Kids to Space by Lonnie Jones Schorer
©2006 Apogee Books
ISBN 978-1-894959-42-1
Aafedt, Makenzie - 212 (illustration)
ACES (advanced crew escape suit) - 136, 137
Adkins, Hunter - 13 (illustration)
ADMINISTRATIVE LOGISTICS - 26
AGE - 19
AIRLOCKS - 113
Aitken Basin - 224
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES & TOBACCO - 146
Aldrin, Buzz - 2, 3, 5, 22, 101, 224, 226, 284
Aleman, Juan - 169 (illustration)
Algeria - 47
ALIENS - 197
Allen, Alexander - (illustration in color section)
Allen, Kay-Lee - 52 (illustration)
Allen, Melissa - 78 (illustration)
Alvi, Afreen Saud - (illustration in color section)
Ames research Center - 116, 292-293
Anderson, Eric - 8, 75, 284
Andromeda - 61, 104, 191
ANIMALS, FISH, INSECTS & BIRDS - 45
Ansari, Anousheh - 18, 77, 214, 284
anti-matter - 30, 92, 128, 129
Arbuckle, Ian - 175 (illustration)
ARCO - 214
Area 51 - 198
Arechigo, Jacqie - 21 (illustration)
Armadillo Aerospace - 214
Armstrong, Neil - 3, 6, 101, 224, 226, 284
Arnesen, Liv - 10, 165, 284
Arny, Thomas - 111
ASTEROIDS, COMETS & METEORS - 237
Astronaut Encounter - 18
ASTRONAUTS - 17
astrorubies - 210
ATMOSPHERE - 72
aurora australis - 219
aurora borealis - 187, 219
Australia - 16, 187, 248, 252, 286
Autism spectrum disorders - 44, 290
AVAILABILITY - 33
Bailey, Tim - 8, 66-67, 284
Barrett, Josh - 250 (illustration)
Baylis, Hayley - 2 (illustration)
Bean, Alan - 226
Behrends, Tim - 249 (illustration)
bends - 113, 114
Bennett, Cortney - (illustration in color section)
Berck, Bruce - (illustration in color section)
Bertele, Kimberly S. - 8, 42, 284
Betelgeuse - 218, 231
Bezos, Jeff - 215
big bang theory - 186, 192, 235
big whack theory - 223
Bigelow, Robert - 8, 56-58, 214, 215, 284
Binnie, Brian - 61
Biographies (for more than 80 experts) - 283
bioreactors - 205
biosphere - 175, 176, 177, 181, 208
BIRTHS - 178
Bishop, Sheryl L. - 8, 20, 36, 179, 284
BLACK HOLES - 234
Blackshear, Hamilton - 46
Boshart, Hayden - (illustration in color section)
Boyd, Harrison - 149 (illustration)
Braille - 43
Branson, Sir Richard - 8, 27, 32, 34, 75, 215, 284
BREATHING - 110
Britain - 174, 288, 291, 293
Brown, Jon H. - 9, 81-87, 94-95, 285
Brown, Mike - 266
Btu (British thermal unit) - 94
Buckey, Dr. Jay C. - 10, 150, 154, 285
Buckhouse, Emily - 63 (illustration)
Bue, Grant - 138
Burney, Venetia - 263
Bush, Wyatt - 157 (illustration)
Camarda, Charles - 9, 144-145, 285
CAMERA EQUIPMENT - 70
Cameron, Pam - 122 (illustration)
Canada - 2, 16, 146, 248, 273, 274, 281, 282, 283, 286, 287
CanadArm 2 - 273, 274
Canadian Arrow - 214
Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy - 191
CAPACITY - 31
Cape Canaveral - 47, 83, 116, 287, 290
Cape Crusaders - 116
Carmack, John - 215
Carpenter, Scott - 198
Cassini spacecraft - 242, 246, 254, 255, 257, 289, 292, 292
Castro, Terry - 120 (illustration)
cataracts - 38, 142, 162
Cavallaro, John - 9, 97, 108-109, 285
CELEBRATIONS - 133
celebrations - 9, 133, 134, 262, 291
centripetal force - 126
Ceres - 124, 263
Cernan, Eugene - 226
Challenger - 29, 170, 287, 289
Chandra - 119, 286
China - 18, 81, 89, 97, 106, 187, 214, 215, 226, 291
