Space Rocket History Podcast

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It was decided that henceforth, cosmonauts would wear pressure suits for launch and the return to Earth. Also, a system was installed to automatically pump air into the descent module in the event of decompression. Additionally, the ventilation valves were ...

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03.25.2020 Space Rocket History #335 – Impacts of Soyuz 11 on Future Soyuz, Salyut-1 & Apollo It was decided that henceforth, cosmonauts would wear pressure suits for launch and the return to Earth. Also, a system was installed to automatically pump air into the descent module in the event of decompression. Additionally, the ventilation valves were ...
03.11.2020 Space Rocket History #334 – Soyuz 11 – Death in Space The recovery team quickly opened the hatch and were shocked to find the men motionless, as if asleep or unconscious.
02.26.2020 Space Rocket History #333 – Soyuz 11 – Downfall & N1 Update Volkov transmitted to Flight Control: “The hatch is not hermetically sealed! … What can we do? … What can we do?”
02.12.2020 Space Rocket History #332 – Soyuz 11/Salyut 1 – The Fire & SRH 7th Year Celebration Just before the start of another communication session, Volkov noticed a smell of smoke from somewhere at the rear of the station. As soon as communication with the ground was established, he reported: “Aboard the station is ‘the curtain’!”
01.29.2020 Space Rocket History #331 – Soyuz 11/Salyut 1 – Life Aboard the First Space Station Dobrovolsky wrote in his diary, “Some days were a nightmare. There was a general absence of everything: no interesting things, no happiness, the monotonous sound of the ventilators, strong smells, numerous experiments. It seemed to me that Flight Control simply ...
01.15.2020 Space Rocket History #330 – Soyuz 11/Salyut 1 – What’s That Smell? Volkov radioed “Zarya, wait! Yantar 3 is in Soyuz. Don’t start until Yantar 3 has returned to the Salyut! There is a strong smell in Salyut! He will put on a mask and go in again!”
01.01.2020 Space Rocket History #329 – Soyuz 11 – The Replacement Crew – Dobrovolsky, Volkov, and Patsayev – Part 2 “I am proud to have been involved in the Vostok spacecraft which carried Gagarin on the first manned space flight and in its modification for Voskhod.” Volkov
12.19.2019 Space Rocket History #328 – Soyuz 11 – The Replacement Crew – Dobrovolsky, Volkov, and Patsayev – Part 1 Dobrovolsky was blond, tall, broad-shouldered, and tough. He was kind-hearted and had a contagious belly laugh. At the Air Force school, his friends nicknamed him `Odessa’, and he was proud of it.
12.12.2019 Space Rocket History #327 – Soyuz 11 – The Prime Crew On May 4th, 1971 the prime crew of Soyuz 11 was confirmed to be Leonov, Commander; Kubusov, Flight Engineer; and Kolodin, Research Engineer. Their assignment was to spend between 30 and 45 days on board Salyut 1.
12.05.2019 Space Rocket History #326 – Soyuz 10 – Undocking and Re-entry … There was no provision for the possibility of undocking if the entire docking cycle had not been executed …
11.28.2019 Space Rocket History #325 – Soyuz 10 – Docking with Salyut 1 “They can’t approach at that rate,” fretted Mishin. “Why aren’t you doing anything? Tell the crew what to do!” “We don’t need to do anything; deceleration will begin now,” Rauschenbach reassured Mishin.
11.21.2019 Space Rocket History #324 – Soyuz 10 with Shatalov, Yeliseyev and Rukavishnikov The objective of the Soyuz 10 mission was to deliver and return to earth the first crew of Salyut 1. The Soyuz was to hard dock with Salyut 1 and then the crew was to transfer internally to the station. ...
11.13.2019 Space Rocket History #323 – Salyut 1 In record time, the OKB-1 rebels led by Yuri Semenov developed the space station designated DOS-7K. The station used the body of a vehicle from the Almaz project, but outfitted it with modified systems from the Soyuz spacecraft.
11.06.2019 50th Anniversary Special – An Encore Presentation of Space Rocket History #224 – Apollo 11 – Moonwalk – Part 2 – One Priceless Moment “For one priceless moment, in the whole history of man, all the people on this earth are truly one. One in their pride in what you have done. And one in our prayers that you will return safely to earth” ...
10.30.2019 Space Rocket History #322 – Apollo 14 – Recovery & Conclusion Alan Shepard’s wife Louise was elated after watching on TV as Shepard boarded a Navy ship bound for Houston, where he would be safe behind the glass windows of the post-flight quarantine room.
