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Space Rocket History #162 – Apollo 8 – The Crew – Frank Borman & William Anders

Posted May 26, 201600:38:55

Frank Frederick Borman, II was born on March 14, 1928, in Gary, Indiana. He is of German descent, born as the first and only child to parents Edwin...

Space Rocket History #161 – Apollo 8 – The Decision Part 2

Posted May 19, 201600:36:33

Perhaps the most significant point about the lunar-orbit flight proposed for Apollo 8 was that the command and service modules would fly the same route...

Space Rocket History #160 – Apollo 8 – The Decision Part 1

Posted May 12, 201600:30:43

An ‘A’ type mission would be flown with a Saturn V and be used to test the Launch vehicle, spacecraft, and a high velocity lunar return. Nasa cover...

Space Rocket History #159 – Zond 6

Posted May 4, 201600:28:36

Trouble began on the sixth day of the flight, November 17. The capsule developed an atmospheric  leak, the pressure first dropping from 760 to 380...

Space Rocket History #158 – Soyuz 2 and 3

Posted April 27, 201600:31:45

The soviets showed some confidence in their spacecraft by launching the unmanned Soyuz 2 first, but showed some caution by not sending a cosmonaut in...