Clark, Dr. Jonathan B. - 9, 10, 145, 146, 162, 285
Clark, Jason - 141 (illustration)
Clarke, Sir Arthur C. - 6, 224, 285
claustrophobic - 40, 86, 150
Clemens, Sara - 80 (illustration)
CLIMATE - 193
CLOTHING - 135
CME (coronal mass ejections) - 188, 194, 219
COBE (cosmic background Explorer satellite) - 186
Cole, John W. - 9, 89-92, 285-286
Coleman, Catherine - 9, 121, 286
Colter, Marcus - 243 (illustration)
Columbia - 4, 29, 47, 73, 84, 214, 289, 290, 292, 293
COMMUNICATIONS - 63
COMMUNITIES - 175
Conrad, Charles (Pete) - 226
Conway, Colleen - 163 (illustration)
Cooper, Joseph Kawan - 272 (illustration)
COPUOS (Committee for the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space) - 174
cosmonauts - 61, 116, 134, 158, 168, 172, 188, 214, 287
COSTS - 213
CREW - 115
crewlock - 114
Crouch, Geoffrey I. - 8, 16, 286
Crouch, Roger - 8, 69, 286
cryogens - 94
Curbeam, Robert L. - 8, 64, 286
DAILY FUNCTIONS - 151
dark energy - 192
Davis, Alex - 267 (illustration)
Davis, Ariana - (illustration in color section)
DAYLIGHT and DARKNESS - 147
Deep Impact spacecraft - 239
Dell, Emma - 124 (illustration)
Delta V - 90, 92
DeNoble, Allison - (illustration in color section)
DENTAL - 153
DESTINATIONS - 100
Destiny - 16, 106, 293
DeVoid, Shannon - (illustration in color section)
DISTANCES - 103
docking bays - 58
Dodd, Anita - 253 (illustration)
Dotson, David - 159 (illustration)
DRINKING and EATING - 143
Dubuc, Crisanto - (illustration in color section)
Duke, Charles - 226
DURATION - 59
Durham, Cleo - (illustration in color section)
Dyson, Esther - 10, 212, 286
EARTH - 247
ECONOMICS - 211
EDO (extended duration orbiter) - 111
EDUCATION - 49
Edwards, Bradley C. - 11, 269, 270-271, 286
Ehlebracht, Taylor - 258 (illustration)
Einstein's theory of relativity - 132, 186, 192, 235, 236
ELECTRICAL POWER - 107
Elmore, Molley - 135 (illustration)
EMERGENCIES - 169
EMU (extravehicular mobility unit) - 136, 137
Endeavour - 111, 140, 287
energy-versus-range - 277
ENVIRONMENT - 24
Equatorial orbit - 60
equipment lock - 114
escape velocity - 82, 83, 94, 124, 235, 255
ET (external tank) - 81, 84, 89, 156, 170
EVA (extravehicular activity/see spacewalks) - 43, 47, 64, 67, 69, 86, 112, 114, 136, 137, 138, 145, 170, 171, 189, 214, 286
event horizon - 235, 236
exobiology - 199, 208
EXPECTATIONS - 21
EXPERTS - 283
extremophiles - 244
FAA - 27, 112, 284, 289, 294
FACILITIES - 180
Falk, Stephanie - 17 (illustration)
Family Circle - 215
FAO (flight activities officer) - 116
Fay, Zachary - 143 (illustration)
Federal Space Exploration Program - 106
Fermi Lab - 92
Fialdini, Kristen - 42 (illustration)
Fincke, Mike - 64
Fishback, Meredith - (illustration in color section)
Fitzgerald, Erin - 14 (quote)
Flannery, Peter - 269 (illustration)
Fleming, Moray - 115 (illustration)
Flores, Vanessa - 26 (illustration)
Fors, Patricia - (illustration in color section)
France - 27, 47, 174, 284, 290, 291, 293
Frederick, Ed - 11, 241-242, 286
Fricker, Marc - 11, 273-274, 287
FUEL - 93
fuel cells - 83, 95, 108, 144, 229
fusion propulsion - 92
