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Space Rocket History #440 – Salyut 3 – Soyuz 14 & Soyuz 15 Part 2
Initially, the rendezvous with Salyut 3 proceeded smoothly. However, as the Soyuz spacecraft approached the station, a critical problem arose. The Igla...
Space Rocket History #439 – Salyut 3 – Soyuz 14 Part 1
Salyut 3 featured a “self-defense” gun purportedly designed by Alexander Nudelman for station use. Some reports suggest it was outfitted with a...
Space Rocket History #438 – Explorer 50, Westar 1, & NOAA 4
NASA’s Explorer 50, also known as Interplanetary Monitoring Platform-8 or IMP-8, stands as a testament to humanity’s relentless pursuit of knowledge...
Space Rocket History #437 – Mariner 10 – Venus & Mercury
Scientists had long been intrigued by Mercury, the innermost planet of our solar system. Despite its proximity to the Sun, Mercury remained largely...
Space Rocket History #436 – Pioneer 11
Pioneer 11 detected Saturn’s bow shock on Aug. 31, 1979, about 932,000 miles (1.5 million kilometers) out from the planet, thus providing the first...
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