Space Rocket History Podcast

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Space Rocket History #33 - Science Overload - Mercury-Atlas 7, Aurora 7 with Scott Carpenter

Posted October 10, 2013 • 00:25:25

After the successful completion of the Mercury-Atlas 6 flight that carried John Glenn into orbit, it was Scott Carpenter’s turn to pilot Mercury-Atlas...

Space Rocket History #32 - Ranger-4, Ariel-1, and Telstar-1

Posted October 3, 2013 • 00:31:36

As part of the pre-Apollo preparations, NASA created the Ranger series of missions to take high-quality pictures of the Moon and transmit them back...

Space Rocket History #31 - Godspeed John Glenn - Mercury-Atlas 6 - Friendship 7 - Part 2

Posted September 26, 2013 • 00:28:47

Mercury Control was still undecided on the course of action to take with the heat shield problem. Some controllers thought the retrorocket pack should...

Space Rocket History #30 - Godspeed John Glenn - Mercury-Atlas 6 - Friendship 7 - Part 1

Posted September 19, 2013 • 00:28:44

“I am in a big mass of some very small particles, they’re brilliantly lit up like they’re luminescent. I never saw anything like it! They round...

Space Rocket History #29 - Mercury-Atlas 5 With Enos

Posted September 12, 2013 • 00:29:33

Following the successful suborbital missions of Allan Shepard and Gus Grissom, NASA believed the Mercury capsule was ready for an orbital mission. Â But,...