Futron Corporation - 10, 167-168, 170-172, 287
futuristics - 129
Fyfe, Anthoni - 275 (illustration)
Gagarin, Yuri - 61
Gaines, Robby - 8, 10, 25, 198-199, 201, 287
galactic cosmic radiation - 46, 48, 159, 160, 204
galactic year - 191
GALAXY - SOLAR SYSTEM and UNIVERSE - 190
Galilean Moons - 255
Galileo spacecraft - 242, 246, 254, 255, 292
Garletz, Brinn - 178 (illustration)
Gemini - 3, 29, 90, 116, 189, 284, 290
GENERAL - 15
geomagnetically trapped radiation - 159, 160
geostationary orbit - 268
geosynchronous orbit - 92
Germany - 16, 94, 221, 288
g-forces - 20, 38, 47, 58, 124, 187, 235, 277
Glenn, John - 20, 187, 198
Goddard Space Flight Center - 116, 290
Goddard, Robert - 5, 89, 94
Godfrey, Rebecca - 33 (illustration)
Godwin, Emily - 7 (illustration)
GOING TO SPACE WITH DISABILITIES - 42
Gomez, Lizbeth - (illustration in color section)
Goodnight Moon - 220
GPS (global positioning system) - 121, 290
GRAVITY - 122
Great Dark Spot - 261
Great Red Spot - 253-255, 261
greenhouse effect - 73, 246
Gregory, Frederick D. - 11, 276-277, 287
Gregory, William - 8, 77, 287
GROUP DYNAMICS - 35
Gump, David - 8, 29, 30, 287
HAIR and NAILS - 139
Hale, Alan - 11, 238-239, 287
Haller, Mary Kate - (illustration in color section)
Hammack, Kaleigh - (illustration in color section)
Hammond, Steve - 10, 191-192, 287-288
Harris, Phillip - 131 (illustration)
Haskell, Ashley - 237 (illustration)
Hatcher, Dr. John - 10, 154, 288
Hawking, Stephen - 236
Hayes, Greta - (illustration in color section)
HEALTH and MEDICAL - 37
Heinlein, Robert - 2, 80
heliopause - 218
Henry, Lucy - 190 (illustration)
HEPA (high efficiency particulate air filters) - 156
Heredia, Kaile - 200 (illustration)
Herr, James - 161 (illustration)
Herschel, William - 259
Hidalgo, Loretta - 8, 66-67, 288
Hilton, Mark - 220 (illustration)
Hinds, Terrance - 100 (illustration)
Hinton, Paul - 125 (illustration)
holidays - 34, 36, 60, 61, 134
Holland, Kristin - 185 (illustration)
Holloman Aerospace Medical Center - 46, 299
Homans, Rick - 8, 75, 288
Honnell, Lauren - (illustration in color section)
Horwitz, Zach - 107 (illustration)
Hostetler, Will - (illustration in color section)
HST (Hubble Space Telescope) - 86, 104, 116, 119, 187, 248, 249, 259, 263, 268, 289
Hubble, Edwin - 186, 192
Hudson, Gary - 8, 29-30, 288
Hughes, Tamara - back cover (illustration)
Hussain, Nidah - (illustration in color section)
Hyde, Victoria - (illustration in color section)
hydroponics - 134, 206, 207, 208
hypoxia - 40, 111
International Astronomical Union - 266
International Space University - 51, 284, 288, 289, 290, 293
interstellar medium - 111, 185, 192, 218
INVENTIONS AND TECHNOLOGIES - 269
ion propulsion - 30, 92
ionizing radiation - 160
Isp - 89, 90
Italy - 23, 81
ITU - 174, 268
IVA - 171
Ivins, Marsha - 140 (photo)
Japan - 16, 47, 81, 106, 144, 214
JAWS - 43
JELL-O - 57, 134
Jenner, Kelli - 28 (illustration)
Jetpacks - 30, 171
JIMO probe - 255
Johnson Space Center - 94, 111, 116, 138, 171, 285, 286, 290, 292
Jovian - 112, 194, 210, 255
Juno probe - 255
JUPITER - 253
Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center - 67
