Space Rocket History Podcast

Space Rocket History #13 - Explorer 1 - Juno 1

Space Rocket History #12 - Vanguard TV3 - Flopnik

“It seemed as if the gates of hell had opened up.  Brilliant stiletto flames shot out from the side of the rocket near the engine. The vehicle...

Space Rocket History #11 - Sputnik 2 - Laika: The Space Dog

Sputnik 2 was the second spacecraft launched into Earth orbit and was the first to launch a living creature. The satellite was a 4 meter high cone-shaped...

Space Rocket History #10 - The Space Race

On October 4th 1957, the Soviet Union demonstrated that it had to be taken seriously. Only a few years prior they had lagged the US badly in both bombers...

Space Rocket History #9 - Sputnik 1

“We had absolute confidence in Comrade Korolev.  We believed him when he told us that his rocket would not only fly, but that is would travel 7000...