During the press conference, the astronauts answered questions pertaining to several technical and non-technical aspects of the mission prepared and listed by priority at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston by journalists covering the flight.

* The first untethered spacewalk was made by American Bruce McCandless II on February 7, 1984, during Challenger mission STS-41-B, utilizing the Manned Maneuvering Unit.

An earlier project which received some significant planning by NASA included a manned fly-by of Venus in the Manned Venus Flyby mission, but was cancelled when the Apollo Applications Program was terminated due to NASA budget cuts in the late 1960s.

The Skylab project, managed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Marshall Space Flight Center, was seen by the Manned Spacecraft Center ( later Johnson Space Center ) as an invasion of its historical role as the NASA center for manned spaceflight.

The first flight of Columbia ( STS-1 ) was commanded by John Young, a Gemini and Apollo veteran who was the ninth person to walk on the Moon in 1972, and piloted by Robert Crippen, a rookie astronaut originally selected to fly on the military's Manned Orbital Laboratory ( MOL ) spacecraft, but transferred to NASA after its cancellation, and served as a support crew member for the Skylab and Apollo-Soyuz missions.

DoD wanted its own manned facility, however, and in December it announced Manned Orbital Laboratory ( MOL ), a small space station primarily intended for photo reconnaissance using large telescopes directed by a two-man crew.

Glenn is honored by President Kennedy at temporary Manned Spacecraft Center facilities at Cape Canaveral, Florida, three days after his flight.

Manned by Marines from Camp Pendleton, its primary mission was to prepare the new base for the arrival of permanent personnel.

The lack of interest by Congress, and subsequent lack of funding, cut out most of the proposed activities – such as Manned Venus Flyby – but an orbital workshop remained of interest.

Manned kite flying and aerial photography was advanced also by French Marcel Maillot, British Robert Baden-Powell, Americans Charles Lamson and William Abner Eddy, Australian Lawrence Hargrave ( inventor of box kite in 1893 and kite train in 1884 ) and French Captain Saconney.

" Canoe Manned by Voyageurs Passing a Waterfall " by Frances Anne Hopkins

Although normally tasked with tracking unmanned spacecraft, the Deep Space Network ( DSN ) also contributed to the communication and tracking of Apollo missions to the Moon, although primary responsibility was held by the Manned Space Flight Network.

Manned large buildings award bonus points based on various game conditions ( such as the Fortress, which gives one victory point for every three colonists on the player board, or the City Hall, which awards a point for every small or large violet building owned by the player ).

* The Pre-Astronauts: Manned Ballooning on the Threshold of Space, by Craig Ryan, US Naval Institute Press, 1995, ISBN 1-55750-732-5

The program was used by NASA's Houston Manned Spacecraft Center for documentation on the Apollo space program ( van Dam, 1988 ).

Manned models are small scale models that can carry and be handled by at least one person on an open expanse of water.

The Manned Maneuvering Unit ( MMU ) is an astronaut propulsion unit which was used by NASA on three space shuttle missions in 1984.

A Titan II GLV | Titan II launch vehicle lifts Gemini 4 into orbit, June 3, 1965. Launched from LC-19 at Cape Kennedy Air Force Station, Florida, Gemini 4 was the first flight to be controlled by the new Mission Control Center at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas, which had to conduct three-shift operations due to the flight's long duration.

This was the first ' rocket pack ' and a predecessor of the Manned Maneuvering Unit used by Shuttle astronauts in the 1980s.

The device was not finally tested in space until a modified version called the Manned Maneuvering Unit ( MMU ) was flown by astronaut Bruce McCandless on Shuttle Mission STS-41-B in 1984, 18 years later.

Manned by experienced veterans, equipped with a fighter on a technical par with most of its opponents, and expertly backed by the well established RAF command, communication and logistics infrastructure, was able to become an effective fighting force during the Battle.

All US manned flights after Gemini 3 were controlled from the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, renamed for Johnson in 1973.

The use of Lunar Orbiters for tracking to evaluate the Manned Space Flight Network tracking stations and Apollo Orbit Determination Program was successful, with three Lunar Orbiters ( 2, 3, and 5 ) being tracked simultaneously from August to October 1967.

It was also the final manned flight controlled from Cape Canaveral, Florida before mission control functions were shifted to the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas.

MOOSE, originally an acronym for Man Out Of Space Easiest but later changed to the more professional-sounding Manned Orbital Operations Safety Equipment, was a proposed emergency " bail-out " system capable of bringing a single astronaut safely down from Earth orbit to the planet's surface.

: U. S. Manned Space from Mercury to the Shuttle.

He served as Deputy Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight at NASA headquarters from March 1982 to December 1982.

