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The history of early space exploration.
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Continue Listening to Space Rocket History on the Main Feed. Space Rocket History Podcast Homepage. (https://www.spacerockethistory.com)
Space Rocket History #273 – Apollo 13 – Free Return – Part 3
Lovell toggled the “master arm” switch to On and glanced around to see if everything else was in order. Guidance control was set to “Primary Guidance”; thrust control was on “Auto”; engine gimbals were enabled; the propellant quantity, temp
Space Rocket History #272 – Apollo 13 – Free Return – Part 2
Aquarius, can you see any stars yet? Homepage with pictures (https://www.spacerockethistory.com/2018/10/space-rocket-history-272-apollo-13-free-return-part-2/)
Space Rocket History #271 – Apollo 13 – Free Return – Part 1
Kraft wanted to fire the descent engine now, get the ship back on its free-return slingshot course, and when it emerged from behind the moon and reached the PC+2 point, execute any maneuvers that might be required to refine the trajectory o
Space Rocket History #270 – Apollo 13 – The News Breaks
Cronkite did not look good. He called Schirra over and thrust a sheet of wire-service copy at him. Schirra scanned the text hurriedly, and with each sentence his heart sank. This was bad. This was worse than bad. This was . . . unheard of.
Space Rocket History #269 – Apollo 13 – “Houston, we’ve had a problem.” – Part 4
EECOM, Sy Liebergot looked away from his monitor; the end, he knew, was at last here. Liebergot, through no fault of his own, was about to become the first flight controller in the history of the manned space program to lose the ship that h
Space Rocket History #268 – Apollo 13 – “Houston, we’ve had a problem.” – Part 3
As near as Lovell could tell, it would be a while before the ship’s endgame would play out. He had no way of calculating the leak rate in the tank, but if the moving needle was any indication, he had a couple hours at least before the 318 p
Space Rocket History #267 – Apollo 13 – “Houston, we’ve had a problem.” – Part 2
By the time Flight Director Kranz heard Lovell’s report, of “Houston, we’ve had a problem. ” three controllers had reported related problems. Kranz was wondering which problem Lovell was reporting, as he started relaying the long list of wa
Space Rocket History #266 – Apollo 13 – “Houston, we’ve had a problem.” – Part 1
Swigert: I believe we’ve had a problem here! CapComm: This is Houston. Say again, please. Lovell: Houston, we’ve had a problem. Homepage with Pictures: (https://www.spacerockethistory.com/2018/08/space-rocket-history-266-apollo-13-houston-w
Space Rocket History #265 – Apollo 13 – Translunar Coast – The Calm Before the Storm
As Lovell prepared for the thruster adjustments, Haise finished closing down the LEM and drifted through the tunnel back toward the command module and Swigert threw the switch to stir all 4 cryogenic tanks. Homepage with Pictures (https://w
Space Rocket History #264 – Apollo 13 – Orbit, Translunar Injection, Docking, and Extraction
Milt Windier’s team at mission control quickly reviewed the status of the remaining four engines, ran the computations for the new engine cutoff times, and passed them to the crew. Homepage with Pictures (https://www.spacerockethistory.com/
Space Rocket History #263 – Apollo 13 – The Launch
During the Apollo era, North American-Downey built the Apollo Command & Service Module. After each completed spacecraft, Nasa conducted formal reviews of the build paper work before each vehicle was accepted for flight. Homepage with pictur
Space Rocket History #262 – Apollo 13 – Commander Jim Lovell
Lovell completed four space flights and is one of only three men to travel to the Moon twice. Lovell accrued over 715 hours spent in space, and he saw a total of 269 sunrises from space on his Gemini and Apollo flights. Homepage with pictur
Space Rocket History #261 – Apollo 13 – Lunar Module Pilot Fred Haise
At thirty-six, Haise was the youngest member of the crew of Apollo 13, and his black hair and angular features made him seem younger still. Homepage with Pictures. (https://www.spacerockethistory.com/2018/07/space-rocket-history-261-apollo-
Space Rocket History #260 – Apollo 13 – Command Module Pilot Jack Swigert
John Leonard Swigert Jr. aka Jack Swigert was born on August 30, 1931 in Denver, Colorado to parents John Leonard Sr. and Virginia Swigert. Homepage with Pictures. (https://www.spacerockethistory.com/2018/06/space-rocket-history-260-apollo-
Space Rocket History #259 – Apollo 13 – Introduction – Part 2
Just before the mission began things started to go wrong. The weekend before launch Charlie Duke, the backup lunar module pilot, came down with a case of German measles. Homepage with pictures. (https://www.spacerockethistory.com/2018/06/sp
Space Rocket History #258 – Apollo 13 – Introduction – Part 1
Targeted for touchdown on the third lunar landing was a place known as the Fra Mauro range, a stretch of rugged, Appalachian-type mounds 110 miles east of the Apollo 12 landing site. Homepage with pictures. (https://www.spacerockethistory.c
Space Rocket History #257 – Apollo 12 – Return, Re-entry and Splashdown
Ten days ago, their Saturn V rocket had blasted Bean and his crew mates out of earth’s gravitational pull. Now their home planet was pulling them back at more than 24,000 miles per hour, twelve times faster than a high-speed rifle bullet. “
Space Rocket History #256 – Apollo 12 – Leaving the Moon
Dick Gordon opened the tunnel to Intrepid, saw his companions floating in a dirty cloud of moon dust, and slammed the hatch closed. He called out, “You guys ain’t gonna mess up my nice clean spacecraft!” Homepage with pictures (https://www.
