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Space Rocket History #103 - Saturn Development 1957 - 1960
Many historians agree, the U.S. took its first step toward the moon in the spring of 1957, four years before President Kennedy declared the national...
Space Rocket History #102 - Apollo: Preliminary Design Part 3 - Command Module Contract, Mode, and Launch Vehicles
Max Faget thought the first stage of the moon rocket should use four solid-fueled engines, 6.6 meters in diameter. Â He reasoned these could certainly...
Space Rocket History #101 - Apollo: Preliminary Design Part 2 - Mode, Command Module, and Astronavigation.
In May 1961, NASA was not really prepared to direct an enormous Apollo program designed to fly its spacecraft to the moon. New and special facilities...
Space Rocket History #100 - Apollo: Preliminary Design
In January 1960, President Eisenhower directed NASA Administrator Glennan to accelerate the Super Booster Program that had recently been assigned to...
Space Rocket History #99 - Apollo: The Opposition
The goal of the nation’s space program should be the scientific exploration of the moon and the planets but also to recognize that nontechnical factors...
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