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Space Rocket History #116 – Apollo: Little Joe II

Posted June 4, 201500:43:39

A few seconds after liftoff, a fin-vane at the base of the booster stuck and started the 13-meter-tall spacecraft-booster combination spinning like...

Space Rocket History #115 – Saturn I: SA-4, SA-5, SA-6, and SA-7

Posted May 28, 201500:41:08

Saturn 1, SA-6 was the first orbital launch of an Apollo Spacecraft by a Saturn Launch Vehicle and also the first flight utilizing an active ST-124...

Space Rocket History #114 – Apollo: Command Module Design and Development 1963-1964 Part 2

Posted May 21, 201500:44:11

Max Faget’s position was that considering the difficulty of the job,  if each mission was successful half the time, it would be well worth the effort....

Space Rocket History #113 – Apollo: Command Module Design and Development 1963-1964

Posted May 14, 201500:35:35

...From the information they gathered on the existing technical problems, Disher and Tischler concluded that prospects were only one in ten that Apollo...

Space Rocket History #112 – Apollo: Headquarters

Posted May 7, 201500:40:33

"The contractor role in Houston was not very firm. Frankly, they didn't want us. There were two things against us down there. Number one, it was a Headquarters...