Index - M

Magellan, 12, 26

Magnetosphere, Earth's, 103, 104(f6.8)

Man in Space Soonest (MISS) project, 41

Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL), 72

Manned Space Flight Support Office (DDMS), 44

Manufacturers, space shuttle program, 62

Mapping of Mars, 119

Mariner mission, 26, 117-118

Marius, Simon, 130

Mars
     atmosphere, 115-116
     Beagle 2, 122-123
     early telescopic views, 113-114
     European Space Agency (ESA), 49
     expeditions, 116t
     failed missions, 117, 118
     future exploration of, 35
     future of exploration, 128
     geology, 115-116
     Global Surveyor, 119
     human missions, 128
     life on, 114-115, 151
     Mariner mission, 26, 117-118
     Mars Exploration Rovers (MERs), 123-128, 123f, 124f, 125f, 126f, 127f
     Mars Express, 49, 122-123
     meteorites, 119
     moons, 114, 116
     Odyssey, 26-27, 121, 122f
     orbit and opposition, 116-117, 121-122
     Pathfinder mission, 119-120, 120f
     perihelic opposition, 121-122
     robotic space explorers, 12, 26-27, 50-51
     self-sterilizing theory, 119
     Sojourner rover, 120, 1221f
     Soviet missions, 117
     Viking mission, 118-119
     water, 128

Mars Exploration Rovers (MERs), 123-128, 123f, 124f, 125f, 126f, 127f

Mars Express, 49, 122-123

Mars microphone, 51

Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), 29

The Martian Chronicles (Bradbury), 115

McAuliffe, Christa, 31

MDA (Missile Defense Agency), 43

Méliès, George, 3

Mercury project, 19-20, 20t

MERs (Mars Exploration Rovers), 123-128, 123f, 124f, 125f, 126f, 127f

Meteorites, 119

Microgravity science glovebox (MSG), 85, 86f

Military
     aerial warfare, 3
      Manned Space Flight Support Office (DDMS), 44
     NASA programs, 18, 41-42
     rocketry, 4, 5, 40
     satellites, 40-41, 42
     Space Defense Initiative (SDI), 42-43
     space-related project costs, 39
     U.S. Strategic Command, 43-44
     X-aircraft, 5, 18
     XSS satellites, 39-40
     See also Specific branches

Mir space station
     crew module layout, 60f
     human space duration, 10, 48
     mishaps, 77-78
     shuttle-Mir mated configuration, 74f
     shuttle-Mir timeline, 75t-76t

MISS (Man in Space Soonest) project, 41

Missile Defense Agency (MDA), 43

Missile defense systems, 43

Missions of opportunity (MOs), 92

MOL (Manned Orbiting Laboratory), 72

Monkeys, 14, 42

Montgolfier, Joseph and Etienne, 2

Moon Doggle (Etzioni), 20, 142

Moon landings
     colonization, 51
     future exploration, 35
     hoax theory, 151-152, 152t
     importance of, 140f
     lunar probes, 20-21
     moon race begins, 7-8, 19
     photographic probes, 8
     public knowledge of, 150f, 150t

Moon programs, Soviet, 47

Moons
     Jupiter, 130, 137
     Mars, 114, 116
     Neptune, 132
     Pluto, 132
     Saturn, 131, 137
     Uranus, 131

MOs (missions of opportunity), 92

Movies
     Aelita: Queen of Mars, 115
     Star Wars, 12
     2001: A Space Odyssey, 11-12

MPLMs (multi-purpose logistics modules), 80

MSFC (Marshall Space Flight Center), 29

MSG (microgravity science glovebox), 85, 86f

Multi-purpose logistics modules (MPLMs), 80

Mundus Iovialis (Marius), 130

Mythology, 1-2