Dec 11

Space Rocket History #92 – Soyuz Development – Part 1

Posted on December 11, 2014 by spac9750

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 podcast so please be nice to her. Hopefully, I will be able to speak a complete sentence without coughing my head off next week.

I want to thank my wife, Caroline Annis from the bottom of my heart for her help with this episode.

Soyuz Diagram

Soyus A

Soyuz A

By Dave

Dec 04

Space Rocket History #91 – The Death of Sergei Pavlovich Korolev – Part 3

Posted on December 4, 2014 by spac9750

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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 died!”
Chertok responded “Are you out of your mind? Which Sergey Pavlovich?”
“Ours, our Sergey Pavlovich Korolev! His wife telephoned from the hospital!”
Chertok stood absolutely dumbfounded, having no idea what to do next. This can’t be! This really shouldn’t be happening! A few seconds later he called the Kremlin for verification.

Monument in Moscow

Monument in Korolyov

Monument in Baykonur

Nov 26

Space Rocket History #90 – The Death of Sergei Pavlovich Korolev – Part 2

Posted on November 26, 2014 by spac9750

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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 space pioneer: Hermann Oberth in the case of von Braun, and Konstantin Tsiolkovsky in the case of Korolev. Both began their careers in space development through serious study, participation in amateur rocket societies, and then support from the military…

Korolev, Kurchatov, Keldysh

Yuri and Sergei

Vostok 1 Lauch

Nov 21

Location of Gemini Capsules

Posted on November 21, 2014 by spac9750

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.

Gemini 2 (unmanned test flight)
Cape Canaveral Air Station, FL
Gemini 3 “Molly Brown” (Grissom, Young)
Grissom Memorial Museum, Mitchell, IN
Gemini 4 (McDivitt, White)
National Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian Institution), Washington, DC
Gemini 5 (Cooper, Conrad)
Space Center Houston (NASA Johnson Space Center‘s Visitor Center), Houston, TX
Gemini 7 (Borman, Lovell)
National Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian Institution), Washington, DC
Gemini 6-A (Schirra, Stafford)
Stafford Air and Space Museum, Weatherford, OK
Gemini 8 (Armstrong, Scott)
Neil Armstrong Museum, Wapakoneta, OH
Gemini 9-A (Stafford, Cernan)
Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, FL
Gemini 10 (Young, Collins)
Norwegian Technical Museum, Oslo, Norway
(Also, one of the hatches is on display at the Virginia Air and Space Center (NASA Langley visitor’s center), Hampton, VA)
Gemini 11 (Conrad, Gordon)
California Science Center, Los Angeles, CA
Gemini 12 (Lovell, Aldrin)
Alder Planetarium, Chicago, IL
Capsule SC-2A (unflown backup)
Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center, Hutchinson, KS
(original shell; restored interior)
(for the cancelled Air Force “Manned Orbiting Laboratory” – unflown)
U.S. Air Force Museum, Dayton, OH. (Has a circular hatch in the heat shield for entering the MOL)
TTV-1 “El Kabong 1” (unmanned “towed test vehicle”, used in the Gemini Paraglider Program)
Michigan Space Center, Jackson, MI. (Not currently on public display)
TTV-2
Museum of Science & Industry, Manchester, England, U.K.
(an unflown mockup, used for training)
Michigan Space Center, Jackson, MI
(an unflown mockup)
Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL
(a training capsule)
Louisville Science Center, Louisville, KY
(an engineering mockup)
James S. McDonnell Prologue Room, Boeing Corporation, Saint Louis, MO
(a full-scale model)
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Portland, OR
(an unflown mockup)
Pacific Science Center, Seattle, WA
(an unflown mockup (with landing gear))
National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K.