Karman Line - 186, 189
Kavandi, Janet - 9, 140 inc. photo, 288
Kazakhstan - 22, 23, 75
Keller, Luke - 9, 129-130, 132, 288
Kelvin, William - 217
Kennedy Space Center - 18, 67, 75, 83, 87, 116, 285, 292, 294
Kent, Willie - 240 (illustration)
Kepler Space Telescope - 192
Kerr, Roy - 236
Kibo - 106
Kim, Christine (Jung Won) - 247 (illustration)
kinetic energy - 82, 89, 224, 277
King, Jacinda - (illustration in color section)
Kirkland, Peyton - 262 (illustration)
Klein, Dana Stephen - 9, 123-124, 288
Knox, Shalita - 55 (illustration)
Kohl, Ron - 9, 10, 99, 181-182, 288-289
Koriakin, Emily - 278 (illustration)
Kosyrev, Alex - 74 (illustration)
Kourou Spaceport - 75
Kranz, Kasandra - 139 (illustration)
Krikalev, Sergei - 61, 164
Kuiper Belt - 264, 266, 293
Kuiper, Gerard - 244
Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader - 44
LaGrange - 222
Laika - 46
LANDING - 275
Lane, Emily - 193 (illustration)
Lanouette, Chris - 88 (illustration)
LAUNCH - 76
lava tubes - 220, 224-225, 252
LCG (liquid cooling garment) - 137, 160
Leathers, Marissa - 296 (illustration)
Leavitt, Jordan - (illustration in color section)
Leestma, Pam - 8, 50-51, 289
Legarreta, Nicolas - 98 (illustration)
Leishman, Hailey - 195 (illustration)
LEO (low Earth orbit) - 60, 78, 90, 92, 99, 104, 126, 160, 164, 167, 176, 182, 189, 204, 214, 217, 222, 268, 286, 275
libration - 226
Lichtenberg, Byron - 9, 126-127, 289
LIFE FORMS - 200
Lightning - 109
Lindsey, Jakeb - (illustration in color section)
Lindsey, Nancy - 10, 160, 289
LLO (low lunar orbit) - 222
Lowell Observatory - 263
Lowell, Percival - 263
Lucid, Shannon - 134, 187
Lunakhod 1 and 2 - 273, 274
LUNOX - 229
M&Ms - 50, 123, 144
Maclean, Alice - (illustration in color section)
Magellan - 217
Magellanic Cloud - 104
Magelssen, Trygve - 10, 210, 289
Manville, Tyler - 166 (illustration)
MAPS (measurement of air pollution from satellites) - 25
Maria/Mare - 222, 223, 225
Mariner - 242, 244, 293
MARS - 250
Mars Global Surveyor - 251
Marshall Space Center - 116
Maslesa, Dzenita - 68 (illustration)
Masson, Elizabeth - 260 (illustration)
Mattson, Daniel - 202 (illustration)
Matula, Thomas - 11, 221-230, 289
Maurer, Marc - 8, 42-43, 289
McAndrews, Hazel - 8, 60-62, 289
McCoy, Robert - 8, 10, 73, 194, 196, 289-290
McDonald Observatory - 222
McLain, Brad - 10, 164-165, 290
MDAL - 158
Melvill, Mike - 61, 123
MERCURY - 243
Mercury program - 47, 90, 116, 187, 198
Messenger - 217, 244
MET (mission elapsed time) - 148
MHD (magneto hydrodynamic) accelerator - 91
Milky Way - 104, 134, 186, 189, 191, 198, 201, 218, 232, 233, 248, 293
Miller, Alex - (illustration in color section)
Miller, Lucy Jane - 8, 44, 290
Mineta, Norman Y. - 8, 10, 34, 212, 290
MIR - 61, 162, 171, 188, 288, 291, 292, 293
MISSION CONTROL - 98
Mission control - 98, 99, 116, 132, 137, 170, 171, 172, 273, 276, 285
MISSIONS - 117
Mitchell, Edgar - 226
MMOD (micro meteoroid and orbital debris - 170
Moffitt, Lonnie - 8, 64, 111-112, 136-138, 290
Mojave - 27, 75, 77, 78, 292
MOON - 220
Morgan, Barbara - 8, 71, 290
Morgan, Blixa - 31 (illustration)
