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Space Rocket History Podcast

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Episodes

Total: 220

Space Rocket History #345 – Apollo 15 – The Lunar Rover & Traverse 1
2020/8/12

The whole stripped-down rover weighed about 455 pounds on Earth but only 76 pounds on the moon and w

Space Rocket History #344 – Apollo 15 – Oxygen Leak, Glass Ball, First Steps & The Lunar Rover
2020/7/29

After a good nights sleep, Houston woke the astronauts up an hour early the next morning because of

Space Rocket History #343 – Apollo 15 – Falcon on the Moon
2020/7/15

It was immediately clear that Falcon had landed on uneven ground, right on the rim of a small crater

Space Rocket History #342 – Apollo 15 – Lunar Orbit & Landing
2020/7/1

Craning to look through the triangular window for a glimpse of the land ahead, Scott saw no sign of

Space Rocket History #341 – Apollo 15 – Serious Problems
2020/6/17

The SPS engine was used for all the future burns.   It was the astronauts ticket home.  Any doubt as

Space Rocket History #340 – Apollo 15 – Climb to Orbit
2020/6/3

For Scott all feelings were forgotten. All senses except sight were subordinated. All Scott’s concen

Space Rocket History #339 – Apollo 15 – The Launch
2020/5/20

The last face they saw was Guenter’s, smiling and waving an enormous crescent wrench. Then the heavy

Space Rocket History #338 – Apollo 15 – CDR Dave Scott Part 2 & The Postal Covers Incident
2020/5/6

As Command Module Pilot for Apollo 9, Scott’s responsibilities were heavy. The Lunar Module was to s

Space Rocket History #337 – Apollo 15 – LMP Jim Irwin & CDR Dave Scott
2020/4/22

Dave Scott showed incredible presence of mind during the unexpected events of the Gemini 8 mission.

Space Rocket History #336 – Apollo 15 – Introduction, Crew Selection & CMP Al Worden
2020/4/8

The twelve day Apollo 15 mission was scheduled to launch on July 26, 1971.  It would be the fourth U

Space Rocket History #335 – Impacts of Soyuz 11 on Future Soyuz, Salyut-1 & Apollo
2020/3/25

It was decided that henceforth, cosmonauts would wear pressure suits for launch and the return to Ea

Space Rocket History #334 – Soyuz 11 – Death in Space
2020/3/11

The recovery team quickly opened the hatch and were shocked to find the men motionless, as if asleep

Space Rocket History #333 – Soyuz 11 – Downfall & N1 Update
2020/2/26

Volkov transmitted to Flight Control: “The hatch is not hermetically sealed! … What can we do? … Wha

Space Rocket History #332 – Soyuz 11/Salyut 1 – The Fire & SRH 7th Year Celebration
2020/2/12

Just before the start of another communication session, Volkov noticed a smell of smoke from somewhe

Space Rocket History #331 – Soyuz 11/Salyut 1 – Life Aboard the First Space Station
2020/1/29

Dobrovolsky wrote in his diary, “Some days were a nightmare. There was a general absence of everythi

Space Rocket History #330 – Soyuz 11/Salyut 1 – What’s That Smell?
2020/1/15

Volkov radioed “Zarya, wait! Yantar 3 is in Soyuz. Don’t start until Yantar 3 has returned to the Sa

Space Rocket History #329 – Soyuz 11 – The Replacement Crew – Dobrovolsky, Volkov, and Patsayev – Part 2
2020/1/1

“I am proud to have been involved in the Vostok spacecraft which carried Gagarin on the first manned

Space Rocket History #328 – Soyuz 11 – The Replacement Crew – Dobrovolsky, Volkov, and Patsayev – Part 1
2019/12/19

Dobrovolsky was blond, tall, broad-shouldered, and tough. He was kind-hearted and had a contagious b

Space Rocket History #327 – Soyuz 11 – The Prime Crew
2019/12/12

On May 4th, 1971 the prime crew of Soyuz 11 was confirmed to be Leonov, Commander; Kubusov, Flight E

Space Rocket History #326 – Soyuz 10 – Undocking and Re-entry
2019/12/5

… There was no provision for the possibility of undocking if the entire docking cycle had not been e