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Space Rocket History #57 - First Gemini Manned Mission - Gemini 3 with Gus Grissom and John Young

Posted April 3, 201400:38:50

The precise scope of the Gemini 3 mission remained uncertain until very nearly the eve of flight. In April of 1963, the GT-3 mission directive was “to...

Space Rocket History #56 - First Space Walk - Voskhod 2 with Alexei Leonov and Pavel Belyayev - Part 2

Posted March 27, 201400:31:26

Leonov opened the airlocks outer hatch He was positioned on his “back†and this orientation revealed the beauty of earth in its entirety....

Space Rocket History #55 - First Space Walk - Voskhod 2 with Alexei Leonov and Pavel Belyayev - Part 1

Posted March 20, 201400:33:32

Voskhod 2 was a high risk mission.  It was the final space race victory for the Soviet Union before NASA claimed the lead and ultimately won with...

Space Rocket History #54 - Gemini 2 - Part 2

Posted March 13, 201400:40:12

Gemini Launch Vehicle Two’s misfortunes during August and September 1964 forced NASA to forego its goal of a manned Gemini 3 flight before the end...

Space Rocket History #53 - Gemini 2 - Part 1

Posted March 6, 201400:34:02

The bright outlook that was prevalent in April turned dark in the late summer of 1964 when a series of natural disasters struck the Cape. First lightning,...