Morse, Christine - 206 (illustration)
Moscow Sea - 225
Moutenot, Erik - (illustration in color section)
MPLM (multi payload logistics module) - 156
Murphy, Kenneth J. - 11, 221-230, 290
Murphy, Meaghan - 151 (illustration)
Musgrave, Story - 138
Musk, Elon - 215
nanometer - 162
nanotechnology - 177, 270
NBL (neutral buoyancy lab) - 137, 138, 164, 187
Neer, Steve - (illustration in color section)
Nees, Sean - 110 (illustration)
Neff, Sean - 133 (illustration)
NEPTUNE - 260
NESC (NASA Engineering & Safety Center) - 167
neutron star - 233, 235
New Horizons spacecraft - 263
NEW PLANET? - 265
Noguchi, Soichi - 144
nuclear power - 38, 91, 94, 95, 108, 164, 229, 230
ODORS - 157
Olsen, Gregory - 16, 18, 77, 214, 284
Olsen, Lauren - 153 (illustration)
OMI (ozone monitoring instrument) - 162
Opportunity rover - 250, 251, 252, 273, 274
OPTIMISM - 295
ORIENTATION - 120
Osborne, Jessie Faith - 155 (illustration)
osteoporosis - 39, 40, 86
Otero, Rafael Ben - 35 (illustration)
Outer Space Treaty - 174, 210, 226
Owens, Dawn Brooke - 9, 123-124, 290-291
Ozone - 25, 72, 73, 82, 158, 162, 218, 268
PACKING - 68
Patrick, Nicholas - 9, 144, 291
Peckyno, Laura and Robert - 11, 244, 246, 251-252, 254-255, 259, 261, 291
Penzias, Arno - 186
Pérez, Kenneth - 213 (illustration)
Perez, Zion - (illustration in color section)
Perseid meteor shower - 233
PET - 36, 45, 138, 210, 274
Philips, Matthew - 117 (illustration)
Phoenix Mars Lander - 251
phototropism - 208
PHYSICS - 128
physiology - 38, 40, 47, 154, 201, 285, 292
Pioneer probe - 199, 246, 254, 255
planetisimals - 203
PLANETS - 240
PLUTO - 262
Pogue, William Reid - 9, 10, 116, 140, 152, 291
Polar explorers - 165
Polaris - 232
Polyakov, Valeri - 18, 61
Poole, Adrian - 197 (illustration)
Porco, Carolyn - 11, 257, 291
potential energy - 277
Potter, Cassandra - 72 (illustration)
PPK (personal preference kit) - 136
Presson, Nick - (illustration in color section)
Preuss-Kühne, Lavinia - 76 (illustration)
Princess Leia - 36
prograde - 246
propellants - 30, 83, 84, 89, 90, 91, 94, 210
proprioceptive - 44
propulsion technology - 30
quantum tunneling - 92
Rabinowitz, David - 266
RADIATION - 159
Radwick, Abby - 70 (illustration)
Randle, Wilson - (illustration in color section)
range-to-touch down - 277
Ray, Jeff - (illustration in color section)
Readdy, William - 9, 10, 11, 134, 148, 239, 291
Red Giant - 217, 219, 236
red shift - 192
regolith - 52, 210, 224-228, 289
Rennhack, Zach - (illustration in color section)
RESOURCES - 209
retrograde - 246
reusable launch vehicle - 5, 58
Reytblat, Ben - 11, 214-215, 291
Rhemann, Joe - 10, 203-205, 291
Riccobono, Mark - 8, 43-44, 292
Richards, Andrew - 209 (illustration)
Rish, Hilary - 231 (illustration)
ROBOTS - 272
Rocket Racing League - 75
ROCKETS - 88
Rodriguez, Oscar - (illustration in color section)
Rogers, Thomas - 9, 106, 292
Rohrer, Rebecca - 15 (illustration)
Romanella, Russell - 9, 10, 106, 111-112, 114, 156, 292
Romanenko, Yuri - 154
Roskosmos (The Russian space agency) - 214
Roswell, N.M. - 89, 198
Russell, Matthew - 128 (illustration)
