Posted on February 12, 2015
In January 1960, President Eisenhower directed NASA Administrator Glennan to accelerate the Super Booster Program that had recently been assigned to NASA. This order ensured the transfer of the von Braun group from the Army Ballistic Missile Agency t...
Using a model at upper left, William Rector of General Dynamics Corp. describes the design his company proposed for the Apollo lunar mission
Spacecraft modules in this drawing were identified in the Space Task Group’s request for proposals from contractors for developing and producing the command module
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At lower left, E. E. Clark and Carlos de Moraes of the Martin Company display three of a dozen command module configurations considered before the choice of the one to the right
ASA’s second Administrator, James E. Webb (at center above), and George M. Low (right above) of NASA Headquarters receive a model of General Electric’s proposed vehicle
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Posted on February 19, 2015
In May 1961, NASA was not really prepared to direct an enormous Apollo program designed to fly its spacecraft to the moon. New and special facilities would be needed and the aerospace industry would have to be marshaled to develop vehicles not easily...
David G. Hoag, technical design director at the laboratory, examines the inertial measuring unit that would measure changes in Apollo spacecraft velocity when propulsion systems were fired
MIT Instrumentation Laboratory Director C. Stark Draper inspects a mockup of the Apollo guidance and control system in the September 1963
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Posted on February 26, 2015
Max Faget thought the first stage of the moon rocket should use four solid-fueled engines, 6.6 meters in diameter. He reasoned these could certainly accomplish whatever mission was required of either the Saturn or Nova, and it would be more cost eff...
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Posted on March 5, 2015
Many historians agree, the U.S. took its first step toward the moon in the spring of 1957, four years before President Kennedy declared the national goal of landing a man on the Moon, and returning him safely to the Earth. While still preparing for t...
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Posted on March 12, 2015
Just as launch complex 34 dwarfed its predecessors, Saturn’s checkout represented a new magnitude in launch operations. The Saturn C-1 stood three times higher, required six times more fuel, and produced ten times more thrust than the Jupiter. Its si...
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Early design concepts of C-1 and C-5 versions of the Saturn launch vehicles
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2-Movement of dummy S-IV stage to checkout
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Posted on March 18, 2015
No previous maiden launch had gone flawlessly, and the Saturn C-1 was considerably more complicated than any rocket launched thus far. Launch Operations Directorate officials gave the rocket a 75% chance of getting off the ground, and a 30% chance of...
To assemble the large Saturns, NASA needed a plant, preferably one already built. The Michoud facility (above), close to New Orleans, suited the requirements
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Modules of the Apollo spacecraft were tested in Florida in the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building. Above, NASA officials Walt Williams, Merritt Preston, Kurt Debus, Brainerd Holmes, and Wernher von Braun
Maiden launch of the Apollo program- Saturn SA-1 from Cape Canaveral, 27 October 1961
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Liftoff of Saturn I. Note the long cable mast falling away on the right
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Abe Silverstein, NASA’s Director of Space Flight Development, is shown touring a rocket engine facility
1-Launch Complex 34, blockhouse interior
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Posted on March 26, 2015
The mode that Apollo would use to land on the moon was the most studied, analyzed, and debated decision made for the lunar landing program. There were four main choices Direct-ascent, Earth-Orbit Rendezvous, Lunar-Orbit Rendezvous, and Lunar Surface...
two landing techniques proposed for the direct ascent mode
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proposed lunar-surface-rendezvous procedure, a propellant-transfer vehicle takes fuel from the tanker to a manned space vehicle. After loading the fuel, the two astronauts would fire the engine of their spacecraft to return to the earth
Major configuration changes in the Apollo spacecraft from May 1960 to July 1962
Early design concepts of C-1 and C-5 versions of the Saturn launch vehicles
A ferry that would leave a command ship in orbit around the moon, visit the lunar surface, and then return to the command ship for the voyage back to the earth
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Posted on April 2, 2015
Langley’s brochure for the Golovin Committee described Lunar landers of varied sizes and payload capabilities. There were illustrations and data on a very small lander that was able to carry one man for 2 to 4 hours on the moon. There was an “econo...
