Posted on January 1, 2015
After Voskhod-2, an ideological vacuum, disorder, and vacillation cropped up in the Soviet maned space program. There was no clear-cut answer to which project should be the priority, a new series of Voskhods, artificial gravity experiments, or the co...
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Tagged:11k, 7k, 8k74, 9k, Boris Cherkov, Chertok, Chizhikov, Frank Borman, Gemini Vi, Gemini Vii, Igla, James Lovell, Keldysh, Khrushchev, Korolev, Korolyov Design Bureau, Kuybyshev, L3, N1, Nii 648, Nikolay Kamanin, Okb 1, Okb 456, Okb 52, Proton, R7, Rauschanbach, Semyorka, Soyuz, Thomas Stafford, Tikhonravov, Turkov, Tyulin, Ur 500, Ur 500k, Ur 700, Voskhod, Vostok, Walter Schirra
Posted on December 18, 2014
The circumlunar plan involved 3 new spacecrafts. First the Soyuz A 7K spacecraft, capable of carrying three men, (2 men for a circumlunar flight) into space and returning them to earth. The 5.5 ton spacecraft has three modules, the orbital module, th...
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Tagged:11k, 7k, 8k74, 9k, Alexei Isayev, Boris Cherkov, Br 9 Telemetry System, Chelomey, Chizhikov, Glusko, Keldysh, Khrushchev, Korolev, Korolyov Design Bureau, Kuybyshev, L3, N1, Nikolay Kamanin, Okb 1, Okb 456, Okb 52, Podpilki Mafia, Proton, R7, Semyorka, Soyuz, Tikhonravov, Turkov, Ur 500, Ur 500k, Vilnitskiy, Vostok, Zenits
Posted on December 11, 2014
Hey everyone. I have been sick for a week and unable to talk, without coughing up a lung. But, I didn’t want you to miss your weekly dose of Space Rocket History. My wife agreed to help me out with the vocal part of this episode. This is her first...
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Tagged:11k, 7k, 8k74, 9k, Alexei Isayev, Boris Cherkov, Br 9 Telemetry System, Chizhikov, Korolev, Korolyov Design Bureau, Kuybyshev, Nikolay Kamanin, Okb 1, R7, Semyorka, Soyuz, Tikhonravov, Turkov, Vilnitskiy, Vostok, Zenits
Posted on December 4, 2014
Around noon on January 14th, Boris Chertok was alone in his office studying a folder of classified mail that had accumulated during the past few days. He had asked not to be disturbed. Suddenly his subordinate ran in and shouted, “Sergey Pavlovich di...
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Tagged:Boris Vasiliyevich Petrovskiy, Brezhnev, Central Committee, Chertok, Chief Designer, Gagarin, Gird, Glusko, Goddard, History, Icbm, Korolev, Kremlin, Leonid Smirnov, Leonov, Mittelwerke, Nazi, Nina Ivanovna, Nizhyn, Peenemunde, R 7, R7, Rnii, Rocket, Rp 318, Russia, Sergei Pavlovich Korolev, Soviet, Space, Stalin, This Entry Was Posted In Podcast And Tagged Exploration, Tupolev, Vasily Mishin, Von Braun, Weapons
Posted on November 26, 2014
Sergei Korolev’s life paralleled in many ways the life of Wernher Von Braun. Like Von Braun, as a young man, Sergei Korolev was inspired to dedicate his life to the technology for space exploration after becoming acquainted with the work of a great s...
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Location of Gemini Capsules
Posted on November 21, 2014
This is a list of the current location of Gemini Capsules. It came from the website: http://www.live555.com/misc/CapsuleLocations.html Please call before you visit to verify the capsule is still on display.
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Posted on November 20, 2014
His power, influence, and responsibilities during the 1950s and 60s were all encompassing. Not only was he in charge of all space-related issues, he was also in charge of some of the design of rockets for military purposes as well. He oversaw the des...
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Posted on November 13, 2014
We left off last week after Buzz Aldrin’s third and final EVA. The hard work for the Gemini 12 mission was now complete. Even with the problems with the radar, the Agena main engines, and the fuel cells, Gemini XII as a whole had gone very well…
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Tagged:Agena, Agena 12, Apollo, Apollo 13, Buzz Aldrin, Cape Kennedy, Charles Mattews, Charlesworth, Christopher Kraft, Coastal Sentry Qebec, Computer Controlled Reentry, Conrad, Csq, Docking, Edwin Aldrin, Eva, Exploration, Fuel Cell, Gatv, Gemini 10, Gemini 12, Gemini 4, Gemini 5, Gemini 6, Gemini 8, Gemini 9, Gemini 9a, Gemini Ix, Gemini Ix A, Gemini Ixa, Gemini Mission Review Board, Gemini Project, Gemini Project Office, Gemini V, Gemini Vi, Gemini Viii, Gemini X, Gemini Xii, Gpo, Gravity Gradient, Grumman, Hawaii, History, Homer Newell, Houston, Howard Tindall, Ibm 7094, James Bates, Jfk, John Glen, John Young, Joseph Loftus, Kennedy, Kieth Glennan, Lbj, Leonov, Lima Peru, Lunar Module, Lunney, Lyndon Johnson, Manned Spacecraft Center, Mcdonnell, Mcdonogh, Mercury, Mike Collins, Mission Control Center, Mit, Moon, Msc, Mueller, Nasa, North American, Paraglider, Pps, Rendezvous, Richard Gordon, Rocket, Rolf Lanzkron, Soviet, Space, T 2, Tether, Umbillical, Uss Wasp, William Schneider, Wright Brothers
Posted on November 6, 2014
In space, Jim and Buzz began to wonder if everything had been shut down too soon. For 25 minutes, with one brief exception, they heard nothing from the ground. The Ascension Island tracking station had the wrong acquisition time, so its communicators...
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Tagged:Agena, Agena 12, Apollo, Buzz Aldrin, Cape Kennedy, Charles Mattews, Charlesworth, Coastal Sentry Qebec, Computer Controlled Reentry, Conrad, Csq, Docking, Edwin Aldrin, Eva, Exploration, Fuel Cell, Gatv, Gemini 10, Gemini 12, Gemini 4, Gemini 5, Gemini 6, Gemini 8, Gemini 9, Gemini 9a, Gemini Ix, Gemini Ix A, Gemini Ixa, Gemini Mission Review Board, Gemini Project, Gemini Project Office, Gemini V, Gemini Vi, Gemini Viii, Gemini X, Gemini Xii, Gpo, Gravity Gradient, Hawaii, History, Houston, James Bates, John Young, Keplerian Trajectory, Langley Research Center, Lima Peru, Lunney, Mcdonnell, Mcdonogh, Mike Collins, Mission Control Center, Mit, Msc, Mueller, Nasa, Pps, Rendezvous, Richard Gordon, Rocket, Space, T 2, Tether, Umbillical, William Schneider
Posted on October 30, 2014
When the Gemini IX-A Agena fell into the Atlantic Ocean, Gemini XII was threatened with a major hardware shortage of an Agena and an Atlas to launch it. Replacing the Agena was no real problem. Lockheed’s first production model, 5001, used for devel...
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