Overmyer was awarded the Air Force Meritorious Service Medal in 1969 for duties with the USAF Manned Orbiting Laboratory Program ; awarded the Marine Corps Meritorious Service Medal in 1978 for duties as the Chief Chase Pilot and support crewman for the Shuttle Approach and Landing Test Program ; received an Honorary Doctor of Philosophy degree from Baldwin Wallace College, December 1982 ; awarded the U. S. Naval Postgraduate School Distinguished Engineers Award, January 1983 ; the Distinguished Flying Cross ( 1983 ); and the NASA Space Flight Medal ( 1983 ).

* SpaceShipOne Makes History: First Private Manned Mission to Space-press release from Scaled Composites

Manned Orbiting Laboratory | MOL mockup launch by a Titan IIIC on Nov. 3, 1966 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 41 | LC-41 Cape Canaveral

Manned missions to return to the Moon or to travel to Mars will have to deal with the major problems presented by solar particle events to radiation safety, in addition to the important contribution to doses from the low-level background cosmic rays.

SPENCOMM personnel traveled to NASA ’ s Manned Spacecraft Center ( now Johnson Space Center ) and Kennedy Space Center to meet with and get design feedback from Schirra and several other astronauts, including Gordon Cooper.

Manned bombers may be recalled, but missiles fired from land-based silos or from submarines cannot be recalled.

While flying the Manned Maneuvering Unit, Lloyd's control inputs not only take place after the movements begin, but are also the opposite of what they should be, to match the preflight test shown a moment before.

Manned and operated by one person, the vessel contained enough air for about thirty minutes and had a speed in calm water of about three miles per hour ( 5 km / h ).

Manned sites are operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Webb then worked with Associate Administrator ( later Deputy Administrator ) Robert Seamans to reorganize the Office of Manned Space Flight ( OMSF ).

Meanwhile, the U. S. Air Force was pursuing the Manned Orbiting Laboratory ( MOL ), a small space station with a two-man crew, primarily intended for photo reconnaissance.

Young atop a Gemini spacecraft with Grissom in the water at left at the Manned Spacecraft Center during water egress training

* Tecwyn Roberts-NASA ’ s first Flight Dynamics Officer with Project Mercury and later ( 1972-1979 ) Director of Networks at Goddard, responsible for creating the Manned Space Flight Network for the Apollo Program.

Between 1958 and 1963, when NASA started Project Mercury, LaRC served as the main office of the Space Task Group, with the office being transferred to the Manned Spacecraft Center ( now the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center ) in Houston in 1962 – 63.

At that time NASA was still debating placing a chimpanzee in orbit as part of the Mercury-Atlas subprogram, with NASA headquarters questioning the wisdom of the Manned Spacecraft Center launching another unmanned Mercury mission.

The spacecraft used for the Gemini 2 mission was later refurbished, and was subsequently launched on another suborbital flight, along with OPS 0855, as a test for the US Air Force Manned Orbital Laboratory.

Nelson, using the Manned Maneuvering Unit ( MMU ), flew out to the satellite and attempted to grasp it with a special capture tool, called the Trunnion Pin Acquisition Device ( TPAD ).

Originally envisioned, along with the Apollo Lunar Base, the Voyager Mars Program, and the Manned Venus Flyby, the AAP " Man-on-Mars " program was canceled, along with the rest of the AAP program, and replaced by the Skylab " dry workshop " space station and the Space Shuttle.

He was a reconnaissance pilot with VMCJ-2, 2nd MAW, at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, before being assigned to the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas.

This mission marked the first flight checkout of the Manned Maneuvering Unit and the Manipulator Foot Restraint with McCandless and Stewart performing two untethered extravehicular activities.

The STS 41-B mission marked the first checkout of the Manned Maneuvering Unit ( MMU ), and Manipulator Foot Restraint ( MFR ), with Bruce McCandless II and Bob Stewart performing two spectacular EVAs ( space walks ).

The follow-on network, called the Manned Space Flight Network ( MSFN ), interacted with manned craft in Earth orbit.

William C. Schneider, Deputy Director of Manned Space Flight for Mission Operations, served as mission director on all Gemini flights beginning with Gemini VI.

When informed of his selection for astronaut training in 1966, he was assigned as Project Officer with USAF SSD Detachment 2 at the Manned Spacecraft Center.

According to the first government decree about the Soviet Manned moon programs (' On Work on the Exploration of the Moon and Mastery of Space '), adopted in August 1964, Chelomei was instructed to develop a Moon flyby program with a projected first flight by the end of 1966, and Korolyov was instructed to develop the Moon landing program with a first flight by the end of 1967.

Manned with skilled surgeons and located close to the fighting to render quick, life-saving surgical intervention, the portable hospital could be moved by its own personnel to remain with the infantrymen during fluid operations.