Early design concepts of C-1 and C-5 versions of the Saturn launch vehicles
NASA announced selection of the lunar-orbit-rendezvous landing technique at an 11 July 1962 press conference. left to right James E. Webb, Robert C. Seamans, Jr., D. Brainerd Holmes, and Joseph F. Shea
Harry C. Shoaf (Space Task Group Engineering Division 15 November 1961 of a proposed lunar lander to be used with an advanced version of the Mercury spacecraft
concept of a small lunar lander during descent to the surface of the moon, as proposed by Langley Research Center employees in October 1961
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Posted on April 9, 2015
“I would like to reiterate once more that it is absolutely mandatory that we arrive at a definite mode decision within the next few weeks. . . . If we do not make a clear-cut decision on the mode very soon, our chances of accomplishing the first luna...
Shea uses models to demonstrate how the lunar module would dock with the command module
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Posted on April 16, 2015
After viewing the Apollo spaceport being built in Florida, President Kennedy flew on to Huntsville, Alabama. There, during a tour of Marshall and a briefing on the Saturn V and the lunar-rendezvous mission by von Braun, Jerome Wiesner interrupted Von...
REF: 2-903-6 SA-2 LAUNCH AT CAPE. IGNITION OF ROCKET (SATURN 1 VEHICLE)
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Posted on January 23, 2014
This brings us to Project Gemini. Gemini started after Apollo had begun, in part to answer a crucial question for Apollo. Was rendezvous and docking in orbit a feasible basis for a manned lunar landing mission?
fig6 (1)McDonnell-proposed two-man Mercury spacecraft. Shown is the interior arrangement of spacecraft equipment
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Posted on May 29, 2014
“We have had a conversation with the Carnarvon tracking station and their report keeps coming back – No joy – No joy.” NASA Public Affairs Officer Paul Haney.
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Posted on June 5, 2014
From the previous episode, it was decided that the name of Gemini VI would be changed to Gemini VI-a to distinguish it from the originally planned mission whose objective was to rendezvous with the Agena target vehicle. Gemini VII would be launched f...
GT7 Launch
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Lovell before the launch, in the special G5C space suit, which had a zippered hood with a visor instead of a solid helmet
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Moon and clouds over the Western Pacific as seen from Gemini 7
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Posted on June 12, 2014
From the previous episode, we have Gemini VII waiting in orbit for Gemini VI-A to launch and rendezvous. Remember, Gemini VII could only remain in orbit for 14 days, the maximum duration of its flight. The goal was to launch Gemini VI-A on or befor...
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Posted on June 18, 2014
The Gemini Program was conceived after it became evident to NASA officials that an intermediate step was required between Project Mercury and the Apollo Program. The major objectives assigned to Gemini were:
1-To subject two men and supporting equip...
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Gemini 7 spacecraft on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
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Posted on July 17, 2014
Many doubted that Agena could be ready in time to meet Gemini’s tight launch schedules. The end of 1965 saw Agena’s usefulness in manned space flight once again called into question, but this time time a substitute target had already been approved fo...
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Gemini Augmented Target Docking Adapter during pre-flight checkout
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Posted on July 24, 2014
On September 20th 1965, NASA named the crew for Gemini VIII. The command pilot selected was Neil Armstrong, a civilian test pilot with much experience in the X-15 rocket research aircraft program. David Scott was selected as pilot. Scott was the fir...
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Posted on July 30, 2014
This was the most complex mission attempted to date. The primary mission objectives were to perform rendezvous and four docking tests with the Gemini Agena Target Vehicle (GATV) and to execute an ExtraVehicular Activity (EVA)…
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Posted on August 7, 2014
Armstrong eased Gemini VIII toward the target at a barely perceptible speed of 8 centimeters per second. Then Armstrong gleefully reported, “Flight, we are docked!” For a brief moment, the flight controllers in Houston did not realize they had really...
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Posted on August 28, 2014
After the untimely deaths of Elliot See and Charles Basset, NASA assigned the Gemini IX prime crew positions to Tom Stafford and Gene Cernan. This was the first time in NASA’s manned space flight history that a backup crew had taken over a mission. ...
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Posted on September 4, 2014
As contractors worried about technical problems with the Atlas, Once again NASA, faced the necessity for a quick recovery plan when a target vehicle failed to reach orbit. You may recall the first time was with Gemini 6. But this time Nasa had somet...