Space Rocket History #255 – Apollo 12 – Lunar Liftoff
After a total of 31.6 hours on the moon, the Lunar Module ascent stage fired for about 7 minutes placing Intrepid into an orbit of 10 miles by 54 miles. Homepage with pictures (https://www.spacerockethistory.com/2018/05/space-rocket-history
Space Rocket History #254 – Apollo 12 – Moonwalk 2 – Part 5 – Blocky Crater & Closeout
Conrad and Bean now walked north, up Surveyor Crater’s 14 degree slope. Fatigue set in as Pete and Al walked up the crater wall. The hand tool carrier was nearly full of rocks now and Bean felt the full weight of it. Homepage with pictures
Space Rocket History #253 – Apollo 12 – Moonwalk 2 – Part 4 – Surveyor Crater & Surveyor 3
Surveyor 3 was now to their right, 300 feet away, gleaming in the morning sunlight. Antennas and sensors still reached upward from its tubular frame, just as they had on April 20, 1967, when the spacecraft thumped onto the moon amid blasts
Space Rocket History #252 – Apollo 12 – Moonwalk 2 – Part 3 – Rock ‘n’ Roll at Halo Crater
The problem with running into the sun was it was so bright that Conrad and Bean could not see the moon’s surface features until they were right on top of them. Homepage with Pictures (https://www.spacerockethistory.com/2018/04/space-rocket-
Space Rocket History #251 – Apollo 12 – Moonwalk 2 – Part 2 – Bench and Sharp Craters
While Conrad led the way, Bean watched the ground for something interesting. It wasn’t easy to do field geology while running, and on the moon. Homepage with pictures (https://www.spacerockethistory.com/2018/04/space-rocket-history-251-apoll
Space Rocket History #250 – Apollo 12 – Moonwalk 2 – Part 1 – Head Crater – Tang Ceremony
Pete and Al could not hear the excited shouts of the geologists in the back room down the hall from mission control, but they knew they had found something significant. Homepage with pictures (https://www.spacerockethistory.com/2018/04/space
Space Rocket History #249 – Apollo 12 – Moonwalk 1 – Part 3
Most of the remaining moon walk time was spent collecting rock samples, making surface observations such as the small mounds or hills, and taking pictures. Homepage with Pictures (https://www.spacerockethistory.com/2018/03/space-rocket-hist
Space Rocket History #248 – Apollo 12 – Moonwalk 1 – Part 2 – ALSEP
According to the checklist, Bean was allowed 5 minutes to gain his balance and learn to walk on the Moon. Bean was amazed at his new buoyancy saying, “You can jump up in the air…” But Conrad wanted to press on saying, “Hustle, boy, hustle!
Space Rocket History #247 – Apollo 12 – Moonwalk 1 – Part 1
“The old Surveyor, yes sir. It can’t be any more than 600 feet from here. How about that?” (Pete Conrad.) Homepage with Pictures (https://www.spacerockethistory.com/2018/03/space-rocket-history-247-apollo-12-moonwalk-1-part-1/)
Space Rocket History #246 – Apollo 12 – Pin Point Landing Part 2 – Right Down the Middle of the Road
“Hey, there it is! There it is! Son of a gun, right down the middle of the road! Look out there! I can’t believe it! Fantastic!” Pete Conrad when he saw his landing site. Homepage with Pictures (https://www.spacerockethistory.com/2018/03/sp
Space Rocket History #245 – Apollo 12 – Pin Point Landing Part 1 – Right Down the Middle of the Road
There was adrenaline in Pete Conrad’s voice as he counted down the last seconds before ignition. He and Bean were still weightless, but their bodies were secured to the cabin floor by harnesses. “Seven, six, five.” Conrad pushed the PROCEED
