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Space Rocket History #43 - Ranger-7, Nimbus-1, European Space Organizations, and Christmas From the Moon
You may recall from episode 32 Ranger- 4 was the first  U.S. spacecraft to reach another celestial body. However, Ranger-4 failed it primary mission...
Space Rocket History #42 - Satellite Killer - Polyot-1
The Space Age had barely begun when Soviet engineers started planning ways to destroy enemy satellites. Some Western analysts have speculated that a...
Space Rocket History #41 - The First Woman in Space, Vostok 5 & 6 with Bykovsky and Tereshkova - Part 3
During re-entry plasma enveloped Vostok-6. Tereshkova saw pieces of burning material fly past her window and she also smelled smoke entering the cabin…
Space Rocket History #40 - The First Woman in Space, Vostok 5 & 6 with Bykovsky and Tereshkova - Part 2
Vostok 5′s orbit turned out to be lower than the expected 181 by 235 km. The actual orbit was 175 by 222 km. Â Initial calculations indicated the...
Space Rocket History #39 - The First Woman in Space, Vostok 5 & 6 with Bykovsky and Tereshkova - Part 1
In June of 1963, the Soviet Union performed an encore of the Vostok 3 and 4 missions with two manned spaceships orbiting the Earth simultaneously. However,...
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