Space Rocket History Podcast

The history of rocketry and space exploration.

https://www.spacerockethistory.com

Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 43m. Bisher sind 444 Folge(n) erschienen. Dies ist ein wöchentlich erscheinender Podcast.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 13 days 2 hours 46 minutes

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Space Rocket History #290 – Apollo 13 – Welcome Home


“Three brave astronauts are alive and on Earth because of the mission operations teams’ dedication, and because at the critical moments the people of that team were wise enough and self-possessed enough to make the right decisions.


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 February 21, 2019  39m
 
 

Space Rocket History #289 – Apollo 13 – Splashdown


“During blackout every team member does his own soul searching, reviewing the decisions and the data, knowing they had to be nearly perfect and knowing how tough perfection is.” Gene Kranz


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 February 14, 2019  28m
 
 

Space Rocket History #288 – Apollo 13 – Re-entry


To Kranz and his team, this crew was special. They just could not lose them.  Failure was not an option.


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 February 6, 2019  28m
 
 

Space Rocket History #287 – Apollo 13 – Separation Anxiety


Three hours before dawn, Gene Kranz’ White Team took its place next to Windler’s Maroon Team controllers. The eighty hours of uncertainty were now past and mission control was down to Apollo 13’s final shift.


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 January 30, 2019  32m
 
 

In Honor of China’s Moon Lander Chang’e-4 – An Encore Presentation of Space Rocket History #18 – Luna 2 and 3


While the Mercury 7 were fulfilling their roles as symbols of space exploration, Korolev was once again offering the real thing. He now prepared to undertake the most demanding mission yet. The mission that would accomplish the next step in … Continue ...


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 January 23, 2019  20m
 
 

Space Rocket History #286 – Apollo 13 – I Want My Power Up Checklist. Now!


As If there were not enough problems, Houston still had not completed the command module power up checklist.


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 January 17, 2019  30m
 
 

Space Rocket History #285 – Apollo 13 – More Problems


From beneath the Lunar Modules floor there was a thud, then a hiss, then another thump that vibrated through the cabin.


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 January 9, 2019  31m
 
 

Space Rocket History #284 – Apollo 13 – Mid-course Correction


Swigert counted down five, four, three, two, one.” Lovell pressed the big red engine button set in the bulkhead and once again felt the vibration below his feet. “Ignition,” Lovell said to his crew-mates.


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 January 3, 2019  34m
 
 

Space Rocket History #283 – Apollo 13 – Encouragement from the President


In the White House, President Nixon was very concerned for the Apollo 13 crew. Since Apollo 8’s successful lunar orbit, just one month before his inauguration, Nixon had developed a fascination with moon flight and a special admiration for the … Contin...


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 December 26, 2018  28m
 
 

Space Rocket History #282 – Apollo 13 – Battery #2


At the manned spacecraft center in Houston, Don Arabian was in Building 45 when battery number two in Aquarius’ descent stage exploded.


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 December 19, 2018  25m