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Tagged:Agena, Amu, Angry Alligator, Apollo, Atlas, Augment Target Docking Adapter, Cape Kennedy, Carnarvon, Charles Mathews, Clifford Charlesworth, Colonel Daniel Mckee, Dave Scott, Docking, Elliot See, Equiperiod, Eva, Exploration, Frank Borman, Gatv, Gemini 10, Gemini 5, Gemini 6, Gemini 8, Gemini 9, Gemini 9a, Gemini Ix, Gemini Ix A, Gemini Ixa, Gemini Project, Gemini Project Office, Gemini V, Gemini Vi, Gemini Viii, Gemini X, Gene Cernan, Gene Kranz, General Dynamics, George Mueller, George Towner, Gpo, History, Houston, Ivar, Jim Lovell, John Hudson, Mcdonnell, Melbourne, Merritt Preston, Mission Control Center, Msc, Nasa, Neil Armstrong, Rendezvous, Richard Keehn, Rocket, Sahara Desert, Scott Simpkinson, Space, Tananarive, Thruster, Tom Stafford, Warren J North, Westinghouse, William Schneider
Posted on September 11, 2014
We left off last week with Tom Stafford and Gene Cernan completing three rendezvous with the ATDA but, no docking because the shroud was still in place on the Docking Adapter. On June 5, 1966 at 5:30 a.m., nearly 45 hours and 30 minutes into the miss...
Gemini 9 splashes down at 9-00 A.M., June 6, 1966. The day of the EVA was also their last in space
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Tagged:Amu, Angry Alligator, Apollo, Augment Target Docking Adapter, Cape Kennedy, Docking, Eva, Exploration, Gatv, Gemini 10, Gemini 5, Gemini 6, Gemini 8, Gemini 9, Gemini 9a, Gemini Ix, Gemini Ix A, Gemini Ixa, Gemini Project, Gemini Project Office, Gemini V, Gemini Vi, Gemini Viii, Gemini X, Gene Cernan, Gene Kranz, Gpo, History, Houston, Ivar, Jim Lovell, Mcdonnell, Mission Control Center, Msc, Nasa, Neil Armstrong, Rendezvous, Rocket, Space, Tom Stafford
Posted on September 18, 2014
Deputy Administrator Seamans wanted a mission review board created to study:
(1) Corrective measures for the Atlas-Agena failure
(2) The guidance update problem that delayed the launch two days
(3) The shroud incident
(4) The suit environmental c...
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Gemini 9 astronauts Gene Cernan and Tom Stafford brief Gemini 10 astronauts John Young and Mike Collins. And….how about that nice ATDA model in full gator
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Tagged:Agena, Alan Bean, Alexandria, Amu, Angry Alligator, Apollo, Brooks Air Force Base, Buzz Aldrin, Cape Kennedy, Charles Bassett, Chaumont, Clifton Williams, Colorado Springs, Columbus Air Force Base, David Scott, Deke Slayton, Docking, Ed White, Edward Givens, Edwards Air Force Base, Elliot See, Episcopalian, Eva, Exploration, F 104, F 86, Frank Borman, Gatv, Gemini 10, Gemini 4, Gemini 5, Gemini 6, Gemini 8, Gemini 9, Gemini 9a, Gemini Ix, Gemini Ix A, Gemini Ixa, Gemini Project, Gemini Project Office, Gemini V, Gemini Vi, Gemini Viii, Gemini X, George Air Force Base, Governors Island, Gpo, History, Houston, Hungarian Revolution, James Lawton Collins, Jim Irwin, Jim Lovell, Joe Engle, Joesph Collins, John Glenn, John Young, Kate Collins, Lunney, Mcdonnell, Mercury Atlas 6, Mike Collins, Mission Control Center, Msc, Mueller, Nasa, Nato, Nellis, New York, Norad, Patricia Finnegan, Protestantism, Puerto Rico, Rendezvous, Rocket, Roman Catholic, Rome, San Antonio, Seamans, Space, St Albans, T 6, Tom Stafford, Usaf Aerospace Research, Washington D C, West Germany, West Point
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Space Rocket History #81 – Gemini X with John Young and Mike Collins – Part 2 – Riding the Agena
Posted on September 25, 2014
“At first, the sensation I got was that there was a pop, then there was a big explosion and a clang. We were thrown forward in the seats. We had our shoulder harnesses fastened. Fire and sparks started coming out of the back end of that rascal. The l...