10.23.2019 Space Rocket History #321 – Apollo 14 – Splashdown Gradually, as Mitchell worked and glanced at the bright crescent, he was filled with a quiet euphoria, great tranquillity, and an overpowering sense of understanding. It was as if he had suddenly begun to hear a new language, one being ...
10.16.2019 Space Rocket History #320 – Apollo 14 – Docking & Alexei Leonov Would the docking probe that caused so much difficulty a week ago during the first docking work now or would Shepard and Mitchell be forced into a space walk in Lunar orbit?
10.09.2019 Space Rocket History #319 – Apollo 14 – Lunar Lift-off 141:45:30 Shepard: Okay. The abort stage is set. Ascent Engine is Armed. 6, 5, 4… 141:45:38 Mitchell: Proceed with the ignition program 141:45:38 Shepard: …3, 2, 1, 0… 141:45:42 Mitchell: Ignition. 141:45:43 Shepard: We have ignition… 141:45:44 Mitchell: What a ...
10.02.2019 Space Rocket History #318 – Apollo 14 – Moonwalk 2 – Part 2 – How about a round of golf? “It was terribly, terribly frustrating; coming up over that ridge that we were going up, and thinking, finally, that was it; and it wasn’t – suddenly recognizing that, really, you just don’t know where you are.” Ed Mitchell
09.25.2019 50th Anniversary Special – An Encore Presentation of Space Rocket History #223 – Apollo 11 – Moonwalk – Part 1 Silently and carefully, Armstrong raised his left boot over the lip of the footpad and lowered it to the dust. Immediately he tested his weight, bouncing in the gentle gravity, and when he felt firm ground, he was still, one ...
09.18.2019 Space Rocket History #317 – Apollo 14 – Moonwalk 2 – Part 1 – The Rim of Cone Crater The majority of the second moonwalk was dedicated to reaching the rim of Cone Crater. The wide, deep geological gold mine, which scientists believed was actually the remains of an ancient volcano.
09.11.2019 Space Rocket History #316 – Apollo 14 – Solo Flight Over the Moon & Lunar Geology With the Hycon camera down, Roosa would have to step in and use a Hasselblad with a 500 mm lens, to take detailed photos of the Apollo 16 potential landing site. If Roosa did nothing else, he had to return ...
09.04.2019 Space Rocket History #315 – Apollo 14 – Moonwalk 1 – Part 3 – ALSEP Deployment The mortar package contained a set of grenades which were planned to be fired to distances of 500, 1000, 3000, and 5000 feet to the north of the ALSEP site.
08.28.2019 Space Rocket History #314 – Apollo 14 – Moonwalk 1 – Part 2 – Fueling the Nuke A small plutonium source was used to power the Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (RTG) that would provide electric power for the ALSEP experiments. Ed Mitchell performed the delicate maneuver of inserting the fuel capsule into the RTG.
08.21.2019 Space Rocket History #313 – Apollo 14 – Moonwalk 1 – Part 1 – Color TV From the Moon “Al is on the surface. And it’s been a long way, but we’re here.” Alan Shepard
08.14.2019 Space Rocket History #312 – Apollo 14 – Lunar Landing – Part 2 Suddenly the caution lights went out and the radar signals began to transmit. Within seconds the astronauts could see that its data was good. Seconds later in mission control, a jubilant Will Presley shouted, “Flight, we got radar lockup!”
08.07.2019 Space Rocket History #311 – Apollo 14 – Lunar Landing – Part 1 While checking the lander’s guidance software, during a final practice run for the landing, engineers in mission control detected that the computer was receiving an errant signal from the abort pushbutton.
07.31.2019 Space Rocket History #310 – Apollo 14 – Lunar Orbit The first extended use of the Service Propulsion System engine on the Command and Service module was for the Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) burn.
07.24.2019 Space Rocket History #309 – Apollo 14 – The Long Coast Mitchell kept his plan a secret from NASA, knowing that the agency would be completely unreceptive to the idea. He said nothing about it to his crewmates. The test subjects had also agreed to keep quiet.
07.20.2019 50th Anniversary Special – An Encore Presentation of Space Rocket History #221 – Apollo 11 – Lunar Landing – Part 3 “Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.”
07.19.2019 50th Anniversary Special – An Encore Presentation of Space Rocket History #220 – Apollo 11 – Lunar Landing – Part 2 Suddenly, Buzz and Neil heard the high-pitched sound of the Master Alarm. On the computer display the “PROG” light glowed amber. “Program alarm,” Armstrong radioed. Quickly, Aldrin queried the computer for the alarm code, and “1202” flashed on the display.
07.18.2019 50th Anniversary Special – An Encore Presentation of Space Rocket History #219 – Apollo 11 – Lunar Landing – Part 1 The machine-like performance of flight crew and ground controllers continued. Each participant was in perfect harmony with the other, moving to a cadence dictated by the laws of physics and the clock.
