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Space Rocket History Podcast

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Episodes

Total: 220

Space Rocket History #365 – Apollo 16 – Moonwalk 2 & 3 – “The Big Sneak”
2021/5/26

The crew nicknamed this operation “The Big Sneak.” They figured the only way to do this was to appro

Space Rocket History #364 – Apollo 16 – Moonwalk 2 – Evidence of Water
2021/5/12

John and Charlie also collected several rusty-looking rocks with brown stains on their surfaces. The

Space Rocket History #363 – Apollo 16 – Moonwalk 1 – Part 3 – Grand Prix
2021/4/28

Flag Crater was so steep that if either one of them fell in, it would have been fatal! There was no

Space Rocket History #362 – Apollo 16 – Moonwalk 1 – Part 2
2021/4/14

Charlie and John were startled by their landing spot. Much of the landing area was covered with rock

Space Rocket History #361 – Apollo 16 – Post Landing & Moonwalk 1
2021/3/31

“There you are, our mysterious and unknown Descartes Highlands Plains. Apollo 16 is gonna change you

Space Rocket History #360 – Apollo 16 – Lunar Landing
2021/3/16

Due to the change in their flight plan caused by the six-hour delay, the crew had to reprogram a gre

Space Rocket History #359 – Apollo 16 – Lunar Orbit & No Go for Landing – Big Reveal & Tang Ceremony
2021/3/3

In the event of a secondary control system failure in the engine, the mission rules stated the entir

Space Rocket History #358 – Apollo 16 – Trans-Lunar Coast
2021/2/17

“Unlike the roller-coaster ride of Earth orbit, we are entering a slow-motion domain where time and

Space Rocket History #357 – Apollo 16 – TLI, Transposition & the LM Fuel Leak?
2021/2/3

It looked like they had a leak from one of the propellant tanks on the Lunar Module.  If so, that me

Space Rocket History #356 – Apollo 16 – Climb to Orbit
2021/1/20

Duke was startled. Why was it shaking so hard? What in the world was happening? There had to be some

Space Rocket History #355 – Apollo 16 – The Launch
2021/1/6

T-90 seconds and all Charlie Duke could think about was let’s go! There was no fear, no reluctance,

Space Rocket History #354 – Apollo 16 – CMDR John W. Young
2020/12/16

John Watts Young was an astronaut, naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and aeronautical engineer.

Space Rocket History #353 – Apollo 16 – LMP Charlie Duke
2020/12/2

“Roger, Twank…Tranquility, we copy you on the ground. You got a bunch of guys about to turn blue. We

Space Rocket History #352 – Apollo 16 – Introduction, Crew Selection & CMP Ken Mattingly
2020/11/18

“cogito, ergo sum” (I think, therefore I am). Rene Descartes. The post Space Rocket History #352 – A

Space Rocket History #351 – Apollo 15 – First Deep Space EVA and Splashdown
2020/11/4

As the red smoke cleared, Al saw widening holes in one of their parachutes, collapsing it into a use

Space Rocket History #350 – Apollo 15 – Lunar Liftoff, Rendezvous and Docking – Tang Ceremony
2020/10/21

On Hadley Plain, at 171:37 GET, right on schedule, Falcon’s engine lit, hurling the ascent stage upw

Space Rocket History #349 – Apollo 15 – Meanwhile on Endeavour
2020/10/7

After being cooped up together so closely with his fellow astronauts inside Endeavor, Worden enjoyed

Space Rocket History #348 – Apollo 15 – Traverse 3
2020/9/23

“We pray for one last landingOn the globe that gave us birth;Let us rest our eyes on the fleecy skie

Space Rocket History #347 – Apollo 15 – Traverse 2-Part 2 – The Genesis Rock
2020/9/9

Both men realized what they had discovered. The rock was almost entirely plagioclase. This was surel

Space Rocket History #346 – Apollo 15 – Traverse 2-Part 1
2020/8/26

Suddenly, Scott called out that the Rover was beginning to slide down the hill.  As the back wheels