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Space Rocket History #303 – Apollo 14 – Commander Alan B. Shepard Jr. – Part 3
After the Mercury-Atlas 10 mission was canceled, Shepard was designated as the Commander of the first crewed Gemini mission, with Thomas P. Stafford...
Space Rocket History #302 – Apollo 14 – Commander Alan B. Shepard Jr. – Part 2
On January 19, 1961, Robert R. Gilruth, the director of NASA’s Space Task Group, informed the seven astronauts that Shepard had been chosen for the...
Space Rocket History #301 – Apollo 14 – Commander Alan B. Shepard Jr. – Part 1
Although the Shepards were well off, the children were not coddled. Their father valued work and made sure each child performed their share of domestic...
Space Rocket History #300 – Apollo 14 – Lunar Module Pilot Edgar Mitchell – Tang Ceremony
In the Astronaut Office, it was his intellectual bent that set him apart from some of the other pilots, along with a certain hard edge.
50th Anniversary Special – An Encore Presentation of Space Rocket History #214 – Apollo 11 – The Climb to Orbit
A Saturn V liftoff is spectacular, and the launch of Apollo 11 was no exception. But it didn’t give the audience any surprises. To the three Gemini-experienced...
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