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Jan 9

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

Posted on January 9, 2014

From the Control center Yuri Gagarin’s kept the crew informed on everything taking place on the now deserted launching site. Finally the command was given: “Stand by!” Now, It would be a matter or minutes before the launch. Commands followed in quick...

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Tagged:3ka, Aurora Australis, Baikonur, Brezhnev, Caucasus, Central Committee, Eurovision, Exploration, Feoktistov, Gagarin, John Glenn, Kamanin, Khrushchev, Komarov, Korolev, Kosmos 47, Kustanay, Mikoyan, Nasa, R 7, R7, Red Square, Rocket, Russia, Soviet, Space, State Commission, Telemetry, Voskhod, Vostok, Yegorov

Jan 2

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

Posted on January 2, 2014

Premiere Khrushchev was not willing to wait until Soyuz for another space first. Khrushchev believed, There could be no final victories in the race for space propaganda. He knew the US was working on project Gemini which would carry two astronauts ...

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Tagged:11a57, 3ka, Cosmonaunt, Feoktistov, Gagarin, Gemini, Germany, History, Icbm, Kamanin, Kamarov, Katys, Khrushchev, Korolev, Nazi, R 7, R7, Rocket, Russia, Soviet, Space, Sputnik, Ss, Volynov, Voronezh, Voskhod, Vostok, Yegorov

Dec 25

Merry Christmas from Space Rocket History

Posted on December 25, 2013

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Dec 19

Space Rocket History #43 – Ranger-7, Nimbus-1, European Space Organizations, and Christmas From the Moon

Posted on December 19, 2013

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 of returning pictures from the moon…

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Tagged:540, Agena, Apollo, Apollo 16, Apollo 8, Atlas, Blue Streak, Cape Canaveral, Cape Kennedy, Eldo, Erso, European Launcher Development Organization, European Space Research Organization, Exploration, Harrie Massey, History, Moon, Nasa, Nimbus, Nimbus 1, Ocean Of Storms, Pierre Auger, Ranger, Ranger 7, Rocket, Russia, Sea Of Clouds, Solar Cells, Sounding Rocket

Dec 12

Space Rocket History #42 – Satellite Killer – Polyot-1

Posted on December 12, 2013

The Space Age had barely begun when Soviet engineers started planning ways to destroy enemy satellites. Some Western analysts have speculated that a design for an anti-satellite weapon system was started at Korolev’s OKB-1 bureau as early as 1956…

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Tagged:Baikonur, Boris Yeltsi, Exploration, History, Icbm, Is Mu, Istrebitel Sputnikov, Khrushchev, Korolev, Lc31, Leonid Brezhnev, Myasishev, Okb 1, Polyachenko, Polyot, R 36, R 7, R7, Rca, Rocket, Saint, Satellite Interceptor, Satellite Killer, Soviet, Space, Sputnik, Spy Plane, U 2, Ur 200, Vladimir Chelome, Weapons, Yuri Andropov

Dec 5

Space Rocket History #41 – The First Woman in Space, Vostok 5 & 6 with Bykovsky and Tereshkova – Part 3

Posted on December 5, 2013

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…

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Tagged:3ka, Bykovsky, Chertok, Exploration, Gagarin, History, Kamanin, Karaganda, Karen Nyberg, Kazakhstan, Khrushchev, Korolev, Kuibyshev, Kustanai, Nikolaev, R 7, R7, Red Square, Rocket, Rudenko, Russia, Savitskaya, Seleznev, Soviet, Space, Tereshkova, Titov, Valentina, Volga, Vostok, Vostok 6

Nov 28

Space Rocket History #40 – The First Woman in Space, Vostok 5 & 6 with Bykovsky and Tereshkova – Part 2

Posted on November 28, 2013

Vostok 5’s orbit turned out to be lower than the expected 181 by 235 km. The actual orbit was 175 by 222 km. Initial calculations indicated the orbit of Vostok 5 would not decay for 10 or 11 days, however more conservative estimates, taking into acc...

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Tagged:3ka, 8k72, Bykovsky, Exploration, Gagarin, History, Kamanin, Khrushchev, Korolev, Leningrad, Leonid Brezhnev, Moscow, Nikolaev, Popovich, R 7, R7, Rocket, Solovyova, Soviet, Space, Stook, Tereshkova, Titov, Tyratam, Vostok, Vostok 5, Vostok 6, Vzor

Nov 21

Space Rocket History #39 – The First Woman in Space, Vostok 5 & 6 with Bykovsky and Tereshkova – Part 1

Posted on November 21, 2013

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, Vostok 5 and 6 was more than a simple repetition. Vostok 5’s objective was to beat the flight...

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Tagged:8k72, Bykovsky, Central Committee, Exploration, Gagarin, History, Kamanin, Keldysh, Korolev, Nikolai Kamanin, Ponomareva, R 7, Rocket, Russia, Solovyova, Soviet, Space, Sputnik, Tereshkova, Tyuratam, Vostok, Vostok 5, Vostok 6

Nov 14

Space Rocket History #38 – Syncom 1,2,3, and TIROS 8

Posted on November 14, 2013

Geosynchronous satellites have the advantage of remaining permanently in the same area of the sky, as viewed from a particular location on Earth. Geostationary satellites have the special property of remaining permanently fixed in the exact same posi...

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Tagged:Altair, Apt, Automatic Picture Tranmission, Cape Canaveral, Cape Kennedy, Delta B, Delta D, Direct Tv, Dish Network, Exploration, Fairchild Stratos, Geostationary, Geosynchronous, History, Hughes Space And Communications, Nasa, Rca, Rocket, Syncom 1, Syncom 2, Syncom 3, Thiokol Castor 1, Thor Delta, Tiros 8, Us Weather Bureau, Usns Kingsport

Nov 7

Space Rocket History #37 – Flight of Faith 7, Mercury-Atlas 9 with Gordon Cooper

Posted on November 7, 2013

Mercury-Atlas 9 was the fourth and final manned orbital flight of the Mercury program. The flight objectives were to: (1) evaluate the effects on the astronaut of approximately one day in orbital flight; (2) verify that man can function for an exte...

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Tagged:0 05g, Airglow, Apollo, Atlas, Beco, Boy Scouts Of America, Cape Canaveral, Cape Kennedy, Coastal Sentry Quebec, Exploration, Faith 7, Gordo, Gordon Cooper, Gus Grissom, Himalayas, History, John Glenn, Kearsarge, Kentucky, Kyushu Japan, Leroy G Cooper, Life Scout, Mcdonnell, Mercury, Mercury 7, Mercury 9, Mercury Control, Mercury Atlas 8, Mercury Atlas 9, Murray, Nasa, Oklahoma, Prayer, President Kennedy, Retro, Rocket, Scott Carpenter, Seco, Shawnee, Space, Tibetan, University Of Ohio, Virgil Grissom, Visual Acquisition And Perception, Walter Schirra, Xenon Strobe Lights, Zanzibar, Zodiacal Light

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