Space Rocket History Podcast

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Space Rocket History #170 – Apollo 8 – The Voyage Home

Posted July 27, 2016 • 00:44:32

Even a perfect reentry would subject the Apollo 8 command module to extreme stress. With Gemini, the capsule re-entered from Earth orbit, but Apollo...

Space Rocket History #169 – Apollo 8 – Christmas 1968

Posted July 21, 2016 • 00:41:25

Bill Anders: “We are now approaching lunar sunrise, and for all the people back on Earth, the crew of Apollo 8 has a message that we would like to...

Space Rocket History #168 – Apollo 8 – Lunar Orbit and Earthrise

Posted July 14, 2016 • 00:46:23

As Apollo 8 drifted above the far side of the moon Borman, Lovell, and Anders observed a scene of total desolation. It appeared absent of color, except...

Space Rocket History #167 – Apollo 8 – Coasting Up Hill and Waste Management

Posted July 7, 2016 • 00:38:19

Just a few minutes after Apollo 8’s second TV broadcast, Borman, Lovell, and Anders passed Earth’s gravitational hill top and crossed into the...

Space Rocket History an Encore Presentation of Episode #42 – Satellite Killer – Polyot-1

Posted June 30, 2016 • 00:20:16

The Space Age had barely begun when Soviet engineers started planning ways to destroy enemy satellites. Some Western analysts have speculated that a...