Space Rocket History Podcast

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Space Rocket History #87 - Gemini XII With Jim Lovell and and Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin - Part 2

Posted November 6, 2014 • 00:27:04

In space, Jim and Buzz began to wonder if everything had been shut down too soon. For 25 minutes, with one brief exception, they heard nothing from...

Space Rocket History #86 - Gemini XII With Jim Lovell and and Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin - Part 1

Posted October 30, 2014 • 00:37:34

When theÂ Gemini IX-A Agena fell into the Atlantic Ocean, Gemini XII was threatened with a major hardware shortage of an Agena and an Atlas to launch...

Space Rocket History #85 - Gemini XI With Charles (Pete) Conrad and Richard Gordon - Part 3

Posted October 23, 2014 • 00:36:53

The rotation rate checked out at 55 degrees per minute, and the crew could now test for a minute amount of artificial gravity. When they put a camera...

Space Rocket History #84 - Gemini XI With Charles (Pete) Conrad and Richard Gordon - Part 2

Posted October 16, 2014 • 00:34:03

Conrad shouted to Gordon “Ride ‘em, cowboy!” Â Gordon was Riding bareback, with his feet and legs wedged between the docked vehicles. In practice...

Space Rocket History #83 - Gemini XI With Charles (Pete) Conrad and Richard Gordon - Part 1

Posted October 9, 2014 • 00:31:36

Some significant goals had been set for the last two Gemini flights. For example, the Apollo Spacecraft Program Office wanted a rendezvous in the first...