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Space Rocket History #38 - Syncom 1,2,3, and TIROS 8
Geosynchronous satellites have the advantage of remaining permanently in the same area of the sky, as viewed from a particular location on Earth. Geostationary...
Space Rocket History #37 - Flight of Faith 7, Mercury-Atlas 9 with Gordon Cooper
Mercury-Atlas 9 was the fourth and final manned orbital flight of the Mercury program. The flight objectives were to:
(1) evaluate the effects...
Space Rocket History #36 - Mariner 2 and Relay 1
During the summer of 1962 final preparations were underway for the first U.S. attempt to reach another planet. Â The planet was Venus, Earth’s closest...
Space Rocket History #35 - Textbook Spaceflight - Mercury-Atlas 8, Sigmac 7 with Wally Schirra
After Scott Carpenter’s science heavy Mercury-Atlas 7 flight, Nasa’s next mission would concentrate on the technical and engineering aspects of...
Space Rocket History #34 - Group Flight - Vostok 3 and 4
In February of 1962, the United States put John Glenn into orbit. This prompted Soviet leadership to suddenly asked Chief Designer Korolev to launch...
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