Space Rocket History Podcast

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Space Rocket History #22 - The Vanguard Six

Posted July 26, 2013 • 00:21:20

When the 20 Cosmonaut candidates were asked to anonymously vote for which candidate they would like to see fly first, all but three chose Gagarin. Â The...

Space Rocket History #21 - Cry Havoc and Launch the Dogs of Vostok!

Posted July 18, 2013 • 00:25:10

For the Soviet Union, 1960 was a mixed bag of success and failure as it struggled for new achievements in space exploration. Â The main driving force...

Space Rocket History #20 - Tiros 1 and Echo 1 - The First Weather and Communications Satellites

Posted July 11, 2013 • 00:23:45

“Who can say what contraption the future will bring?
There can be not a doubt, some more wonderful thing.

And if anyone ventures the...

Space Rocket History #19 - Little Joe: Mercuryâ€™s Test Vehicle

Posted July 4, 2013 • 00:28:07

“The designers made the Little Joe booster assembly to approximate the same performance that the Army’s Redstone booster would have with the capsule...

Space Rocket History #18 - Luna 2 and 3

Posted June 27, 2013 • 00:20:02

While the Mercury 7 were fulfilling their roles as symbols of space exploration, Korolev once again was offering the real thing. He now prepared to...