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Space Rocket History #299 – Apollo 14 – Command Module Pilot Stuart Roosa
As a Smoke Jumper, Roosa parachuted into at least four active fires in Oregon and California during the 1953 fire season.
Space Rocket History #298 – Apollo 14 – Crew Selection
There were some people who wondered why America’s first man in space Alan Shepard, at age forty-seven, having acquired fame, wealth, and status as...
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...
Space Rocket History #278 – Apollo 13 – Leaving the Moon – Part 1
Lovell’s disappointment with Kranz’s decision to not run another star check was quickly becoming academic since the time to conduct it was running...
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...
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