Origins of NASA Names (NASA SP-4402) (The NASA History Series)

x, 227 pp. Black-and-white photographs. CONTENTS: Foreword; Preface; Note; Launch Vehicles; Satellites; Space Probes; Manned Space Flight; Sounding Rockets; 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; Index; The Authors.