Russian - 22, 36, 46, 48, 61, 67, 77, 81, 97, 106, 111, 114, 116, 138, 152, 156, 171, 188, 214, 215, 268, 273, 274, 286, 291, 292, 293
Rutan, Burt - 9, 29, 78, 79, 215, 292
Sadowitz, Samuel - (illustration in color section)
SAFER - 171
SAFETY - 166
Sagan, Carl - 189, 218, 248
Salas, Sophie - 59 (illustration)
Sanborn, Tricia - (illustration in color section)
SANITATION - 155
SATELLITES - 267
SATURN - 256
Sawhner, Jyot - (illustration in color section)
Schiaparelli, Giovanni - 252
Schlick, Gregory - 10, 207-208, 292
Schmidt, Michelle - 234 (illustration)
Schmitt, Harrison - 226
SCHOOLS - 280
Schools (listed by state or province) - 280
Schwarzschild, Karl - 235
Scott, David - 226
Scott, Emory - (illustration in color section)
Searfoss, Rick - 2, 5, 8, 18, 292
Sensory processing disorder - 44, 290
Sessoms, Jordyn - (illustration in color section)
SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) - 198, 199
Shelton, Robert - 8, 43-44, 292
Shepard, Alan - 53, 61, 226, 227
shirt-sleeve environment - 40, 56, 69, 85, 106, 195
Shuttleworth, Mark - 16, 77, 214, 284
sidereal month - 225
Simeone, James - 65 (illustration)
Simyoni, Charles - 18, 77, 214, 284
Sinclair, Sophie - 216 (illustration)
Singapore - 75
singularity - 235-236
Skylab - 116, 140, 152, 285, 291, 293
SLEEPING - 149
sling-shot effect - 62
SMART-1 - 222
Smith-Tate, Manning - 24 (illustration)
Smolin, Lee - 236
SOHO (solar and heliospheric observatory) - page 27, 188, 217, 218
Sojourner - 274
Sokoloff, Philip - 113 (illustration)
solar panels - 91, 108, 229
solar particle radiation - 142, 159, 160
solar power - 94, 107, 210, 228, 229, 230
solar sails - 17, 92, 95
solar storms - 27, 109, 194
solar wind - 17, 47, 95, 108, 160, 192, 194, 203, 210, 218, 225
SOLSE-2 (shuttle ozone limb sounding experiment-2) - 25
Sordo, Alyssa - 37 (illustration)
Sosland, Hannah - (illustration in color section)
SOVEREIGNTY - 173
Soyuz - 22, 60, 69, 116, 154, 168, 171, 172, 214, 293
SPACE - 185
Space Adventures - 60, 75, 214, 215, 284
space elevator - 20, 29, 92, 270, 286
SPACE HOTELS - 55
SPACE STATIONS - 105
space tunnels - 129
SPACECRAFT - 80
SPACEPORTS - 74
SpaceShipOne - 29, 34, 60, 61, 67, 123, 288, 290, 292
spacewalks (see EVA) - 58, 67, 71, 111, 112, 116, 137, 142, 145, 160, 164, 170, 187, 189, 214, 286, 291
SpaceX - 214
Spadaro, Christina - 103 (illustration)
Spaghettification - 235
SPDM - 273
speed of light - 30, 38, 61, 83, 97, 132, 186, 191, 192, 218, 235, 236, 248
Spencer, John - 10, 176-177, 292-293
Spencer, John, Ph.D. - 11, 263-264, 293
Spirit rover - 250, 251, 252, 273, 274
Spitzer - 119
SPORTS and GAMES - 52
Sputnik 1 - 268, 273
Sputnik 2 - 46
SRB (solid rocket boosters) - 29, 81, 82, 83, 86, 89, 97, 156
Star City - 22, 23, 67, 291
Star Trek - 58, 83, 87, 92, 129, 198
Star Wars - 36, 56, 198, 271
Starchaser Industries - 75
STARS - 231
Starship Enterprise - 128, 129
Stephens, Paige - 1 (quote)
Stott, Christopher - 10, 174, 293
string theory - 9, 129, 192
Strysko, Brent - 93 (illustration)
Summerhayes, Ashley - 297(illustration)
SUN - 216
sunspots - 219
supernova - 217, 218, 219, 233, 236