07.10.2019 Space Rocket History #308 – Apollo 14 – Transposition, Docking & Extraction Docking was a delicate maneuver, since both ships were traveling at nearly five miles per second, but the docking mechanism itself was one of the simplest on the entire spacecraft, and the docking procedure had been perfected on previous Apollo ...
07.03.2019 Space Rocket History #307 – Apollo 14 – The Climb to Orbit & TLI “The approaching dusk and the damp mistiness left by the now-departed rainstorm only enhanced the spectacular sight and the sound of the launch. Tentacles of flame erupted on either side of the bottom of the Saturn V, which seemed to ...
06.26.2019 Space Rocket History #306 – Apollo 14 – The Launch The first launch window for Apollo 14 began at 15:23, Eastern Standard Time, 31 January 1971, and lasted almost four hours.
06.19.2019 Space Rocket History #305 – Apollo 14 – Pre-launch On November 9, 1970, the Apollo 14/Saturn V assembly, as tall as a 36-story building, rolled out of the Vehicle Assembly Building on the proportionally huge crawler transporter.
06.12.2019 Space Rocket History #304 – Apollo 14 – Commander Alan B. Shepard Jr. – Part 4 Even with all the problems, Shepard piloted the Lunar Module Antares to the most accurate landing of the entire Apollo program. Shepard became the fifth and, at the age of 47, the oldest man to walk on the Moon, and ...
06.05.2019 Space Rocket History #303 – Apollo 14 – Commander Alan B. Shepard Jr. – Part 3 After the Mercury-Atlas 10 mission was canceled, Shepard was designated as the Commander of the first crewed Gemini mission, with Thomas P. Stafford chosen as his pilot.
05.29.2019 Space Rocket History #302 – Apollo 14 – Commander Alan B. Shepard Jr. – Part 2 On January 19, 1961, Robert R. Gilruth, the director of NASA’s Space Task Group, informed the seven astronauts that Shepard had been chosen for the first American crewed mission into space.
05.22.2019 Space Rocket History #301 – Apollo 14 – Commander Alan B. Shepard Jr. – Part 1 Although the Shepards were well off, the children were not coddled. Their father valued work and made sure each child performed their share of domestic chores. Alan’s father was a stern and serious disciplinarian, Alan inherited a stoicism and toughness ...
05.15.2019 Space Rocket History #300 – Apollo 14 – Lunar Module Pilot Edgar Mitchell – Tang Ceremony In the Astronaut Office, it was his intellectual bent that set him apart from some of the other pilots, along with a certain hard edge.
05.08.2019 50th Anniversary Special – An Encore Presentation of Space Rocket History #214 – Apollo 11 – The Climb to Orbit 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 ...
05.01.2019 Space Rocket History #299 – Apollo 14 – Command Module Pilot Stuart Roosa As a Smoke Jumper, Roosa parachuted into at least four active fires in Oregon and California during the 1953 fire season.
04.24.2019 Space Rocket History #298 – Apollo 14 – Crew Selection There were some people who wondered why America’s first man in space Alan Shepard, at age forty-seven, having acquired fame, wealth, and status as an American hero, would risk his life to go to the moon.
04.17.2019 Space Rocket History #297 – Apollo 14 – Introduction The Apollo 14 crew were constantly aware that if their mission failed—if they had to turn back—it was probably the end of the Apollo program.
04.10.2019 Space Rocket History #296 – Space 1970 – Dongfanghong 1 & Zond 8 With the successful launch of Dongfanghong I, China became the fifth country after the Soviet Union, United States, France, and Japan to independently launch a satellite.
04.03.2019 50th Anniversary Special – An Encore Presentation of Space Rocket History #213 – Apollo 11 – The Launch 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.
03.27.2019 Space Rocket History #295 – Space 1970 – Osumi (Japan) & Uhuru (US) Osumi was the name of the first Japanese satellite placed into orbit. It was named after the Osumi Province in the southern islands of Japan.
03.20.2019 Space Rocket History #294 – Space 1970 – Soyuz 9 – Part 2 At midnight June 1, 1970 Soyuz 9 lifted off from Area 31 at Baikonur and successfully entered low earth orbit with an apogee of 227 km and a perigee of 176 km.
03.13.2019 Space Rocket History #293 – Space 1970 – Soyuz 9 – Part 1 The original Soyuz 9 mission was planned to fly two Soyuz spacecraft in the August to September 1970 time frame for a rendezvous and docking; however, at the end of December 1969 the communist party bosses ordered that the mission ...

