Space Rocket History Podcast

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Space Rocket History #385 – Copernicus (OAO-3), SAS-2, Venera 8, Luna 20 & 21, and Explorer 49

Posted March 23, 2022 • 00:50:32

Once its antennas were deployed, Explorer 49 was the largest human-made object to orbit the Moon as of 2022.

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Space Rocket History #384 – Pioneer 10

Posted March 9, 2022 • 00:52:29

Launched in 1972 and weighing 258 kilograms (569 pounds), Pioneer 10 completed the first mission to the planet Jupiter and became the first of five...

Space Rocket History #383 – Ariel 4, Prospero X-3, Shinsei, Isis-2, And Our 9th Anniversary

Posted February 23, 2022 • 01:00:17

“The UK 4 (United Kingdom Research Satellite 4), a.k.a. Ariel 4, was a small observatory designed to investigate the interactions between electromagnetic...

Space Rocket History #382 – Mars 2 & 3 and Luna 18 & 19

Posted February 9, 2022 • 00:43:21

This is how Deputy Chief Designer for OKB-1, Boris Chertok described the launch of Mars 3. “The red disk of the Sun was just touching the horizon...

Space Rocket History #381 – Mariner 8 & 9

Posted January 26, 2022 • 00:59:01

Mariner 8 and 9 were virtually identical and designed to continue the atmospheric studies begun by Mariner 6 and 7, and to hopefully map over 70% of...