Surveyor spacecraft - 201, 225, 226, 227, 251
SURVIVAL - 163
T.R.I. - 146, 302
T.R.I. (The Right Idea) - 146
t/Space - 214
taikonaut - 3, 18, 214
Talbot, Zach - 265 (illustration)
Taylor, Jennifer - 295 (illustration)
TDRS (tracking & data relay satellites) - 64
TEMPERATURE - 195
Terell, Dirk - 11, 232-233, 293
Tereshkova, Valentina - 18
termination shock - 192
Ternoir, Kenneth - 173 (illustration)
Terraforming - 252
Terrell, Dirk Ph.D. - 231
Thakore, Bijal - 8, 46-48, 293
Thorne, Kip - 236
Tillery, Marquis - 96 (illustration)
TIME - 131
time dilation - 132
Tito, Dennis - 8, 16, 22-23, 77, 214, 284, 293
TLE - 228
TLI (trans-lunar injection) - 222
Tombaugh, Clyde - 263
TOMS (total ozone mapping spectrometer) - 162
tornadoes - 193, 194, 230, 242
toys-in-space shows - 118
TRACE (transition region and coronal explorer) - 27
TRAINING - 65
TRANSPORTATION - 28
Trenner, Peter - 45 (illustration)
Triangulum - 191
Trujillo, Chad - 266
Trujillo, Hazziel Diaz - 147 (illustration)
Tsiolkovsky - 90
turbopause - 72-73, 303
turbopause - 73
Turco, Mario - 245 (illustration)
Two-Micron All Sky survey - 191
Tyson, Neil deGrasse - 10, 184, 293
ULTRAVIOLET RAYS - 161
Ulysses solar probe - 255
United Arab Emirates - 75
United Nations - 25, 174, 210
UP Aerospace - 75
Upchurch, Matthew - 11, 278, 293
URANUS - 258
Urteaga, Jimmy - 19 (illustration)
US Air Force - 104, 111, 239, 287, 288, 292, 294
US and Canadian school children - 279
US Department of Transportation - 27, 34
US Government - 34, 95, 215
US Space and Rocket Center - 8, 53-54, 293-294
US Space Camp - 67, 293
VACATIONS - 278
Valadie, Grahm Carlton - (illustration in color section)
Valentine, Ben - 105 (illustration)
Vandenberg - 75
VanEnk, Marla - 256 (illustration)
Veaudry, George M. - 10, 156, 294
VEGETATION - 206
VELOCITY - 96
Venera - 242, 246
VENUS - 245
vestibular - 44
video games - 44, 58, 69, 107, 109, 127, 272, 274
Villa, Jennifer - 211 (illustration)
Virgin Galactic - 8, 27, 29, 32, 34, 42, 44, 60, 75, 214, 285
Virgo Supercluster - 191
VISION - 141
visually impaired - 43, 44, 291, 292
volcanoes - 73, 182, 223, 230, 261
Voyager I & II - 242, 252, 254, 255, 259, 261, 262, 291, 292
VSS Enterprise - 32
Walker, Charles D. - 9, 118-119, 294
Wallops Island - 75
warp drives - 62, 92
WATER - 202
Webber, Derek - 8, 9, 10, 11, 75, 101-102, 104, 148, 248-249, 268, 294
WEIGHTLESSNESS - 125
Well, H.G. - 252
white dwarf - 218-219, 236
white hole - 236
White Sands Test Facility - 75, 158
White, Ed - 189
Whitesides, George T. - 11, 294, 295
Whitson, Peggy - 158
Wilkinson, David - 235
Williams, Dr. Richard S. - 8, 9, 38-41, 142, 146, 294
Wilson, Robert - 186
Wiser, Tim - 183 (illustration)
W-MAP (Wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe) 186, 235
Wooley, Christina - 180 (illustration)
worm holes - 62, 129, 236
X Prize - 2, 75, 104, 289, 290, 292
Young, John - 226
zap pits - 220, 224
Zarya - 22, 46
Zebrowski, Jim - 10, 11, 27, 158, 186-189, 217-219, 235-236, 294
Zedan, Pamela - (illustration in color section)
zeolites - 117, 118
Zero-G Corporation - 227
Zimmerman, Micah - 49 (illustration)
Zvezda - 22