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Space Rocket History Podcast episodes:

Space Rocket History #335 – Impacts of Soyuz 11 on Future Soyuz, Salyut-1 & Apollo

Space Rocket History #334 – Soyuz 11 – Death in Space

Space Rocket History #333 – Soyuz 11 – Downfall & N1 Update

Space Rocket History #332 – Soyuz 11/Salyut 1 – The Fire & SRH 7th Year Celebration

Space Rocket History #331 – Soyuz 11/Salyut 1 – Life Aboard the First Space Station

Space Rocket History #330 – Soyuz 11/Salyut 1 – What’s That Smell?

Space Rocket History #329 – Soyuz 11 – The Replacement Crew – Dobrovolsky, Volkov, and Patsayev – Part 2

Space Rocket History #328 – Soyuz 11 – The Replacement Crew – Dobrovolsky, Volkov, and Patsayev – Part 1

Space Rocket History #327 – Soyuz 11 – The Prime Crew

Space Rocket History #326 – Soyuz 10 – Undocking and Re-entry

Space Rocket History #325 – Soyuz 10 – Docking with Salyut 1

Space Rocket History #324 – Soyuz 10 with Shatalov, Yeliseyev and Rukavishnikov

Space Rocket History #323 – Salyut 1

50th Anniversary Special – An Encore Presentation of Space Rocket History #224 – Apollo 11 – Moonwalk – Part 2 – One Priceless Moment

Space Rocket History #322 – Apollo 14 – Recovery & Conclusion

Space Rocket History #321 – Apollo 14 – Splashdown

Space Rocket History #320 – Apollo 14 – Docking & Alexei Leonov

Space Rocket History #319 – Apollo 14 – Lunar Lift-off

Space Rocket History #318 – Apollo 14 – Moonwalk 2 – Part 2 – How about a round of golf?

50th Anniversary Special – An Encore Presentation of Space Rocket History #223 – Apollo 11 – Moonwalk – Part 1

Space Rocket History #317 – Apollo 14 – Moonwalk 2 – Part 1 – The Rim of Cone Crater

Space Rocket History #316 – Apollo 14 – Solo Flight Over the Moon & Lunar Geology

Space Rocket History #315 – Apollo 14 – Moonwalk 1 – Part 3 – ALSEP Deployment

Space Rocket History #314 – Apollo 14 – Moonwalk 1 – Part 2 – Fueling the Nuke

Space Rocket History #313 – Apollo 14 – Moonwalk 1 – Part 1 – Color TV From the Moon

Space Rocket History #312 – Apollo 14 – Lunar Landing – Part 2

Space Rocket History #311 – Apollo 14 – Lunar Landing – Part 1

Space Rocket History #310 – Apollo 14 – Lunar Orbit

Space Rocket History #309 – Apollo 14 – The Long Coast

50th Anniversary Special – An Encore Presentation of Space Rocket History #221 – Apollo 11 – Lunar Landing – Part 3

50th Anniversary Special – An Encore Presentation of Space Rocket History #220 – Apollo 11 – Lunar Landing – Part 2

50th Anniversary Special – An Encore Presentation of Space Rocket History #219 – Apollo 11 – Lunar Landing – Part 1

Space Rocket History #308 – Apollo 14 – Transposition, Docking & Extraction

Space Rocket History #307 – Apollo 14 – The Climb to Orbit & TLI

Space Rocket History #306 – Apollo 14 – The Launch

Space Rocket History #305 – Apollo 14 – Pre-launch

Space Rocket History #304 – Apollo 14 – Commander Alan B. Shepard Jr. – Part 4

Space Rocket History #303 – Apollo 14 – Commander Alan B. Shepard Jr. – Part 3

Space Rocket History #302 – Apollo 14 – Commander Alan B. Shepard Jr. – Part 2

Space Rocket History #301 – Apollo 14 – Commander Alan B. Shepard Jr. – Part 1

Space Rocket History #300 – Apollo 14 – Lunar Module Pilot Edgar Mitchell – Tang Ceremony

50th Anniversary Special – An Encore Presentation of Space Rocket History #214 – Apollo 11 – The Climb to Orbit

Space Rocket History #299 – Apollo 14 – Command Module Pilot Stuart Roosa

Space Rocket History #298 – Apollo 14 – Crew Selection

Space Rocket History #297 – Apollo 14 – Introduction

Space Rocket History #296 – Space 1970 – Dongfanghong 1 & Zond 8

50th Anniversary Special – An Encore Presentation of Space Rocket History #213 – Apollo 11 – The Launch

Space Rocket History #295 – Space 1970 – Osumi (Japan) & Uhuru (US)

Space Rocket History #294 – Space 1970 – Soyuz 9 – Part 2

Space Rocket History #293 – Space 1970 – Soyuz 9 – Part 1

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