Space Rocket History Podcast

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July 18, 2018 An Encore Presentation of Space Rocket History #169 – Apollo 8 – Christmas 1968
Bill Anders: “We are now approaching lunar sunrise, and for all the people back on Earth, the crew of Apollo 8 has a message that we would like to send to you.” “‘In the beginning God created the heaven and … Continue reading →
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42 min
July 11, 2018 Space Rocket History #262 – Apollo 13 – Commander Jim Lovell
Lovell completed four space flights and is one of only three men to travel to the Moon twice. Lovell accrued over 715 hours spent in space, and he saw a total of 269 sunrises from space on his Gemini and … Continue reading →
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34 min
July 05, 2018 Space Rocket History #261 – Apollo 13 – Lunar Module Pilot Fred Haise
At thirty-six, Haise was the youngest member of the crew of Apollo 13, and his black hair and angular features made him seem younger still.
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36 min
June 27, 2018 Space Rocket History #260 – Apollo 13 – Command Module Pilot Jack Swigert
John Leonard Swigert Jr. aka Jack Swigert was born on August 30, 1931 in Denver, Colorado to parents John Leonard Sr. and Virginia Swigert.
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35 min
June 20, 2018 Space Rocket History #259 – Apollo 13 – Introduction – Part 2
Just before the mission began things started to go wrong. The weekend before launch Charlie Duke, the backup lunar module pilot, came down with a case of German measles.
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33 min
June 13, 2018 Space Rocket History #258 – Apollo 13 – Introduction – Part 1
Targeted for touchdown on the third lunar landing was a place known as the Fra Mauro range, a stretch of rugged, Appalachian-type mounds 110 miles east of the Apollo 12 landing site.
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34 min
June 06, 2018 Space Rocket History #257 – Apollo 12 – Return, Re-entry and Splashdown
Ten days ago, their Saturn V rocket had blasted Bean and his crew mates out of earth’s gravitational pull. Now their home planet was pulling them back at more than 24,000 miles per hour, twelve times faster than a high-speed … Continue reading →
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37 min
May 30, 2018 Space Rocket History #256 – Apollo 12 – Leaving the Moon
Dick Gordon opened the tunnel to Intrepid, saw his companions floating in a dirty cloud of moon dust, and slammed the hatch closed. He called out, “You guys ain’t gonna mess up my nice clean spacecraft!”
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33 min
May 23, 2018 Space Rocket History #255 – Apollo 12 – Lunar Liftoff
After a total of 31.6 hours on the moon, the Lunar Module ascent stage fired for about 7 minutes placing Intrepid into an orbit of 10 miles by 54 miles.
36 min
May 16, 2018 An Encore Presentation of the Space Rocket History #122 – Apollo: Serious Problems with the Lunar Module and Grumman
Toward the end of January 1967, it was revealed that Lunar Module 1 would not reach the Cape in February, as expected. This meant, the moon landing might be delayed because the lander was not ready. But the mission planners … Continue reading →
45 min