Follow Our Podcast
Recent Episodes
Space Rocket History #308 – Apollo 14 – Transposition, Docking & Extraction
Docking was a delicate maneuver, since both ships were traveling at nearly five miles per second, but the docking mechanism itself was one of the simplest...
Space Rocket History #307 – Apollo 14 – The Climb to Orbit & TLI
“The approaching dusk and the damp mistiness left by the now-departed rainstorm only enhanced the spectacular sight and the sound of the launch. Tentacles...
Space Rocket History #305 – Apollo 14 – Pre-launch
On November 9, 1970, the Apollo 14/Saturn V assembly, as tall as a 36-story building, rolled out of the Vehicle Assembly Building on the proportionally...
Space Rocket History #304 – Apollo 14 – Commander Alan B. Shepard Jr. – Part 4
Even with all the problems, Shepard piloted the Lunar Module Antares to the most accurate landing of the entire Apollo program. Shepard became the fifth...
POWERED BY BLUBRRY
