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

Posted on January 2, 2014 by spac9750

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 in 1965. So, as a means to upstage the US, Khrushchev ordered Chief Designer Korolev to fit three cosmonauts into the Voskhod spacecraft that was designed for two…

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Yegorov

Feoktistov

Komarov

Voskhod 1 and 2

Mission Patch

Apr 11

Space Rocket History #7 – Inter-service Rivalries

Posted on April 11, 2013 by spac9750

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It’s important to understand that in the late 1940s within the United States there were three concurrent programs for military rocket development. This was due to continuing inter-service rivalry between the Army, Navy, and Air Force.

Bumper-WAC

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A-1

Aerobee

WAC Corporal

Viking

MX-774

Apr 04

Space Rocket History #6 – The Competition

Posted on April 4, 2013 by spac9750

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“The Americans have unified their forces into a single thrust, and make no secret of their plans to dominate outer space. But we keep our plans secret even to ourselves…” Sergei Korolev the Founder of the Soviet Space Program.

Mar 27

Space Rocket History #5 – Escaping the Reich

Posted on March 27, 2013 by spac9750

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“In 1937, I was officially demanded to join the National Socialist Party. At this time I was already Technical Director at the Army Rocket Center at Peenemünde. The technical work carried out there had, in the meantime, attracted more and more attention in higher levels. Thus, my refusal to join the party would have meant that I would have to abandon the work of my life. Therefore, I decided to join. My membership in the party did not involve any political activity.” Werner von Braun, 1947.