword
• Preface
• Note
• I. Launch Vehicles
• II. Satellites
• III. Space Probes
• IV. Manned Space Flight
• V. Sounding Rockets
• VI. NASA Installations
• Appendix A. Selected List of Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Terms
• Appendix B. International Designation of Spacecraft
• Appendix C. NASA Major Launch Record, 1958-1974
• Appendix D. NASA Naming Committees
• Reference Notes
• The Authors