Space Rocket History Podcast

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Space Rocket History #48 - Gemini Design - 1961

Posted January 30, 2014 • 00:26:12

â€œThe main trouble with the Mercury capsule was thatÂ most system components were in the pilot’s cabin; and often, to pack them in this very...

Space Rocket History #47 - Gemini Concepts

Posted January 23, 2014 • 00:22:07

This brings us to Project Gemini. Â Gemini started after Apollo had begun, in part to answer a crucial question for Apollo. Was rendezvous and docking...

Space Rocket History #46 - Mariner 4

Posted January 16, 2014 • 00:25:02

Mariner 4′s primary objective was to conduct closeup scientific observations of Mars and to transmit these observations to Earth. Additional goals...

Space Rocket History #45 - Voskhod-1with Kamarov, Yegorov, and Feoktistov - Part 2

Posted January 9, 2014 • 00:24:12

Space Rocket History #44 - Voskhod-1with Kamarov, Yegorov, and Feoktistov - Part 1

Posted January 2, 2014 • 00:24:51

Premiere Khrushchev was not willing to wait until Soyuz for another space first. Â Khrushchev believed, There could be no final victories in the race...