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Space Rocket History #153 – Zond 5 – Tortoises in Space & Nasa Stennis

Posted March 16, 201600:30:04

The first attempt for a Zond 4 follow-up launched on April 22.  It failed when the Launch Escape System sent an erroneous abort command at T+260 seconds...

Space Rocket History #152 – The Death of Yuri Gagarin

Posted March 9, 201600:36:41

Hundreds of millions of people all over the planet had seen Gagarin smiling joyfully in person or on television. He was theirs, familiar to everyone,...

Space Rocket History #151 – Zond 4

Posted March 3, 201600:44:38

When we left the Soviet Union they had somewhat successfully landed a probe on Venus and they had completed the automatic docking of two Soyuz 7K-OK...

Space Rocket History #150 – Apollo 6: Pogo and the Tang Ceremony

Posted February 25, 201600:52:45

The success of Apollo 4 gave good reason to believe that the Saturn V could be trusted to propel men into space. But NASA pushed on with its plans for...

Space Rocket History #149 – Apollo 5: Lunar Module’s First Flight

Posted February 18, 201600:41:05

“The fire-in-the-hole abort was the most critical test of the mission and one we had to accomplish successfully prior to a manned mission.” Gene...