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Space Rocket History #125 – Apollo: Astronaut Selection and Training – Part 3
“Some of those guys came in figuring, "I'll write my textbooks and my thesis and teach [university courses] and I'll come by twice a week and be...
Space Rocket History #124 – Apollo: Astronaut Selection and Training – Part 2
With Group 4, for the first time, the selection criteria did not include a requirement for test pilot proficiency. Selectees who were not qualified...
Space Rocket History #123 – Apollo: Astronaut Selection and Training – Part 1
Selection of Group Two virtually depleted the pool of qualified candidates from the small corps of test pilots in the country, and it was the last group...
Space Rocket History #122 – Apollo: Serious Problems with the Lunar Module and Grumman
Toward the end of January 1967, it was revealed that Lunar Module 1 would not reach the Cape in February, as expected. This meant, the moon landing...
Space Rocket History #121 – Pegasus Wings inside SA-8 (AS-104), SA-9 (AS-103), & SA-10 (AS-105) and a Command Module update for 1965
The Pegasus satellite was named for the winged horse of Greek mythology. Like its namesake, the Pegasus was notable for its "wings", a pair of 29...
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