The history of early space exploration.
Episodes
Monday Aug 29, 2022
Space Rocket History #217 – Apollo 11 – Cislunar
Monday Aug 29, 2022
Monday Aug 29, 2022
What do we call this strange region between earth and moon? Cislunar space is the most common term, Is it day or night? Humans generally define night as that time when our planet is between our eyes and the sun, so this must be considered constant daytime, But it looks like night out of Command Module’s windows.
Monday Aug 29, 2022
Space Rocket History #216 – Apollo 11 – Transposition, Docking & Extraction
Monday Aug 29, 2022
Monday Aug 29, 2022
Collins’ first task was to separate the command and service modules from the Saturn and proceed away from it a safe distance; then turn around and face it.
Wednesday Jul 27, 2022
Space Rocket History #215 – Apollo 11 – Trans Lunar Injection
Wednesday Jul 27, 2022
Wednesday Jul 27, 2022
As Apollo 11 passed over Western Australia, at T+2 hours 26 minutes Houston relayed to Collins, Armstrong, and Aldrin – through Carnarvon – formal permission to go to the moon. “Apollo 11, this is Houston. You are go for TLI.” Mike Collins answered, “Apollo 11. Thank you.”
Wednesday Jul 27, 2022
Space Rocket History #214 – Apollo 11 – The Climb to Orbit
Wednesday Jul 27, 2022
Wednesday Jul 27, 2022
A Saturn V liftoff is spectacular, and the launch of Apollo 11 was no exception. But it didn’t give the audience any surprises. To the three Gemini-experienced pilots, who likened the sensation to the boost of a Titan II, it was a normal launch.
Wednesday Jun 29, 2022
Space Rocket History #213 – Apollo 11 – The Launch
Wednesday Jun 29, 2022
Wednesday Jun 29, 2022
On July 16th 1969, nearly a million people crowded the Florida highways, byways, and beaches to watch man’s departure from the earth to walk on the moon. Twenty thousand guests looked on from special vantage points.
Wednesday Jun 29, 2022
Space Rocket History #212 – Apollo 11 – Prelaunch
Wednesday Jun 29, 2022
Wednesday Jun 29, 2022
In addition to the ordinary taxpayers who gathered on the beaches and roads of eastern Florida, 20,000 VIPs were invited by NASA to watch the lift off from viewing stands near the Vehicle Assembly Building.
Friday May 27, 2022
Friday May 27, 2022
In addition to the fixed-base lunar module simulators in Houston and at the Cape, astronauts also practiced at Langley Research Center on the suspended lunar landing trainer which was equipped with realistic surface views and lighting.
Friday May 27, 2022
Space Rocket History #210 – Apollo 11 – Mission Training – Part 2
Friday May 27, 2022
Friday May 27, 2022
Steve Bales (Guido) made a new entry to the trajectory and guidance section of the rules book which excluded lunar module computer program alarms 1201 and 1202 from the abort list.
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
Space Rocket History #209 – Apollo 11 – Mission Training – Part 1
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
Crew training for Apollo 11 was already complicated by the need to master the controls of two different and very complex spacecrafts, as well as the space suit, but now the mission took on new dimensions, principally in learning how to set a 14.5-metric-ton lunar module safely down on the moon.
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
Space Rocket History #208 – Apollo 11 – Commander Neil Armstrong – Part 3
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
After his death, Armstrong was described, in a statement released by the White House, as “among the greatest of American heroes—not just of his time, but of all time.”