John Young in Gemini 10
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Tagged:Agena, Agena 10, Agena 8, Airglow, Amu, Angry Alligator, Apollo, Beta Crucis, Beta Spectrometer, Bremsstrahlung Spectrometer, Capcom, Cape Kennedy, Carnarvon, Charlesworth, Colorado Springs, Docking, Ed White, Eva, Exploration, Eyeballs Out, Gamma Velorum, Gatv, Gemini 10, Gemini 4, Gemini 5, Gemini 6, Gemini 8, Gemini 9, Gemini 9a, Gemini Ix, Gemini Ix A, Gemini Ixa, Gemini Project, Gemini Project Office, Gemini V, Gemini Vi, Gemini Viii, Gemini X, Gpo, Hawaii, History, Houston, Ilon, Ion Wake, Jim Irwin, John Young, Kollsman, Lunney, Mcdonnell, Mike Collins, Milky Way, Mission Control Center, Msc, Mueller, Nasa, Norad, Red Sea, Rendezvous, Rocket, Rome, South Atlantic Anomaly, Space, Tri Axis Magnetometer
Posted on October 2, 2014
Collins emerged from the spacecraft at dawn. Like Gene Cernan on Gemini IX-A, he found that all tasks took longer than he expected. But he was able to retrieve the package from the exterior of his spacecraft…
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Tagged:Agena, Agena 10, Agena 8, Apollo, Capcom, Cape Kennedy, Carnarvon, Charles Mattews, Charlesworth, Docking, Eva, Exploration, Gatv, Gemini 10, Gemini 4, Gemini 5, Gemini 6, Gemini 8, Gemini 9, Gemini 9a, Gemini Ix, Gemini Ix A, Gemini Ixa, Gemini Project, Gemini Project Office, Gemini V, Gemini Vi, Gemini Viii, Gemini X, Gpo, Hasselblad, Hawaii, History, Houston, John Young, Lunney, Mcdonnell, Mike Collins, Mission Control Center, Msc, Mueller, Nasa, Paul Haney, Rendezvous, Rocket, Shuttle, South Atlantic Anomaly, Space, Space Station, Sunday School, Umbillical
Posted on October 9, 2014
Some significant goals had been set for the last two Gemini flights. For example, the Apollo Spacecraft Program Office wanted a rendezvous in the first spacecraft orbit, which would simulate lunar orbit rendezvous. There was also interest in linking ...
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Tagged:A 4d, Agena, Agena 10, Agena 11, Agena 8, Amu, Apollo, Artificial Gravity, Autopilot, Bendix Trophy Race, Capcom, Cape Kennedy, Carnarvon, Charles Mattews, Docking, Eva, Exploration, F 11f, F 4h, F 8u, Gatv, Gemini 10, Gemini 4, Gemini 5, Gemini 6, Gemini 8, Gemini 9, Gemini 9a, Gemini Ix, Gemini Ix A, Gemini Ixa, Gemini Project, Gemini Project Office, Gemini V, Gemini Vi, Gemini Viii, Gemini X, Gemini Xii, Gordon Cooper, Gpo, Hasselblad, Hawaii, History, Houston, John Young, Lunney, Mcdonnell, Mike Collins, Mission Control Center, Msc, Mueller, Nasa, Niel Armstrong, Pete Conrad, Poulsbo, Rendezvous, Richard Gordon, Robert Seamans, Rocket, Seattle, Space, Space Station, Sunday School, Umbillical, Uss Ranger, Vf 121, Vf 96, William Anders
Posted on October 16, 2014
Conrad shouted to Gordon “Ride ’em, cowboy!” Gordon was Riding bareback, with his feet and legs wedged between the docked vehicles. In practice sessions in zero-g aircraft flights, Gordon had been able to push himself forward, straddle the reentry a...
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Tagged:Agena, Agena 11, Apollo, Artificial Gravity, Capcom, Cape Kennedy, Carnarvon, Charles Mattews, Charlesworth, Docking, Eva, Exploration, Gatv, Gemini 10, Gemini 4, Gemini 5, Gemini 6, Gemini 8, Gemini 9, Gemini 9a, Gemini Ix, Gemini Ix A, Gemini Ixa, Gemini Project, Gemini Project Office, Gemini V, Gemini Vi, Gemini Viii, Gemini X, Gemini Xii, Gpo, Guenter Wendt, Hawaii, History, Houston, Ivar, James Elms, John Young, Lunney, M Equals 1, Mcdonnell, Mike Collins, Mission Control Center, Msc, Mueller, Nasa, Pete Conrad, Rendezvous, Richard Gordon, Rocket, Rose Knot Victor, Space, Tananarive, Tether, Umbillical, Vf 121, William Anders, William Schneider
Posted on October 23, 2014
The rotation rate checked out at 55 degrees per minute, and the crew could now test for a minute amount of artificial gravity. When they put a camera against the instrument panel and then let it go, it moved in a straight line to the rear of the cock...
