Posted on March 8, 2017
In February of 1969, the first launch of the Soviet Moon Rocket, the N-1, exploded. By April, the Soviets still did not have a clear program of subsequent piloted Soyuz fights. In May, the Soviets watched the successful US lunar orbital flight and p...
3-The E-8-5 return trajectory allowed the return capsule to reach the Earth without the need for a course correction or a complex navigation system
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Posted on August 14, 2014
In the 1960s, during the cold war, the US and Soviet Union turned their attention to the moon. The question was, who could place a man on the moon and return him safely to the earth first? Obtaining the necessary data on the moon to risk sending a pe...
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