Posted on December 11, 2014
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...
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Tagged:11k, 7k, 8k74, 9k, Alexei Isayev, Boris Cherkov, Br 9 Telemetry System, Chizhikov, Korolev, Korolyov Design Bureau, Kuybyshev, Nikolay Kamanin, Okb 1, R7, Semyorka, Soyuz, Tikhonravov, Turkov, Vilnitskiy, Vostok, Zenits
Posted on December 18, 2014
The circumlunar plan involved 3 new spacecrafts. First the Soyuz A 7K spacecraft, capable of carrying three men, (2 men for a circumlunar flight) into space and returning them to earth. The 5.5 ton spacecraft has three modules, the orbital module, th...
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Tagged:11k, 7k, 8k74, 9k, Alexei Isayev, Boris Cherkov, Br 9 Telemetry System, Chelomey, Chizhikov, Glusko, Keldysh, Khrushchev, Korolev, Korolyov Design Bureau, Kuybyshev, L3, N1, Nikolay Kamanin, Okb 1, Okb 456, Okb 52, Podpilki Mafia, Proton, R7, Semyorka, Soyuz, Tikhonravov, Turkov, Ur 500, Ur 500k, Vilnitskiy, Vostok, Zenits
Posted on January 1, 2015
After Voskhod-2, an ideological vacuum, disorder, and vacillation cropped up in the Soviet maned space program. There was no clear-cut answer to which project should be the priority, a new series of Voskhods, artificial gravity experiments, or the co...
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Tagged:11k, 7k, 8k74, 9k, Boris Cherkov, Chertok, Chizhikov, Frank Borman, Gemini Vi, Gemini Vii, Igla, James Lovell, Keldysh, Khrushchev, Korolev, Korolyov Design Bureau, Kuybyshev, L3, N1, Nii 648, Nikolay Kamanin, Okb 1, Okb 456, Okb 52, Proton, R7, Rauschanbach, Semyorka, Soyuz, Thomas Stafford, Tikhonravov, Turkov, Tyulin, Ur 500, Ur 500k, Ur 700, Voskhod, Vostok, Walter Schirra
Posted on January 8, 2015
“In those days, the Party organizations in industry were not only involved with policy, ideology, and the “struggle against nonconformist thought,” but tried to get involved in technology and production engineering. Wielding real authority over peopl...
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Posted on January 15, 2015
After many delays in launching the first Soyuz due to design complications, equipment deliveries, the learning curve for testing new designs, unreasonable launch dates, persecution from the communist party, and the death of Chief Designer Korolev. T...
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Tagged:11a511, Agadzhanov, Boris Cherkov, Br 9, Bushuyev, Chertok, Chizhikov, Cosomodrome, Crimea, Dpo, Feoktistov, Group M, Group T, Group Ye, Igla, Kalashnikov, Kamanin, Karas, Kardan Unit, Keldysh, Kerimov, Khazanov, Kirillov, Kis, Korolev, Kosmos 133, Kuybyshev, L3, Mishin, N1, Okb 1, Okb 2, P V Tsybin, Pravetskiy, Proton, R A Turkov, R7, Rauschanbach, Rauschenbach, Rudenko, Ryazanskiy, Semyonov, Semyorka, Soyuz, Tass, Tskbem, Tsybin, Turkov, Tyulin, V M Klyucharev, Vachnadze, Voskhod, Yevpatoriya
Posted on January 22, 2015
The first Soyuz test flight was a catastrophic failure. Due to negligence, the attitude control system malfunctioned and used all of its fuel before a rendezvous could be attempted or even the second Soyuz rocket could be launched. When the Soviet...
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Tagged:500k, 7k L1, 7k Ok, Agadzhanov, Boris Cherkov, Bushuyev, Chasma, Chertok, Cosomodrome, Crimea, Crimean Naval Airfield, Dolinsk, Emergency Rescue Engines, Emergency Rescue System, Feed One, Feed Two, Feoktistov, Group M, Group T, Group Ye, Humikaan, Igla, Kalashnikov, Kamanin, Kamchatka, Keldysh, Kerimov, Khazanov, Kirillov, Kis, Korolev, Kosmos 133, Kuybyshev, Mishin, Okb 1, P V Tsybin, Proton, R A Turkov, R7, Rabotyagov, Rauschenbach, Rudenko, Ryazanskiy, Saki, Semyonov, Semyorka, Shabarov, Soyuz, Tregub, Tskbem, Tsybin, Turkov, Tyulin, Vachnadze, Voskhod, Yevpatoriya