Recovery of G11
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Tagged:Agena, Agena 11, Apollo, Artificial Gravity, Bean, Canary Islands, Capcom, Cape Kennedy, Carnarvon, Cernan, Charles Mattews, Charlesworth, Coincident Orbit, Computer Controlled Reentry, Docking, Eva, Exploration, Gatv, Gemini 10, Gemini 4, Gemini 5, Gemini 6, Gemini 8, Gemini 9, Gemini 9a, Gemini Ix, Gemini Ix A, Gemini Ixa, Gemini Project, Gemini Project Office, Gemini V, Gemini Vi, Gemini Viii, Gemini X, Gemini Xii, Gpo, Gravity Gradient, Hawaii, History, Houston, John Young, Lunney, M Equals 1, Mcdonnell, Mission Control Center, Msc, Mueller, Nasa, Pete Conrad, Pps, Rendezvous, Richard Gordon, Rocket, Rose Knot Victor, Space, Stafford, Tananarive, Tether, Umbillical, Uss Guam, Velcro, 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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Tagged:Agena, Agena 12, Agena 5001, Amu, Apollo, Buzz Aldrin, Cape Kennedy, Cernan, Charles Mattews, Charlesworth, Colonel John Albert, Computer Controlled Reentry, Docking, Edwin Aldrin, Eva, Exploration, Francis Carey, 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, John Young, Keplerian Trajectory, Langley Research Center, Lunney, M Equals 1, Major General Ben Funk, Maryland, Mcdonnell, Mcdonogh, Mike Collins, Mission Control Center, Msc, Mueller, Nasa, Pete Conrad, Rendezvous, Richard Gordon, Rocket, Space, Stafford, Tether, Umbillical, William Schneider
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 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 January 29, 2015
President Kennedy proposed the manned lunar landing as the focus of the US space program but, at the time of his address, only one American, Alan B. Shepard, Jr. had been into space, on a suborbital lob shot lasting 15 minutes. No rocket launch vehic...
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Tagged:Abe Silverstein, Abraham Hyatt, Air Force, Ames, Apollo, Army, Caldwell Johnson, Cape Kennedy, Circumlunar, Csq, Docking, Eisenhower, Eldon Hall, Exploration, F 1, Gatv, Gemini, Gemini Project, George Sutton, Glennon, Goddard, Goett, History, Homer Newell, Houston, Jfk, John Hodge, Jpl, Kennedy, Kieth Glennan, Lbj, Lewis, Lunar, Lunar Module, Lyndon Johnson, Manned Spacecraft Center, Marshall Space Flight Center, Max Faget, Mercury, Mit, Moon, Naca, Nasa, Nova, Project Apollo, Rendezvous, Robert Piland, Rocket, Rocketdyne, Saturn, Soviet, Space, Space Task Group, Sputnik, Strass, Thomas Muse, Von Braun, William Schneider, X 15
Posted on February 5, 2015
The goal of the nation’s space program should be the scientific exploration of the moon and the planets but also to recognize that nontechnical factors are vital to public acceptance of a space program. Human exploration of the moon and planets would...
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Tagged:Alan Shepard, Alfred Sloan, Apollo, Brainerd Holmes, Cape Kennedy, Circumlunar, Clinton Anderson, Congress, Docking, Eisenhower, Exploration, Gagarin, Gemini Project, Goett, History, Houston, Hugh Dryden, James Killian, James Webb, Jerome Wiesner, Jfk, Jpl, Kennedy, Kieth Glennan, Lbj, Lunar, Lunar Module, Lyndon Johnson, Manned Spacecraft Center, Marshall Space Flight Center, Mercury, Moon, Nasa, Philip Abelson, Project Apollo, Rendezvous, Rocket, Saturn, Sky Scientist, Soviet, Space, Space Science Board, Space Task Group, Sputnik, Strass, Urgent National Needs, Von Braun, Warren Weaver